BEIJING — "The world's tallest man married a woman who only comes up to his elbow on Thursday, holding a traditional Mongolian ceremony with great fanfare at the tomb of Kublai Khan.
Bao Xishun, a 2.36-meter (7-foot-9) herdsman from Inner Mongolia, met his bride earlier this year after searching high and low, sending advertisements around the world. It turns out he didn't have to look far — 1.68-meter (5-foot-6) saleswoman Xia Shujian hails from his hometown of Chifeng.
Bao wore a specially-designed light blue gown topped with a gold vest, and rode to his bride's camp in front of the tomb in a cart pulled by two camels, AP Television News reported. A limo followed the cart..."
But here's the kicker. There's always a kicker when dealing with the Chinese and their folklore-medicine/lying asses:
"He was in the news in December after he used his long arms to save two dolphins by pulling plastic out of their stomachs. The dolphins got sick after nibbling on plastic from the edge of their pool at an aquarium in Liaoning province. Attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed because the dolphins' stomachs contracted in response to the instruments, Chinese media reported." Uh huh. "Surgical instruments" didn't work because the dolphins' stomachs contracted. What do you expect from the land that gave us acupuncture and ethylene glycol-fortified toothpaste. Dollars to doughnuts the dude is 6-10 without the stilts.
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