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Man uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch - Boston.com

Man uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch - Boston.com

You can't make this stuff up. I love the look on the guy's face. Is he weeping from happiness, or just strugging to hold up that 21# fish?

From the AP via the Boston Globe:

ELKIN, N.C.—David Hayes' granddaughter just asked him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom. He did. And seconds later he landed the state record channel catfish at 21 pounds, 1 ounce.

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Hayes said his granddaughter worried he would break her rod. He landed the 21-pound fish on a 6-pound test line. It was 32 inches long, 2 inches longer than the rod.

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Information from: Winston-Salem Journal, http://www.journalnow.com

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Now this hurts: Our Ben & Jerry's is closing

MONTPELIER, Vt.—Ben & Jerry's is pulling the plug on its scoop shop in Vermont's capital.The ice cream maker announced Friday it's closing the store in Montpelier next month, after more than 20 years in business.The ice cream maker, which owns and operates scoop shops in Burlington, South Burlington and Williston, in addition to the one at its factory in Waterbury, says the Montpelier store is the smallest in its system.Spokesman Sean Greenwood says it's not that the store was doing badly, it's just that it's small and in a small city, with much less volume than other stores.

Ben & Jerry's closing Montpelier scoop shop - Boston.com