Man’s Clap as Loud as a Helicopter
A Chinese man has aspirations of getting into the Guinness Book of World Records – by clapping his hands.
Zhang Quan, 70, of Chongqing city can clap his hands almost as loud as the sound of helicopter blades.
Recently his clapping was measured by local environmental protection officials as reaching 107 decibels. This is only slightly less loud than the 110 decibels reached by a helicopter.
“When I am clapping, even my own ears feels painful, no mentioning of others. That’s why I usually don’t clap,” says Zhang.
He has been lucky that he has not been arrested for noise pollution as the officials from the environmental agency say that his clapping violates noise code levels. They advised him not to clap too often.
J.S.
By Sirius on 22-07-2007
Comment by Dave
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:18 am
So, he can can clap as loud as a helicopter…wow… I never even knew that a helicopter could clap!! I do know that my beautiful wife Sara can clap her hands so loudly it sounds like a gunshot! It’s very impressive and is her “party piece” so to speak. Is a gunshot louder than a helicopter?? If so, maybe she should contact Guinness herself!
Comment by tommy
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
i know a chick who can queef on demand.
Comment by Tourex
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:53 pm
There’s no important significance for his loud clapping,unless he’s trying to cure the deaf,or cause deafness!!
Comment by Bill
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Holy shit you are an idiot, it’s a comparison, you may want to look up what decibel mean because it clearly says that his clap is 107 decibel while a helicopter is around 110.
Comment by Riley
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I rather think its you who may be the idiot, Bill – can’t you see that Dave was just making a joke? Try getting out a bit more, and drop the aggression.
Comment by Riley
March 4th, 2008 at 12:59 am
riley is an idiot
Comment by steve
March 25th, 2008 at 12:14 am
haha thats impressive
Comment by anonymous
August 13th, 2009 at 1:43 am
cool i never new someone could clap that loud can u please record the clap and put it here so we could here it if its really true c ya