Back in college I worked in the theatre's sceneshop, there were inevitably downtimes between projects, so bunch of us would have this exact contest. You'd be surprised how far you can extend one of those metal tape measurers before they bend!

*2 (you're not alone)

ericskiff , haha. i had played that too, surprisingly addictive.

I used to as well! Is there any way this can be done on the Net? Hmmmm....