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Show Showerbug Sets World Record half under a shower one would begin to take on the appearance of a dried prune. Hardy and his cohorts have taken great pains in preventing this occurance. Every two hours Hardy is rubbed down with vasoline. "So far we have used five pounds of the stuff, and, by the time I'm through, it Will probably be some jello, a hamburger, and lots of coffee." around seven." THERE HAS only been one major problem since his entrance Friday afternoon. Someone saw fit to turn off the hot water valve in the dorm. t It took two hours, and one slowly "bluing" body, before the residents of the Hall discovered what the problem was. AH totaled Craig will spend 75 hours under the shower. His "releasing" time has been set for 5:30 Monday afternoon. V I , M ' ' - f 1 h : . , fit- . . . , - I 1 . - fr ' ' n l , tr ' l ' Tiler ' " s 1 1 ; . . x it I ; I y liij-i---"- ' ? .J :: ' j By STEVE SWINNEY Chronicle Staff Writer The University is out to estab-1 lish a world record not in swimming, knitting, or pipe-smoking, pipe-smoking, but in showering. FRIDAY AFTERNOON at 2:30 Craig Hardy, a beginning freshman, fresh-man, quietly splashed into a shower in Ballif Hall with hopes of taking the longest drenching drench-ing in the World. Hardy, an engineering major, has not left his situation under the stream of warm water for anything, not even meals. HIS FIRST complete meal was brought to him Sunday afternoon after-noon by a few staunch supporters. support-ers. Up until then "I have had Sleeping has become a slight problem for this human mar-man." mar-man." Hardy has had the equivalent equi-valent of some eight hours sleep. Dozing in a curled position, Hardy rolled over the drain Friday night and was awakened awaken-ed only after water began to engulf him. It wasn't until "some nice person brought me an air mattress" matt-ress" that sleep came more easily. ONE WOULD think that after I any more than an hour and a Craig Hardy, exhausted and water soaked, is in the process of breaking the world showering record. |