And now for something completely different

Two California men recently set a new world record for hand-shaking.

Kevin Whittaker and Cory Jens locked paws for 9½ hours. That beat the previous record, held by a couple of Germans, by a half-hour.

In Germany, they’re probably thinking, “Great! First we lost World War II. And now this! Ach der lieber!”

In the states, most people are thinking two other things:

1) Gee, that’s wonderful.

2) Why?