"Largest ball of twine"-war

The Town of Cawker City celebrated the 50th birthday of Frank Stoeber's Ball of Twine at the 29th Annual Cawker City Twine-a-Thon, August 15th, 2003. There was Twining, a ball-shaped birthday cake, trivia and prizes, and of course, the ball itself. This Ball of Twine is the Largest Ball of Twine Built by a Community, one of the few World’s Largest Things that Keeps Growing.

Current Ball of Twine Stats: 17,554 pounds, 40 foot circumference. Over 7,009,942 feet of sisal twine - that's 1,325 Miles or 2,137 KM.

The World’s Largest Ball of Twine is a highly disputed title, and can be a sore spot with people depending on which one they believe in. Suprisingly, there are four. This link shows the Largest Built by One Man, not to be confused by the World’s Largest that Keeps on Growing shown above, or the World’s Largest Made Outta Plastic Twine, or the World’s Largest that is Shaped More Like a Potato than a Ball.