John Isner and Nicolas Mahut’s first round Wimbledon match on Tuesday…and Wednesday…and Thursday, lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes. That’s just twelve minutes fewer than it took Thomas Edison to devise his plans for the incandescent light bulb. Okay, we made that part up. Anyway, Isner won, proving that soccer isn’t the only game in which Americans can hang tough for 90 minutes…or 665.
So, that epic match, by far the longest match in professional tennis history, got us here at the IncrediBlaugh headquarters thinking about some other really long things. Here’s a list we came up with.
An epically long tune by the kings of Southern Rock. RIP Skynyrd. We will love you no matter how many annoying fans yell “Freebird” at random concerts.

One of Washington Irving’s greatest protagonists, Rip Van Winkle took a twenty year nap. Sounds delightful.

The longest word in major English dictionaries, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis supposedly refers to a special form of silicosis. Now it’s all starting to make sense.

This one needs no explanation…