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Billy and Benny McCrary

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    (December 7, 1946-July 14, 1979)
    Billy McCrary
    (December 7, 1946-July 14, 1979)
    784 lbs. (circa 1978)
    Benny McCrary
    (December 7, 1946-March 26, 2001)
    814 lbs. (circa 1978)
    Also known as ‘Billy and Benny McGuire’
    Toured as professional wrestlers
    Immortalized in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ as the world’s heaviest twins (1978)

Why they might be annoying:

    They were repulsively obese.
    They each weighed 600 pounds by age sixteen.
    Benny was a heavy smoker.
    They were homophobes.
    Benny owned a pawn shop.
    One critic said they looked like ‘a couple of bearded June bugs.’
    Benny bragged that other wrestlers would sometimes ‘poo-poo in their pants’ when he sat on them.

Why they might not be annoying:

    They got fat because a bout of measles affected their pituitary glands as children.
    They rode across the U.S. on motorbikes as part of a Honda promotion.
    They used ‘McGuire’ as a stage name when touring internationally, because a Japanese announcer pronounced ‘McCrary’ as ‘Queery.’
    They were both married to normal-sized women.
    Billy died after a motorcycle accident.
    Benny was bedridden at the end of his life.
    They had a sense of humor about themselves.
    They were referenced multiple times on ‘The Simpsons.’
    They are buried together in their hometown.
    Their tombstone reads ‘World’s Largest Twins.’

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 138 Votes: 61.59% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 70 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 174 Votes: 43.10% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 244 Votes: 63.11% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 193 Votes: 64.25% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 661 Votes: 56.13% Annoying