If, at first you don't succeed...

...you know the rest:

Manjit Singh, a 59-year-old security consultant from Leicester, England known as the "Ironman," on Thursday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight metric tons over a distance of 21.2 meters with his hair.

The new record was set in central London to coincide with the fifth annual Guinness World Records Day, which organizers said prompted thousands of people around the world to set some bizarre benchmarks of their own.

For Singh, his latest achievement makes up for the disappointment of 2007, when he failed to break the record for the furthest distance to pull a double-decker bus with the ears.

"I will never be discouraged by defeat, because I know that success can be waiting around the next corner," he said. "The only way to get there is to try again and stay positive."

That's a wonderfully positive attitude, but you might want to reflect on the idea that you didn't wind up having "the ears" ripped off your head a couple of years ago, disappointment or not.

Still, good job. As someone who continues to try to set the record for most consecutive years without trying anything ridiculous, I salute him.