World record

[kev100]

Man standing on orange box peering through window. jumping up and down with glee, shouting I have the world record.

Man on bed, dead with broken stick by his side.

who are they and what record does he have.

[wideboy]

An oldie. Shortest man in the world?

[kev100]

What's the broken stick bit about?

[wideboy]

A long story spun out I think. Went something like the fact that the man on the bed had measured himself and found he'd grown and then smashed the measuring stick. Either that or the guy outside had done something with it. Long time ago, well over 10 years!

[Quizmonkey]

The second shortest man in the world tampered with the shortest's walking-stick, if I remember this right. So the shortest thought he'd grown and topped himself.

[kev100]

All the elements of this riddle have to be explained for it to work, we need to know why the "stick" was broken and indeed what was the "stick"?

Up to now the answer given sounds perfectly plausible but not the stick part.