Geppetto wept as Rosenbarger seized the microphone.

As we posit the potential for John Rosenbarger's ever-growing nose to bridge Silver Creek for the Greenway, students in England have already performed the necessary load-bearing studies.

Pinocchio would have broken neck after 13 lies, by Sarah Knapton (Telegraph)

Science students at the University of Leicester have found that Pinocchio could only have told 13 lies before the weight of his nose would have cause his neck to break.