World's Largest Ball of String

"Hey, hey, easy kids. Everybody in the car. Boat leaves in two minutes... or perhaps you don't want to see the second largest ball of twine on the face of the earth, which is only four short hours away?"
 -Clark Griswold

After some research, it appears there exists some controversy about exactly who's amassed the largest ball of twine. Not wanting to take sides or rekindle this old rhubarb, we opted instead for the world's largest ball of string.

Ballers

 
It's displayed at O'Malley's Irish Pub (Weston MO) now, a perfect place for it.

A sign mounted outside of O'Malley's:

If you're going to drive a man to drink,
please drive him here.