“Um, isn’t this like in football where if even a bit of the ball is over the line it counts?” No, Marco said, it wasn’t. Actually I got 20, but Marco said the last one didn’t count as it wasn’t in time. These records can all, technically, be done in the home or garden. We've been digging deep into the Guinness Book of Records archives and picked out 18 brilliant records old and new that you can try and break from the comfort of your home.
Frigatti had a little clicker, à la that 2006 Lynx advert. Luckily, ShortList is here to help you find your inner record breaker. Rhik, Sophie and I asked each other whether we had practised, all vehemently denying that we had kids before exams. I was joined by Marco Frigatti, the adjudicator. “Technique” was mentioned.Ī row of poppers was laid out before me on a table, like miniature pots of paint. My neighbours banged on the door to ask what was happening, and why was I weeping? Next, I was told the person who held my record also held the most records in the world.
The first wobble in confidence came when I did a practice run the night before. I had to pop the most party poppers in 30 seconds. Imagine, at parties: “And what do you do?” “Oh, I break world records, and in my spare time I write for the Guardian.” I don’t want to brag but I’ve won some things: football trophies, a pub quiz in a dingy Oxford bar, once. Photograph: Suki Dhanda Name: Hannah Jane ParkinsonĬhallenge: popping 38 party poppers in 30 seconds
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(Is it Stockholm syndrome?) My scabby limbs tried their best.Īre you ready to partay? Hannah in full swing. (And so he can give you the framed certificate that he has already written your name on and hidden in his bag.) This man, your gentle yet cruel master, quickly becomes the person you want to please most in the world. As you try to do something so ridiculous – in my case, move some piles of toilet rolls into one big tower of rolls that must not fall, so that he can take it back to his organisation, to his big book, as news. Oh God, this was such a strange experience – a man from the actual Guinness World Records stands in the room with you, dressed in his natty blue uniform like a character from Trumpton as you try to give him something new. Now there’s a sentence I have never typed before I hope never to type it again. Although if you want an excuse for why you didn’t break the world record for building a tower of more than 28 toilet paper rolls in 30 seconds, scabby limbs are quite a good one. The Guinness World Records At Your Fingertips. Current record: 2.08 seconds (needs more competitors to become official) Rules.
What I recommend, if you’re trying to get into the book of Guinness World Records, is not going to Cornwall beforehand, falling down some wet rocks and being covered in cuts and bruises for the big day. Fastest Time to Type the Alphabet Backwards on an iPad. Photograph: Suki Dhanda Name: Sophie HeawoodĬhallenge: stack 29 toilet rolls in 30 seconds
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