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GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 16 Oct 2016, 21:11
by Tube Geek
Not next Sunday but the Sunday after, I will be attempting to break a Guinness World Record, for the most tennis balls caught blindfolded in a minute. I will be doing it with my Dad, and will upload my video evidence here! I am posting this now as I am away all that week (minus the Sunday), and have a terrible memory!
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 00:19
by palkanetoijala31
and what is the record
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 07:06
by Tube Geek
palkanetoijala31 wrote:and what is the record
Last I knew it was 11
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 10:55
by tubeguru
I did 12 last night.
Sorry.
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 12:53
by Tube Geek
tubeguru wrote:I did 12 last night.
Sorry.
So funny I forgot to laugh
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 17:19
by A Challenge
I thought it would be a unofficial GWR for visiting all stations serived by GWR!
That would be better!
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 17:24
by Tube Geek
A Challenge wrote:I thought it would be a unofficial GWR for visiting all stations serived by GWR!
That would be better!
lol
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 17:37
by greatkingrat
How far away does the thrower have to be?
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 17:40
by Tube Geek
greatkingrat wrote:How far away does the thrower have to be?
Not sure. Probably about 5 meters.
Oh, and i might change it to soft toys caught instead....
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 18 Oct 2016, 17:09
by The Orange One
You can't just change a record about tennis balls to one about soft toys, that would be like me getting the GWR for going around all the Tube stations in under 2 hours because I felt like doing the DLR stations instead.
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 18 Oct 2016, 17:56
by Tube Geek
The Orange One wrote:You can't just change a record about tennis balls to one about soft toys, that would be like me getting the GWR for going around all the Tube stations in under 2 hours because I felt like doing the DLR stations instead.
But they are separate records:
SOFT TOYS -
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... eam-of-two
TENNIS BALLS -
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... lindfolded
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 18 Oct 2016, 18:54
by tubeguru
This is how ridiculous world records have become now. You can literally invent ANYTHING and get Guinness to ratify it ...
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 18 Oct 2016, 19:32
by A Challenge
tubeguru wrote:
This is how ridiculous world records have become now. You can literally invent ANYTHING and get Guinness to ratify it ...
Fastest time to visit all but one tube station
[people will probably choose Kensington (Olympia)!] on the network for another GWR?
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 19 Oct 2016, 11:54
by Steeevooo
tubeguru wrote:
This is how ridiculous world records have become now. You can literally invent ANYTHING and get Guinness to ratify it ...
I think that one of my biggest moments of despair in this regard was when I saw this record (which actually made the book) a couple of years ago:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... -by-a-goat
Re: GWR Attempt... Of A Different Kind
Posted: 19 Oct 2016, 18:50
by tubeguru
Steeevooo wrote:tubeguru wrote:
This is how ridiculous world records have become now. You can literally invent ANYTHING and get Guinness to ratify it ...
I think that one of my biggest moments of despair in this regard was when I saw this record (which actually made the book) a couple of years ago:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wor ... -by-a-goat
Which more or less confirms my theory of earlier. Any old rubbish is a record these days.