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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!
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and what is the record
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palkanetoijala31 wrote:and what is the record
Last I knew it was 11
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I did 12 last night.

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tubeguru wrote:I did 12 last night.

Sorry.
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I thought it would be a unofficial GWR for visiting all stations serived by GWR!

That would be better!
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A Challenge wrote:I thought it would be a unofficial GWR for visiting all stations serived by GWR!

That would be better!
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How far away does the thrower have to be?
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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....
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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.
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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
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Tube Geek wrote:
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
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tubeguru wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
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
This is how ridiculous world records have become now. You can literally invent ANYTHING and get Guinness to ratify it ...
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tubeguru wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
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
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
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Steeevooo wrote:
tubeguru wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
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
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.
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