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02 August 2006
What world record do you hold? Inspired by wendell→[More:]
I hold the world record for crushes. There does not exist a crush bigger or more potent than the one I have on my chiropractor's assistant. Sigh.
Just dropping things period. At least a couple of times a day I will just drop something that I'm holding. Luckily, unlike pup, I have managed to develop a fantastic avoidance reflex with my feet.
mike9322, the "crush" record was for quantity of crushes (simultaneously, or over a 30-day period). I held that record for a while in the mid-'80s (there are also seperate age categories for "under 12", "12-20" and "old enough to REALLY know better" - I was in the 3rd category).
Also, I hold the record for killing the mst MeFi threads. 672. Of course, I got an early start.
Seriously, when I was an 'irregular regular' caller to a radio talk show while in college, I dedicated much of one summer to getting the "Longest Wait on Hold" record with the help of the host and his doofus phone screener. I didn't actually sit by the phone all summer, but I became a running gag at the big-time L.A. radio station and ironically, it helped me to later get the job replacing the doofus phone screener. And there was a serious effort to con the Guinness Book into putting me in. And somebody made t-shirts. ≡ Click to see image ≡
And OrangeSwan and mike9322, I have a bi-i-i-ig head start on that "time frittering" record. It'll be four years next Thursday since I got anything done. Yes, I've kept track. And this is not like the fake "Wait on Hold" record.