World Records

This week has been warm. We all know that. The tarmac has begun to make the roads slippery and it would also seem some of the train tracks have melted. But the weather is not the only thing hot off the press. Oh no. This week I broke a world record.

Now when I began to devise a list of things to do at the start of this year, I put 'break a world record' down, not really thinking about the implications of completing such a task. As time went on, it became clear that it was in fact going to be very difficult to do something better than anyone has ever done on record. I had suggestions, yes. One of these, as I recall, was to wear a particularly comfortable Jedi costume for as long as possible. This was clearly as impractical as it was desirable.

Having turned my thoughts to what I'm good at, I struggled. The term 'jack of all trades but a master of none,' has applied to me in the past. But now I have finally found something that I can forge ahead with as a master above all others...

Ear wiggles.

Above you see my successful attempt to beat 86 ear wiggles in 30 seconds previously set by some bloke in India.My attempt clocked up 89 wiggles. I found several attempts of this record on youtube and they all seemed to lead to one website. Recordsetters. I am now at the top of this list. Here is the link ... http://rec.st/i07q1 ... and just for fun, below is a screenshot.

Unfortunately I have still got some work to do in convincing Guinness that this is a valid record category but I will not let them sleep until they accept. This cannot take anything away from my achievement. And in the mean time, on to my next escapade.

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