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This week I wrote about the wonderful BBC kids show Record Breakers, so in keeping with this theme I want to find out how many of you out there have ever been part of a record breaking attempt, whether on your own or part of a group, and whether you broke the record or not.
If you have been part of a record attempt then please post a comment to let us all know what the record was. Doesn’t matter how daft it was, like the most number of fish balanced on your head or the most people belching the alphabet in unison, I’m itching to know.
Have a long think before you answer the question though. My immediate reaction was to say that I wasn’t a record breaker, but then I remember taking part in an attempt to build the longest Lego model in the world at a Lego Fan Club day in Milton Keynes. Can’t remember whether we did it or not, but there was also an attempt at building the tallest Lego tower, which has since been beaten. For more fun Lego records check out this awesome page of ridiculous Lego claims to fame.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I hold the Royal Holloway record for lowest Score for a serious attempt at a Mathematics exam (3%). Does that count ?
March 12th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
That’s impressively bad. Which module was that for?
Not sure if it counts though – I don’t think its in the Guiness Book of Records…
March 13th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
3?? Graph Theory. Brian Wilson wouldn’t speak to me for weeks afterwards. To be fair they did completely change the course that year and one of the lectures was first thing on Friday morning.
I walked out thinking I’d done OK
March 13th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
When you first mentioned it I had Game Theory in my mind – I seem to recall you had a module on that, but I also thought that was the one you quite liked so wouldn’t have scored that badly on.
They have no right putting lectures on at 9am on any day of the week…
March 13th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
I used to quite like morning lectures, I was still awake then. But preferably a 10am start. Work 10 till 1 then knock off for lunch and some afternoon shopping. Great days.
Twas afternoons I struggled with. wouldn’t manage with this new idea of not starting till 11. Just encourages the youth of today to stay out later rather than going to bed !
I don’t think I did game theory …..
I seem to recall I copped a “not examined” in my third year as well….. but IIRC I was flat on my back in another part of the medical center at the time when I should have been sitting the exam up the hallway
(for those reading: I was examined seperately due to medical conditions that meant I needed more time for my awful handwriting – Royal Holloway [where we did our time] always used to examine it’s non standard students in the medical center)