How to Entertain Yourself If Your Flight Is Delayed
We all know flight delays can be incredibly annoying, especially for the frequent flyer.
One idea is to kill some terminal down time is to use a flight delay to set your own Guinness World Record.
While this may seem bizarre, airports have long been a breeding ground for world record attempts, such as The World's Fastest Time for pushing an orange one mile with your nose, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is 24 minutes, 36 seconds, set by Ashrita Furman at JFK International Airport in New York in 2005.
Let's face it, deep down we all want to be famous for something in our lives.
If you find yourself delayed, stranded, or just living in an airport terminal after you lost your home in the recent stock market crash, here are a few more records you may wish to consider attempting.
(Just keep in mind, whatever record you attempt to set, Michael Phelps will eventually beat you.
) WORLD RECORDS THAT CAN BE ATTEMPTED IN AN AIRPORT TERMINAL WITH LITTLE OR NO PREPARATION World's Longest Kiss Currently held by Ekkachai Tiranarat & Laksana Tiranarat from Thailand, set February 13 - 15th, 2011.
(Yup, and you thought your Valentine's Day was special because your boyfriend cooked you dinner.
) World's Longest Held Breath (by a female) Current record achieved by Karoline Mariechen Meyer of Brazil.
18 min 32.
59 sec.
Probably set because she was holding her breath in anticipation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince coming out in 3D.
World's Longest Held Breath (by a male) Current record at 20 min 21 sec by Ricardo da Gama Bahia of Brazil (again).
Kudos to South American lung capacity.
World's Fastest Haircut Have to beat Ivan Zoot's 55 seconds, achieved in Austin, TX in 2008.
(Granted, getting the scissors past security will be a challenge.
) Largest Gathering of Zombies Technically you will need some friends for this, but a terminal full of delayed passengers is just about the best place to find zombies.
Gather up a few plane loads of fellow delayed passengers, and snap some cell phone pics.
Current record is 4,093 in Ashbury Park, NJ.
Here are a few more with no current world record.
What are you waiting for? Claim your 15 minutes of fame today! - Longest Time Sent Watching Back-to-Back Episodes of Glee on an iPhone - Most Money Lost in a Single Day in the Stock Market Without Committing Suicide - World's Most Unusual Dance Move While Walking Through an Airport Metal Detector - Number of times rejected using the pickup line, "Do you come here often?" at the Chili's Airport bar in Bloomington, MN If you'd like a whole bunch more tips on how to spend an interminable flight delay that don't require physical exhaustion, be sure to check out Please Hug Me - I've Been Delayed, wherever fine books are sold.
One idea is to kill some terminal down time is to use a flight delay to set your own Guinness World Record.
While this may seem bizarre, airports have long been a breeding ground for world record attempts, such as The World's Fastest Time for pushing an orange one mile with your nose, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is 24 minutes, 36 seconds, set by Ashrita Furman at JFK International Airport in New York in 2005.
Let's face it, deep down we all want to be famous for something in our lives.
If you find yourself delayed, stranded, or just living in an airport terminal after you lost your home in the recent stock market crash, here are a few more records you may wish to consider attempting.
(Just keep in mind, whatever record you attempt to set, Michael Phelps will eventually beat you.
) WORLD RECORDS THAT CAN BE ATTEMPTED IN AN AIRPORT TERMINAL WITH LITTLE OR NO PREPARATION World's Longest Kiss Currently held by Ekkachai Tiranarat & Laksana Tiranarat from Thailand, set February 13 - 15th, 2011.
(Yup, and you thought your Valentine's Day was special because your boyfriend cooked you dinner.
) World's Longest Held Breath (by a female) Current record achieved by Karoline Mariechen Meyer of Brazil.
18 min 32.
59 sec.
Probably set because she was holding her breath in anticipation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince coming out in 3D.
World's Longest Held Breath (by a male) Current record at 20 min 21 sec by Ricardo da Gama Bahia of Brazil (again).
Kudos to South American lung capacity.
World's Fastest Haircut Have to beat Ivan Zoot's 55 seconds, achieved in Austin, TX in 2008.
(Granted, getting the scissors past security will be a challenge.
) Largest Gathering of Zombies Technically you will need some friends for this, but a terminal full of delayed passengers is just about the best place to find zombies.
Gather up a few plane loads of fellow delayed passengers, and snap some cell phone pics.
Current record is 4,093 in Ashbury Park, NJ.
Here are a few more with no current world record.
What are you waiting for? Claim your 15 minutes of fame today! - Longest Time Sent Watching Back-to-Back Episodes of Glee on an iPhone - Most Money Lost in a Single Day in the Stock Market Without Committing Suicide - World's Most Unusual Dance Move While Walking Through an Airport Metal Detector - Number of times rejected using the pickup line, "Do you come here often?" at the Chili's Airport bar in Bloomington, MN If you'd like a whole bunch more tips on how to spend an interminable flight delay that don't require physical exhaustion, be sure to check out Please Hug Me - I've Been Delayed, wherever fine books are sold.
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