"I never realised how unique my chain was until almost 25 years later. In 1992, my wife, Deborah, and I were visiting the Ripley’s museum in Ontario. We saw a giant gum-wrapper chain hanging from the ceiling as part of one of the exhibits. As we stared up at it, we were both thinking the same thing: my chain is much bigger.
Deborah nudged me and said: “You’d better do something about that. I spoke to the manager, and he put me in touch with Ripley’s vice-president of acquisitions. He was impressed by my chain, but told me there was a Guinness World Record holder who had a longer one.
My competitive nature kicked in. I went to the Wrigley’s purchasing department and asked them to supply me with Juicy Fruit wrappers – my favourite flavour. They gave me 5,000 to begin with, then 10,000 more. Before long, I blew past the 7,400ft (2.25km) record and reached 10,000ft.
I became the Guinness World Record holder for the longest gum wrapper chain in the world – at 12,105ft – in March 1994, and I have officially broken my own record eight times since."
This is why BOOMERS get the bad rap. Most of us are a little different but really.
ReplyDeleteTechnically, he breaks his own record every time he adds 1 wrapper.
ReplyDeleteMy wife discovered "Brit Box" a while ago and she loves it.
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