Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Records

The other day, my 1st grade friend Ben was reading the Guinness Book of World Records.

(Talk about a marketing come-back for this old book... Those folks have glossied up their book with a new creative layout and now all of the kids from 6-10 are looking at long fingernails and other fantastic feats.)

We were sitting on the floor and he got out his Legos. "I have an idea! Tallest Lego tower!" He was very excited.

I said, "Do you think we have enough"
He: "Uh yeah, I have two boxes full."

We checked online to see (it was not in this new and improved book) and Ben was disappointed to see it next to some cathedral 96 feet high. He had these other ideas:

  • tallest lego house for a dog (Spot would test it)
  • skinniest tallest lego tower (that one fell down when we tried and he said he wished we could glue it)
  • most pieces of paper in the mouth (he said his mouth was very big)
  • (then, to show how strong it was, he picked up a small footrest with his mouth)
  • longest time sitting on a step
  • longest time lying upside-down on the top of a staircase
  • fastest time running up the stairs and then sliding down on his bottom

He will get a record. Soon.

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