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Man Breaks 'Couch Potato' Record
Yahoo News/AP ^ | 9/16/2005 | Yahoo News/AP

Posted on 09/16/2005 8:08:21 AM PDT by Mike Bates

Couch potato, thy name is Suresh. Suresh Joachim broke the Guinness world record for the longest time spent watching TV. He finished Friday with 69 hours and 48 minutes.

After passing the previous record of 50 hours and 7 minutes Thursday, Joachim continued until shortly after 7 a.m. Friday morning (EDT).

Joachim did his TV viewing in the lobby of WABC-TV as part of the "Guinness World Record Breaker Week" on the syndicated "Live With Regis and Kelly."

Sitting on a brown leather couch, he watched nothing but ABC shows.

"I'm going to be a little tired of watching TV after this," Joachim told The Associated Press by phone during a brief break.

Rules for the couch potato honor, as stipulated by Guinness, allow for a 5-minute break every hour and a 15-minute break every 8 hours. The viewer must otherwise be constantly looking at the screen.

The hardest part, Joachim said on "Regis and Kelly," was "I couldn't watch the people" — the many, waving passers-by on the street outside the ABC studio.

Joachim, who lives in Toronto but hails from Sri Lanka, now holds more than 16 Guinness records, including the longest duration balancing on one foot (76 hours, 40 minutes) and bowling for 100 hours. He does it, he says, to raise awareness of suffering children.


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1 posted on 09/16/2005 8:08:21 AM PDT by Mike Bates
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To: Mike Bates
Even if it's a stupid one.

Even if it's a lazy one.

2 posted on 09/16/2005 8:15:13 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Mike Bates

That can't possibly be a record. I could swear that in college I have seen people sit in front of a TV for weeks on end, getting up only to order Domino's and relieve themselves.


3 posted on 09/16/2005 8:21:51 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. - Patrick Henry)
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To: Mike Bates

I could beat that hands down.


4 posted on 09/16/2005 8:23:47 AM PDT by JimWforBush (Alcohol - For the best times you'll never remember)
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To: thoughtomator
I've done better than that myself - recently. That C SPAN rocks and I just can't get enough Sheila Jackson Lee.

But I guess you have to have some official monitor or something like that to qualify for record-breaking status.

5 posted on 09/16/2005 8:25:39 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates

"...he watched nothing but ABC shows."

Only a liberal could accomplish this. ;)


6 posted on 09/16/2005 8:58:06 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Probably. I can't remember the last time I watched a program on that network. Possibly Nightline years ago.


7 posted on 09/16/2005 9:04:44 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates
Three guys are comparing about how lazy their sons are, and decide to give a test.

They go to the first one's house and the teenager's flopped on the couch; when asked if he'd get up for twenty bucks, the kid says "Hell no - I'm watching I Love Lucy reruns"

Onto the second house - same scenario - Dad asks his son if he'd like to go test drive the new Corvette; the boy says "No way - I'm laying here listening to my new rap CD".

All agree they've got two lazy lads, and they head off to the third house....

Pop opens the door and his son is sitting on the couch whimpering. The father asks him what's wrong and the kid replies, "I'm sitting on my balls".

8 posted on 09/16/2005 9:06:52 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Cindy, ya shoulda stuck with "offshore drilling" as your cause)
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To: Darth Reagan

ping


9 posted on 09/16/2005 9:34:46 AM PDT by marblehead17 (I love it when a plan comes together.)
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To: thoughtomator

"That can't possibly be a record."

No, it can't. Hubby tops this every single weekend, unless he is forced to leave the house against his wishes.

Of course, it may include no dozing time, so that might be a factor.


10 posted on 09/16/2005 9:39:35 AM PDT by jocon307
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