Swim 25m and make it in the Guiness World Records

In yet another bizarre attempt by Singaporeans to get into the Guiness World Records, the Boys' Brigade is organizing a 24hr swim marathon and hopes to draw 2,456 participants to beat the World Record for Mass Participation in a 24-hr Swim Relay.

Got the announcement on SMS (an ad). From numbers, 100 people are expected to swim in an hour. If you go strictly by "relay" definitions that means you only have 36 seconds to finish a lap. That's a tall order, even if you only need to fo a single lap.

Much as I like swimming, think I'll be giving this a miss. Already been part of a record to beat a World Record, think it was Making the Largest Heart Shape Using Pieces of Paper Held Over the Heads of People Who Have Just Finished a 5 Kilometre Run. And getting in the book once is enough for me (though it eventually didn't make it due to insufficient suckers taking part).

I wonder if there are any Singaporeans out there who can lay claim to having been in more than 10 attempts. Or even those who do them once a year, just for the fun of it. After all, Singapore does hold the record for Most Number of Attempts to Break World Records (we even have a company which organizes record breaking events). And I do believe we're mentioned quite a lot in that book... Domino toppling, Kargest Game of Pass the Parcel, Most Strings of Noodles, Longest Human Domino Line, Largest Display of Rice Dumplings...

I love my country.

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