[dba-Tech] OT - Guiness World Record Search

DJK(John) Robinson djkr at msn.com
Fri Sep 19 17:56:27 CDT 2003


It may be that this is one of the records that Guiness has dropped -
sensibly, like overeating records - exactly because of the brain damage
thing in this case.

I have some dim recollection of hearing of South Sea Island pearl divers, or
some such, routinely eclipsing my own puny three minutes (long ago).

Go on, challenge her!

John


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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
> Arthur Fuller
> Sent: 20 September 2003 01:45
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Cc: Andrew Parnell; Rick Griffin; Peter Brawley
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Guiness World Record Search
> 
> 
> In a discussion today I cited a "fact" that I recalled from 
> an unremembered source, that claimed that the world record 
> for longest time underwater without breathing apparatus (and 
> survival) was 23 minutes. My friend said she could beat that 
> easily. I think both my recollection of the record and her 
> claim are preposterous. I visited the Guiness site and was 
> amazed at how awkward this engine is. I tried a dozen things 
> to find this record, and couldn't come up with the right 
> combination of words.
> 
> I would like to know 2 records:
> 
> 1. Longest time anyone has held his breath (and survived, 
> with or without brain damage).
> 
> 2. Longest time anyone has remained underwater without 
> breathing apparatus (same provisos).
> 
> Any URLs or search engine clause improvements to suggest? I tried:
> 
> underwater records
> longest time underwater (bad choice, it returned submarine 
> voyages etc.) etc.
> 
> and found nothing.
> 
> This conversation took place with a woman who claims to be 
> able to remain underwater without apparatus for 15 minutes. I 
> countered with a best estimate of 2 minutes. (In fact, since 
> she's an occasional smoker, my realistic estimate is 1 
> minute, but she's gorgeous so I flattered her :-)
> 
> Arthur
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