Did you spend much time perusing the Guinness Book of World Records as a child? I think there was a copy in our school library that tended to distract us from whatever we were supposed to be doing. It’s been decades since I last looked at it, but I remember entries for the shortest person, the tallest person, and the person with the smallest waist measurement.
It turns out that there are any number of world records I had never thought were busy inspiring ambitions. The latest effort to come to my attention is a group trying to set the record for the most people gathered dressed up like Frida Kahlo.
I wonder if this record belongs to a category of “gatherings of people dressed to look like other people.” There’s probably a record for most Elvis impersonators in a single spot, at the very least. Who else, I wonder?
What world record would you secretly want to challenge?
[Images: zealnyc.com, Reina Rebelde]
How about:
* Largest gathering of people dressed as bees (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-as-bees)
* Most people dressed as Smurfs (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-people-dressed-as-smurfs)
* Largest gathering of people dressed as fruits/vegetables (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-as-fruits)
* Largest gathering of people dressed as Ninja Turtles (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-as-ninja-turtles)
(There are many more….)
Well I guess if I had been casting about for some cause to join, and had a thing for costumes, I’d now have an array of possibilities….
That cracked me up!
I aim to cheer–