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The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast Episode 813, a record of unusual size.

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It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. For more information and

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to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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Let's get started with Odd News Plus.

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Here are our odd news stories for Wednesday, August 21st, 2024.

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First up, it's time for another gardening tip straight out of the middle-aged farmer's almanac.

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Here's some advice on starting a flower garden.

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The first step is to look at the space you will be using, because matching your

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flowers with the shape of the flower bed is important. If your space is limited,

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consider tall, narrow flowers, such as delphinium or hollyhocks.

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They won't require that much room.

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But if you want to grow leafy plants, like goatsbeard or Russian sage,

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they will need at least a queen-size bed.

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If the plant tosses and turns a lot in its sleep, consider a California king.

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That was so close to being useful advice.

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Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story.

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On this show, we've often referred to odd and unusual facts or accomplishments

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that are the recipients of a Guinness World Record.

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Say, for instance, the Texas woman with the world's widest tongue,

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3.11 inches in case you were wondering.

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The Barcelona resident who owns 3,615 cell phones.

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Or the Nigerian man who twerked for three and a half hours.

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How do you rest after that? Can you even sit down? But those people aren't greedy.

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They get a Guinness record and they move on. However, some folks are clearly overachievers.

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Take the example of David Rush. Rush officially holds the record for the most

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currently active Guinness World Records.

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A total of 181 records. And that doesn't mean Rush has only ever been awarded 181 records.

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Oh no, he has a lot more than that. But the others have been broken by other people.

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It means that of all the records Rush has ever been awarded,

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he is still the record holder for 181 of them.

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You might reasonably conclude that David Rush is an outlier.

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An awards junkie. That he has to be unique, right?

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Wrong. In fact, he only has one more currently active record than Silvio Sabba,

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who currently holds 180 records, followed by Eshrita Furman, with about 150,

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and Andre Ortolf, who has about 100 titles to his name. It's insane.

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Let's plus that odd factor a bit more. Because that 181st world record that

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David Rush was awarded, the one that pushed him to the top of the Guinness heap,

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was for smashing 55 vinyl recordings in 30 seconds.

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You heard right. David Rush broke the Guinness World Records record number of

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world records by getting a world record for breaking records.

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I need a nap. And finally, window seat, middle, or aisle seat?

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It's a decision airline passengers make every day.

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But which one is truly better? To find out, we sent 11 lab mice on a cross-country flight.

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Spoiler alert, it did not go well.

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It turns out that the serving cart wheels that sometimes run over your feet

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if you're sitting in the aisle seat are a bit less forgiving when they run over

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something a lot smaller.

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Also, the bottom edge of that hard plastic window shade is a little sharp,

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which is something one of our

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mice found out when it slid down while they were looking out the window.

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And one mouse misunderstood the assignment altogether and placed themselves

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in a checked bag that got lost in transit.

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The good news is we now know the center seat is best. The bad news?

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Peanut and Coco, you will be missed. And Nibbles?

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We'll keep checking with baggage claim, Just in case.

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That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.

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A big thanks to the comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.

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Story, voices, and original music by Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2024.

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All rights reserved. Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it.

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We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.

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Music.