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This is comedy4cast Episode 813, a record of unusual size.
It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. For more information and
to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.
Let's get started with Odd News Plus.
Here are our odd news stories for Wednesday, August 21st, 2024.
First up, it's time for another gardening tip straight out of the middle-aged farmer's almanac.
Here's some advice on starting a flower garden.
The first step is to look at the space you will be using, because matching your
flowers with the shape of the flower bed is important. If your space is limited,
consider tall, narrow flowers, such as delphinium or hollyhocks.
They won't require that much room.
But if you want to grow leafy plants, like goatsbeard or Russian sage,
they will need at least a queen-size bed.
If the plant tosses and turns a lot in its sleep, consider a California king.
That was so close to being useful advice.
Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story.
On this show, we've often referred to odd and unusual facts or accomplishments
that are the recipients of a Guinness World Record.
Say, for instance, the Texas woman with the world's widest tongue,
3.11 inches in case you were wondering.
The Barcelona resident who owns 3,615 cell phones.
Or the Nigerian man who twerked for three and a half hours.
How do you rest after that? Can you even sit down? But those people aren't greedy.
They get a Guinness record and they move on. However, some folks are clearly overachievers.
Take the example of David Rush. Rush officially holds the record for the most
currently active Guinness World Records.
A total of 181 records. And that doesn't mean Rush has only ever been awarded 181 records.
Oh no, he has a lot more than that. But the others have been broken by other people.
It means that of all the records Rush has ever been awarded,
he is still the record holder for 181 of them.
You might reasonably conclude that David Rush is an outlier.
An awards junkie. That he has to be unique, right?
Wrong. In fact, he only has one more currently active record than Silvio Sabba,
who currently holds 180 records, followed by Eshrita Furman, with about 150,
and Andre Ortolf, who has about 100 titles to his name. It's insane.
Let's plus that odd factor a bit more. Because that 181st world record that
David Rush was awarded, the one that pushed him to the top of the Guinness heap,
was for smashing 55 vinyl recordings in 30 seconds.
You heard right. David Rush broke the Guinness World Records record number of
world records by getting a world record for breaking records.
I need a nap. And finally, window seat, middle, or aisle seat?
It's a decision airline passengers make every day.
But which one is truly better? To find out, we sent 11 lab mice on a cross-country flight.
Spoiler alert, it did not go well.
It turns out that the serving cart wheels that sometimes run over your feet
if you're sitting in the aisle seat are a bit less forgiving when they run over
something a lot smaller.
Also, the bottom edge of that hard plastic window shade is a little sharp,
which is something one of our
mice found out when it slid down while they were looking out the window.
And one mouse misunderstood the assignment altogether and placed themselves
in a checked bag that got lost in transit.
The good news is we now know the center seat is best. The bad news?
Peanut and Coco, you will be missed. And Nibbles?
We'll keep checking with baggage claim, Just in case.
That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.
A big thanks to the comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.
Story, voices, and original music by Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2024.
All rights reserved. Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it.
We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.
Music.