Man breaks record for watching TV

[UAK]

Weak, I can do this on one channel 


NEW YORK (AP) -- Couch potato, thy name is Suresh.

Suresh Joachim broke the Guinness world record for the longest time spent watching TV. He finished Friday with 69 hours and 48 minutes.

After passing the previous record of 50 hours and 7 minutes Thursday, Joachim continued until shortly after 7 a.m. Friday morning (EDT).

Joachim did his TV viewing in the lobby of WABC-TV as part of the "Guinness World Record Breaker Week" on the syndicated "Live With Regis and Kelly."

Sitting on a brown leather couch, he watched nothing but ABC shows.

"I'm going to be a little tired of watching TV after this," Joachim told The Associated Press by phone during a brief break.

Rules for the couch potato honor, as stipulated by Guinness, allow for a 5-minute break every hour and a 15-minute break every 8 hours. The viewer must otherwise be constantly looking at the screen.

The hardest part, Joachim said on "Regis and Kelly," was "I couldn't watch the people" -- the many, waving passers-by on the street outside the ABC studio.

Joachim, who lives in Toronto but hails from Sri Lanka, now holds more than 16 Guinness records, including the longest duration balancing on one foot (76 hours, 40 minutes) and bowling for 100 hours. He does it, he says, to raise awareness of suffering children.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/16/tv.record.ap/index.html

[Throwback]

pfff. i could do that.

[eKardz]

i would need to sleep eat and blaze

[Teddy Roosevelt]

I accomplished that when i was 10 (proabably why i dont watch much tv anymore)

[Mac 10 †]

my record is 21 years and counting

[f0n|{sta]

lol

[Rampant]

Doesnt seem like that much. The only hard part is around 3am - 6am its all paid programming, which drives me crazy.

This is why so many people are fat.

[hempside]

I accomplished that when i was 10 (proabably why i dont watch much tv anymore)

Thank you....or younger.

[Machiavelli]

He must be a fat fuck.

[Da WCC Hopar!]

fuck watchin tv the only time i watch tv is wen i play PS2 and a dvds and sometimes BET

[Machiavelli]

fuck watchin tv the only time i watch tv is wen i play PS2 and a dvds and sometimes BET

yeah same with me...I never watch tv unless its the news or bet(rarely)...

Internet is alot better.

[UAK]

He must be a fat fuck.

I don't think Indians get fat 

[J @ M @ L]

Joachim, who lives in Toronto but hails from Sri Lanka

He must be a fat fuck.

I don't think Indians get fat

[Acgrundy]

good lord.  all hope for mankind is lost.  humans are fucking pathetic.



(No, not just because of this, but this is another notch on the totem pole.)

[UAK]

Joachim, who lives in Toronto but hails from Sri Lanka

He must be a fat fuck.

I don't think Indians get fat

I lied the first time.