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03-12-03: JaKe: Woodstick 2004 is Coming!
most drummers playing a drumset simultaneously
06-11-02: cschulman@webershandwick.com: Become the new Guiness Book of World Records loudest snorer
19-07-02: Dan Meyer: Sword Swallowers,
World Record Mass Sword Swallow
02-07-02: Peter Dawson: Kiting mega-team world record,
20-08-01: fairplay@hiwaay.net: Malaysia works
on record-size flag, banner
Malaysian records
20-12-00: Rick Nelson: Re: Car longevity
11-12-00: Steve Nuss: Now More Roller Coasters Than Anywhere on the Planet!,
11-12-00: Mele kalikimaki: Beatles 1 Fastest Seller Record!,
12-05-00: Debi Paxton: Challenge to World Record for Canoes and Kayaks - June 17, 2000 Austin TX,
13-03-00: dcslec@visto.com: The biggest, the best, the first -- Malaysia's mania for records,
18-01-00: rdavis: SCR World Record @ Skydive Houston,
26-11-99: Walter Day: $100,000 Prize Offered to Pac-Man Players,
02-11-99: David G. Miles jr.: Inline Skating World Records Fall in San Francisco,
24-05-99: dudfield@ihug.co.nz: marathons on every continent,
02-05-99: Johnny Hopper: EJC98 World Record Certificate,
Mass Juggling Record
01-04-99: David Hamburger: WWoRRCN: Enthusiasts found cheating in bid for Coaster Record,
23-01-99: William Tunstall-Pedoe: Re: Longest single word anagrams in English language,
11-01-99: Donald M. Anderson: the most toxic marine plant,
14-12-98: daddy: Malaysia Guinness Books of World
Records
Guinness Records in Malaysia - Waste of Time and Money?
01-10-98: Bob Givens: Up & Down-down under
24 hrs stair climbing marathon record
26-09-98: DavTek: Guinness awards 'worlds oldest cat',
10-09-98 Alex Bunkenburg: world's tallest home grown cactus,
04-09-98 B. B. Bean: Kenny G no longer biggest
blow hard (no Monica jokes, please)
longest note held by a saxophone player
24-08-98 John Schmidt: Re: Highest Mileage Vehicle?,
06-08-98 Silas Warner: Re: Bus Overcrowding,
18-05-98 Olivier.Devue: Gathering of more than 1048 Saxophonists,
11-04-98 Tomoyuki Tanaka: (NYT) Boy, 10, Is Youngest Chess Master, Vaulting Past His Brother,
10-04-98 Ted Ansley: Re: Roller Coaster Marathon
does not qualify as a record, because the rest breaks
were too long
09-04-98 Brian Rezac: Big Brew '98 Rules &
Regulations
Big Brew '98 is the record-setting attempt of the simultaneous
brewing of many small homebrew batches of the same beer recipe
30-03-98 Trevor Sommers: ANNOUNCE: The largest ceilidh band in the world?,
04-02-98 F.F. Jacot Guillarmod: rugby fans bid to break world 'roar' record,
14-01-98 EIWA Miles: Non-Stop Steam Locomotive Record,
04-01-98 bagpipes@nbnet.nb.ca: Re: Nova Scotia Massed Bagpipe Event,
06-12-97 David Mark: Re: Which Bird Most Prevalent?,
05-12-97 ultrask8@ix.netcom.com: Re: New 24 hrs Inline Skating Record Attempt,
03-12-97 Andrei Wittich: Biggest Martial Arts class,
29-11-97 Jim Owens: Most Skydives in a 24 Hour Period,
22-11-97 temptress5@aol.com: The Largest Live Performance by a Rock Band,
18-08-97 yorkshire@sympatico.ca: Simultan Chess Record,
13-08-97 Louis Epstein: The Oldest Person Alive,
03-08-97 Morselli Stefano: Backwards Running in Italy,
01-07-97 David Gomberg: Re: Rules for setting kite records,
25-04-97 Sven Silow: Darts World Records,
11-04-97 Southern RR Club: Guinness Railroad World Records,
25-03-07 Nick Gerlich: RAAM/UMCA records for transcontinental bicycling,
01-02-97 JIS Committee on Numbers Juggling: World records for numbers juggling,
14-01-97 Laserforce: Laserforce- world record
holders
lasertag records
19-12-96 David Forsyth: Re: Longest freight train in the U.S.,
14-12-96 Mike Gladu: Re: 24 Hour Bicycle Climbing Records,
01-12-96 David Atherton: Re: fastest guitar player,
29-11-96 Walter Day: National Arcade Contest
video game competitions and records
17-10-96 Barry Nicholson: Materials World Records
material properties: records wanted
15-11-96: Wolfgang Schebeczek: Dice Stacking Records
07-10-96 Milton Blackstone: Help to confirm new Guinness Book Record of oldest person,
01-10-96 white_scott@sendmail.jsc.nasa.gov: Re:
ABC news reports 300 way world record in Anapa
biggest parachutist's formation
28-09-96 Stephen: Guinness Book of Records Needs
your times!!!
video games records
24-09-96 lektrode@lava.net: Solo-Circumnav: Hawaii Sailor 450 Miles from Finish...... ,
15-07-96 Gary Stark: Sooty terms in the Guinness
Book of Records - tall tale
a question about the most airborne bird
13-07-96 Dave Stroud: Words, Words, Words...
English record words
08-07-96 dawn@atlantic.net Re: High Speed Ejection
about the fastest parachute jump
27-06-96 James Wallis Re: Worst Game Experience
about a Drakes and Dungeons marathon record
25-06-96 Steven Salberg Question about new World
Record
establishing rules for the bowling ball juggling record
12-06-96 David Kunst: Deception by the Guinness
Book of Records!
protest against deleting FIRSTS in the US Guinness Book
22-05-96 Rodger Morris: Craig Shergold
about the boy who has received the most postcards
23-04-96 Arthur Lewbel JIS Numbers Record Comitee
authority for verifying juggling world records
08-03-96 Kevis S. Wilson New 24 hrs. Snowmobile Record,
28-02-96 John Foss Re: Bunny Hopping Record
an unicycling record
15-01-96 John Foss Unicycling World Records
(does not contain the results from UNICON 1996)