In message , at 17:09:37 on Sat, 3
Jun 2006, Mark Brader remarked:
unless you are the first to do something [1], then you really need to
attempt a recognised task [2], and abide by a recognised rule set, which
the Guinness one is.

"Unless you are the first". *Is* anyone else known to have done that
before? Obviously Lynch wasn't aware of it.

If you allow that train of thought, I could do the same; and be the
first wearing yellow underpants. Or the first to allow myself the luxury
of taxis between stations, or the first to do it wearing yellow
underpants, using taxis, and eating a cheese sandwich at exactly twelve
noon.

But are those the "firsts" that people are really interested in?
--
Roland Perry