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[NewGirlHelenMumsnet]

Hello! We've been asked by the lovely people at Guinness World Records to find out...

If you had your own personal world record, what would it be? Or what would your DH/DP or DC's world record be? Obviously we're not all record breakers but there must be something you or someone in your family particularly excels in?! This is just a bit of fun so please tell us about your record-busting achievement is - however big or small, real or imaginary - and in whatever field (although please keep it clean people!). You may find some inspiration here.

Everyone who adds their record-breaking comments to this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £250 Play.com voucher.

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!
MNHQ

[ShatnersBassoon]

I hold the world record for freestyle child herding.

I found out I was world class when every child on a large school field stopped and looked at me when I attempted a 'come by' call to my own children. I practice every day over various terrains, but there is still room for improvement; I'm hoping to master the 'put it down' distance call in shops over the coming festive period.

[Dillydaydreaming]

Ah this one is simple,

DS is going for the "All world stocks of Lego" record. Or it could be the "How many times can I leave a tiny piece of Lego around for my Mum to step on in bare feet" record (ouch).

Me - I am going for the "worlds most superhuman attempt to get organised" record. .

[bananamam]

My world record has to be for being the most anally retentive person I know. I sweep my kitchen floor three times a day. You could eat off any floor in my house. I mop so often that the water I use is often cleaner after I have mopped. I buy a new Hoover quite often rather than cleaning the filter (waste emotion), oh and it's now my mission to reduce our rubbish drastically. My poor kids and dp

So the worlds cleansest freak

[soupforthesoul]

I hold the world record for starting the most toilet rolls (breaking the glue) and the other world record for hating this chore the most.

Can 'Bad Hair Day Which Has Lasted A Decade' be included?

[llynnnn]

I hold the world record for saying 'no' the most times in one morning! Dd2 (2.5) has been at her best this morning with climbing, throwing, raiding cupboards, jumping on the chairs etc etc etc! I am fed up with the sound of my own voice!

[SoupDragon]

Given the number of times I have to repeat simple instructions like "put your socks on" and "go to bed" I think I must hold the record for World's Quietest Voice.

Either that or no one in my family listens to me.

[Shakey1500]

I am the World Record Holder for Picking Bits Off The Rug/Carpet (not fussy)

I treat is as an Olympic Sport, do a full warm up, wear my Picking Bits Off the Rug Outfit.

I should make myself a medal out of tin foil

[Tamoo]

My ds is currently trying to grow one fingernail to an extreme length. It looks disgusting.

He also started collecting sick bags from aeroplanes with a view to breaking some sort of record but since we only go abroad once in a blue moon and always by the same airline, he hasn't got very far.

My own record would be how many hours can be procrastinated away playing Plants vs Zombies when I should be working/cleaning/etc.

[aristocat]

my record would be for 'neatest dishwasher stacker'

only i do this job (DH is useless at it) and the crockery/cutlery has to be placed correctly every time

OCD no, of course not!

[StellaAndFries]

My world record would be for the most names called before actually getting the right one, I think we should have stuck to numbering them, dd2, dd3, dd4 rather than giving them two first names each.

My mum and my nan used to do it to me and my sister and I vowed to never get my child's name wrong

[StellaAndFries]

Dp's world record would be amount of times in one day that he can close our bedroom curtains just after I have opened them apparently when playing his Xbox the sunlight streams through the window interrupting game play. He is like a fetid teenage boy in there will curtains shut and no window open!

[CMOTdibbler]

My ds's world record would be for the number of times a child can ask Why in one hour.

DHs would be loudest snore

Mine would be number of odd gloves generated

[norriscoleforpm]

I hold the world record for losing everybody's items. Allegedly. It is definitely always my fault for 'tidying up' when homework/coats/shoes/drawings/keys go missing. I must have the biggest non-existant hiding place in the world

[goingtoofast]

I hold the world record longest time spent looking for keys. Everyday I sepnd a few mins, never leave it in the same place - I will never learn!

[Fififison]

For sneezing, definately.

[LizCojones]

Aristocat - I'll have to challenge you for the worlds neatest dishwasher :o I have been known to restack it when Dh hasn't done it properly

DH reckons I hold the world record for the speediest time to go from calm, calm, calm to RAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
(I'm sure he's exaggerating )

[Lilyloo]

Ds must hold the world record for the most dried bogies stuck to his walls , under his bed , on his bedside table It is vile and i must hold the world record for telling him what a disgusting habit is and to use a tissue. Oh and also for being a dab hand at scraping them off [eew] smiley

[MotherPanda]

I think I hold the world record for longest dish washing avoidance, and my darling DH holds the record for the most frequent dish washing,

[LoonyRationalist]

I definitely own the world record for most number of odd socks owned.

[iklboo]

I hold the world record for DH/DS translation & mind reading. Eg when asked 'where is me doings' I know not only what said 'doings' they are referring to, but where it is!

[inmysparetime]

I hold the world record for the largest number of fairytales told consecutively to a large number of preschoolers, while keeping their avid attention, listening to (and including) their random contributions, keeping discipline, and writing observations on it all! That's got to be at least an unusual skill

[saintlyjimjams]

I hold the world record for surfing the most times in one year with a severely autistic child. It's November and he's not showing any signs of stopping for the winter yet

[butterflymum]

Our washing machine must surely hold the world record for most socks eaten.

[c0rn55ilke]

I hold the world record for eating creme eggs.
ds1 holds the world record for stuffing loo roll down the toilet.
ds2 can make a miraculous amount of crumbs appear when he eats a cake - a bit like Jesus and the fishes.So he holds the word record for crumb dropping.

[CaptainMartinCrieff]

I think I could possibly get close to the world record for completing a sudoku puzzle.
I find them dull but do the 3 sudokus in the metro every morning... Makes my commute seem faster.