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Man Wants To Set World Record By Sitting On Toilet Seat For 150 hours
By: Nzegwu
After a world record has been set and an attempt to break the record, Jimmy De Frenne from Austria is cur- rently busy try- ing to set the world record on ‘sitting on the toilet seat’. The proceeds go to charity.
It is not that diffi- cult, because there is no offi- cial world record yet. “There was sometimes someone in Ostend who has done it for 100 hours, but that was not official,” says Jimmy from the toilet seat. “So I want to break that. I am going for 150 hours, until Saturday 21
hours. But if I still feel good, I will continue until Sunday afternoon. Then I will be at 170 hours.
“The attempt started on Sunday after- noon at 3 p.m. Jimmy does not
suffer from ail- ments on Monday evening.” The first night also went well. “It was an unforget- table night. I have a lot of company. I almost fell off the toilet seat once, but that
was a laugh.”
He does not take any special measures. “I can pause five min- utes every hour to smoke a ciga- rette or to pee. I try to save those minutes so that I can sleep for an hour or two. The
doctor also comes by every day to do a gen- eral check-up. Everything is still in order for now.”
With the action, Jimmy De Frenne wants to raise money for a charity organi-
zation. “People can donate 5 euros to sit next to me in the toi- let. Most people, however, do not like it and simply contribute. I’d like to support the organization because my two sons have been there, too, and they’ve done a lot for my boys there, and they do a lot of fami- lies too.”
It’s just a matter of waiting to see if he can last a week on the toi- let seat. He will be in the toilet seat for less time after his record attempt, he says already. “After my record, I will not be able to ignore the toi- let seat, but I will probably stay a little longer in the morning.”
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