LEADER 02849nam 22005533u 450 001 9910157365903321 005 20170821193710.0 010 $a1-78372-016-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000179825 035 $a(EBL)1728090 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001262536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12416092 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11216816 035 $a(PQKB)10450416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1728090 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1728090 035 $a(OCoLC)883568888 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000179825 100 $a20140714d2010|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStrictly Off the Record$b[electronic resource] $eOn the Trail of World Records with Norris McWhirter 210 $aChichester $cSummersdale Publishers Ltd$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84953-069-6 327 $aFront Cover; CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S PREFACE; ONE - THE ODYSSEY BEGINS; TWO - FULL OF HOT AIR; THREE - THE BIGGEST BOOK IN THE WORLD; FOUR - THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL; FIVE - STRANGE ENCOUNTERS UP NORTH; SIX - THE FORGETFUL MEMORY MAN; SEVEN - BRIDGE AND BRAINS; EIGHT - JACKSON THE RECORD KING; NINE - DANCING IN THE STREETS; TEN - THE LEANING TOWER OF BREAD; ELEVEN - TRIFFID CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CHANTING AND CLAIRVOYANTS; TWELVE - DEAD WOMEN, HANDSHAKING AND LONG CARS; THIRTEEN - A SPORTING CHANCE; FOURTEEN - KOREANS, KIMCHI AND CAR-PULLING; FIFTEEN - GOLDEN OLDIES 327 $aSIXTEEN - ALL ABOARD - TRAINS, BUSES AND FIRE ENGINESSEVENTEEN - THE WORLD'S WORST WHIFF AND OTHER TV DISASTERS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 330 $a In this achingly funny and irreverent memoir, Anna Nicholas recounts her adventures judging records around the world with The Guinness Book of Records founder, Norris McWhirter, CBE. Nicknamed Batman and Robin, they travelled the UK and beyond together meeting eccentric, weird and wonderful record breakers. Adjudicating Richard Branson's circumnavigation of the globe in a hot air balloon, the world's highest tower of bread, the longest conga line and the cramming of the most people ever on deckchairs onto Weymouth beach was all in a day's work for this dynamic duo. And, of course, things di 517 $aStrictly Off the Record 606 $aWorld records 606 $aGeneral$2HILCC 606 $aDictionaries - General$2HILCC 615 0$aWorld records 615 7$aGeneral 615 7$aDictionaries - General 676 $a032.0922 700 $aNicholas$b Anna$0814751 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157365903321 996 $aStrictly Off the Record$92881405 997 $aUNINA