After this morning's report of an underwear-clad thief stealing a truck and going on a bizarre joyride, we didn't expect any more underwear-clad stories to roll by us today. But that would have been a great oversight, because we would have missed out on Jack Singer, the fourth-grader from Warwick, NY who is anxiously waiting to see if he has broken the Guinness World Record for most pairs of underwear worn at one time.
In the video report you can see below, Singer wore 215 pairs of underwear on his birthday on June 13, eclipsing the previous record of 200 pairs. According to an interview yesterday with Straus News, Singer said, “I wanted to do something really special. So I decided I wanted to go for a Guinness world record. My parents came up with the idea of underwear and I said, ‘Why not give it a shot?’ I read about it. That was the only record I saw that didn’t have any pain. As it turned out, every record (someone’s looking to set) has pain.”
Singer practiced leading up to the day with the help of his parents; he also asked guests to donate to help wounded veteran Sgt. Eddie Ryan rather than get him presents. By the time he reached 190 pairs, his feet had fallen asleep and his legs had grown weak, so his parents laid him down and continued the odyssey. Although this feels like questionable parenting, we suppose it's still a step up from some otherparents.
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A record sanctioned by a brewery...sure, now it all makes sense.
YouWillLearn
"Singer practiced leading up to the day..."
What did he practice?
iceberglettuceslim
And what is that look on his face in the freezeframe? Is it ecstasy, a flash of shame, or maybe wedgie?
But I like it, he did his part today. I hope they spotted him the first pair.
Kelles
His mother is really really proud of him lying there while she piled on the underpants and cut off circulation to his extremities.
dollarmenu
What the hell kind of record is this if other people can put them on him and he doesn't even need to be standing? He may as well be a fireplug.
Reuel
mark my words, this kid is going to be a serial killer. well, at least he's not going to be able to have kids!
inoyourider
This seems wrong on so many levels.
Glad the kid enjoyed it, I guess.
Spirit of 76
Wrong? Did you bother to actually read the story above? He used the event to solicit donations for a wounded veteran. That's probably more magnanimous and altruistic than you'll ever be. More power to him.
inoyourider
I'm going to start killing kittens for veterans right now just to prove you wrong!
He should have put on a pair of American Flag boxers last just to show Al-Qaeda they haven't won!
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