Surely some daring Neatoramanaut can beat this record:
ARLINGTON, Texas, May 11 (UPI) -- A Texas body modification enthusiast said he broke a Guinness World Record by receiving 1,197 piercings in a single day.
Jeremy Stroud said Arlington body modification artist Tyson Turk spent about five hours May 2 inserting 800 needles into his back, 300 in his right arm, 50 in his leg and about 20 in his left arm, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported Monday.
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Update 5/13/09 by Alex: if you can stand the loud music, here's the video clip: Link [YouTube]
iirc the non-Guinness record is something like 5000 piercings done in one sitting in one day.
"body modification enthusiast" so that's what they call dumbasses in texas eh?
I'm big into piercings, body mod's in general and tattoo's... but this is just insanely overboard.
His body is going to reject a massive amount, if not all of them. Plus he put his central nervous system, blood sugar levels and heart under serious pressure.
I wouldn't be surprised and I honestly would not feel sorry for him, if in the near future if he develops one, if not a few bodily system problems.
- Paul M.