CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: For those interested, the Guinness World Records website has a section called Set a Record. It says a record should be "provable, quantifiable and breakable."
Guinness says it hears from tens of thousands of people each year who want to set a record. Guinness officials may take more than a month to decide if they will accept a record-breaking attempt. They reject about eighty percent of the applications.
If they accept a proposal, they send detailed instructions about how to confirm that a record has been set. In some cases, someone from Guinness may come to the record-setting attempt. If not, there should be at least two witnesses who are not friends along with a written record of the activity.
The attempt should be made in a public place. Photographs and media reports will help prove to Guinness that a record was set.
Thousands of people perform at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City, during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record of people dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller, in 2009. The event was organized in honor of the late pop star's birthday.
There is a long list of records that Guinness will not accept. For instance, they do not recognize perfect school attendance. Nor do they recognize any activity that could harm people or animals.
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BARBARA KLEIN: Over the years, the Guinness book has had a number of competitors. Larry Olmsted, author of "Getting Into Guinness," found that most have not survived.
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