In Competition No. 3019 you were invited to submit a limerick describing a feat worthy of inclusion in Guinness World Records.
This assignment is a nod to my nine-year-old son, who is a big fan of astonishing facts. Every year, when he gets his mitts on the latest Guinness World Records, he follows me around the house bombarding me with them.
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