Thai 'kissathon' Aims To Set New World Record

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Thai 'kissathon' aims to set new world record

PATTAYA, Thailand, Feb 13, 2013 (AFP) - Nine Thai couples locked lips Tuesday in hope of setting a new record for the world's longest kiss, but the attempt proved too much for two septuagenarians who dropped out after just one hour.

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The participants, who must kiss for more than 50 hours, 25 minutes and one second to enter the Guinness World Records, were forbidden from sitting down and could only go to the bathroom after the first six hours.

"They have to continue kissing while they go to the toilet and can only drink water or milk through straws," said an event spokeswoman.

"They couldn't do this unless they love each other. The smell of their breath would probably be quite something."

The current holders are a male couple who returned to try to beat their own record set last year.

"I'm 100-percent confident that a couple will break the record," said Somporn Naksuetrong, the vice president of Ripley's Believe It or Not! in the resort city of Pattaya which hosted the event.

The oldest entrants to sign up in hope of winning the prize of 100,000 baht ($3,300) cash and two diamond rings were a 74-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

"They quit after about one hour. It was the first time we had old people joining," Somporn said.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-02-13

[uptheos]

"They have to continue kissing while they go to the toilet and can only drink water or milk through straws," said an event spokeswoman.

"They couldn't do this unless they love each other. The smell of their breath would probably be quite something."

The smell of their breath isn't the only thing that springs to mind!

[fakename]

Hub of kissing? How can they even have a competition like this, since they are not even allowed to kiss in the Thai soap operas?

[Songhua]

"They have to continue kissing while they go to the toilet and can only drink water or milk through straws," said an event spokeswoman.

"They couldn't do this unless they love each other. The smell of their breath would probably be quite something."

The smell of their breath isn't the only thing that springs to mind!

.... and one assumes they're still being monitored by an official while they perform their number twos together.

[Westaurel]

Stupid to make a kissing competition in a country that refuses to kiss in public !

Because this is Pattaya, anything goes ? The thai sin city !

[Jayman]

Thais are not really kissing ppl. They sniff each other on the cheek.

[BrooklynNY]

Do you know a Thai proverb "Supasit" >> "Pak wa Ta Ka-yib" meaning criticizing others but they do the same.

Stupid to make a kissing competition in a country that refuses to kiss in public !

Because this is Pattaya, anything goes ? The thai sin city !

Stupid to make a kissing competition in a country that refuses to kiss in public !

Because this is Pattaya, anything goes ? The thai sin city !

Because many Thai people are a "Show off"

Do you know a Thai proverb (Supasit) "Pak Wa Ta Ka-yib" ? The meaning is about criticizing other people but they do the same otherwise and not feeling bad about it. That is like this kissing competition.

They like "Showing off" to the world that they too can be the center of the attention about stupid things like Hula hoop and the kissing competition to beat the Guinness records. These types of show off do not require brain energy, it's all about publicity.

[sirchai]

"They couldn't do this unless they love each other. The smell of their breath would probably be quite something."

Or hold their breath for a few days...

Edited February 13, 2013 by sirchai

[sirchai]

Do you know a Thai proverb "Supasit" >> "Pak wa Ta Ka-yib" meaning criticizing others but they do the same.

Stupid to make a kissing competition in a country that refuses to kiss in public !

Because this is Pattaya, anything goes ? The thai sin city !

Stupid to make a kissing competition in a country that refuses to kiss in public !

Because this is Pattaya, anything goes ? The thai sin city !

Because many Thai people are a "Show off"

Do you know a Thai proverb (Supasit) "Pak Wa Ta Ka-yib" ? The meaning is about criticizing other people but they do the same otherwise and not feeling bad about it. That is like this kissing competition.

They like "Showing off" to the world that they too can be the center of the attention about stupid things like Hula hoop and the kissing competition to beat the Guinness records. These types of show off do not require brain energy, it's all about publicity.

I smell a fish..,..another hub of hidden brains...