It's a New Record for Cockroach Eating!
吃蟑螂新纪录！

Some people will do anything to get into the record books—eat cockroaches, catapult coins or just sit around and navel-gaze. Australian Graham Barker has extracted his own bellybutton fluff every day since 1984, collecting a world record 0.54 ounces. His collection is just one of the weird and wonderful feats recorded in the 2002 edition of Guinness World Records, published recently. “Some people gaze into their navel for inspiration. I look into mine and see navel fluff,” said Barker, whose ambition is to collect enough navel pickings to stuff a pillow. Briton Ken Edwards, a former rat-catcher and part-time entertainer, made it into the record book after eating 36 medium-sized cockroaches in one minute on March 5, 2001. Other record-breaking feats include the loudest burp, by Briton Paul Hunn, which registered 118.1 decibels —comparable to a plane taking off, according to the record book. Sooty was crowned the most romantic guinea pig after fathering 43 babies during a single night of passion with 24 partners in December 2000. British actor Vic Gallucci holds the record for most appearances as a television extra*. Since 1989 he has appeared 819 times as Detective Constable Tom Baker in police TV drama The Bill. He has yet to speak a line.

　　有些人为创纪录什么都肯干——吃蟑螂、弹硬币，或者干脆傻坐着看自己的肚脐眼儿。澳大利亚的格雷厄姆·巴克尔从1984年开始每天收集自己肚脐上的软毛，现已收集了创世界纪录的0.54盎司。他的收藏只是最近出版的《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》2002年版收载的各种希奇古怪业绩中的一个。“有些人盯着肚脐寻找灵感，而我向自己的肚脐看去——看到了软毛，”巴克尔说。他的志向是收集足够的软毛来填充一个枕头。英国人肯·爱德华兹曾经是捕鼠人及业余演员，他于2001年3月5日在1分钟内吃下了36只中等个头的蟑螂，成功进入了吉尼斯大全。其他破纪录壮举还包括由英国人保罗·哈恩打出的最响亮的饱嗝。根据《大全》的记录，他的饱嗝声达到了118.1分贝，堪与飞机起飞的声音媲美。豚鼠苏提在2000年12月与24只母鼠的一夜激情之后成了43只小鼠的父亲，由此成为了世界上最浪漫的豚鼠。上镜次数最多的电视临时演员纪录由英国演员维克·加鲁西保持。他在警匪电视剧《钞票》中饰演警探汤姆·贝克，自1989年来已经出镜819次，不过还没有一句台词。