Thai couples set kissing record
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February 15, 2011, Tuesday
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SEVEN determined couples locked lips for more than 36 hours to celebrate Valentine's Day in the Thai beach resort town of Pattaya, a landmark "kissathon" that organizers claim marked the longest recorded smooch in history.
The previous record - 32 hours, seven minutes and 14 seconds - was set in 2009 in Germany, according to Guinness World Records.
Fourteen mostly Thai pairs entered the contest when it kicked off on Sunday morning at 6am local time. By yesterday afternoon, half were still puckering up in the corridor of a shopping mall.
"We didn't think we would find anybody that could break the record," said Somporn Naksuetrong, the manager of Pattaya's Louis Tussaud's Waxworks museum, which organized the competition. That seven couples apparently did, he said, "is amazing."
By late yesterday evening, three more pairs had dropped out and four couples were still left smooching. The last left kissing wins a diamond ring worth 50,000 Thai Baht (US$1,606 dollars), and a 100,000 Baht cash prize.
According to the rules, the lovebirds' lips cannot part at any time. They are allowed to drink - but only through straws while continuing to kiss. They also have to remain embraced during bathroom breaks - accompanied by contest monitors.
The harshest rule: no sitting or sleeping. One woman -participating with her boyfriend fainted just half an hour after it began.
The previous record - 32 hours, seven minutes and 14 seconds - was set in 2009 in Germany, according to Guinness World Records.
Fourteen mostly Thai pairs entered the contest when it kicked off on Sunday morning at 6am local time. By yesterday afternoon, half were still puckering up in the corridor of a shopping mall.
"We didn't think we would find anybody that could break the record," said Somporn Naksuetrong, the manager of Pattaya's Louis Tussaud's Waxworks museum, which organized the competition. That seven couples apparently did, he said, "is amazing."
By late yesterday evening, three more pairs had dropped out and four couples were still left smooching. The last left kissing wins a diamond ring worth 50,000 Thai Baht (US$1,606 dollars), and a 100,000 Baht cash prize.
According to the rules, the lovebirds' lips cannot part at any time. They are allowed to drink - but only through straws while continuing to kiss. They also have to remain embraced during bathroom breaks - accompanied by contest monitors.
The harshest rule: no sitting or sleeping. One woman -participating with her boyfriend fainted just half an hour after it began.
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