Africa Mercy Record Night

So i guess i should give the background and how this all begun ... Well i was talking to Sally Peet (see http://www.peetfamily.org.uk/) and she was telling me about her nice new cabin and how lovely and big it was, and we somehow got talking about how she thought that she could fit every person on board the ship in it ... well that isnt very practical however later that night when i was sharing this with my friend Jo, we started talking about where else you could put people etc, and well we came up with a bathroom ...

Ok so in most of the cabins and in various hallways there are these standard size bathrooms with a toilet and shower in ... So then i made it to the dinning room where there we 6 people hanging out and i told them of my plan to make a record for the most amount of people to fit in one of these bathroom and that there would be other records to follow ... So Davey promptly said "your all words no action" and the rest they say is history ... So the 7 of us marched down the stairs and comfortably all fit in and set the first ever Africa Mercy Record!!!

So its amazing how people can take up ideas! So there were notes put on peoples doors and even a slide that was shown on the TVs we have on the ship and out of it the first ever Africa Mercy Record Night Was Born ...

This is the slide that was shown on the TV's

So of course the bathroom one was left till last ... and to be honest im not sure where some of these came from ... but through out the evening there were such record breaking events as ...

• Balancing a kiwi on a spoon, while blindfolded, wearing a life jacket, on one foot while on a ship that was sailing!
• Holding Two Nalgene Bottles full of water (1 liter each) with your arms stretched out for as long as you can
• Doing as many press ups in 1 minute as possible
• Stacking 10 chairs on tables then un stacking them in the fastest time
• Building the highest tower with cutlery which could stand by its self
• Table tennis challenge
  
• Drinking a 1 liter cartoon of Pear juice in the fastest time
• Fitting as many people in a bathroom as possible
  

Meg - The current Kiwi Challenge record holder

Now a note on the pear juice ... there were 7 people that did this event, and well ... You would think it would take a while ... the slowest was 35 seconds! The current record is now held by Marcs (Grey shirt below) who drank the 1 litre in an incredible 11 seconds!

Some of the Pear Juice Competitors

Ok So as i said we had already made 7 in the bathroom before, and well we actually did 14 thu night, so 14 was the current record ... Ok so at the peak of the night there were well over 100 people in attendance so we decided to split people that wanted to be involved and make it a competition well as a record attempt ... i have to say the commitment was amazing ... we managed a very respectable 22 in ours but was just out done by the other team manging to fit in 24 ... I feel this picture shows you just how committed some people were to this event ...

Every inch was taken up!