.. and they say women can talk!

[Waldo]

Chatterbox Tony Wright today broke the world record for the longest phone call - and he was still talking.

The Cornishman talked on his internet phone for 40 hours - and was still going strong.

The previous record for the world's longest phone call stood at 39 hours, 18 minutes and 24 seconds. It was set on November 3, 2005 by Sandra Kobel and Stephen Hafner, from Switzerland.


But shortly after 2am today (Friday 14 Sept), Mr Wright successfully broke the record while talking to Jenny Barnard, of north London.

His record bid began when he chatted to TV weather forecaster Sian Lloyd almost two days ago. Since then hundreds of people have taken hourly chat slots with Mr Wright to help him beat the record.

'I have now got my own little piece of world record history,' said Ms Barnard, who was speaking to Mr Wright when the record was broken.
Conversation subjects have, so far, ranged from heartbreaks and romance to psychobabble and from stomach mucus to the upcoming Led Zeppelin concert.

'Luckily, I do not have to worry about a huge phone bill because we are using Tesco internet phones, meaning that this mammoth call is free,' said Mr Wright, helpfully getting in a plug for his sponsors.

Mr Wright previously broke the world record for sleeplessness by staying awake for 11 days in May this year.

[saz180]

I once spoke to hubby on the phone for 16 hours, that was before we met, we started chatting in a uk games room then msn, after a month we started speaking on the phone, he phoned me around 9am and we eventually got off the phone around 1am, luckily he had free uk calls lol,

[Mike]

Originally Posted by saz180

I once spoke to hubby on the phone for 16 hours, that was before we met, we started chatting in a uk games room then msn, after a month we started speaking on the phone, he phoned me around 9am and we eventually got off the phone around 1am, luckily he had free uk calls lol,

Thats quite romantic


I cant talk too long on the phone, I run out of stuff to say. Unless of course its MadCat then we just chat, Im not sure about what though, just stuff

[smartsez]

lol! You know when you've met the right person if you can talk about crap for hours. I love it, its great! Never having to consciously think of what to say next, it just comes out! rarely makes sense, but they tend to speak the same alien language so they know what you mean & respond accordingly! lol!

[smartsez]

Oh, and you've hit 200 Waldo! Congrats!

[Waldo]

Thanks for that - it took a while, and I really had to hunt for that last one to get me there!

[InLove]

My boyfriend (I hate using the word boyfriend coz I it makes me feel 12) is terrible at talking on the phone. He's pratically silent most of the time. There's lots of "uhhh.....ok Yes/No See Ya" It's weird coz he's not like that in person.

[smartsez]

Originally Posted by InLove

My boyfriend (I hate using the word boyfriend coz I it makes me feel 12) is terrible at talking on the phone. He's pratically silent most of the time. There's lots of "uhhh.....ok Yes/No See Ya" It's weird coz he's not like that in person.

I think thats just a bloke thing, my brothers exactly the same. you just get 'yes' and 'no' out of him on the phone but cant shut him up if he's in the same room!

[Nutty_ZA]

Arrr! 'tis a Bucko thing t' be sure!!!!

I hate talking on the phone... would much rather be face to face with a person