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Well Done Andi & team a top effort. but I think you will soon be challenge as there is going to be many challenges this summer.

Once again Well Done.

I welcome the competition and im not going to stop trying to beat my shared or anybody elses future record

some quotes throughout day

Sara its 10 alright
I can think of something else thats 10 darling
sara yeah 10 centimetres
Tangy no 10 millimetres
Sara who,s idea was this to do this anyway andy pointing at tangy
Sara b*ll**ks is ur answer to everything
Sara ok tell my brain what to do
andy ok transmitting it now s**k my k**b
u be bloody lucky u cheeky bugger
At Notting hill gate station arriving a 100 students chattering at top of
voices andy shut up as doors were closing
Sara U promised i could have a fag
yes that was before the bus came in
Come on Come on one last effort guys on the run to Cockfosters
Andy she is not even going to be here on my birthday Tangy i wont even get a birthday s**g
Sara at least ur hand get plenty of action
To a guard at Hounslow West advising everybody to change there for the Heathrow T4 train Andy im not going to take ur advice im going to change at Hatton Cross so there
Andy this guy must be the slowest driver in the world im going to drive the train
Congratulations the record is still yours oh f**k the train is coming in at Heathrow T123
Sara After the last time i said i would never ever do this again and what happens im out 6 months later i,m doing it again Andy right at the end its going its going bundle
Andi At High barnet bus stop whats that a 307
Tangy no thats a 34
Andi again is that a 307
tangy no it has a different front i can tell from here
Andi is that a 307 thankfully it was.
Tangy doing one of his famous annoucements the next station is ? change here for the circle and hammersmith and city lines
Andi but i want the Northern line what happens now
tangy u on the wrong train
Andi "Smartarse"
Andi somewhere on the Jubilee line this train will terminate at Stanmore no it wont all trains will go direct to hainault non stop
Sara very early on in day how many runs do i have to do
Andi 1,2,3,4,5 definate 5 possible u might get lucky and have only 4 was still teasing her with a High Barnet-Cockfosters run all day.

The most foul-mouthed and uncouth Tube Challengers ever?

Congratulations, lady and gentlemen!

Blimey Andi, while the Brown-Starkey-Brabbins team quotes are all on my website, none of yours are printable!

I just did a quick interview with Lorna at BBC 3CR to let her know that Rachel's record has been beaten by Andi, Sara & Martin. Unfortunately Rachel will be unable to join us on 24th July for the Tube Olympics.

Soup Dragon wrote:I just did a quick interview with Lorna at BBC 3CR to let her know that Rachel's record has been beaten by Andi, Sara & Martin. Unfortunately Rachel will be unable to join us on 24th July for the Tube Olympics.

Congratulations to the team.

Here is my naive question for today: On a GWR attempt, is the clock stopped

(i) When the doors open at the final station,
(ii) When the first team member steps onto the platform,
(iii) When the last team member steps onto the platform?

It's always been the first one to my mind.

It stopped when we bundled onto the platform believe me i pushed everybody out.

From the rules:

7. The clock must start the moment the doors close on the first train taken by the challengers.

It must stop the moment the challengers set foot on the platform at the last station.

Challengers, plural - I think that means all of them.

Why does it involve doors at the start and feet at the end? Surely go for doors both times...

We go with first foot on the platform, therefore the last member of the team could possibly be 0.5 second behind the first member. Also what about the doors closing at Amersham, we start the watch at the door we are standing by, but some doors close 1 second later! It really makes no difference if you lose the record by 17 seconds, but imagine losing it by 1 or 2 seconds? If you have a generous stopwatch operator who starts the watch when the last set of doors closes at Amersham and stops it when the doors are 1mm apart at Heathrow T5, then this could make a difference of 1-2 seconds. I would be very miffed to lose a record by such a small margin.

First foot on the platform is the only reasonable interpretation. If you had to wait until the last person stepped off the train, you could shave off the extra seconds by declaring it a solo attempt, and pretending that everyone else was just following you around as support crew. Obviously that means they won't get their name in the record book, but hey, you've got to make some sacrifices for the good of the record attempt, right?

Clearly, any rule that rewards you for doing something as despicable as that is broken and needs to be fixed.

But if you're after some language lawyering to justify that under the exact wording of the Guinness rule, then how about this: "the challengers" can be regarded as a collective entity. "the moment the challengers set foot on the platform" can be taken to mean the moment that a foot belonging to "the challengers" is present on the platform. Problem solved.

palkanetoijala31 wrote:6th attempt July 8th a definate at moment a 2 man (possibly 3 Dudey) 1 woman team with a support person need a start stopwatch person though.?

7th attempt July 14th a monday not confirmed a solo attempt by myself on birthday,?

8th attempt July 21st a monday not confirmed due to sarah not knowing if available.?

9th attempt july 24th tube olympics day not confirmed as too many people off work.?

So Andi.... did you do a sneaky attempt on your birthday, or was this cancalled in the end? Also what about the planned attempt 21st July, is that still happening?

read other post Mr Soup Dragon no further attempts have been made so far Joy 54 wants me at peak efficiency.