BBC World Record dreams dashed!

lisa Lisa, 12th March 2009

Tom and I were delighted to be invited by the BBC to witness a World Record Attempt last night in Bristol. Kev F Sutherland entertained us for 1 hour with 470+ jokes, both written by himself and submitted by the public. As pointed out by the Official Guiness World Record Adjudicator, the record was for the most jokes told, not the most read; so apart from quick glances at some cue cards - he had to do the performance from memory! Unfortunately he didn't break the record - which currently still stands at 549 jokes. But he did a fantastic job and we wish him the best of luck if he has a second attempt! Lots of jokes were funny too...  The point of the attempt was to raise money for Comic Relief... and on that note, if you know a good joke, don't forget to add it to BigJokeBook.co.uk and pay your £1. You'll get a link back to your website and the knowledge that you're helping support Red Nose Day. 

More from our blog

18a win Netty 2024 award for Activibees.com

18a win Netty 2024 award for Activibees.com

29.02.24

We are delighted to announce that 18a has been recognised for its outstanding work in the "Web Design Agency of the Year - UK" category at… Read →

Generating an Effective Content Security Policy with your Laravel React App

Generating an Effective Content Security Policy with your Laravel React App

27.02.24

I recently had an interesting problem to solve. I'd built a brand new author website on a shiny installation of Laravel 10, utilising its out-of-the-box… Read →

If your WordPress website looks broken, it could be because of this.

If your WordPress website looks broken, it could be because of this.

15.02.24

WordPress is the incredibly popular blogging-come-full-website platform that powers over 835 million websites* in 2024. It's functionality is extended by plugins, and one such very… Read →