“I wonder how many t-shirts you can wear at one time?”
That just happens to be one of those crazy thoughts that crossed my mind to break up the monotonous task of folding shirts coming off of the curing/dryer conveyor belt. It’s not a thought that’s going to cure any diseases or change the world. T-shirts – and how many can one person wear. You know, priorities.
Thanks to a little Google research, and some time to put together a blog entry. We now know. The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes Sandara Bandara, of Colombo, Sri Lanka as being the t-shirt record holder of the ‘most number of t-shirts worn at once’.
In a large event hosted in his hometown of Colombo, Bandara achieved the World Record in front of thousands of spectators. Bandara, a marathon runner and survivor of the 2008 Weliveriya bombing in Sri Lanka, took one hour, seven minutes, and three seconds to wear 257 (that’s right, two hundred fifty seven) t-shirts one over other.
The feat has been attempted many times prior to Sandara setting the record, below is a list of previous attempts.
MOST T-SHIRTS EVER WORN AT ONE TIME
- Sandara Bandara (Sri Lanka) – 257*
- Hwang Kwang-hee (South Korea) – 252
- Andy Coyne (USA) – 249
- Tom Rauen (USA) – 247
- Kruno Budiselic (Croatia) – 245
- Matt McAllister (USA) – 155 * Current Record
That just takes “layering” to a whole new level. I suppose I should get back to work.