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World's Longest Diary.

By Alex in World Records on Dec 5, 2006 at 3:10 pm


Kircher Society has a neat entry on Robert Shields of Dayton, Washington, who probably holds the world record of longest diary:

For twenty years, Robert Shields of Dayton, Washington, has kept a written record of absolutely everything that has happened to him, day and night. For no less than four hours each day, Shields holes himself up in the small office in his home, turns on his stereo, and types. His diary, at 35 million words, is believed to be the world’s longest.

Shields did this from 1972 until 1996, when he was disabled by a stroke. Shown above is a page from the diary, showing what he did every 5 minutes interval! Link


 
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  1. collapsibletank
    Dec 5th, 2006 at 3:44 pm

    Erm... "I took some nitroglycerine"...

  2. Denita TwoDragons
    Dec 5th, 2006 at 5:42 pm

    What a sad life, IMHO. I'd rather be LIVING my life than writing about it!

    --TwoDragons

  3. Chad
    Dec 5th, 2006 at 6:51 pm

    wow creepy as hell. reminds me of the killer in seven

  4. pookie
    Dec 5th, 2006 at 7:32 pm

    he even described his poop...this guy is nuts

  5. ted
    Dec 5th, 2006 at 8:17 pm

    Definitely should have gone on Nutorama.
    I wonder how many ways he was able to describe his amazing bathroom feats.

  6. reva
    Dec 5th, 2006 at 8:52 pm

    wow. I remember doing that for one day in middle school. That was enough for me.

  7. Edie
    Jul 9th, 2007 at 3:04 pm

    I'm the girl who was "potty-trained" in this page, im his grandaughter!! I'm so happy i found part of his diary, we've now thrown away or recycled most of it, I'm now 14 years old, the room that he worked in is now my room and Robert is still alive and well he's not really kicking...he's paralized on his right hand side. He is truly amazing though.

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