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    Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record

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    02/09/09

    In reply to Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
    Ironically, this is how Jack Bauer extracts information from suspected terrorists.
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    02/09/09

    In reply to Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
    The longest I've ever sat through watching the set was when I decided to sit through all 9+ hours of the LOTR trilogy. 72 hours? Fuuuuuuuuuck no.
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    02/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: 9+ hours for the trilogy? Wasn't 9+ hours just for the Three Kings?
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    02/09/09

    In reply to Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
    Under the surface, isn't this just "who can stay awake the longest"?


    Try staying awake for 72 hours WORKING at your JOB, trying meet your latest milestone.


    Anyone can relax and watch television.


    What a pussy.

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    02/09/09

    @crapcakes: "Try staying awake for 72 hours WORKING at your JOB,"


    You mean, 48 hours on Gizmodo and 24 occasional hours doing actual work? ;)

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    02/09/09

    @ripfire: Wow, your Giz/work ratio is way too low.
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    02/09/09

    @crapcakes: The trick is to find a client to bill your commenting to. Also, my record for continuous work (or reasonable facsimile thereof) was 20 hours, set last year, on a document review gig in lovely downtown Newark.


    I then slept for about 5 hours in the nearby Robert Treat Hotel and came back for another 15 hour shift. Staying awake to set a record is one thing; staying awake to get a $2,000 bonus on top of $65/hr is another.

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    02/09/09

    @ApologeticBale_GitEmSteveDave: ** lowers head in shame **
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    02/09/09

    @ripfire: Don't be ashamed. Mines fallen as well since my boss actually wants me to work now. You know, all I ask for is an honest day's pay for an honest hours work! It's the American Dream!
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    02/09/09

    In reply to Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
    "pouring coffee over the flakes"


    Yeah, I've done that. It's not so bad.

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    02/09/09

    In reply to Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
    What are the rules for this? Can he go to the bathroom or eat? If so, does he have one of those goofy monitor-in-glasses things plugged into an iPod or something? Or is just on the can the whole time? Or did he just soil himself?
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    02/09/09

    @toejam07: A bathroom with one way mirrors, so his eyes never have to leave the TV.
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    02/09/09

    @toejam07: What do you think he uses the empty coffee cups for...
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    02/09/09

    In reply to Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
    I wonder if one can be conditioned to sorely miss a TV character if you watch him or her straight for an extended period of time, as if it were a real person.


    "What the FUCK do you mean Balki Bartokomous isn't real???!" *Googles Mepos

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    02/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: So wait, Dimitri wasn't real? Is there no "Dance of Joy"? No Bibi-baby-batkas? NOO!!!
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    02/09/09

    In reply to Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
    It would be 72 hours of 24, if commercials were included, were they? B/c if so, I give him tons more credit for sitting through the commercials.
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