the Guinness World Records for the
world's widest male and female
tongues, Syracuse, New York, USA
Byron Schlenker , 47, has a tongue
measures a massive 8.6cm across,
while his 14-year-old daughter
Emily isn't far behind, with her
tongue measuring 7.3cm at its
widest point.
Byron, who has now been
nicknamed the Gob father, only
discovered his rare gift when he
picked up a copy of the Guinness
Book of World Records while helping
Emily with a school project at the
library.
Byron said:"
Turning the page I saw that the
world's widest tongue was a guy from
Australia at 7.9cm. On the way home I
started thinking my tongue is pretty
wide, I wonder how wide it is?"
Byron measured his tongue and
several months later the
organisation crowned him and
Emily as having the world's widest
male and female tongue.
Byron explained that his gob-
smacking record has made him
quite the celebrity in his hometown.
He said:
" I get stopped by people at the grocery
store or when I'm out in town to take
a picture. I have had people come to
my house to sign their record book.
I even had one lady who asked me to
lick her Guinness Book, which I
politely declined."
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