We’re the best at txt : New Zealand grabs world record for fastest txter

How fast are your thumbs? Not to harp back to the good old days, but it wasn’t so long ago that kids used thumbs mainly for grabbing things they weren’t allowed to touch, pinching other kids and picking up food with their hands at the dinner table.

Kids today are increasingly dexterous with their digits – hours spent playing games on Playstations and Xboxes, feeding tamagochis and texting on mobile phones has brought new thumb strength to the younger generation.

Now a Dunedin teen has proved he’s the best at txt in the world. I’ve already proclaimed my love for the Guinness Book of Records, so I’m over the moon that we’ve made it with this latest record. Or should I say ovr th mn?

Seventeen-year-old Elliot Nicholls broke the world record in Dunedin, texting a 160-character message blindfolded and finishing in just 51 seconds on his second attempt and 45 seconds on his fourth try. Both times were slick enough to beat the standing record, set by an Italian at one minute 23 seconds. Elliot fitted practice around his studies, learning off-by-heart the phrase: “the razor toothed piranhas of the genera serrasal musand pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. in reality they rarely attack a human.”

Ah, I love quirky things.

So, what are you waiting for? Get txting on your NZ mobile phone!