The best bit of Wednesday's Drivetime came when Dublin's Rory, who holds the world record for fastest Vienetta consumption (one minute 15.3 seconds), talked Mark Goodier and co-host Kirsten through his technique live on air, prompting the team to produce an actual Vienetta for Kirsten to attempt. It did not go well. "I don't even like ice cream," she admitted, having managed just three spoonfuls before giving up, blaming her habit of chewing everything: "It's how far did you get into it? Only about three spoons." Listeners piled in with their own tales, including Sophie in Brighton whose dog polished off a whole Vienetta from the freezer in 1991 "in a couple of seconds."
Elsewhere, listeners phoned in with their own world record claims, from a skip-loader driver in Lichfield reckoning he could set a biscuit-dunking record to Kirsten revealing she once held records for socks worn on one foot (around 46-51) and tap dancing, made during her time on a kids' radio show. Both have since been broken.
The show also flagged Radio 2's disco season continuing into the weekend, with Rylan's ABBA vs the Bee Gees concert airing Sunday at 8pm, and teased Thursday's breakfast show Soundclash pitting Gary Davies's 80s disco against Shaun Keaveny's 70s picks. The Pub Quiz saw Diana in Derbyshire and Kirsten both post modest scores of two and three out of five on a bird-themed round, with the Guinness World Records origin story stumping both.
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