Tonight I broke a slippery Guinness World Records Title: “Most bars of soap stacked in one minute”. The trick was that the bars of soap had to be soaked in water for over one minute before the attempt could begin, and they had to be smooth (no oatmeal soap here), and they were defined as “smooth, solid object used for cleaning the body in water which becomes slippery when in contact with water”. These bars of soap were slippery. Even with my fingernails grown out, it was hard to even pick them up. Keeping them in a stack was even harder.

The previous record was 21, but after some practice, I knew I could pass that mark. The question was, how aggressive could I get? With grown-out fingernails, I could grab and stack. The trick was getting the stacked bars of soap to stick together and not slide off. I got 30 stacked and then ran into all sorts of trouble. The second to bottom bar slide off the bottom bar and was only attached by 20% of its surface area. Fortunately, the stack remained standing for over 5 seconds and I broke the Guinness World Record’s Title.

In the news: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/07/29/Man-stacks-30-bars-of-wet-soap-for-Guinness-World-Record/4161564410530

Then my son decided to make his own stack. I’m pretty sure it was higher than mine. He’s destined for great slippery things.