Jonathan “Hollywood” Hannon and I broke a somewhat technical record this time. The issue was the attempt was completely overshadowed by my 2-year-old’s antics during the attempt.
The record was for the most candy-coated popcorn to be caught in the mouth in one minute. The previous record was 53. Jonathan is the ambidextrous tosser and I’m the experienced juggler catcher (this time in my mouth).
We put together an impressive stream and broke the record handily with 67 caught in the mouth in one minute and both of us were pleased with the result.
I didn’t realize until after how much my 2-year-old son had completely overshadowed the event and stole the show. He wandered in with his sword and ball just a few seconds into the event and saw all this popcorn falling on the floor (that I was spitting out of my mouth!). He decided to get to work and clean it up. He was picking it up right at my feet and said he was cleaning it up, then he laughed when it hit him on the head, then he said ouch. He eventually dropped his ball and sword and he was not keeping up with the caramel corn coming down.
The next step was to take the sticky popcorn and put it back on the tray that Jonathan was picking from to throw. I’m not sure if I caught any of those again, but it’s certainly possible. My son then decided he wanted to throw one to me and grabbed one and held it up to throw. He called out “Dad!” to get my attention, but I was focused on an official attempt. He eventually gave up and just at the caramel corn. That wasn’t the last piece he stole based on the evidence.
