The weather was just warm enough in Boise to go outside for a one-sided water sponge fight. I can’t tell if I won or lost.

The Guinness World Record’s title is for the “Most wet sponges thrown in 30 seconds (team of two)”. They have to be dipped in water just before the throw and hit the other person fully on the face from over 3 meters away. The previous record was 36.

Fortunately, Jonathan is an excellent 2-handed thrower and he launched 54 in 30 seconds. After subtracting the misses and blows that only glanced off the face, we ended up with 43 hits that counted.

The neighbors again provided timing and witnessing from the middle of the street as there is no traffic and there was plenty of room to keep our distance.

We offered everyone to have a chance at the record if they were just willing to be on the receiving end of a wet sponge, and surprisingly enough, everyone declined!

The trickiest part is timing the blinks of the eye to close them before the sponge hits, open them after enough water is gone it doesn’t hit the eye, have time to see the oncoming sponge and move to make sure it hits the face, and then get the eyes closed again.

There is also no evidence that COVID-19 has ever been spread by a thrown wet sponge.

Stay safe.

Thanks to the Lindemood family!