By Rob Bricken in
Nerdery
Friday, Jun. 12 2009 @ 10:10AM
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You're looking at 2500+ people -- assumably of legally sound mind -- who chose to dress up like Smurfs and gather in the British town of Swansea to achieve the Guinness Book of World Records for "Largest Smurf Gathering." From Wales Online:
The city of Swansea was turned blue as a group of 2,510 people, the majority of whom were students from the local university, crammed into the Oceana nightclub to almost double the previous record.
The event was organised by UK fancy dress costume seller Jokers' Masquerade and was not verified until 1am as every "Smurf" had to be checked to make sure no natural skin was showing.
The record was previously held by the town of Castleblayney in County Monaghan, Ireland, which recorded 1,253 Smurfs gathered in the high street last year.
Rebecca Oatley, of Jokers' Masquerade, said: "Smurf Guinness World Record holder has become an illustrious title.
"There have been five attempts over the last 18 months, with Swansea trumping Castleblayney's 1,253 Smurfs recorded last year."
You know what these towns obviously need? Heroin dealers. Yes, those Trainspotting kids may have hallucinated dead babies crawling up the walls and shit their pants on occasion, but they still had enough dignity to not dress like a smurf and go out in public.
I believe you, Jess. Can you imagine popping out for a quick drink, walking into a nightclub, and seeing 2500 people dressed as smurfs staring at you? That's an easy way to smurf your pants. Oatley says she plans to hold more mass costume events including Daleks and superheroes, so I guess the smurf's on me, since I'll obviously be covering this insanity. Just fucking smurf-tastic. (Via Geekologie)Jess Roger, a 20-year-old English Literature student, said preparations to break the world record had been going on for some time. ...
"It was a really surreal experience because everywhere you looked there was a sea of white hats and blue faces.
"It was quite scary actually."
18 comments
Comments
telezombie said:
that's just awesome...
amarygma said:
I can't imagine wanting to be part of such a frightening record.
Gasstank said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. And I thought furries were weird.
wil said:
I've been to that club, and its fucking disgusting. It was full of Welsh chavs and underdressed sluts, and then at the end of the night they suddenly played Iron Maiden in the middle of all the R'n'B shit and all the chavs started moshing and actually fighting and there was actually blood on the dancefloor. The whole Oceana chain of clubs are absolutely hideous.
In a bit of shameless but relevant self promotion, on my blog I wrote about the kebab shop next door, which I think describes some of the horrors of the place - www.meatinaroll.blogspot.com - I can't do a direct link as my work blocks blogger as 'social networking'
MattK said:
Hmmm...I smell potential FFF story...keep an eye on those numbers and see if the Smurf Fiction practically triples after people hear this story...
Motorthing said:
Wil. Totally agree, haven't been in that club but been to and through Swansea a life destroying number of times and the town doesn't need Heroin Dealers - just a thorough fucking carpet bombing. Where are the Germans when you really need them?
Strangeman said:
You know there must have been about 1000 people who either dressed up as Papa Smurf, or as Smurfette, and then some geek got all upset and started arguing, "There can be only one!" Blood was shed.
ZADL said:
So where do these people fall in the nerd hierarchy? Below or above furries?
Xanthippas said:
The smurf orgy followed, right?
wil said:
BLATANT SELF PROMOTION ALERT!
Here's the link to my blog post I mentioned above: http://meatinaroll.blogspot.com/2009/04/yet-another-unofficial-endorsements.html - if anyone is still looking at this post...
Capsulesn'Coffee said:
what the hell is wrong with these people?I mean hundreds of sane, law abiding citizens wouldn't just dress up as smurfs for the hell of it.right? I need a drink.
Itsaka said:
They're in Swansea. There's a good chance they're not sane, or law abiding
deletetheradio said:
Can't someone just organize a Power Girl theme night already?
blue dreams said:
a smurf rave! awesome! just be glad it isn't a smurf nudist colony. that could get smurfed up.
i wonder if they dance to a techno 'Laaa LAAAAA la laaa laaahh, la la laa Laaaaah laaaaaa.'
Anonymous said:
Lol a mate of mine's in there somewhere.
pumpkinguts said:
I smell another FFF
MercyBlowz said:
Y'know last year the heroine in Swansea was actually too pure and several deaths resulted from it, so y'know, I'll take the Smurfs thanks all the same.
Phillip said:
Oh I wish I was in Europe!!
Wonder if the 3 Smurf fans withing 3500km of here would look a little funny in the clab by ourselves.
sad...
