Most Time Spent On a Bed Of Nails
Nails.
If you're a carpenter, you're bound to have used them in your work. Be it for joining two planks, or for hanging a picture, nails have traditionally been at the top of the woodworking food pyramid for as long as wood has existed.
However, this may be coming to an end. The pyramid may be about to collapse, thanks to our old friend, science!
Yes, the technology of chemical adhesives looks set to soon overtake the traditional hammer/nail combination. Adhesives are stronger, easier and 100% slimier than nails. You can't hit yourself on the thumb with an adhesive.
And adhesives are supplied in an excellent tube, not a rubbish box.
Thankfully, there is one refuge where nails remain King. The refuge of nail beds!
You'll never see the nails in a nail bed replaced with an adhesive. That would be a horribly messy disaster.
So it's thanks to nail bed experts such as Mark Mysterrio that nails will live on in our hearts and minds, though not our walls.
And it is the magician Mark Mysterrio himself who holds the WOW for the most time spent on a bed of nails - an astounding 283 hours and 5 minutes on a bed of 6 inch gutter spikes!
You can read more about Mysterrio's achievements on his website: www.ultimatemagicshows.com