People do stupid things.
In 1964, Randy Gardner stayed awake, without using stimulants, for 264 hours (eleven days). In 2010, a Swiss freediver called Peter Colat held his breath underwater for 19 minutes and 21 seconds. In 2004, Ilker Yilmaz squirted milk from his eye at a record-breaking distance of 9 feet, 2 inches.
People do stupid things and we love it!
When asked why they decided to do such incredible pursuits, they invariably have no good reason. They were bored, dared or they just realised they could.
I love it when people do stupid or funny things for a reason. A hero of mine is St. Simeon Stylites who climbed a pillar and stayed there for 37 years. When people asked him why he was doing it, he told them about Jesus. Thousands of people came to see this crazy monk on a pole it was an effective tactic.
Inspired by this man, I gave up trousers for lent when I was a student. A couple of years ago, I locked myself in a cage for a week to tell people about Jesus. And on the 26th June 2012 I am getting up at 3am to play 90 holes of golf in a day (this is about 30 miles) - to tell people about Student Linkup. I'm trying to raise funds Student Linkup this summer which costs Fusion £200 per day. Could you do 90 somethings to help fund this important campaign? Do you know someone who could? Please send this to them.
Here are a few ideas that other people have already committed to:
Paul Millard is eating 90 sausages in a day
A Family Cluster is ebaying 90 items
Matt Fisher is cycling 90 miles in a day
Pippa Winterburn is doing 90 hours of loveyouruni
Hannah Smith is baking 90 cupcakes and selling them
Garreth Frank is walking 90 miles in 90 hours
