About three hours into the world record-setting event, 21-year-old Matt Robison sat still, piercings poking up and down his arm as one of his bigger tattoos, the red-inked phrase "Don't Ever Judge Me," faced toward onlookers."When I told people I was going to do this, most of the time they looked at me like I'm crazy. They don't think I'll do it," Robison said.
Um, it's not the thought that you won't do it that makes them look at you like you're crazy, Matt.
And that "Don't Ever Judge Me" tat? Nice touch.
Robison, an apprentice piercer at The Pit Studio in Ottawa, set a world record Saturday by getting pierced 1,016 times in one sitting.
Ow.
He was originally going to go for 1,000, to beat the previous record of 600. But that record-holder had just bumped the record up to 1,015. Robinson then considered going for 1,200, but it turned out to be "too painful" and too long to do.
Before Saturday, Robison had 26 piercings on his body. After the record was set Saturday, 1,015 of his new piercings were removed, leaving one in his body -- the record breaker.
Actually, having only 27 piercings seems almost sane after that. Almost.
Shudders.
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