This guy really lives up to his name.
Ripley’s Guinness Rishi — the man formerly known as Har Prakash Rishi — is so dedicated to shattering world records that he removed all his teeth just to break two titles.
Rishi, 74, holds records for being able to cram the most drinking straws in his mouth (496) in 10 seconds, and for being able to stuff the most candles (58) into his kisser.
“For these two records, I had to remove all my teeth so that I could put in the maximum number of straws and candles in my mouth,” the Delhi man told Barcroft Media.
Rishi, whose name pays homage to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! and Guinness World Records, entered Guinness lore for the first time in 1990 when he and his pals rode a scooter for 1,001 hours across almost 20,000 miles.
“When I along with my two friends completed our first world record, my name was Har Prakash Rishi, but when we created a new world record, people started calling me ‘Mr. Guinness’ — and the name stuck,” he said.
The former auto parts store manager also hand-delivered a pizza from New Delhi to San Francisco in 27 hours, and penned the longest will (9,500 pages). His wife holds the record for the shortest — “All to son,” dnaindia.com reported.
Rishi, who claims to hold more than 20 world records, uses his fame to promote world peace.
“I have tattooed ‘Let Us Unite Against Terrorism’ on my body,” he told the Hindustan Times. “I am now planning a world tour of 200 countries where I want to meet the heads of states and convey this message to them.”
Among the 499 tattoos on his body are a slew of portraits of world leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi, Queen Elizabeth II and President Obama.
And he holds the record for most flag tats on his body — 366.
Rishi said he hopes to meet Obama.
“I wrote a letter to (Obama) as well asking him to invite me to the US,” he told Barcroft. “I am sure he will respond to my letter. I need to discuss a formula on how to eliminate terrorism from the globe with him.”
There is one feat he might not be able to achieve, however: He wants to have another child with his 80-year-old wife.
“I feel young and sexually active and I wish to have more kids even at this age,” said Rishi, who plans to donate his body to Ripley’s. “My wife is 80 and I am 74. I request her to have a child at this age. But my wife refused to have a child at this age. She said people would laugh at us.”
“I have 25 Limca World Records and 10 Guinness World Records,” he boasted to the Hindustan Times, referring to an Indian publication. “A lot of my certificates from Guinness are stuck as I am not able to pay the fees for their fast track process.”
