R.J. Williams Sets World Lightbulb-Eating Record In 33.86 Seconds (VIDEO)

If R.J. Wiliams doesn't feel so light on his feet right now, there's good reason: He just swallowed a lightbulb in 33.86 seconds.

The resident of Brooklyn made his mark on history (and his gastrointestinal track) on December 9 and the adjudicators at recordsetter.com were there to make sure that everything was on the up-and-up as the lightbulb went down.

The rules that Williams followed were simple: He had to use a standard, household light bulb; he had to eat everything excluding the metal parts; he could only use his teeth to break and eat the light bulb and he could only wash it down with water.

The video is a little dark, (not surprising, considering Williams was eating the very thing that could have improved the picture quality), but you can definitely see Williams chowing down.

Bon appetit!

But Williams was the only wacky record-breaker in recent weeks. Check out the video gallery below.

Comments

[stjoshy]

02:20 PM on 12/20/2011

i eat cookie in .267 seconds. OMNOMNOMNOMNOMONOMMMMMMM!!!!!

[maxout22]

05:02 AM on 12/20/2011

Watts he doing?

[Rhonda Lutz]

09:29 PM on 12/19/2011

I Am wondering what this will do to his insides?

[ybob555]

06:38 PM on 12/19/2011

Reminds me of a "Little Johnny "joke from years ago,
Teacher asks the class to tell a unique story about their father. After a bunch of kids telling their stories, Little Johnny is the only one left, so the teacher has to call on him.
Little Johnny said his father was "unique" because he eats light bulbs. The teacher asks him to explain & he said, the other night when I was passing my parents bedroom, I heard my father saying to my mother " turn off the light & I'll eat it"so that's why I think he's unique. The teacher fainted.

[madcityy]

02:13 PM on 12/19/2011

WHY WOULD U DO THIS???????????????????????????

[Dancam]

05:10 PM on 12/19/2011

Maybe he's trying to become a spokesman for Depends!

[jws2346]

01:25 PM on 12/19/2011

Holy ca rumba, thanks for the article. I never knew light bulbs were food stuff?

[budweezer]

12:29 PM on 12/19/2011

That's nothing, Ive seen Newt Gingrich eat his own foot about a thousand times

[jws2346]

01:26 PM on 12/19/2011

faved LOL Gots to be a World record?

[fiestyslug]

12:18 PM on 12/19/2011

I see the GOP has their next dumbate platform.

[WhatDaBleep]

11:14 AM on 12/19/2011

How fast can you eat a light bulb?

It depends on how bright you are.

[american-dolt]

11:30 AM on 12/19/2011

About as bright as a 2 watt bulb, I reckon.

[Nikuman]

11:01 AM on 12/19/2011

Hopefully they soaked it in the toilet first to soften it up.

[StopMakingSense2]

10:58 AM on 12/19/2011

Good to see HP helping Darwin work his magic. Encourage all the fools you know to break this record! If you don't know any check the nearest teaparty rally. Tell them it has to be CFLs and all parts must be eaten.

[J0E1]

04:41 PM on 12/19/2011

Pass them out to the folks standing in line at the welfare office and we could solve our debt crisis.

[Anniebody]

08:29 AM on 12/20/2011

Thanks Herman.

[gloriaswanson43]

10:17 AM on 12/19/2011

What's he going to do when all the regular bulbs are banned and only the mercury ones are available.

[00A00]

09:46 AM on 12/19/2011

So can anyone eat a light bulb and we've just never tried? I've always been more impressed, if you can call it that, with the fact that their GI system can handle this.

[ttoozz]

06:28 PM on 12/19/2011

When I was in the Navy I'd see tough ol' chiefs knock back a draft beer and eat the glass all the time.

[acarioti]

09:21 AM on 12/19/2011

HP needs to ignore these people or they will encourage more stupidity than we already have.

[AJOHMSS]

09:18 AM on 12/19/2011

Was it a 120 watt or a 60 watt bulb?

[mwnyy]

01:07 PM on 12/19/2011

Probably a 40 watt bulb, or maybe a 3 way bulb.

[Anniebody]

08:30 AM on 12/20/2011

Are you trying to blame this on the LGBT community?