Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:36 PM GMT
LONDON (
Reuters) - A Scottish factory worker has been crowned the world's fastest texter after punching out a complicated message in record time.
Craig Crosbie, 24, took just 48 seconds to type out the 160-character message: "
The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."
He beat the previous record holder by 19 seconds, Guinness World Records said on Tuesday.
Crosbie, who has been texting since the age of 16, sends about 75 messages a day and says the key to fast texting is practice.
"All my friends say that the speed at which I text is quite unbelievable," Crosbie told Reuters.