Longest phone call-world record set by Tony Wright

[Sep 14] LONDON,UK--Tony Wright talked on his web phone for 40 hours and has set a new world record for the longest phone call.
    Tony Wright talked on his web phone for 40 hours and is still going strong to beat the previous record of 39 hours, 18 minutes and 24 seconds. It was set on November 3, 2005 by Sandra Kobel and Stephen Hafner, from Switzerland.
  
   Mr Tony Wright, from Penzance, Cornwall successfully claimed the new record shortly after 2am while talking to Jenny Barnard of north London.

   His record bid began when he chatted to TV weather forecaster Sian Lloyd almost two days ago.

    Since then hundreds of people have taken hourly chat slots with Mr Wright to help him beat the record.

    Ms Barnard, who was speaking to Mr Wright when the record was broken, said: "I have now got my own little piece of world record history."

   Conversation subjects have, so far, ranged from heartbreaks and romance to psychobabble and from stomach mucus to the upcoming Led Zeppelin concert.

   'Luckily, I do not have to worry about a huge phone bill because we are using Tesco internet phones, meaning that this mammoth call is free,' said Mr Wright, helpfully getting in a plug for his sponsors.

   Tesco will donate £100 to the British Red Cross for every hour Mr Wright has spent talking, part of the to the £2m that Tesco is aiming to raise for the charity this year.