Dynamic duo attempt to break text message record

A few weeks ago, we covered a story about a teenager that send 10,000 text messages in one month, causing her parents to receive a $4,756.25 bill from Verizon. Not to be out done, two men in Philadelphia, PA spent the month of March attempting to break the record for the most text messages sent in a month. The result of the efforts by Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30? A total of 217,000 text messages and an itemized bill for Andes that totaled $26,000.

The bill was not only huge from a monetary perspective, but literally as well as it measured several inches thick. The bill arrived in a box from T-Mobile, which according to Andes "cost $27.55 to send to me". Not expecting such a large bill due to his unlimited text messaging plan, Andes did what anyone would have done and panicked calling T-Mobile immediately. The company has credited his account, and is currently looking into the charges.

The current record holder for text messaging is Deepak Sharma in India who sent 182,000 text messages in 2005. Guinness World Records hasn't returned calls in response to this attempt, or if it would certify the record. Between the two, Andes sent the most messages totaling more than 140,000 texts, while Klinger sent about 70,000. Andes admited that most of the  messages sent were simple or one word phrases such as "LOL" and "Hello".