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can take one Guinness World Record which
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is obviously a massive achievement but
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to take another nine that says something
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you're not going away
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and guess what I'm not going away
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I'm Terry turbo Burrows the fastest
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window cleaner in the world
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when I found out there was a world
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record I knew I wanted to break it I had
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to work out the maths the movements the
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training it's going to need I thought
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yeah I can do that Bring It On
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when I first started out my uncle Alfie
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taught me how to use the squeegee an
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applicator and they would start wetting
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up with the right end with the
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applicator and then switch it over and
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squeezing it off and I thought why not
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just wet it up
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do that Terry had a talent and he
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wondered where it might take him
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every day I get up about 7 30.
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I come down and make myself some coffees
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probably about three or four
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I'll do a bit of gaming and then my
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regime starts welcome to the training
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camp
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I got myself a window and fixed it on
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the back of the garden shed and I was
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practicing away and what was hilarious
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about all this was her neighbor mowing
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the lawn and be looking at me thinking
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why is he cleaning that window over and
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over again but the window don't go
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through anywhere it doesn't see anything
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what is he doing
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Terry entered his first competition aged
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40. I remember my first major
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competition was in France it was huge it
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was like an arena for the winter
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cleaning competition I was absolutely
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bowled over and then all of a sudden
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this person comes up to me they're
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carrying the Union Jack for me I thought
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oh my God this is like the Olympics this
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is amazing
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in those eight to nine seconds you've
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got to be as fast as you can you've got
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five moves per window and wipe the seal
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clean and you've got to keep all that
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together just in those few seconds it's
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nuts Terry took home the trophy and the
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next one and the next one well actually
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he won the next 15 competitions he
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entered and he's not giving up anytime
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soon what you do is you start from the
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top here go down like this and all the
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time your legs moved over into position
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and uh that is basically it
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don't look at that bit
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It's My Life passion you've got to be
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tunnel visioned which I have been and
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not swayed one iota I plan to go out the
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world
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as the fastest window cleaner and on the
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planet so if any aliens are up there
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um that'll be cool you come down and
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take me on
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me dip you in my bucket and give you a
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squeeze would you let me call me ladder
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oh you're such a tease let me swing you
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in my cradle begging you please let me
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dip you in your bucket of love
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see you every day but you won't buy I
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wonder if you know it's me way up in the
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sky all the fellas on the site
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