Man holds nine world records for putting everything in his beard
Last updated on: 23 January,2023 09:21 am
Joel then started a YouTube channel to showcase his beard skills.
LONDON (Web Desk) - A man has notched up nine world records for putting everything from forks to straws in his beard.
Joel Strasser secured the titles after sticking various objects into his facial hair.
The strange array of items includes everything from toothpicks, straws, chopsticks and Christmas baubles.
There have also been golf tees, forks, clothes pens and pencils have all found temporary homes inside his beard.
Joel is most recognised for his Christmas beard ornament challenge which is a record he has secured four times.
Last year he managed to hang 710 clip-on ornament from his beard.
Joel Strasser says he self-identifies as a "weirdo" but his bizarre pastime has now earned him a string of records.
He began putting pencils in his facial hair to ensure his students were attentive in class.
Joel told The Sun: "I would walk around the classroom when people weren t paying attention and just shove things in my beard"
A student, who spotted his bizarre hobby, told him he should try and secure world records.
Joel then started a YouTube channel to showcase his beard skills.
He said: "I wanted to make a video where I attempted to see if I could break the world record for most toothpicks in a beard. And I broke it."
The video proved he could clinch a world record and he wanted the recognition as a record holder.
He said: "So after I broke the toothpick world record, unofficially, I m like, I ve got to make this official and I ve got to figure out how to make it so I have a certificate and stuff."
His beard antics have led to him developing different techniques to ensure objects remain in place.
Some which have clips require need different techniques than his regular items such as toothpicks or spaghetti.
Others he said are tedious and can be painful as beard hair gets stuck in springs and when removing items, he can lose more beard hair.
Joel, who is an insurance expert, doesn t know if he will keep up his festive beard record next and his wife is not a fan of his facial hair and wishes it was shorter.