A family in Wales, UK, got a big surprise when their 9yearold son discovered what may be the world’s longest potato chip.
According to the British newspaper Chron, Archie Davies and his parents, who live in Pontypool, were meeting at home for dinner when they noticed that among the fries on the plate, a device distinguished itself by its extraordinary measures.
Curious, Davies checked the length with a tape measure and found that the potato chip was approximately 9 inches long.
The food came from a bag of prefried frozen potatoes from Asda, a British supermarket chain.
The discovery left the family so stunned that they wondered if this could be a possible recordbreaker.
Archie Davies also took the opportunity to take a picture with the potato chips to mark the occasion and the picture reveals that the food looks bigger than the child’s head.
Proud of having been the protagonist of that moment, the boy decided to name the potato Geoff and his goal is to present it to the world.
“He was really excited when we found it. We contacted the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it really could be a world record as we believe the last record was 22.3cm,” said Archie’s mother Laura Davies in an interview with Wales Online.
She said the boy hardly stays away from Geoff and believes the potato could be very successful around the world.
“Archie loves learning all about world records. He said absolutely nobody (on Geoff) is allowed to touch it at the moment and who knows if we ever would. Archie would love to be famous for that, I think.”
She added: “I’m surprised he didn’t try to take it [Geoff] actually to school today. After meeting him, he had a huge smile on his face for a long time. We did some research last night, not believing anything would come of it. but then I realized that this potato might actually have broken a record. Archie would love to be famous for that, I think.”
Asda commented on the episode, and a company spokesman issued a note saying that he was thrilled to have produced the big potato, unaware of its existence until then.
“What a find! Not only do we offer our customers great value for money, but apparently we do fries too! Let’s keep our fingers crossed for this customer to break the world record.”
Despite the impact of the case, there is still no Guinness Book position regarding the 22.8cm potato.