Imagine your excitement (or paranoid chagrin) on opening your front door to an unexpected package. It feels heavy, and you can see from the postage stamp that it cost a whopping $27.55 just to send the thing. Would you ever imagine it was a phone bill? How about a phone bill for $26,000?

That’s exactly what two friends in Philadelphia received after they attempted to set the monthly texting record. Nick Andes and Doug Klinger began their quest with the highest record they could find – 182,000 from 2005. Armed with unlimited texting plans and fast fingers, the two set themselves to the task, sometimes texting so hard their phones couldn’t even receive phone calls.

They crushed the previous record, making 217,000 texts over the course of the month. T-Mobile has reportedly credited the massive phone bill in its entirety. Klinger and Andes are just waiting on the official congratulations from the Guinness committee.

Source: Gizmodo