Meet Byron and Emily Schlenker – the father and daughter duo who hold the Guinness World Records for the world’s widest male and female tongues. <br /> <br />From the pictures it’s clear to see that Byron’s and Emily’s tongues are larger than your average licker – but the stats are really something. <br /> <br />Byron’s tongue measures a monstrous 8.6cm across – meaning it’s a whole 2cm wider than an iPhone 6. And 14-year-old Emily isn’t far behind, with her tongue measuring 7.3cm at its widest point. <br /> <br />Amazingly Byron and Emily discovered their tonguey talents quite by accident, when Emily took a copy of the Guinness Book of World Records out of the library for a school project, and Byron instinctively turned to the page featuring the man who at that time held the record for world’s widest tongue. <br /> <br />Talking about the life-changing moment, Byron explained: ‘On the way home I started to think, “you know my tongue’s pretty wide, I wonder how wide my tongue is?”‘ <br /> <br />And Byron explained that his gob-smacking record has made him quite the celebrity in his hometown of Syracuse, New York. <br /> <br />He explained: ‘I get stopped by people at the grocery store or when I’m out in town to take a picture. I have had people come to my house to sign their record book. <br /> <br />‘I even had one lady who asked me to lick her Guinness Book, which I politely declined.’ <br /> <br />But while dad has been happy to embrace the celebrity, 14-year-old Emily was initially less keen to enter the limelight. <br /> <br />She explained: ‘I had to think about submitting for the record for a while, but after seeing how much fun my dad has had with it, I decided I would do it.’ <br /> <br />She went on: ‘After all, how many people have an opportunity to be in the Guinness Book of World Records?’ <br /> <br />And Byron’s wife Vicki confirmed that yes, they have been asked the inevitable questions about their love life. <br /> <br />The 45-year-old explained: ‘A lot of my friends make jokes about Byron’s tongue and our love life, but we try to keep it clean. We’re a wholesome family with three young ladies in the house, so we just kinda laugh it off.’
