Courier Driver Claims Parcel Throwing Record

A delivery driver from Walthamstow is claiming a new British record for the distance he has managed to throw an Amazon Prime parcel. His Olympian 50ft hurling of a boxed Bluetooth speaker was verified by the recipient Tim Dunbar of Pilon View Towers, who told his Facebook followers "I couldn't believe it, there I was doing some washing up at my fourth floor block of flats open kitchen window, so imagine my surprise when my parcel came flying past my earhole! This was followed by my phone pinging to notify me of the successful delivery. I looked out of the window to see the delivery driver jumping up and down in celebration like he had just scored a penalty at Wembley".  He went on to say "Luckily my speaker was undamaged when I opened it which is always a result".  

A spokesperson from the courier company DPH was unable to verify if this was a company or industry record or not, however we managed to track down the jubilant courier driver the next day, a Vince Hurl who said "Yes I was dead chuffed to get it through first time, but it was a small parcel of just the right size and weight for a decent lob. I knew it was going to be a long shot to get it in - no pun intended"!  Vince, a keen cricket player is awaiting news from the Guinness Book of Records, but fears it may need further independent verification, so is appealing to anybody who saw his epic lob last Thursday morning. Amazon UK were invited to comment but declined. 

Reporter Keith Lobb

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