On Saturday, 28 September 1996 08:00:00 UTC+1, Elizabeth Paton-Simpson  wrote:   
   > I read in a newspaper several months ago that a man had died and left    
   > behind a minutely detailed diary of absolutely everything he did    
   > during his last years, right down to descriptions of his bowel    
   > movements! He donated it to posterity. I can't remember any further    
   > detail than that, but I need to track this story. Can anyone remember    
   > what month it was published or any other details which might help me    
   > search for it in newspaper archives?   
   >    
   > Elizabeth Paton-Simpson   
   > University of Auckland, NZ   
   > e.paton-simpson@auckland.ac.nz   
      
      
      
   On Saturday, 28 September 1996 08:00:00 UTC+1, Elizabeth Paton-Simpson  wrote:   
   > I read in a newspaper several months ago that a man had died and left    
   > behind a minutely detailed diary of absolutely everything he did    
   > during his last years, right down to descriptions of his bowel    
   > movements! He donated it to posterity. I can't remember any further    
   > detail than that, but I need to track this story. Can anyone remember    
   > what month it was published or any other details which might help me    
   > search for it in newspaper archives?   
   >    
   > Elizabeth Paton-Simpson   
   > University of Auckland, NZ   
   > e.paton-simpson@auckland.ac.nz   
      
   I think it's in the Guinness Book of Records.  There's a condition called   
   Hypergraphia, where the subject has an obsession to write things down.  I'm   
   sure I've got some form of it myself.  In 1991 I was doing a college course   
   and was told to keep a diary.   
     My interpretation was to keep a diary of my life and I've been doing it   
   every day since, never having missed a day.  I write an A4 page of around 450   
   words and have now written over 10,000 pages with about 4 million words.  Not   
   sure what to do with my    
   collection - probably just write about it.   
      
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