During the contest the couple were ______.

An Israeli couple kissed for 30 hours and 45 minutes in what a spokeswoman said last week was a new world record.
   The couple started kissing on Monday at 8:30 pm along with around 250 other couples in a contest.
   "For nearly 31 hours they didn’t eat, drink, talk or even go to the bathroom. And the whole time, they were standing up, said Ariella Goldman, who handled public relations for the event.
   The winning couple received two round-the-world plane tickets and US $ 2,500.