UPDATE!!!

Hi,

Well, Harry and I are safely in Dublin and having a great time - but more about that soon. I am just here to inform you that the dice roles for Monday have now been selected and the following choices have been decided and will be accomplished during Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd October. (Some of the selections have had to be postponed until the tuesday as, at least, one of the options is not available to accomplish on a monday! Anyway - here we go...

Gareth's suggestion...

Number 2: Bonnie Langford is under-rated as a Doctor's companion - So honour her by spending an afternoon in the role of Melanie Bush as you encounter the delights of Dublin. I expect to be able to hear the screams from here.

Calum's suggestion...

Number 6: Go to a restaurant and only order food beginning with letter 'T'.

Julie's suggestion...

Number 4: Buy the tackiest and cheapest souvenir t-shirts you can find and get your picture taken in a busy tourist place.

Ben's suggestion...

Number 1: Go into a bar order a guiness and chat nonsense with the local drunk - all in an irish accent.

Paul from OUT's suggestion...

Number 4: Book and go on the Zozimus Experience ghost tour.

Steve's suggestion...

Number 4: Mirror each other as closely as possible - try to eat, drink and even dress exactly the same (as close as you can manage)

In addition to that we will also being another of Steve's selections as a fun extra - as it seems very topical to the reason that Harry and I are in Dublin.

2. Buy each other a small gift, and present them with a prepared speech about your friendship.

Anyway - more details on how we got on in the next couple of days.

All the best.


Paul and Harry xx

TWO DAYS TO GO...

Hi,

With only two days to go before our valiant boys (erm, me and 'im...), head out to Dublin - I actually have, err - very little to say!

EXCEPT...

Hopefully, I'll be able to update you good readers with some of our adventures on INTERNATIONAL HARRY AND PAUL DICE DAY... via the wonders of the Interweb. That's if we can find an appropriate web cafe.

So keep checking the site to see! :)

Otherwise, photos and whatnot should be available by Wednesday or Thursday (3rd or 4th of October) on our return.

Hopefully there should be some interesting adventures to report. *looks nervous*

Best wishes,

Paulus de Chandlerus.

PS The above is me as a South Park character. Honestly! :)

THE DICE ROLL OPTIONS

Hi,

The following is a list from each of the friends that Harry and I asked to help, of the possible activities that we will be embarking on, on our dice rolling day.

The people Paul asked were - of my friends: Gareth, Calum and Julie.

The people Harry asked were - Ben, Paul (from Out) and Steve.


GARETH'S SUGGESTIONS

1. Flickr 24 Hour Challenge - (you can guess where I've stolen this from) - Take a photo of each other every hour, on the hour for 24 hours to create a lovely photo montage.

2. Bonnie Langford is under-rated as a Doctor's companion - So honour her by spending an afternoon in the role of Melanie Bush as you encounter the delights of Dublin. I expect to be able to hear the screams from here.

3. Dublin has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest six times - Celebrate this achievement by singing at least one Eurovision "hit" at a karaoke venue of your choosing.

4. I am the proud owner of a pet beard and there must be other men out there who are equally proud of their pets - Assess beard wearers' pride by stroking the beards of at least three strangers.

5. In my career as a librarian, I have only ever "shushed" one library user - Equal my achievement by finding a library and deploying a stern, librariany "shush" to one of its patrons.

6. Six is a lucky number - find a lovely cafe, sit down and have a nice cup of coffee and a chat. It's my idea of a good time!


CALUM'S SUGGESTIONS

1. Do not verbally communicate with each other for the whole day.

2. Go to the zoo and have your photo taken with the giraffes.

3. Wear a bow tie round your collar for the whole day.

4. Go to the Dawson Lounge (the smallest pub in Ireland) and drink a pint of Guinness.

5. Walk across the Ha'penny Bridge holding hands.

6. Go to a restaurant and only order food beginning with letter 'T'.


JULIE'S SUGGESTIONS

1. Swap iPods or MP3 players for the day and listen to the other’s music choices on shuffle.

2. Drink ONLY wine/lager/cider/spirits on a night out telling the barperson that you really don’t like Guinness.

3. Swap phones and randomly text someone with the phrase “Dublin is the best city in the world!”

4. Buy the tackiest and cheapest souvenir t-shirts you can find and get your picture taken in a busy tourist place.

5. Take yourselves out to a nice restaurant for dinner, photograph the waiter/waitress, the menu, your food and the bill.

6. Go on the Literary Dublin tour - http://www.dublintourist.com/walks_around_dublin/literary_dublin.shtml


BEN'S SUGGESTIONS

1. Go into a bar order a guiness and chat nonsense with the local drunk - all in an irish accent.

2. Try to blag a free meal.

3. Do something you wouldn't normally do on holiday.....ie spend it on the beach etc.

4. Go to a local landmark (from a known film)and perform a scene from said film , and provide evidence on return.

5. Find a shamrock (in its natural habitat) and photo it as evidence. HINT - try looking in a park.

6. The Devils Advocate roll - pick the lesser evil from the above and do it.


PAUL FROM OUT'S SUGGESTIONS

1. Go to the Irish Museum of Modern Art (It's a 5 minute walk from Heuston station) and spend at least 3 hours there. This can include a short break for tea/coffee in the museum.

2. Go for a walk in Howth. This is a very beautiful place north of Dublin and you can get the DART there from Connolly station. Spend at least 3 hours in Howth. This does not include the time taken to travel there.

3. Book a 'Political Day Trip' to Belfast at the Dublin Tourist Centre. [This might be over budget, but you have to price it first. If it is over budget then you can throw again.]

4. Book and go on the Zozimus Experience ghost tour.

5. Get a bus to Kilmainham Gaol and learn some Irish history. You can leave whenever you have had enough.

6. Find out when there is a meeting at Leopardstown Race Course and watch at least 2 races. You can bet as well if your consicence allows you to gamble.


STEVE'S SUGGESTIONS

1. Go on the Dublin Ghostbus, or failing that do the full tour bus. (see www.dublinbus.ie/sightseeing)

2. Buy each other a small gift, and present them with a prepared speech about your friendship.

3. Treat yourselves as much as possible within budget - cakes, chocolates, champagne etc

4. Mirror each other as closely as possible - try to eat, drink and even dress exactly the same (as close as you can manage)

5. Visit a pub for every year of your friendship within one day (you don't have to drink in all of them!)

6. On the hour, every hour you are awake, have a brief chat about a good time you have shared.


It will hopefully be possible, for me to take photos of what happens on this day, as well as other crazy activities that occur on our holiday.

Now - which option for each friend will be rolled on the day!!!

I propose that I should roll for Harry's 3 friends and he for my 3. :)

Oh golly gee - what have I let myself in for!

Paul x

THIS IS THE HARRY AND PAUL 20TH ANNIVERSARY BLOGSITE!!!

Above. This is Harry on the left.

Above. This is Paul.

Hello,

This is the website of the Harry and Paul 20th Anniversary - Dublin Trip. :)

The trip is to celebrate Miss Harry Fulton and Madame Paul Chandler having become friend's exactly 20 years ago.

To celebrate this momentous occasion they are heading to Dublin for 5 days - from saturday 29th September until Wednesday 3rd October and intend to do lots of nice eating, drinking and being-merry-ing...

They also intend, on one of the days, to play a small game of dice - a game which involves six of their friends...

But more on that later...

On this site you will be able to relive the adventure of Paul and Harry's exciting trip and see photos of them pratting about and stuff.

Yay.

More soon, then - and some better pictures; hopefully of the both of them in the same picture!!

Monsieur Bloggedy de Blog xx

Above. Mr Chandler as a boy.