Hey there,

Who knew organising a table quiz - a simple, blasted table quiz - would require as much, if not more, organisation than The Electric Picnic? Not me. Not me, at all...

Went off without a hitch, anyway. And to all the good folk who filled Sheehans in Blackrock to the rafters - many thanks. We raised just over €2,000 for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, and I'm almost halfway on the road to raising the five grand I need. (I'm trekking through Brazilian Jungles in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, starting exactly a month from today. Should be, well, interesting...)

Thanks, too, to the generous folk who laid on the raffle prizes:

Nokia Ireland; Smiles Dental Spa; Skydive Ireland; Mink Hand and Foot Spa, Ballsbrige; Deveney's off-license; Milanos Restaurant; Sixty Six of Geroge's Street; Dali's Blackrock; Bewleys hotel group; and loads more. Thanks a million.

Right, that's about that. Talk tomorrow.

Paul... 

Hi,

Interesting one, is this.

A prisoner in Arkansashas recently filed a lawsuit after losing over 200 pounds. Only in Amercia, you say; and rightly so. But, interestingly, it's sparked rumours that Paris Hilton, Linsey Lohan and co. may have went to the big house to, well...get small.

Now, to say someone got themselves locked up to lose weight is a little, let's say, bonkers. But it looks set to become the latest celebrity fad. Named the, "Special J Diet" it's sweeping America, and celebrities of all shapes, sizes and orientations are holding up convenience stores, stealing babies from prams, and car-jacking school buses - all in the vain hope of getting arrested.

And you thought we had it bad. Anyway, enjoy the bank holiday weekend. Talk Tuesday.

Paul

Hello there,

Revenge is one of tonight's topics, and, obviously, it got me to thinking. Is it ever worth it? Should it really taste like gazpacho? What's too far...?

Anyway, it was just the once - and a long time ago, too - that I invested some time and effort in the revenge business. An old boss was being, let's say, a bit of a nightmare, so some colleagues and I decided to volunteer him for a taste of his own medicine. He was a David Brent type, you see; all talk, try hard lingo, but no real social skills. So, when we heard he was in the market for a girlfriend, we faked an email address and started a romance. At first it was funny, even hilarious . But at it's worst - when he turned up for to meet this imaginary girl - I couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy. We stooped to his level. We punched below the moral waist. And, to be honest, It felt horrible.

So, in my view, it's not worth it. But if it works, or has worked for you, give us a shout later on 53981.

Paulie

Hello there,

Managed to land myself in a little trouble over the weekend.

Met a friend I hadn't seen in a while - nice girl - and she asked how old I thought she looked. My mistake, as I'm sure you'll by now have guessed, is I told her. And I got it wrong. Very wrong. Five years wrong, to be exact, and in the direction women don't tend to favour.

So, if you're a lady looking for an honest opinion, don't come to me. Go here:http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/0-9/10yy/guessmyage/ 

P.

Hi,

Not sure about you, but I tend to struggle with Monday's. I don't dislike them, exactly. Nor do I hate them. I just, well, struggle. This morning, though, I found something - something interesting - that gave me a laugh. So, if you have a few free minutes - log on to youtube, look up the, "virtual barber", lash on a pair of headphones and close your eyes.

You know - a break from the norm.

Enjoy,

Paul