All the talk this week is of Muhammad Ali, who is in Ireland at the moment for a few different functions, including a visit to Ennis, the home of his great grandfather, where he will be awarded with the Freedom of Ennis among other such civic honours.

But of course, much of the talk centres around his first visit to Ireland, back in July 1972, when he fought Al Blue Lewis in Croke Park.

Little did we know that listening to our programme this morning while we were discussing said fight, was one man who was at Croke Park that night and who fell in love with one of the Rounds girls (you know, those lovely ladies who are scantily dressed and walk round the ring holding up a piece of carboard with the number of the next round on it). He text into us to tell us the story of his now wife Betty and how she was plucked from a shop on Capel Street to be part of a memorable night in Irish sporting history.

Of course we were dying to talk to the wonderful Betty herself and find out more about her experience and she was only too happy to talk to us. And you can listen to that interview below.

We all cracked up this morning on the show when we came across a story in one of the papers about the worst possible first date experience. A woman in Detroit went out for dinner with a guy but he baled on her without paying anything towards the bill... and then stole her car!!!! They had met the week before at a casino and the girl just knew him as Chris.

During the meal, the guy told her that he had left his wallet in her car when she picked him up and asked her for the keys so he could go out and get it to pay the bill... but he never came back and her car was gone.

So that got us wondering about the first date from hell experiences you lot have had and you texted us in droves. Some of them were so funny we just had to post them up here for people who may not have heard them. Enjoy and remember, no matter how bad you think that first date went, it could never have been as bad as these...

Below you can hear the texts the lads read out this morning and their reaction to them 

And here are a few of the ones we didn't get round to reading out but deserve a mention...

I was on a first date and was exploring my wacky side and brought two cauliflowers soaked in aftershave which I wrapped in bouquet paper and produced it with a flourish saying something about remembering the flowers and check out the lovely scent. Needless to say the poor girl didn't do wacky. Gerry

Went for a drive for some "alone time" drove to a lovely beach. When we were ready to go home we realised the tide had come in. He had to leave me in the car while he went for help. Had to get a tractor to pull us out and got a guard of honour from the locals!! Shame!

My first date with an ex went so wrong it turned out to be a gag i used to tell. We went to Powerscourt waterfall and it was such a beautiful day we decided to open the sunroof and open the doors of the car. Both of us fell asleep and then his snoring started. So i decided to playfully put my finger in his mouth to stop the snores but it went in too far and caused him to gag and throw up all over the inside of his car and me. Simone

Went on first date with girl I had met prior sat night at night club. Went so bad at one point she told me her uncle was in Prison for murder. Talk about breaking the ice!!

On my first date with my partner 11 years ago we ended up in a nightclub and during our first kiss I had a black out. We had 2 leave straight away and get a cup of tea!

1st date! Things got hot n heavy on the floor in front of open fire, my shoe caught fire and so engrossed in the business in hand. I didn't notice! Burnt shoe & 2nd degree burns to foot. Ouch. Mary

Was on a first date with a girl got pretty drunk and we were in a nightclub dancing a slow set and got sick down her back that was the end of that!! C in Wexford

I went on a first date with this guy for a drink, it was getting awkward and we talked about holidays, I told him I went to Amsterdam and he asked me had i ever been to a prostitute when I was there? I was shocked at this and then he said that he would love to go to one! I got up and walked away! Jemma!

My first date was the cinema he brought me to see nine songs it was horrible and when i asked could we leave he told me to be taking notes. Let's just say I never went on another date with him

In the 80s I brought a girl to the zoo I had the flat top hair cut all the rage at the time. The date wasn't going well so decided to show off and feed the animals. Reached out to feed llama who immediately bit a lump out of my flat top. Took roots and all had to go to the nurse on site. Never seen the girl again

I went on a date with a guy I worked with, on our first date we went to the funfair, we went on the waltzers and I asked the guy to give us a good push, he turned green and puked his guts up as soon as we got off. When he came back, from puking, he said he met my dad who was also at the funfair and was puking up too! We're married now with 2 kids. Mandy

Once went on a blind date with a guy who I had nothing in common with. My favourite movie he hated. His favourite band I hated. But to top it off when i asked him where he was originally from he said he didn't know as he was left on a doorstep as a baby

Ryan Tubridy, the new presenter of The Late Late Show, spontaneously popped into our studio this morning while on his way to the other side of the building for his own show on Radio 1.

He had been listening to us on the way into work (yes, Bono isn't our only celebrity listener), had heard all our listeners' texts about being extras in TV and the movies and he decided it was time to reveal to the world, only one week ahead of his debut on The Late Late, that he once appeared in a movie as an extra. But which one was it?

Of course, we're always happy to have Ryan on the show and as well as talking about his movie star past, he also chatted about the passing of Ted Kennedy, the up-coming changes to The Late Late Show and gave the lads a good slagging (always well deserved).

You can hear what movie Ryan appeared in along with the rest of his chat with the lads by clicking here

Sometimes, we have so many good features lined up, they can't all fit in our three hour extravaganza every morning - or sometimes they're just a little bit too rude for live public broadcast - so that's what our Podcast Extra is for. It's the chance for you to get even more of Colm & Jim-Jim outside of the daily breakfast show (it's like The Xtra Factor but no where near as annoying).

This week we started out Podcast Extra with Sharon, a winner on our show from a while back. She won a prize to meet Justin Timberlake but it turns out he's a bit of muppet!!!

According to Sharon, she and the other winners were supposed to get their pictures taken with him but it turns out when he arrived, they all had to stand in a line and not move, they couldn't make eye contact or say anything to him!!! And he would only do group photograph rather than individual ones.

To listen to the interview with Sharon in our Podcst Extra, click here

And here's Sharon with Justin the Muppet and the other winners

As always on a Thursday, we have our regular Recommends Slot. This week, Jacqui started off by recommending listeners to go out and play a round of pitch and putt. She rightly pointed out that pitch and putt is a great way of getting a bit of excerise without having to take the whole day out like you would with a round of golf and that even if it rains you can carry on plus it's always great craic, and you don't actually have to be very good at it to enjoy a round. If you want to find out more about where you could go in your area of the country to play pitch and putt, check out the Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland's website.

www.ppui.ie

Jim Jim decided to recommend a new magazine he came across recently in Edinburgh airport when he was looking for something to read for the plane. It's called Wired and it's the new UK version of the long-running hit US magazine. Wired is the magazine about what's next - the people, the trends and the big ideas that will change our lives. Each month, through thought-provoking features and stunning photography, Wired explores the next big ideas in science, culture, business, technology - wherever innovation and new thinking are reshaping the world.

You can check out their great website below.

www.wired.co.uk  

And finally, Colm is recommending a free event that takes place this Sunday in Youghal County Cork. It's a Medieval Festival and considering we have been giving away weekend trips to Ahern's Hotel in Youghal all week on the show, he thought it worthwhile to check out something that's going on down there for this week's Recommends and this is certainly an unusual and interesting event. There'll be medieval battles, archery displays, food and craft stalls and plenty of fun activities for kids like a bouncy castle and face painting.

To find out more, go to www.youghal.ie

 Yes, you read that headline correctly! If you were listening to the show this morning, you would have heard our interview with two Irish girls who were in Australia for six weeks earlier this summer. As is often the case with Irish people who head Down Under, the pair are die-hard Home and Away fans, and so they took a visit to the set. While there, they managed to, totally by chance, end up as extras in a very short scene filmed in a shot. All you'll see of them when that particular episode reaches our screens in a couple of months, are their arses but the girls themselves are thrilled with the fact they can always claim they appeared in an episode of their favourite TV show.

However, if the visit to the H&A set wasn't exciting enough, obsessive fan Niamh found out the 21st birthday party of the hit TV show was being held duirng their stay in Sydney so the girls dressed up and headed to the venue in the hope of meeting a few of their favourite H&A stars and they weren't disappointed.

Here are photos of both their on set visit and the 21st Birthday celebrations - see how many H&A stars past and present you recognise. And thanks to the girls for sharing their pics with us.

Earlier this week, Lindy came into work one morning and told us that she had just seen something very odd on her way to work. The iconic Liberty Hall building in Dublin City Centre was all lit up, she said, and the lights were flashing and there was an arrow on the building and a figure of a female dancing. Of course, we all thought that she needed some extra sleep or had had a heavy weekend that she wasn't telling us about but it turns out there was a very rational explanation for the whole thing, and it's something you lot can get involved with!

As part of Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, from the 24th of September until the 11th of October 2009, Playhouse will transform Liberty Hall into a 50 metre, low resolution, TV screen. Members of the public are invited to create animations with sound and music, via our website, and broadcast them across the city's skyline.

Powering the display are 100,000 low-energy LED lights, installed into 330 windows on the south and west faces of the building. These lights can illuminate each window as a solid colour turning it into a tiny pixel that's part of a giant display.

The project was born from a series of conversations and connections made in the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin and was originally inspired by the Blinkenlights installation in Berlin.

This video gives you an idea of what it'll all look like.

Dancers from Playhouse on Vimeo.

And if you want more information on how you can get involved, then click here 

Now we know there's still another night of the show to go but we've already decided who we want to win this year's Rose of Tralee Festival just on the basis of her interview during last night's programme.

The German Rose Jessica Kreuz was a hit with both Lindy and Jacqui who have declared it a fix if she doesn't win, even though both of them haven't a clue what the rest of the contestants are going to be like tonight.

The 25-year-old midwife entertained us all with her cute German accent and her funny stories including how her parents met. According to Lindy, she was nice and funny and stunning with a great smile and is a definite winner.

We'll just have to wait until tonight to see if Lindy and Jacqui are right. Put your money on now!

This morning on the show we read in the papers about how the willy of a lifesize giraffe made out of lego is continually being stolen by visitors to Legoland in Berlin. The 12 inch manhood is made out of 15,000 lego blocks and it has been nicked four times in the past two years alone.

That got us thinking about the more unusual and downright odd things that people might "borrow and not give back" (we have to say that, we don't condone stealing on this show). We knew you, our listeners, would have some great stories and you didn't disappoint us. Here is a selection of our favourite stories you text in to us this morning... but shame on you all for stealing!!!! ;-)

Drunk at four am in town. Robbed a crate of milk from outside a shop. Went around giving them to homeless people.

I had only moved to dublin from Belfast and i  stole a bottle from a pub it was full of candle wax then i tried to hand myself into pearse st Garda station

When i was at college in sligo, we stole a pink fluffy dressing gown from a washing line and hung it over the statue outside ulster bank in sligo, the next morning going for breakfast it was still there!

In our college gaff in carlow me and the lads had 2 kegs, a set of traffic lights,a cement block, one red brick, a couch, steel railing, a stop sign pole, and 3 signs, one used as a table. I think that was it, all from nights out!

We were in america + robbed a parking metre one night. Took 3 of us to carry the thing home. Woke up next morning + the thing was beeping none stop. It was a tracker GPS system that alerts the cops if it's stolen or interfered with. We threw it out the window onto the street!

When i lived in america a few years ago we stole the exit signs from the exit in the apartment block where we lived. Coming home through new york going through security the guy asked why did i have an exit sign in my bag he then ordered a check on all signs in the airport

Myself and a friend robbed the cutout fish and sign from the fish shop in malahide. Hung the fish in back garden for years

We had a field next to our house that we had a football pitch in and we used to take all the election posters and line the pitch the hole way around like u see on the tv we though we were the biss untill the cops called down one day

My friend went to college in wales, in their house they all had a competion to see the best thing they could rob on a night out, chairs tables pictures but one night a lad jumped over the wall off the zoo and took a penguin and brought him back, he was running around the house for the night. He got in alot of trouble the next day when he brought him back.

While living in a house with friend's one night we stole a 30 ft flag pole stuck it up in the back garden and put a celtic flag on it . It was there for 6 months.

I nicked part of the bridge of the enterprise at the star trek thingy in mosney years ago. The controls in captain kirks chair lifted right out

When me and my friends wer on holidays in england the mini bar was full of really expensive booze we unplugged it just before we checked out and filled our suitcases with the booze we never got a bill for it

One night  we decided that the big red bull cans on the back of the mini had to come home with us - electrics and all are now sitting in my mates house

My mate liberated a hand dryer from a niteclub in kilkenny!

In college we were on a bus back from a match and stopped into a motorway service station on the way home! A new KFC had opened so we robbed the sandwich board outside that said "KFC now open" and brought it back to the students union and stuck it outside! We stayed for a few drinks and had such a laugh watching people coming in looking for the new KFC!!

I once stole i life size Ronald McDonald from outside a restaurant in dundalk. Good times

I stole a signed team photo from doug ellis office when he was chairman of aston villa we were fittin carpets in his office at villa park.still on the wall at home.

 Stole 4 low bar stools and 2 high bar stools from ucd sports bar managing to get them past 3 bouncers at the door

I stole a drip with the stand included from a hospital and brought it to a nightclub

Myself and the lads took the baby jesus out of the crib in the local church and replaced it with an inflatable alien. Just for a few hours

Took a "cats eyes" from an unused road one night on the way back from a night out boozing .  Had to work by moon light with a metal nail file and took us an hour and half cos we were so flutered and couldn't stop laughing.

Woke up after night out in the states on j1 and we had four new deck chairs, all different. A table, an umbrella that looked like a palm tree, and five foot flag!

 I once climbed a lamppost and took a Prionias de Rossa poster! Worst hangover ever!

I've a collection of nearly 200 sickbags from airplanes.

 A piece of wordsworths desk

Tuesday morning started off like any other. Colm, Jim Jim, Lindy and Amanda were going about their daily business, presenting the show, checking the texts, answering phones and going through the papers when suddenly Jim Jim decided he'd show Colm his fancy new bottle that he uses for his juice.

Lindy and Amanda were outside the glass in the control room, chatting away but that all stopped and their jaws dropped as they watched Jim Jim unscrew the cap and pull out a long thick purple "thing" from the bottle - apparently this device is what keeps the juice completely cold - but they certainly weren't expecting it and you surely don't need any more details to figure out what it looks like. But in case you don't have a good imagination, Jim Jim took a few pictures of the now famous bottle.

According to Jim Jim, the bottle really does work despite looking like an S&M kit and keeps his juice nice and cold. He picked it up in a shop in Edinburgh while he was over there last week for the Fringe Festival and although he's forgotten what the official name of it is, he's decided to christen it his "Stay Frosty Juice Jug"

We think that name will definitely catch on... 

If you were watching the first episode of the new season of The X-Factor on Saturday night then you were probably as blown away as we all were by one Danyl Johnson. His audition was the final one we saw on Saturday night and it was most definitely a case of saving the best for last.

After a less than impressive day of auditioning, Simon Cowell was more Simon Scowl and ready to tear to pieces poor Danyl, as he gingerly walked onto the massive stage in front of the four judges and the live audience (a new addition to the format of this year's show).

We already saw footage of Danyl talking about his teaching job, a photo of him with the kids in his class and when you see those background clips, you just know the producers expect this next auditionee will be a main contender but we didn't think he was going to be as good as he was.

Singing the Joe Cocker version of With A Little Help From My Friends, Danyl brought a twinkle back to the eyes of Louis, Danni, Cheryl and Simon who actually cracked a smile at last. The audience were on their feet, swaying and singing along, cheering and screaming support for the school teacher from Reading.

By the end of his stunning performance, the judges were also on their feet, giving the 27-year-old a standing ovation for his efforts and Simon declared that in his 8 or 9 years doing these talent shows, Danyl's performance was "hands down, the best first audition I have ever heard".

So if you're wondering what all the fuss is about or you just want to enjoy Danyl's performance all over again, you can check it out by clicking here - Danyl's Audition

Often on a Tuesday, we ask you our listeners for your random thoughts - it could be a question you've always wanted to know the answer to, mere observations you've made on life or any other musing your mind randomly comes up with on a Tuesday morning. So here's a selection of our favourites from your random thoughts sent in on Tuesday August 25th...

Why do people point to their wrist when they want to know the time, you don't point to your crotch when you want to know where the toilet is

I always feel really nervous driving behind the big trucks with tree trunks on them and always have images of them falling off onto my car! I wonder is anyone else as paranoid as me!

Why do couples only hold hands on holidays?

Who ever discovered you could get milk from a cow and what were they doing at the time?

Why do you never see baby pigeons?

Did the Corinthians ever write back to Paul?

Why do dogs always run to the door when the bell rings, it's never for them?

Why is it when you've spent 2 hours looking for something, some bright spark will turn round and say "ah it'll be in the last place you'll look.." well of course it will, i'm not gonna keep lookin for it if I find it!

How come people have trouble locating their car keys, making the bus on time etc but they can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed first time!

A few random questions....Why is it you tell a man there is a billion stars in the sky and he'll believe you, but tell him there's wet paint and he'll have to touch it to make sure?... Also, if you're in hell and you're mad at someone, where do u tell them to go?.... Why do they say 'alcohol doesnt solve anything'? Neither does milk but we all drink that!.... How far east can you go before you're heading west?.... And if you dug a hole through the centre of the earth and jumped in, would gravity keep you in the centre.?..... When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny?... What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?... In the cinema,which armrest is actually yours?... And finally..  Why the hell does a round pizza come in a square box?

Dont you just hate that moment in an argument when you realise you're wrong!

Is this just a coincidence? 2007 - Chinese year of the chicken - Bird Flu pandemic devastates parts of Asia. 2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing. 2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu pandemic kills hundreds of people around the globe. Next year is.....2010 Chinese year of the Cock - is it too early to panic?

Should toblerone have safety warning and instructions on how to bite a triangle without nearly impaling yourself?

They say you shouldn't pull out grey hairs from your head because at least three will grow back so if that were true, shouldn't they be encouraging people going bald to do it!

I think my husband is gorgeous i just cant figure out why because he's not what you would call attractive!

Did you say turkeys lay eggs. I thought turkeys were male chickens?

Soak ginger biscuits in ginger whiskey then stick biscuits together with cream and refrigerate overnight mmm!

Was the man who put the letter "s" in the word lisp being bad or just thought it was funny

Why do QUALIFIED accountants, solicitors, doctors etc practise for a living?

How does the ' keep off the grass ' sign get there?

Why do McDonalds put gerkins on burgers, I don't know anyone that eats it so why?

I moved into a cottege in a forrest! Love it. But at 6.30 this morning i woke up to a spooky little girl's voice saying 'where are you'. I DONT HAVE KIDS!!

If I plan to fail, and I do, have I succeeded?

Why are is it always nicer when you take a chip off someone else rather than buy your own bag

Why do people say the sleep like a baby when a baby wakes up every 30 minutes?

On this morning's show during her 8.30am sports bulletin , Amanda brought our attention to a clip you can view on YouTube where Dublin centre forward Alan Brogan attempts to show Aston Villa's Ashley Young and Spurs' Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko how to play Gaelic Football (or at least how to catch, bounce, solo and hit the back of the net).

In fairness to Jermain Defoe who really is on form with Spurs right now, he picks it up straight away and scores a screamer. Poor ol' Ashley Young needs two attempts though after getting a bit lost while watching Brogan explain the ins and outs of the game while Pavlyuchenko manages a point first time around as his effort goes over the bar but he picks it up with his second attempt.

You can check out the video for yourself below.

Today on the show we were talking about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and how Dan Antopolski won a prize for the funniest joke - "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"

Denise Van Outen suffered the humilation of being awarded the prize for worst joke at the Festival from her one-woman musical show called Blondes  - A brunette, a redhead and a blonde break out of Holloway Prison. They hide in a barn from the police and get into some sacks. The police come in and feel the sack with the brunette in it. She goes "miaow!"...They go on to feel the sack with the red-head in it, she goes "woof!"  Finally they feel the sack with the blonde in it. The blonde shouts, "Potatoes"

So we decided to ask you lot for your best jokes and you came up with some brilliant ones. Unfortunately we didn't get the chance to read out every one of them so we've picked a few of our favourites and put them up here. Next time you're stuck for a joke, feel free to steal one of these...

Three tortoises - Jim, Ray & Geoff - go for a picnic 10 miles from where they live. It takes them 10 days to get there, but when they do, they find they have forgotten the bottle opener. Jim & Ray ask Geoff to fetch it. Geoff says "F*** off, by the time I get back you will have eaten all the sandwiches!" Jim & Ray promise not to eat them, so Geoff agrees to go. 10 days pass & Geoff has not returned. 20 days pass & he has still not returned, & Jim & Ray are starving, but keep their promise not to eat the sandwiches. 25 days pass & Jim & Ray say "F*** it, we're gonna starve if we don't eat!" They start to eat the sandwiches & Geoff jumps from behind a rock & shouts "I f***ing knew it, you bastards - I'm not going now!". Shane Smith

A delivery man called Paddy breaks down on M2 so he flags down Mick. He says to him, "I've got six monkeys in the back. I'll give you €100 if you'll take them to Belfast zoo for me." Mick agrees. Two hours later he sees Mick driving the opposite way, with the monkeys still in the back! He flags him down and shouts across, "I thought I told you to take them to the zoo?" Mick says, "I did, but I had €30 left so I'm taking them to the pictures now."

Paddy buys a bath. The next day he returns to the shop & complains that the water keeps running out. 'Did u buy a plug?' asks the manager.' U fecker' says Paddy 'u never said it was electric.' Lorraine Smyth from Dundalk.

Why do scuba divers fall backwards out of the boat?  If they fell forward they'd land in the boat.

And the big bad wolf said he'll huff and he'll puff. And the three little pigs said shut up or we'll sneeze on ya

How does a monkey cook his toast....he puts it under the grilla

One man says to another "have you seen the new film about the tractor"... "no" he said ... "I've only seen the trailer"

What else would you use a sheet of sandpaper for? A map of the Sahara desert

What do you call Bob the Builder in the recession? Just Bob

Two Dublin city businessmen were sitting down for a break in their soon-to-be new store. As yet the store wasn't ready, with only a few shelves set up. One said to the other, 'I bet any minute now some thick Culchie is going to walk by, put his face to the window and ask what we're selling.' No sooner were the words out of his mouth when, sure enough, a curious Corkman walked to the window, had a peek, and in a broad Cork accent asked, 'What are ye selling like'? One of the men replied sarcastically, 'We're selling arse-holes.  Without skipping a beat, the Corkman said,  Ye're doing well . . . . Only two left!'   - Rudi in Kerry.

A Shetland Pony walks into a bar and asks for a pint, barmen says sorry I can't hear you. Pony says I know, I'm a little horse - Ronan

What's green and jumps up and down in Australia? Skippy the bush cooking apple - Keith

What's an apple and an orange got in common? They both can't drive tractors

I was walking by the fridge the other day and thought I heard some spring onions singing a bee gees song but it turned out it was just some chives talking - Mark in Galway

A man runs out of a supermarket with a cooked chicken under his arm, the security man says hey what are you dong with that and he says roast potatoes and veg

I got a Rolex watch for my birthday from the lesbians next door. I think they misunderstood when I said I wanna watch - Ollie in Cellbridge

What's red and isn't there? No tomatoes

What's brown and sounds like a bell? Dung

What did the farmer say to the cow on the roof? Get down out of that - Darragh

Did you hear about the flasher who said he was going to retire but he said he would stick it out for one more year - Ian

So we know it took us long enough but we've finally got a few pics from our Friday morning OB at Oxegen and as you'll see from all the photos below, we weren't lying about how sunny it was down there at 6am... and Lindy and Amanda really were chugging around Punchestown in a golf buggy and Amanda really did her 8.30 sports bulletin from the main stage... it was definitely a great day!

The sun makes a rare appearance at Oxegen - the view from the Main Stage

Lindy and Amanda on the Main Stage - very Rock n Roll!!

Lindy dons a hard hat and gets to work - posing for the camera of course...

Amanda broadcasts her sports bulletin to the nation and becomes the opening act on Oxegen's Main Stage

The view from the main stage for the performers... and Amanda

Snow Patrol's set list... what would have happened if we had stolen it???

Colm takes a gander at the Snow Patrol set list after the show

Our new friends from the campsite... don't they look wide awake for 8am

Amanda and Lindy were wondering where their stretch limo was... but made do with a buggy

With the show over and done with, Amanda Colm and Lindy can't contain their excitement about being first in the queue for the pit... at 9.05am

Bet Jim-Jim was sorry he missed this one! We're already counting down to next year's festival... see you there!