101 Challenges:

Today we completed a hard day’s work. We say work but it wasn't and we say hard but it was fun really, for the most part of it. Lee thinks the day couldn’t have gone better but Lindsay is not quite so sure.

Live by the dice, Die by the dice. This was the only rule we had to abide by on the the 20th of February. Yep, it was the Day of the Dice Challenge.

We really should have prepared for this Challenge in more than one way. Firstly, it’s a tad difficult to find a shop here in Bangkok that sells dice. Being the tight Scottish buggers that we are, we weren’t going to fork out some unnecessary spenditure on a board game that comes with free dice (such as backgammon or snakes and ladders) so we opted to hunt for 2 hours the previous night for some die (is that how to spell the plural?). Secondly, as per below, using muscles that we would never have cause to use, ever, meant that we really should have had a 2 hour warm up at least.

This Challenge had simple rules. Roll a dice and whatever number came up we had to do something that was predetermined by Daniel Gaffney who had given us the task.

So the die were rolled until sunset with us performing ridiculous and somewhat pointless actions/consequences. But like us, Daniel believez that most of the funny things you can do are pointless and ridiculous, so we jumped in with both feet and threw the numbered cubes.

The first roll was thrown and so the numbers dictated that we were to Leap Frog each other from one end of the street to the other. Thankfully we were in quite a short road and the journey should'nt take too long.

Unfortunately for us though, we were on the Khoa San road in Bangkok (perhaps the most famous street in the city) so the embarrassment factor was high, but if the truth be told - this didn't bother us.

The street was mobbed and we couldn't hop in a straight line as we had to avoid Tuk-Tuks, taxis, people and stalls. That said, it was the perfect setting and we're positive that this must have been a first - even in this mad road. People, quite rightly, didn't have a clue why we were doing such a thing and the locals were even more bemused but, everyone was laughing their heads off. Great challenge but we were knackered and extremely sore using muscles we never use.

Tip : You must stretch before Leap Frogging down streets.

The best thing to come from this though was, for the rest of our stay on the Koh (or Kho - we don't know how to spell it as you can see) nearly every stall owner, shop worker or street merchant knew us as the "Jumpers" and shook our hands wherever we went. Our first taste of stardom. We would have loved it, but we ached too much everywhere to even care.

Another favourite dice roll from the day involved jumping on the first passing bus. Sounds a bit boring but not if you have to start playing Hide and Seek whilst the vehicle's in motion. Lee hid first and moved into an empty seat by the window covering his face with the curtain. Knowing this was not enough cover, he talked a Thai lady from the seat behind to sit beside him to hide him more. Again the locals were full of bewilderment at these mad men they had encountered. It took ages for Lee to be found and he even managed to hide from the bus conductor during this time. It was a good hiding spot.

Next up it was Lindsay. His approach was much simpler. He headed down near the front and crawled into a baby like position and closed his eyes with the foolish impression that if he could not see Lee then Lee would surely not see him. Sadly for Lindsay, Lee seen his big butt sticking in the air from almost the far end of the bus and a hefty slap to it ended this particularly fun game and so we departed at the next stop.

A lot more numbers were rolled and just as it was getting dark, we had to wrestle each other. The loser was decided by tap out and (as per below) that loooooooooooser had to do a forfeit. The fight went well until one brother did a full and unbelievably painful wedgy on the other and then nearly broke his arm with a twist round the back to the top of the neck. A lot of pain, swearing and nastyness followed, but we were quick to make up and cuddle this time.

The day finished with one of us pretending to be a dog. We had, the previous night, purchased a lovely pink leash with big diamonds so it looked authentic. Well... we think/hope it was a dog leash, but, having bought it on the Koh San Road, it could have served a its purpose for numerous sex kinks too.

One brother led the other down the road with the dog barking, sniffing and doing general dog things. Again this was on the Khoa San Road just for effect. Brilliant!

From that night onwards, that particular brother was now known as the "Dog Boy" - a whole lot crapper than being one of the "Jumpers" but nevertheless, we were now hotter than Arnie Swishineggar throughout Bangkok.

On the way back to the hotel for a shower before dinner, Lindsay had a little accident. This holiday has been a bit of a bad journey for Lindsay toilet-wise. It looks like this is forever going to be a problem during the trip around Asia so this is the last we will hear or see of Lindsay’s toilet exploits. He blames Delhi-Belly, Food Poisoning, Malaria and any other disease - the rest of the world knows it as poor bum control. Just take it for granted they will still be happining even if you’re not seeing it or being told about it.