Brian O'Driscoll and Paul O'Connell are the faces behind O2's "Be The Difference" campaign.  However a fit of the giggles meant it took the lads quite a while to record their links. Listen Here

On Friday we had our very first "Hand Model" on the show. Hilda Van Dessel is a Hand Model for the Assets Modelling Agency and she told us that every time she gets asked to do a job, she tells her husband that she got another hand job...

Here's Hilda's hands in action:

 

 

 

Even Posh Spice has a bunion!! Yes there's now no need to be embarressed about the quality of your feet as Posh shows below:

 

If you have an outstanding bunion or other wise that you'd like to share with the world, e-mail your photos to ray@todayfm.com

So here's a selection of Ray, Mairead and our listeners feet to ponder over...

Ray's feet:

 

Mairead's Feet:

Liam Hovey dislocated his big toe 10 years ago playing soccer....aahhhhhh:

 

Paul Dargan has sent in this picture of his Irish Dancing Feet which have recieved 20 years of wear n' tear!

 

Maeve Scahill is webbed and pround of it!

 

This pair of feet got Ciaran McCaffrey off school for two weeks....eeekkkk!!

 

Barry McGuinness would love to show the world his sixth toe......so here goes!!

 

Science says that in a traditional gunfight, the person who draws second actually draws quicker because they are reacting to the first person drawing their gun.  Ray and Mairead put the theory to the test...

 

Today we had sound effects experts Caoimhe Doyle and the Foley Artists in studio today to show how you can make sound effects at home to impress your friends.  

The following is a list of effects that can be easily replicated with a few added essentials.

1. Skidding Tyres - add a little air to a hot water bottle and drag across the floor
2. Snowy Feet - put cornflour in a pillowcase and squeeze
3. Horse - use coconut shells
4. Guts & Gore - use hair gel and a wet chamois
5. Stabbing - stick a knife through a grapefruit
6. Bone Break - twist four sticks of celery or put rigatoni pasta in your mouth and bite down
7. Bird Flying - wave a feather duster or a pair of leather gloves
8. Dog on Floor - use paper clip attached to your fingers

 

Check out the video below to see all the effects in action as we carry out a role-play in studio with the theme of the story being....How did Ray brake his toe?!

 

British Bobsleigh star Gillian Cooke, you gotta feel sorry for her. Surely everyone has a similar story though! For any sports enthusiasts, she finished 7th.

David Connolly e-mailed today to share with us the real bargains that can be found if you look hard enough. He wrote:

"My girlfriend was shopping in Dunnes Stores on Georges Street in Dublin last week when she came across this unbelievable bargain. Dunnes Stores are offering you an amazing 1 cent off Glensik Strawberry Organic Yogurt, by reducing it from a wallet-bursting €1.65 to an affordable €1.64. I saw that you have a few funny pictures on your website, so i thought that this generous giveaway might be worth adding to them, as it may be appealing to your listeners in these tough times.

As for Dunnes Stores, once upon a time they use to say "Better Value Beats Then All", now they're shouting "The Difference is, We're Irish". I think it's clear why they've given up on the better value one anyway".

 

Joe Duffy popped into studio today to talk to Ray.

Annette emailed into ray@todayfm.com with a very unusual request, she's looking for some tiles for her kitchen.

Her email reads,:"Hey ray and gang.  Hopefully you can help me.  I moved into our new house and  have spent the last 6 months trying to find tiles for the back of the cooker.  I am looking for the old fashioned farm animal ones, cant find them anywhere in ireland. They are in England but expensive to ship." 

 

Here are the tiles in question:

If you can help us out, text 083 4100 102 or email ray@todayfm.com!

Charlene McKenna and Keith McErlean from RTÉ TV show 'Raw' joined us in studio for a chat today.

Puchased in BT2 on Grafton Street for €59 in the sales!

Thanks to Martin who sent this video into ray@todayfm.com -

Our latest venture here on the Ray D'Arcy Show - What The Hell Are They Wearing?

 

                         Before                                                  After

Has Brian Cowen had a make-over? Have his eyebrows received a plucking or is it just a new high haircut? Let us know what you think...

Text 083 4100102

Email live@todayfm.com

This is the now infamous guy who was seen by the nation falling down on RTE's 6 O'Clock news.  Do you know him?

email us at ray@todayfm.com if you can help to identify him.

And if you missed it on the news, you can watch it here...

 

It's all anyone can talk about this morning - yes that's right... Paul Cunningham's hat! Take a look for yourself...

We've figured out that it's a Pakol hat, originating in Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan...

The hat even has its own Facebook fan page! Check it out here>>>

Thanks to everyone who sent us in your fabulous photos from around the country today.  Check out our Snow Photo Gallery to see if there were any great shots taken near you...

Thanks to everyone who sent in pics of their sub zero surroundings, here are a few photos...

Colm Walsh sent this from Hollymount, Co. Mayo

Davy Shaw sent this one from Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Naomi Snell's photo from Wicklow...

Eric Power sent in this pic of the Comeragh Mountains in Waterford...

Griffeen valley park in Lucan yesterday, from Louise Ashmore

Frozen ground where Helen Mulvey is...

Jenny Byrne sent us in this pic of Stephen's Green in Dublin yesterday...

David Connolly's photo of the Wicklow gap

Emma Jane Leeson's photo from Kildare

Achill, as taken by Terri Fitzpatrick

It's Red Tinsel Day! And our little helpers all over the country are spreading the Christmas cheer while dressed up in their Santa suits - Niamh, Aine and Eileen (see below) stopped in to say hi to Ray after spreading some Christmas love all over Dublin.

 

Another one of our helpers, John Molloy from Portmarnock in Dublin sent us in a pic:

 

Our Oranmore Santa, Damien Glynn sent in a pic as well...

Taken from the new 'Gaybo Laughs Back Again' DVD, here's a clip of a mean.. em... Irish dancing apparently...