10. St. Patrick's Day - Kiss an Irish Boy

10. St. Patrick's Day - Kiss an Irish Boy

Date: Monday, 17 March

Location: Wahaca, Maple Leaf, Porter House

Annual Guinness

I am not sure what we were thinking when we decided to add "kiss an Irish boy" to our To Do List. Maybe it was just to spice up our St. Patrick's Day, or maybe we just felt like we needed to kiss a boy, who knows? What I will say is that it was one of the more awkward moments in our lives as we stood in a corner of a crowded Irish Pub (Porter House) essentially playing hot or not, and trying to gather the courage to speak to some Irish Boys.

So let us start from the beginning. It must be said going out on a Monday after work was not what we originally intended by putting this on our To Do List. Nonetheless, we put on our green leprechaun hats and set off for what would be an interesting evening.

We're Ready!

As seems to be tradition when we need to gather up some courage, we started our evening with some Mexican food from Wahaca and a Margarita. Why we turn to tequila for liquid courage, I will never understand, but it worked for our Speed Dating so it was going to work for Irish Boy snogging.

After our delicious and lime flavoured start we decided that as it was St. Patrick's day, we must drink our annual pint of Guinness. However we didn't feel brave enough to enter into the Porter House just yet, so we turned to the trusty old Canadian pub, Maple Leaf for our pint. The bar lady was lovely enough to take our picture.

Preparation 

Then on we went across the street and into the maze of drunk Irish men at the Porter House. Now we turned our sights to tequila beer, Desperados, and 8 rounds of tequila beer. What can I say, we needed a lot of liquid courage. Now this is when it gets creepy, and we felt like creeps as well. We started to prowl the many floors of the Porter House, looking for suitable prospects and failing miserably to speak to anyone who even came close. Lurking in corners, playing the world's worst drinking game between the two of us, and feeling like teenagers again wishing someone would come and speak with us.

Eventually two Irish boys did speak with us, however it only resulted in a peck on both cheeks for Philippa and nothing for me. Despite what Philippa will tell you, a peck on the cheek DOES NOT count! Then came more lurking, more prowling and more beer.

Did we fail in our attempt? Yes and No. We did meet a boy (Daniel) and his friends (Aly and Mark).  And the guy on the left, whose friend took our picture and I think one of them might have been from Oman.  His name might have been Omar.

Our New Friends

Was he Irish, sadly we must admit no he was not. However we did put an Irish hat on him and made him pretend to be Irish. Then yes we kissed him. Actually both of us kissed him, so it is a good job we're friends, otherwise that could have been awkward. To our embarrassment, but true to form... here is the proof.

Anett's Turn

Phil's Turn

Kiss an Irish Boy Trumps!

Cost: 1/5 (Getting the liquid courage cost a lot of money, after 10 rounds of alcohol our wallets were not happy)

Originality: 2/5 (Everyone goes out for St. Patrick's day, but not many go to stalk Irish boys)

Fun Factor: 2.5/5 (It was embarrassing and creepy but we still had a lot of fun!)