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World Record Attempt: highest number of simultaneous Christmas cracker pulls

  By Peter | November 26, 2011 - 4:19 pm | Events
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Where: Hanover Quay, Grand Canal, Dublin 2 When: December 2nd, 2011, at midday The Carphone Warehouse and The Simon Community are attempting to break the world record for the highest number of simultaneous Christmas cracker pulls, this December. The record currently stands at 1478, and they are aiming to top that by achieving 1600 cracker pulls at once. If the record is broken, Carphone Warehouse will donate a generous further amount to the Simon Community. On the day, there will be treats available for anyone who takes part, in addition to Christmas carol sing-along with some very special Irish music acts. If ye wanna be a record breaker ? On a slight side note, this year, they are donating all profits from their annual in-store gift-wrap to the charity. That means a 50c donation for each and every gift that’s wrapped. They will further donate €1 for every new fan … There’s more →

Competition Closed: A Christmas Pressie from the Carphone Warehouse

  By Sinead Keogh | December 16, 2010 - 12:15 pm | Competitions, Gadgets, The Culch, The Internet, wantsies
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**Competition Closed. Congratulations to Niall** Ho ho ho….Merry Christmas! That’s right folks…it’s nearly time (as if you didn’t know). We hope you’re getting through the shopping, enjoying the socialising and planning a relaxing and happy December 25th. But wait, you say, there’s more! The folk at the Carphone Warehouse invited us along to the launch of their new Carphone Warehouse Connected World in Dundrum Town Centre a few weeks back. It’s full of tablets (the techie kind), ‘droid phones what nerds love and loads of other cool gadgets, in fact it’s a rather snazzy place altogether. We recommend dropping in to check the place out, the amount of tech on display gave us a serious case of the wantsies. They even have Ireland’s first Geek Squad: 3 guys who’ll provide tech support from simple stuff to setting up your phone for you if you’re not that way inclined to the … There’s more →