Are YOU Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace

The genesis of many "Stupid Boy Bets" for Gorman and Wallace is found here. They become flatmates near London, and one night while drinking get into a discussion about namesakes. Dave says there are surely loads of Dave Gormans in the world. Danny disagrees. To prove his point, Dave whisks them away from a bar in the wee hours of the morning for a train ride to East Fife to meet a soccer coach also named Dave Gorman. They accomplish this (slightly hungover and much worse for the wear), and the bet is born.
They agree upon a number: 54 Gormans, one for each card in a deck plus 2 jokers. What follows is an odd odyssey that spans the globe, as Dave, ever dogged and determined to prove Danny wrong, drags his roommate behind him to meet and be photographed with as many Dave Gormen (he coins the plural) as possible.
The sheer ridiculousness of the whole thing is half the fun. Their journey is not really one of personal discovery, more of a test of the limits of friendship. When the quest begins, Danny will do anything to end it quickly. He wants Dave to surrender. Yet when Dave is at his most desperate, it is always Danny who comes to the rescue, cheers him on, keeps him going.
The bet ends in an unconventional manner, but led to a TV show for Gorman. From here, they've each gone on to crazier things (see Dave Gorman's Googlewhack! Adventure and Wallace's Join Me! and Yes Man).
They are an inspiration. Even the stupidest of passions deserves to be seen through to the end.