Just in case
It’s all I hear these days. “Are ye all set for the Big Day?” This seems to creep into every conversation though strangely it only seems to be women who ask it. There seems to be an all pervasive...
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Organise a piss-up in a brewery? Our gubmint couldn't even find the fucking brewery even if they were standing at the gates, surrounded by a crowd shouting directions. The latest fiasco started when...
View ArticleThe Piss Grandad Off Feature
The old birthday is rearing its ugly head next week. Normally I don't bother with birthdays. They're just another reminder of the passing of time, but this one is apparently "special", so I am to...
View ArticleSeven minutes of insanity
Last week Christopher Snowdon posed the question "James Reilly: liar or simpleton?" I would suggest that there is a third alternative – the man is insane. In the following clip he quite deliberately...
View ArticleThe mean shall inherit the earth
I met John, an old school pal last night. We got talking about the old days, of course and what everyone was up to. “You missed out on Tightarse Terry’s 60th birthday last summer. You were away” said...
View ArticleWill it last until 2067?
By now you must all think I hate Christmas. I don’t. What I hate is the modern Christmas. When I was a lad, back in the fifties, Christmas was a very special occasion. We looked forward to it with...
View ArticlePreparing for Christmas?
I was down in the shop yesterday. The girl there was having a bit of trouble with my credit card [apparently Lithuanian credit cards can be tricky?], and while she was fiddling with it, she chirped up...
View ArticleGrowing old
I am rapidly approaching a Significant Birthday. It doesn’t bother me at all. In fact I don’t think about it that much, except that I am beginning to collect pamphlets on claiming free television...
View ArticleThe truth on Facebook
I watched that film the other night. You know the one I mean? That one about Facebook? There were two things that struck me about the film. One was that the sound was fucking terrible in it – they...
View ArticleThink of a number
There is a question that has been bugging me for some time. I was reading Róisín Shortarse’s framework for tobacco control in Ireland and I came across That Figure again. Incidentally, this is the...
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