Monthly Archives: August 2009
God bless you, Asia Market
I love the Asia Market on Drury Street. Not only do they have a fantastic range of Asia related foods and seafoods and spices and implements, they have stuff on the shelves that makes me laugh. Little amuses the simple, … Continue reading
Things and questions
Radio ads that are actually ads for radio ads make the radio station broadcasting those ads sound desperate. Which they probably are because radio as we know it is dying. If Doctor House is such a great doctor why does … Continue reading
Asparagus piss
Just wondering if there’s a limit to how smelly asparagus makes your piss. Even a couple of stalks gives it a rancid whiff. What if you ate 500 stalks in one sitting? Would it be a monstrous stench that would … Continue reading
Just start sacking them
Reading this morning about two councillors – Michael Dollard and Detty Cornally – who have been claiming mileage expenses even though neither one of them drives a car. Between them they’ve claimed over €17,000 in the last four years. Dollard … Continue reading
It’s easy if you try …
Let’s imagine you are a GAA fan from a northern county. You have come to Dublin to watch your county play whatever GAA flavoured game it is they are playing. After the match you assemble in a central Dublin hostelry … Continue reading
A revolutionary new idea
Last night, in my beer fueled dreams, I invented something called ‘The Sorry Crocodile’. Apparently it’s a kind of hilarious jape whereby, and I quote my dream self directly, ‘When somebody farts you jump on their stomach to make all … Continue reading
Last night, in my beer fueled dreams, I invented something called ‘The Sorry Crocodile’.
Apparently it’s a kind of hilarious jape whereby, and I quote my dream self directly, ‘When somebody farts you jump on their stomach to make all the air come out in a kind of musical parp’.
Quite where ‘The Sorry Crocodile’ comes from I do not know but as a concept I find it quite fascinating.