Monthly Archives: September 2010
Adios Enda, Mr Useless
Irish Times poll today. Fianna Fáil has registered 24 per cent support, an increase of three points since June. The Green Party, on the other hand, is on just 2 per cent, a drop of two points. Fine Gael is … Continue reading
I’ll have a Gramm
Back in the day, Hugh was a civil servant by day but by night, and at weekends, he was a full on tranny. We knew him because he grew up around us and would, from time to time, come into … Continue reading
Leinster House, this morning
The Irish Times has more. He’s knobbled the truck too. Cut the electrics and brake cables and the doors have been welded shut. Fair play, more of this sort of thing, please. The man has been arrested. There should be … Continue reading
Mary Coughlan’s Boston address
My fellow Americuns, it is with great pleasure that I am here today on this very important top secret mission from Ireland. A funny thing happened on the way here, actually. An opposition politician tried to stop me from making … Continue reading
Run Gazza, run
On Saturday night I was standing outside the Fitzwilliam Hotel on St Stephen’s Green with a man with a perfectly formed beard. He doesn’t have to sculpt or worry that if he gets stranded on a desert island he’ll end … Continue reading
What a moment
Twelve years of age, sitting in a mini-bus with lots of other boys the same age. We are returning from the other side of the city having just played a league game against the best team in the division. They … Continue reading
Idle hands
I don’t know what kind of tree they are but at this time of year they have little red berries on them. Being the kind of fidgety person I am, never really able to do just one thing at a … Continue reading
The golden fleece
From today’s Irish Times: Irish consumers are being “mercilessly fleeced” through paying higher interest rates in order to rebuild the balance sheets of the banks, according to the Financial Regulator’s consumer panel. Mercilessly fleeced. So we’ve gone from a situation … Continue reading
This is Invoice 86
Which is more frustrating – an invoice being returned within two days of it being sent in because they gave you the wrong information or the fact that when the corrected invoice was sent in they have successfully managed to … Continue reading
Which is more frustrating – an invoice being returned within two days of it being sent in because they gave you the wrong information or the fact that when the corrected invoice was sent in they have successfully managed to not reply in the three weeks since?
Don’t these people realise that the wheels of industry need to keep on turning? Cash flow is vital in these recessionary times etc blah blah blah.
Anyway, has anyone been watching This is England 86? It follows on from the film of the same name but without the 86 at the end.
It’s got to be the most authentic piece of TV I’ve seen in years. Last night’s episode was highly disturbing, in parts, but laugh out loud funny in others. They’ve found a brilliant balance and if you thought spray painted Docs in quarries was good this is even better.
I love the scooter gang.
“We’re here for the ginge and only the ginge. I’m going to count down from 13″.
Genius.