Monthly Archives: October 2010
Interactions with political parties
I do not go out of my way to meet people involved in politics. Nevertheless, at a time when everyone hates the government one would expect the opposition parties to be making hay. Here is a detailed list of the … Continue reading
SAD
Not colon, hyphen, open bracket but Seasonal affective disorder. I walked to the shops yesterday and it was grey and dull and this morning when I got up it was all dark and gloomy. And it hasn’t even begun to … Continue reading
Liars
I hate them. “If there’s anything I can do for you”, someone might say, “you just have to ask”. Then when you ask, via the medium of email they simply don’t reply. When you ring they don’t answer their phone … Continue reading
Chilean miners
What an ordeal, trapped so far beneath the surface for so long. What must it have been like to realise they were stuck? It must be like that thing when you think you’ve got your head stuck between some railings … Continue reading
“Substantial and enormous”
Words which could indeed be used to describe the Minister for Health, instead she used them to describe the cuts facing the health service in December’s budget. A service which is already buckling, over budget and sub-standard because of mismanagement … Continue reading
Shite talking
Every single day there’s something more annoying than the last in this country. When you think we can’t be any more corrupt, up pops a story about a HSE slush fund, managed by the unions, which paid for everything you … Continue reading
They just get more demanding
I have grown used to the concept of recycling. I have my green bin. I fill it and it is collected every two weeks. Sometimes I put some non-recyclable material in there just to buck the system a bit but … Continue reading
Careful, here it comes again
Remember when Swine Flu©® was going to kill us all to death? Seems like ages ago when they were frantically manufacturing all those antidotes which government ministers got before anyone else. I hadn’t given it another thought until I read … Continue reading
Remember when Swine Flu©® was going to kill us all to death? Seems like ages ago when they were frantically manufacturing all those antidotes which government ministers got before anyone else.
I hadn’t given it another thought until I read about it today. Apparently it’s back. Well, it’s not back yet but it will be.
I can only assume Swine Flu©® has been courteous and mannerly enough to send a telegram to say “You know what? I’m paying another visit and I could be quite nasty this time. Best get yourself vaccinated”.
This means that we, the public, can protect ourselves from this virus which hasn’t troubled anybody for ages and that everyone had forgotten about. Maybe Swine Flu©® just needed to take some time off and wonder how it went so wrong, to reassess itself as a worldwide plague and take the appropriate steps to ensure a more widespread infection this time.
It just needed to find the real Swine Flu©®, so get your shot, ensuring Big Pharma can sell plenty of this much needed vaccine, and you won’t die!
It’s also a fantastic second chance for the fourteen people in the entire world who didn’t use the ‘Swine Flu? Never had it but I’ve definitely had Wine Flu, har har” gag the first time around.
Meanwhile, the HSE is advising everyone to ensure their family buys their Smallpox Recovery Packs, available from all good chemists at just €19.99 each.