Old Sneezes

Archive for March, 2007

Pub talk

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

- You shouldn’t do that. It’s not right to be winding up the poor girl like that.
- She asked for advice. I gave it. The best way to solve the problem of lipstick on glasses is to chip the tops. You won’t see women putting them to their gobs then.
- But what if he took [...]

Student literacy levels

Friday, March 30th, 2007

This week, Din-do ran an article by Kim Bielenberg about literacy levels amongst Irish students. He quoted economist Moore McDowell (yeah, yer man’s brother) who described some of his own students as barely semi-literate.
Dr. Martin O’Grady was also quoted: It is a big problem. Many students don’t even put capital letters at the start of [...]

Charity

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

I won’t be around most of today. I had Charity pleading with me for hours yesterday. Pleading and begging for my body.
Now lads, before you go getting hot under the collar, this Charity is a real charity, not a pretty lady. But as with pretty ladies, I always end up giving into their demands. So [...]

RTÉ1 hates me

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Saturday mornings used be great. Let the dog out of his kennel. Throw him a few fresh kittens. A big bowl of Wheatibangs for myself. Brew up a pot of coffee. Then sit back from 6:30 to 9:00 and watch back-to-back documentaries on RTÉ1. Two and a half hours of pure heaven.
That’s all changed. RTÉ [...]

“Wash your hands”, say the HSE

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

The HSE are running ads encouraging hospital visitors to wash their hands as part of a drive to reduce the spread of infection, mainly by MRSA.
Now, forgive the pun, but there are a few things bugging me about this campaign:
There is a line slipped in at the end of the radio ad reminding hospital staff [...]

The State of State eMail

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Just read this reply to one of my last mails to a State/Semi-State body:
Dear Mr. ******

Thank you for contacting the Road Safety Authority. Your e-mail will be forwarded to the

appropriate person dealing with this matter and a response will be issued in due course.

Regards
*******
—–Original Message—–

From: *******

Sent: 22 March 2007 07:56

To: Info

Subject: Enquiry_from_Website

Hi there

Why is there [...]

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