Old Sneezes

Archive for May, 2007

Tits and Arse

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Ha! I knew that’d get your attention. Is there a queue to read this? With Old Knudsen at the front. Well it’s not what you think. Well not really. Sam, being the problem child she is, asked a question in the comments of my previous post. “Tits and arse is all yee think about.” What [...]

Just can’t get the staff these days – Reprise

Monday, May 21st, 2007

- Primally wimally woo. – What? What now? – Nothin’. Just looking at the back of your paper. What’s a Sarko? – Eh, Nicolas Sarkozy is the new president of France. Now go away – I’m reading the front of my paper. If you’d stop talking just for the sake of making noise, I’d get [...]

Up for air

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Half way through the thing, folks. So I’ve come up for air. Two down, two to go. Then finito – that means finished in Soprano. Well there’ll be something else to do, but it’ll be spread over 5 months – call it a t h i i i i i i i i i i [...]

Votes for sale

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

For regular readers: This is a temporary disruption to the temporary disruption to service … because something is really bugging me. Last year I had a visit from a local County Council official as part of Minister Dick Roche’s clean up of the electoral register. I invited her in, made tea and laid out some [...]

Temporary disruption to service

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

For the next two weeks there will be a cessation of postings by muggins here. I’ll be back with a vengeance after that, so don’t adjust your set. I have to go do the thing. It being the time of year for doing the thing and all. Thankfully, this will be the last time ever [...]

Language Barriers

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Has anyone else noticed how many Irish people drop the four or five foreign words they remember from school into conversations with foreigners? And have you noticed they are always in the wrong language? A German will get bonjour and gracias. A Spaniard will get guten tag and merci. A Frenchman will get hola and [...]

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