UPDATE: Sex: Male. Weight: 3.9kg. Name: Oisín. Rank: Brigadier General. Serial Number: 17082007KE I’m in Kathy’s. They phoned me to come over at 4:00. And they were on the road to the baby-factory at 4:30. So the waiting is either over or just beginning depending on what way you look at it. Either way, Kathy [...]
Guest Blaggards is inspired by Mr. Mulley’s latest foray into blogland – Guest Bloggers. My first guest is John Joe Ryan, painter & decorator, pigeon breeder and water diviner. This local entrepreneur is well known amongst pigeon fanciers as the man who reared Ryan’s Fancy from a egg to become the county’s 3-time champion tumbler [...]
I’ve posted some pieces about my neighbours previously but I’ve just realised I never mentioned my favourite. He’s Irish but has a very uncommon name. One of those, no seriously, what’s your name? ones. His daughter has recently discovered Google so let’s call him Constantin Opel for now. That makes him sound either Turkish or [...]
No. Still no news. Not a stir despite Kathy trying to hurry things along by trying a variety of tricks from old wives tales. And some from new wives tales too, which are a heck of a lot more fun I’m told. My being confined to barracks the long weekend and the one just gone [...]
Micilín, the farmer, is walking his land in Galway when he spies a hill walker scooping water from a pool in the palm of his hand and drinking it. Stad! Stad anois! Tá an t-uisce sin nimhiúil. Saghas baictéir atá ann, warned Micilín. I’m sorry. I’m English. I don’t understand. Can you speak English? I [...]
There are some things in this world you never see. Like an ugly baby or a small rat. Our upbringing dictates that we squeal oh, (s)he’s gorgeous and jayzez, it’s feking huge respectively. The exception, of course, is a baby rat. As I wrote in Snippets #9 below, my great friend Kathy is expecting her [...]
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