Primal Sneeze

In the shop
Me wallet’s as empty as me grandfather’s grave.
Good fek! Don’t say grave robbers!
No. He’s not dead.
In a neighbour’s kitchen
I wrote on it with an indisputable marker by accident.
You mean indelible marker.
Yeah. But if you can’t rub it out it’s indisputable too. Right?
When the starter at Cheltenham calls another totally unnecessary false-start
Would ya look [...]

I see that portacabin the builder had in your garden’s gone, Sneezy. Take it back to the yard did he?
No. Sold it. Sort of.
Fair play to him. Say he got a few quid for it – it was a monster.
Dead right it was. 11 by 4½ metres. And high too.
So what did he get for [...]

For a couple of months now I have been hearing pub-talk about signs appearing on building sites in Poland saying “No Irish”. A kickback to the “No Irish need apply” signs that appeared in the UK after the war and the “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” signs on boarding houses in the 1960s.
Like all [...]

While no official figures are yet available, the anecdotal evidence is that Paddy is on the move again. Not emigrating in the numbers we were in the 80s, but nonetheless a small wave of emigration is ebbing from our shores.
The wave will likely remain small because, unlike in the 80s, there are few places to [...]

Grannymar’s post on a Woman’s Poem and a Man’s Poem reminded me next weekend two of my best friends celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary. I knew the 25th anniversary is silver and the 50th gold, but I had to check Wikipedia for the 12th. Why would I bother? Well because Pat will call me today, [...]

In early July, the Road Safety Authority announced the release of a consultation document on the use of agricultural and works vehicles on public roads.
Head of the RSA, Noel Brett, said among the problems identified is that a 16-year-old can drive a tractor and trailer weighing more than 30 tonnes without a driving test and [...]