I don’t know much about Pharisees. Maybe they’re the folks that make the telescopes. But as a stereotypical Irish male, I know all there is to know about Publicans. Stingy robbing bastards the lot of them[no citation needed]. The bastard that owns my local has rubber pockets in his jeans for robbing soup. Down through [...]
Thursday was bitter cold. Bitter as a 70-year-old virgin. The painter’s fingers quickly turned a Smurf blue as he put masking tape on the windows. I helped as best I could with coaching and encouragement – Another one down, Lar. You’re motoring now. I’m sure he appreciated my assistance though he never said. Must be [...]
In the late ’80s I worked for a small family firm that ran two separate businesses. The foreman of one of these suspected someone was stealing diesel at the processing plant and reported this to the owners. The Gardaí recommended the foreman discretely monitor the tank levels to find out how much was being taken [...]
Many moons ago, my parents’ house was renovated by the County Council. As with all public authority works, it was put out to tender. The builder awarded the contract had worked as an accountant in the Council for many years. Whether he knew the ins and outs of the system, or simply knew people, is [...]
No, this is not a sad tale about an immigrant separated from their loved one. It’s about common or garden poles. Ones that began life as trees, were cut down, stripped bare, coated in creosote, returned to an upright position and left to support an electricity cable for the rest of their natural deaths. They [...]
For those of you who liked my Making Movie Magic series and would like to try your hand/arm/leg at it, well now’s your chance – Annie Rhiannon is looking for volunteers to act in two student films in early November. Full details here. In other news, Grandad’s not giving up blogging, even though a lot [...]
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