It was cold wet windy night. The forecast was for gales and flooding. The kind of night when sensible people lock their doors, pull the curtains and sit warming themselves in the glow of a flickering TV. Not me. I had to go out. I’d arranged to meet someone at precisely some time between 7:15 [...]
At the bus-stop Can you tell me where the Irish embassy is in Dublin? – Muriel, recently returned to Ireland after 40 years in the UK and now trying desperately to secure a passport for her 24 year old Tunisian boyfriend so he can join her. In the shop Not sure. Must be a sequel [...]
I wasn’t much of a wine drinker back then. But that was all they had. They rummaged in the cellar but not a single bottle of beer was to be found. I survived a couple of hours but finally cracked. I persuaded one of the waiters to drive me down to an off-license. We were [...]
I actually did go sightseeing that morning. Well I stood on Princes Street and looked up at the Castle for a minute or two. That’s nice. Now where’s that bar near the bookies? The girl on the plane was spot on with her suggestion. A big shiny Guinness sign in the window and a bookies [...]
It was the mid-nineties and I was working for large multinational. I had won a prize for being absolutely brilliant or something. Being the heady days of the dot com boom, the prize was equally heady. Myself and the other absolutely brilliant employees from all around Europe and the Middle East were to be brought [...]
I made this list. But I didn’t check it twice. So apologies for any errors. An end to world hunger. No use to me. I’ll never be in a beauty pageant. Our troops home. The fekers went for a few pints on Tuesday and haven’t been seen since. Ah shur let them at it – [...]
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