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Monthly Archives: March 2009

a fistful of hair

1 Comment Posted by on March 30, 2009

My landlady’s rotund farmer husband is trying to fuck me over to pay for sofa. He claims it was bought new from Belgium when I took the apartment. I told him “I have paid you over 40000 in rent and this is the way you treat me”, I also said “I owed you 2000 for [...]

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potatoes to porsches

1 Comment Posted by on March 30, 2009

The Celtic tiger that transformed a beer-soaked backwater into the envy of every small nation with a thirst for a makeover is dead, and its cubs are looking to emigrate because they see no future Sitting at the bar of the Residence private members’ club, O’Keeffe, now the editor of Irish Entrepreneur, says: “I left [...]

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there is good sashimi in dublin!

Comments Off Posted by on March 26, 2009

the yo-thai in donnybrook is a life saver, except for the skangers on a hen night looking for “cocktails” to wit “sex on the beach”, they ordered “pink wine” and were disappointed when the waiter didn’t have any Satzenbrau. He also did’nt have any Kirins but he will the next time. I hope he at [...]

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reprecussions of a badly planned suicide

Comments Off Posted by on March 26, 2009

A young boy on a piebald pony rode alongside the funeral cortege, while a photograph of Mr Collopy with his horse was placed beside his casket in the church. A Toyota pick-up truck draped in a Tricolour and filled with floral arrangements led the funeral cortege. A stuffed pheasant and dozens of flower arrangements including [...]

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witchhunt modern day

Comments Off Posted by on March 26, 2009

“Justice spokesman Charlie Flanagan said it was a “shocking overreaction” for officers to demand that Today FM surrender emails relating to the prank and was a menace to freedom of expression. Mr Flanagan condemned the Garda action as an appalling waste of resources: “I am shocked at the approach taken by the Government and the [...]

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the gift that keeps giving

Comments Off Posted by on March 26, 2009

Gas bill for previous tenant 1255.35 euros. I called Bord Gais in Kerry and eventually found out that I have a different account number but they didn’t tell me yet so it isn’t my problem. I called the letting agent and I realised that with irish phone systems “please hold” really means “dont hold because [...]

dublin, rants, satire

secret land deal

Comments Off Posted by on March 25, 2009

guy with dodgy money and political links borrows 11 million but cant pay his phone bill … stomach turning Mr Killally said the couple, who borrowed almost €11m to buy various properties, had had their mobile phones cut off because they could not pay their bills. He has had to borrow €40,000 from his own [...]

dublin, rants, satire

naked shit

Comments Off Posted by on March 25, 2009

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pursuedbyabear/2009/03/25/my-arts/

dublin, satire

taking the piss

Comments Off Posted by on March 25, 2009

I told the management company that there is no point in me having the bedroom with an ensuite. The shower is still broken and if the neighbours use a tap or god forbid take a piss late at night then it vibrates all the way down the chalk wall. We seem to have come to [...]

dublin, rants, satire

cargo cult ireland

1 Comment Posted by on March 23, 2009

From time to time, the term “cargo cult” is invoked as an English language idiom to mean any group of people who imitate the superficial exterior of a process or system without having any understanding of the underlying substance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

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