Cowboys and Indians
Maybe what I did was wrong? After all, the bloke was only trying to help. It may have been wrong, but it was fun. You see, I got a telephone call today. It was one of those Indian computer scammers …...
View ArticleHow to do business in Ireland
Bloke receives a letter - [click to embiggen] His response - Dear Sir/Madame I represent my wife and have been instructed in relation to the above amount to tell you to shove your fine of €149.50 up...
View ArticleAsk.fm
Hot on the heels of Twitter, I see now Ask.fm are now in the firing line. Lots of big name sponsors are withdrawing their accounts because a girl committed suicide after being “bullied”? This baffles...
View ArticleDragon’s Lair
Dear Caroline, Alice, Claire, Sherry or Whatever the fuck you are calling yourself today. No. I am not in the blindest bit interested in your disposable e-cigarettes. For that matter, I am not...
View ArticleThe Last Three
So the end of September approaches and we enter the last three months of the year. I fucking hate the last three months of the year. So what do I hate about them? Days getting shorter and darker....
View ArticleGlobal Warning
WORLD IN IMMINENT DANGER OF MORAL COLLAPSE In a lengthy statement issued by the IPCC [the International Panel of Christian Clergy] they have declared that there is now a 95% certainty that God exists....
View ArticleA moment of fame
There have been some upheavals here at the Manor over the last few days. I have had to do a bit of travelling which thankfully is now over. There was some worrying news which thankfully turned out to...
View ArticleThe March of the Bully State
This is not about smoking. In fact it has never really been about smoking. Personally I never gave a shite about the anti smoker laws as they either didn't apply to me, or I just ignored them. What I...
View ArticleHow to demand a house tax
Organise a piss-up in a brewery? Our gubmint couldn't even find the fucking brewery even if they were standing at the gates, surrounded by a crowd shouting directions. The latest fiasco started when...
View ArticlePut that in your pipe
Writing of his travels through England [...] Jorévin de Rochefort records how, in the course of a visit to Worcester, his friend "asked me if it was the custom in France, as in England, that when the...
View ArticleZeitgeist
Every year at around this time, Google publishes its top searches. I suppose it's only fair that I do the same. My top 20 seems to follow a sort of strange theme - 1. Haven't a clue. Google hides this...
View ArticleHoliday time
Those of you who have been following my musings over the years will know the affection, esteem and, dare I say it, love we Irish have for our politicians. Our love for our Glorious Leaders rivals that...
View ArticleA growing concern
My heartiest congratulations to the farmers in Afghanistan. Farmers here in Ireland never stop whinging, moaning and complaining. The weather is too cold. Or it's too hot. Or it's too dry or too...
View ArticleHow free is free?
There seems to be quite a few programmes on the satellite channels these days about Hoarders. Hoarders, for those of you who live sheltered lives are those people who have an inability to throw...
View ArticleHow to get lost in one building
I had a strange and not so pleasant experience yesterday. I had to attend a clinic. And before any of you smartarses comment, it was an eye clinic and not the other kind. The clinic in question is in...
View ArticleNanny State encourages canibalism
Those mean minded health obsessed busybodies have their targets set on grandparents now. 'Granny factor' link to obesity in children Why can't they just fuck off and leave us alone? Where are these...
View ArticleThe horror on the doorstep
The elections seem to be moving into first gear. I had my first doorstopper a couple of weeks ago. I opened the front door to find a couple of gobshites grinning there and begging me to vote for one of...
View ArticleHow to be happy
There was a programme on the television a few nights ago. "How to be happy" or some such tacky title. I don't go in for these "life coach" things – they tend to depress me and make me miserable so …...
View ArticleHow to live with yourself
I somehow stumbled across an article over the weekend. It was an interesting little piece about a woman who married herself. Naturally most people will think she has somehow lost the plot, but I think...
View ArticleTaking the Mickey
Once more I have been blessed with a mail from the great Supershadow himself. –oOo– Grandad sitting here in my villa overlooking downtown LA I have had a vision of the future.I spoke to you about the...
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