Archive for September 17th, 2007
The Most Secretly Truthful Answer Ever!
It seems there was no need for the Tribunal at all. A year ago, when Bertie Ahern was first asked about the allegations of receiving between €50,000 and €100,000, he told journalists that a lot of the report was correct but:
The figures are off the wall.
Which, of course, was true. Because he got the money ‘off Michael Wall’.
The Da Bertie Code in action. He almost deserves to get away with it.
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Prank Letter to Irish President Mary McAleese
Here’s a prank letter that I wrote a few years ago to the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese. It’s from a writer who wants to confirm an unusual urban-legend-style anecdote about her for a book. >>> (more…)
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Monday Quiz 13 - Conmen & Drunk Lorry Drivers
On this week last year (September 17 to September 23, 2006):
- A thirty-year-old conman from Roscommon, who was wanted on both sides of the Irish border for various crimes including car theft by impersonating a police officer, was in the news for what reason?
- Who anounced that he would not be inviting his friends Bill Clinton or Nelson Mandela to his wedding in Fermoy, County Cork?
- What Irish personality was accused in Court of ‘ranting and raving’ at a drunk lorry driver that he had ‘made shit’ of his driveway with a waste skip?
- The OECD ranked eighteen mostly European countries on how good they were at giving parental leave to workers. Where did Ireland rank?
- A report showed that, unsurprisingly, Irish people are more overweight now than in 1948. But how many calories per day did we consume in 1948 and 2006?
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