A weather-forecasting toaster.
The Irish dream.
Careful you don’t Jean Byrne your toast.
We’ll see ourselves out.
A Toaster That Will Print the Weather Report on Your Toast (Foodiggity.com)
Monthly Archives: September 2012
The Bad Lip Reading scamps replay the Hunger games.
As always, this is how it should have sounded.
Previously: Dude, You Slapped A Fish
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuhlYutcY1c
Champagne Animal – Woods For The Trees.
The Dublin trio five-piece will be playing Stag’s Head Raw (Upstairs in the Stag’s Head, Dame Court, Dublin) on Sunday night.
8pm. €8.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQqF96K0qys
During an Asian Champions League quarter-final between Sepahan and Al Ahli at Iran’s Foolad Shahr Stadium, debris was thrown onto the pitch from the stands. As the referee and linesman inspected it, Sepahan midfielder Adel Kolahkaj picked up a chunk and tossed it to the sideline.
Turned out to be a grenade.
No one was hurt. After a brief security inspection, the game continued.
Final score 0-0.
Expertly hung.
James M Chimney writes:
A friend of mine Dara Gannon photographed the patrons of Grogan’s [South William Street, Dublin] wearing Aran hats. He has seen the earlier post on Arans and wondered if you’d like to include it.
Can you name them all?
Isn’t it time you finished writing that novel?
“You being Irish will lose your temper; he being English will keep calm.”
Then the singing starts.
from ‘A Catholic Handbook for Irish Men & Women Going to England’, 1953.
Via MuseumofLondon
Do you like this poster?
We have ONE framed edition of designer Alan Wall and photographer Richard Walshe‘s Le Cool Dublin cover from last week to give away.
Perfect for the home, office or to simply hide a nasty stain that’s lying there.
To enter, just finish this sentence.
I deserve the framed Dublin poster because…
Lines close at 2pm.
Meanwhile, here’s some detail:
Thanks Bibi
UPDATE: Richard has chosen the winning entry (below) by ‘Ronnie Drew’ (AKA Sinead) Claire Healy wins a runners-up unframed poster. Thanks all.
I deserve the framed Dublin poster because I remember Dublin when it was really dirty old Dublin…when it was still a kip but we loved it anyway. I remember the old lady dancing on O’Connell Street. I remember Burdock’s on a Friday night stinking up my dad’s car with the smell of chips. I remember the barrage of 70 year old Dublin street sellers on Henry Street with their “wrappin’ paper, five for fifty” running their prams down the street when the guards showed up. I remember the stink of the Liffey…when it really stank. I remember Roches Stores and Hector Grey’s. I remember Mother Redcaps. I remember pre-hipster South William Street. I remember the Christmas windows in the old Switzers en route to the panto. I remember how Dubliners would avoid town on the 8th December. I remember when people would bemoan the return of “the students”. I remember the trees on O’Connell Street. I remember the Dice man. I get emotional listening to “Summer in Dublin” even though I still live here. So, please can I have it?
Ah You Will
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The controversial, unauthorised Faker Ted comes to Mayo. Mullingar.
Annie West writes:
A tribute show of a satire of a pisstake of a satire of a tribute show. Surprised it took so long.
Fo Real
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A Garda and army convoy arrives At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin earlier.
Brother of Murdered Dissident Alan Ryan Charged With Possessing Assault Rifle (Irish Independent)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
You may recall Ross’s stolen bike post yesterday.
Incredibly.
He got it back
Oisin takes up the story:
My bike had been robbed from my shed on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. It was brand new; I only had it two weeks. I started looking on gumtree etc. to try and find it. I tracked down the seller who had it up on gumtree. I rang him but he said he had just sold it but could get me a different racer bike the next day.
I googled his number and found a list of previous ads on gumtree selling bikes, Playstations, golf clubs etc. at really low prices and with dodgy sounding ads. The next day he sent me a picture of this other racer (a picture of Ross’s bike, above) he would sell me. I googled this bike and found this post. I also found the seller’s name, photo and age on a dating website he used
So I contacted Ross and went to the Gardai with him. Ross and I had been texting the seller and we arranged a fake buy. The seller was caught by the Gardai, and Ross’s bike was found along with two other bikes.
I also tracked down the guy who bought my bike on adverts.ie. He had said he looked at the stolen bike databases online but hadn’t seen mine so thought the bike was legit and bought it. The next day when my was stolen I put an ad on bikeregister.ie, he saw the ad and fair play to him, he reported it to the Gardai. So they went to get it from him. The poor f**ker is down €400 quid though!
So moral of the story is register your bike and pursue it if it is lost. And be aware how much of your personal information is on the net!