Monthly Archives: January 2013

In a statement issued yesterday, Burger King said food quality and safety were “a top priority” for its restaurants globally.

“We have stringent and overlapping controls to ensure that the products we sell to our customers meet our strict quality standards.

“While this is not a food safety issue according to findings from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), upon learning of these allegations, we immediately launched an independent investigation that is currently ongoing.

“As a precaution, this past weekend we decided to replace all Silvercrest products in the UK Ireland with products from another approved Burger King supplier,” it said.

The end of the line for the Bacon Double G-Gs.

We’ll get our colt.

Burger King drops Silvercrest as supplier (Colin Gleeson, Irish Times)

“Ms Halloran! Ms Halloran! I want 12 months,” Michael Whelan (above) had shouted at the judge before he had to be restrained by gardai and removed from the courtroom.”

 

Fair play though, in fairness.

Shoplifter Wanted Longer Sentence To Get Dental Treatment In Prison (Mike Dwane, Limerick Leader)

Thanks Niall O’M

(Pic via Limerick Leader)

Gwan out of that.

The incest case?

Mr Kenny said he accepted the ruling by Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett that it was not open to him to refer to the nature and extent of the sentence imposed.

Pensions?

Taoiseach Enda Kenny refused to be drawn on the high pensions paid to former taoisigh and ministers when questioned about it in the Dáil.

 

Kenny Responds To Rape Case (Irish Times)/ Kenny Refuses Comment On Pensions (irish Times)

Meanwhile, two years ago:

INCOMING Taoiseach Enda Kenny is asking for a “gigantic leap of faith” from the Irish people to trust their government and political leaders to write a new chapter in the country’s history

In an often philosophical speech, he said: “For the next four years, let us be mindful of our duty and our responsibility during the period of the next government, and above all, in the midst of what is for many a national heartbreak, let us be mindful of each other.”

 

Good times.

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)


A foolproof card trick invented by magician Jim Steinmeyer and demonstrated by BoingBoing’s Mark Frauenfelder, who found it on the Futility Closet Blog:

Remove any nine cards from an ordinary deck, shuffle them, and deal them face down into three piles. Choose any pile and note its bottom card. Then assemble the three piles into one, being sure to place the chosen pile on top.
Suppose the card you chose is the three of spades. Spell T-H-R-E-E, dealing one card face down onto the table with each letter. Place the remaining cards on top of these five and take up the whole packet. Now spell O-F, and again place the remaining cards on top of these two. Then spell S-P-A-D-E-S and place the remaining cards on top.
Now pick up the packet and spell M-A-G-I-C, dealing the final card face up. It’s the three of spades.

Go on. Get the cards.

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