The Adelaide Star, August 28, 1937
“O’Toole then struck him with an oar. The merman moaned and vanished.”
Did they just kill a man?
Good times.
Any excuse
Fishermen Declare Merman Again Seen (1937) (Fadó Fadó)
(Hat tip: Sibling of Daedalus)
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Bridge Job
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On the Waterford Ring Road, Waterford, minutes ago.
Thanks Capt John Bambrack
A British Telecom call box phonecard from the early 1990s.
Pooter writes:
I found this on eBay and thought you might like it! Did Aer Lingus fly Concordes in 1995?
Anyone?
(L-R) Vincent Browne, Tiernan Brady, Susan Philips, Ailbhe Smyth, Gerry Fahey
on last night’s Tonight with Vincent Browne
Couldn’t bring myself to watch #vinb. I’m done with fanatics being booked as guests to preach hate and hurt people. It’s bullshit.
— Una Mullally (@UnaMullally) April 11, 2013
Turn off programmes that give platforms to hate-filled fanatics.Let the moderates have their say. We should aim for consensus not extremes.
— Una Mullally (@UnaMullally) April 11, 2013
Gay-bashing, gay marriage, and how the media needs to get a grip (Una Mullally, Irish Times)
Donall Hoey writes:
At the US Masters (overnight). It’s the middle age equivalent of young lads wearing GAA jerseys on Bondi Beach.
Enda meets Kelly Petit during canvassing for Meath East by-election outside the Bank of Ireland in Ashbourne, Co Meath, on March 25.
Enda, now joined by – then Fine Gael candidate now TD- Helen McEntee, hears Kelly is on her way inside to apply for a mortgage.
“Don’t worry. I’ll go in and put in a good word,” chirrups Enda.
“Could you sort this lady out with a mortgage?” Enda asks the bank’s kind-looking home loans officer.
“Are you sure this is going to work,” asks Kelly quizzically.
“I’m the taoiseach.” Enda exclaims. “I do this for a living.”
Two weeks later…
This morning’s Irish Star.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
Wooden Vespa
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Carpenter and contender for best-dad-in-the-world Carlos Alberto created this rather wonderful road-legal 50cc laminated hardwood Vespa for his daughter Daniella, and named it after her.
Ann O’Hara writes:
I saw this on ‘True Movies 1’ as I was channel-hopping. So other nationalities will bet on our lotto? WTF?
In the five years since its invention, the unregulated currency has risen in value from $0.14 to over $100, due largely to financial crises in Cyprus and elsewhere.
For those who don’t know what it’s all about, here’s what it’s all about.
The Complete History Of Bitcoin – The Revolutionary Currency (Daily Dot)