When reminded about laws preventing incest, Irons replied: “It’s not incest between men”, because “incest is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don’t breed.”
Monthly Archives: April 2013
“Mr Tepper must get what he’s owed…”
‘Mr Tepper’ by Mick Blake.
Ballad of a fat cat.
Based on a true story.
I really don’t like this idea,
Of bullying poor North Korea,
Just let Kim Jong-un,
Play with tanks and have fun,
There’s no need to take the urea.
John Moynes
(NYT)
No Foam Hats
at
And only one lady fan.
The be-hatted and be-capped watching Ireland play Hungary in the Mardyke Arena, Cork, 1939.
Good times.
Ireland’s reputation for producing sought-after authors of fantasy fiction has been further bolstered by the announcement that Irish Times Arts Editor Shane Hegarty (above) has secured a “substantial six-figure” sum for a four-book series of comic adventure novels.
Hegarty (38) from Skerries, north Dublin, was the subject of a bidding war at last week’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, with HarperCollins winning out for his signature for the English-language rights.
[He] began working on the “comic adventure” concept a year ago….The story, geared towards eight- to 12-year-olds, centres on a child called Finn who is “the last in a line of legend hunters” living in an Irish town.
Six figures.
Substantial.
*lights cigarette, stares out window*
Fantasy book deal for ‘Irish Times’ journalist Shane Hegarty (Joe Humphreys, Irish Times)
Taken yesterday by Jason Walsh.
Anyone?
“D’ writes:
Looking for a coffee table on Adverts.ie and found this mirror. Pearse McAuley was in jail as a ‘POW’ for the murder of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe.
He brings him everywhere.
Last night outside the Savoy, O’Connell Street, Dublin.
Earlier: What Do You Mean You ‘Weren’t Invited’?
Thanks KC (Today FM)
Maria Daly writes::
“[RTE’s] Ingrid [Miley] is in Galway but the backdrop is Athlone. If it doesn’t happen in The Pale they haven’t a clue.”
Second (and final) offering from Totally Dublin art director, Lauren Kavanagh
Who sez:
Dublin is the only place I know of where you thank the driver when alighting from a bus. It probably stems from the lack of middle doors, causing us to barge out past people trying to get on. Such haphazard behaviour would never happen in Germany or the UK, but it’s nice to say ‘ta’.