Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

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Because we know you wanted to be there.

Sane people as far as the eye can see.

(pix via Reuters, Gawker, PA)

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But feel free to throw things at the screen as you watch this ad for Eircom’s recently launched I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-Meteor mobile brand.

“And now they work for me.”

Except they don’t.

(Via Big Mental Disease)

The Following have won two tickets each to see Peter Mandelson, Miriam O’Callaghan and Dr David McDreamy at the National Concert Hall, Tomorrow (Saturday) Night.

Leviathan shall email you with details of where to collect your tickets, if not tonight, tomorrow morning at the very latest. We hope to see you there. We’ll be up the front. Karl has a bit of a ‘man pash’ for the Mands.

Overall Winner: Brendan Strong.

“Hear this? World’s smallest violin.”

Second Prize: Charlie

“So you see the difference, Brian. When I just hold my hand ‘steady’ like this, I’m emphasising a point. But, when I move it from side to side it means I think you’re a…oh, look, they’ve put the canapés out.”

Third Prize: Cyril Moloney

“Jokers to the left of me, media to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with the EU.”

Fourth Prize: Nick McGiveny

‘Und dann I take ze green little booger und I skwish it up und srow it avay. Tink! It is gone! Zat, Mister Brian, ist how I roll.’

Fifth Prize: Joe

I don’t care if all ze uzzer leaders are going to the pub. You will stay here and practice your budget. Now repeat after me “Nobody could have seen zis coming…..”

Congratulations to one and all!

Chompsky also recommends:

Best Senior: Holemaster

“And at ze cleeck of my fingers, you vill vake up.

Most Promising Use Of Visuals: Morgan C Jones

“Is zis a piece of your brain?”

Most Reckless ‘Holy Mary’ Throw From The Guy Who Came First: Brendan Strong

“You’re not the messiah. You’re a very naughty boy.”

(Fred’s entry was disqualified as he is a friend of a member of the judging panel. Siobhan K, Joby and Dave are names we made up at the start of the competition because we thought we wouldn’t get enough entries. Those ‘entries’ were also disqualified)

It’s a caption competition, because you said so.

UPDATE: The Winners

INCENTIVE: We have five pairs of tickets for tomorrow’s Leviathan special with Mandy, Miriam AND McDreamy at the National Concert Hall.

A Northern Plains grey langur (Semnopithecus entellus) looks for grapes placed in a carved Halloween pumpkin at Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, 245 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, this morning. He loves his grapes.

(AP Photo/MTI, Attila Balazs)

Taken literally an hour and a half ago

Denis Desmond, of MCD, and Lord Henry Mountcharles, of Slane, holding tickets for Slane.

Guys. You don’t need to re-affirm your rock dude credentials by using Phil Lynott’s statue.

We know you’re doing it for the kids. Respect. Fist bump.

(Photocall Ireland)