A Hobbit/The Office mashup from Saturday Night Live. To wit:
After saving Middle-earth, Bilbo (Martin Freeman), Gandalf (Bobby Moynihan), Gollum (Taran Killam), Legolas (Kyle Mooney) and Tauriel (Kate McKinnon) take up office jobs.
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Wash ‘N’ Go
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Austin Foley tweetz:
I’m confused….. Do you flush by washing your hands? On sale in B&Q
It would appear so.
To Your Bed
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Patrick B writes:
Stella tucked up in bed waiting for Santa :-)
Lisa P writes:
Festive Pippin from many years ago. She sadly went to heaven, as all dogs do, earlier this year. 16 years!
Dan W writes:
Mrs Rosepetal loves Christmas, hates hats.
My pet at Xmas marked ‘My Pet At Xmas’ to broadsheet@broadsheet.ier
MORE to folly.
Thanks Nick Sutton [UK and Australian covers]; Colin McGann [The Clare People]; Mick Crowley [The Irish Times]; Kevin Cramer [The Irish Examiner]
Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Meanwhile….
What you may need to know:
1. Chris Hemsworth stows his big hammer and picks up a computer. He is a convicted black hat hacker who negotiates his release in return for helping to track down a cyber terrorist.
2. A black hat hacker is someone who hacks a computer for malicious gain. A white hat hacker is someone who hacks a computer to reveal any weakness in the system so they can be fixed. A grey hat hacker is… you get the idea.
3. After the Chinese saved us from a Decepticon apocalypse and paid over a billion dollars to see themselves doing it, it makes sense for them to save us from a vicious cyber terrorist.
4. If you really want to see someone hacking in to mainframes via yet another secret back door then go see Sneakers (1992). It’s an oldie but a goldie.
5. Blackhat’s director Michael Mann has not received many accolades since hits The Insider (1999) and The Last of Mohicans (1992). He likes to mix up the good guys with the bad guys and he loves a bittersweet ending to his films and we can expect much the same here.
6. He can knock out a decent car ad and a good enough Nike ad when he wants to.
7. Broadsheet Prognosis: He da Mann
Release date: February 20 2015
Ciara Begley writes:
Bella, Santa’s little helper cannot wait for her first Christmas….
Denise writes:
My pet micro-reindeer Lulu. They’re all the rage this year.
Claire writes:
Oscar’s first Christmas…and he couldn’t be happier!
My Pet at Xmas marked ‘My Pet At Xmas’ to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie. All creatures great, small and inbetweeny welcome
Da fupp?
Andrew Sheridan writes:
Not what you would expect to find in a graveyard in Castlerickard, Co. Meath. Built in c.1815.
Did he play the GAA at all?
Pics: Andrew Sheridan
Update:
Via Noel Byrne:
Resting inside the elaborate tomb is Godwin Swift. A noted freemason, he was also the uncle and benefactor to the renowned writer and dean, Jonathan Swift. Godwin lived from 1628 to 1695, and it was he who first set Jonathan on the road to literary greatness*. Alongside Godwin lies the remains of Sophia Jane Swift who died in 1851 in Versailles….
Child eating reptiles dude.