Large inflatable shark. Small cage. Feisty dachshund from whose dogged persistence the poor quality of the video does not detract.
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[Jeff Hughes]
You might recall the appeal to find Jeff Hughes in Australia.
Well…
My brother Jeff Hughes has contacted us this morning through Facebook, he’s not been in contact for over a month his phone got stolen before Xmas and says he hasn’t got a new 1 and that he’s been away travelling, NO EXCUSE, for not phoning us, I’m so glad he’s ok and thanks to everyone for their kind words and support. It really shows how Ireland comes together as one big family no matter where u are!!!
South William Street, Dublin 2.
(Thanks Conor Horgan)
Mental Floss’s John Green offers a fascinating insight to the world of US newspaper funnies.
The Garfield Without Garfield website he mentions is here.
Previously: Things You Thought You Knew About Booze
An extremely accurate scrolling depiction of relative distances between planets in the solar system created by interactive media designer Josh Worth in which the Earth’s moon (diameter 3475km) is represented by one pixel. Worth sez:
I was talking about the planets with my 5-year-old daughter the other day. I was trying to explain how taking a summer vacation to Mars in the future will be a much bigger undertaking than a trip to Palm Springs (though equally as hot). I kept trying to describe the distance using metaphors like “if the earth was the size of a golf ball, then Mars would be across the soccer field” etc., but I realized I didn’t really know much about these distances, besides the fact that they were really large and hard to understand.
Visitors can scroll sideways or jump to various planets via buttons at the top of the map.
Explore it here.
From 1996, an ad for Coopers.
Who hasn’t thought of Aidan and cider at some stage, in fairness?
Good times.
Thanks Enda Cunningham, Wroxy Meredith, Dermot Ahern, Meliosa Fitzgibbon and Nick Sutton
Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
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WHAT!?
A racing suit for a CHILD!?
I don’t have time for this.
Not so fast.
Oh.
Curator Anita Vilka inspects the genuinely ickle race suit worn by Eddie irvine in his prime and among 900 lots in the Whytes Auction of History, Literature and Collectibles in the Freemasons Hall in Dublin on March 9.
The Full Eddie Irvine Jaguar racing suit (including helmet worn during a Monaco Grand Prix) will set you back at least €5,000.
Meanwhile…
YIKES!
Whytes’ picture director Sarah Gates with a de Valera doll ($300-€500).
(Sam Boal/Photocall ireland)
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Paco Vink and Albert ‘t Hooft of Dutch animation studio Anikey’s 2D and 3D follow-up to the brilliant Little Quentin features a jilted street musician dealing with the demon of heartbreak.