(Anne and ‘Lunch’)
“should we be considering a real market for horsemeat and would that reduce the number of welfare cases if there was a real value in the horsemeat sector?”
Britain’s Princess Anne
Well, what do you expect from a famNOMNOMNOMN
Pic: Horse & Hound
Thanks Shayna
Just tried to use an ATM in Dublin when Windows decided to shut down… pic.twitter.com/OooTmVpbXy
— Kevin Holler (@iamkevinholler) November 15, 2013
Windows, dude.
Update: Same thing happened Karl, “Swallowed the card it did,” he recalls.
Bay Lough in the Knockmealdown mountains, Co Tipperary.
Home to Ireland’s Loch Ness Monster.
Very scary Mary.
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
I was wondering if any Broadsheeters are familiar with a monster with the body of a horse, and the head of a woman, who lives in the lake of Clogheen in the Knockmealdown mountains?
This is nothing to worry about. It’s simply the ghost of a six-foot-tall local witch called Mary Hannigan, better known as ‘Petticoat Loose’ because her skirts kept coming unbuttoned.
Mary’s misdeeds during her life included murdering her husband, killing neighbours’ cattle and randomly hitting local dairymaids with flying milking stools. It led to her spirit being condemned to empty the lake with her sewing thimble until the end of time.
When she appears (which is rare), she asks, somewhat rhetorically: ‘When will the day of judgement come?’ before disappearing back under the water.
Pic via Geograph.ie
What you may need to know
1.‘From the God who brought you The 10 Commandments and Jesus Christ: Superstar…’
2. Russell Crowe should only star in biblical epics from Noah on.
3. Ray Winstone alert: ‘Noah… You slaaaaaaaaaaaaaag. I’m the Daddy now!‘
4. Who knew buzz cuts were so hot in pre-Christian times?
5. Wait! When was the last time you deliberately watched a Jennifer Connelly movie?
6. Ah, Tony Hopkins, AKA Mr. Please make payable ‘to cash’.
7. Yes, it’s directed by the same guy who did Requiem For A Dream (2000) and The Wrestler (2008).
8. Broadsheet Prognosis: Where’s Morgan Freeman as God?
Release Date: Spring 2014
Eight Dublin rappers (credits at end) in boss-like freestyle rhymin’ relay.
No mom’s spaghetti.
Producer Alan Newman writes:
Boss Level 1 in association with ABSOLUT Vodka is a cypher with 8 MCs and no chorus, with the ultimate goal to impress against their peers. There was a focus to introduce brand spanking new talents, alongside established urban acts and emphasise the emerging strength of talent bubbling within the whole country..
Boss level 1 is the first in the series and we are broadening it up to include talents from other parts of Ireland, the UK & US in the next ones. We have some big names confirmed from home & away….
Your favourite anyone?
Directed by Jonathan Lambert
Back from Oz?
General Lee Nice writes:
Just received an official looking email from the Australian Tax Office. One link is official the other which looks for details is not. I was there last year and did take a second look at the email. Having a number of friends returning for Christmas, I can imagine the lure of a tax return could trap a few.
The people of Toronto town,
Accidentally elected a clown,
But they thought there’s no way,
That he’d stand up and say,
That his missus quite likes to go down.
John Moynes
PA
We meet again.
Judge Martin Nolan has given a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence to former civil servant Patrick Corcoran, 53, after he was caught with over 7,000 images and 21 videos of child pornography.
Breakingnews.ie reports:
“Staff at the then Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism discovered attempts to download inappropriate material on Patrick Corcoran’s (53) computer during a software upgrade at the Kildare Street offices in December 2009. Members of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) seized a laptop and computer at Corcoran’s desk and later found 5,951 pornographic images of children between eight and 14 years old during a search of his former North Circular Road home.”
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“You are getting a chance, but if you re-offend, no mercy will be shown,” said Judge Nolan.”
Former civil servant avoids jail term for child pornography (Breaking News)
Previously: Judge Martin Nolan on Broadsheet
Veritaserum’s Derek Muller guests on this week’s Mental Floss list show about accidental discoveries including Viagra, Post-It notes and the cardiac pacemaker.
(Finland’s Patrick O’Shaughnessy, on knees, being sent off last night during a England Vs Finland Under 21s Euro qualifier in Milton Keynes)
David Powell writes:
Browsing the sports news this morning before doing literally anything else, as you do, and noticed that England U-21s beat Finland U-21s in a European qualifier in Milton Keynes (exciting!). Quick look at the report and this catches my eye: “Finland were then reduced to 10 men when Patrick O’Shaughnessy saw red.”
According to Wikipedia, our Patrick is “the son of an Irish painter” and he has a brother who plays for Metz in France. So there.
UPDATE: Still technically eligible to play for Ireland (see comments).
England U21 3- Finland U21 0 (BBC Sport)
Pic PA
