Overheard
I had the extreme misfortune to hear a bit of Joe Duffy today. Our Joe is a bloke who does a phone in programme every afternoon on RTE radio, and frankly I cannot stand the programme or Duffy. People phone … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Rants
Gutenberg is spinning in his grave
For some time now I have been trying to come to grips with this damned Gutenberg editor. Why bother, you ask? Why not just carry on as you are? Well, those people of infinite wisdom have decreed that I have … Continue reading →
Speechless
Yes – just for once I am at a loss for words. The background to the story is simple and tragic. In March 2016 a family were out for a drive in Donegal. In the course of the day the … Continue reading →
Go back home
TomO left a comment here last night. For those of you who couldn’t be arsed to go back a page: Vaguely related to ethnicity and snow…. I can entirely understand if it’s something that yerself mightn’t want to go anywhere … Continue reading →
Meh
Today is one of those days that really pisses me off. I do a little bit of messing around with websites. Just a bit of larking around like, to keep me amused. For that reason, I have a little server … Continue reading →
1850-RIP-OFF
I got a phone bill last month. It somehow got past me though and it got paid by direct debit. I got another one this month and this time I did notice it. The reason I noticed it was that … Continue reading →
Licence my arse
I see the French are considering another little money spinner. France: €20 ‘licence to smoke’ proposed. I have seen this idea mooted before, proposed of course by the professional smoker haters. I swear they all sit around a table, tossing … Continue reading →
Trial by Twitter
There was a very good opinion piece in the Irish Times yesterday. Larissa Nolan: Political correctness will hurt us all in the end. Frankly there is little to argue with there. I get the impression though that the piece was … Continue reading →
Going on the offensive
As each day arrives, I feel less inclined to comment on the state of the world. There was a time when I could put forward alternative arguments to the madness that’s creeping over society, but we have reached a stage … Continue reading →
Ladies and Gentlemen
“But you don’t sound like a Miss“. And thus a simple remark started a chain of events that is leading to one of the most insane pronouncements in the history of mankind. Or should that be womankind? Or maybe personkind? … Continue reading →
