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Stop! Self-Flagellation Time!
December 21, 2009 – 12:01 am | 9 Comments
Stop! Self-Flagellation Time!

One of my colleagues, in typically sniggery fashion, photocopied a guide to  office Christmas party etiquette and handed it to each of us in preparation for our staff night out, last Friday. And it was …

Fuck You, I Won’t Do What You Tell Me!
December 18, 2009 – 12:12 am | 19 Comments
Fuck You, I Won’t Do What You Tell Me!

Just to get it out of the way, I’m going to start by telling you that I’m not surprised that the Bishop of Limerick has had to resign over his atrocious mishandling of child sex …

White Trash
December 14, 2009 – 12:01 am | 13 Comments
White Trash

I don’t know when or why I first started hating milk. Presumably I drank it as a smallie – I hardly started off on hot ports and sausage sandwiches, despite what my figure suggests – …

Liek STFU + Get Off Teh Internetz!
December 11, 2009 – 12:01 am | 12 Comments
Liek STFU + Get Off Teh Internetz!

Punishing budgets. Paedophile priests and church cover-ups. Well, woe is my green and fair land at the moment (not a euphemism).
With so many irks of national importance, or impotence, or whatever, it’s difficult to manage …

The Commercialisation of Christmas: Tis Shit!
December 7, 2009 – 12:01 am | 15 Comments
The Commercialisation of Christmas: Tis Shit!

Well, I did promise, didn’t I? Friday’s celebration of the cynically wonderful will now be balanced with five of the most horrifying splatters of televisual puke ever broadcast. Which could be a bit much for …

The Commercialisation of Christmas: Tis Great!
December 4, 2009 – 12:01 am | 20 Comments
The Commercialisation of Christmas: Tis Great!

Well, it’s the fourth of December, so we’ve had the ould Christmas ads on the telly for the last month and a half.

I think it’s high time we had a critical sconse at the whole …

Go And Be Flamboyant Somewhere Else!
November 30, 2009 – 12:01 am | 14 Comments
Go And Be Flamboyant Somewhere Else!

I did my Leaving Cert when I was sixteen years old, and I did reasonably well. Not as well as I should have, mind, what with having the motivation of a large, moss-infected boulder, but …

Toy Show Toy-In … It’s The 10 Most Disappointing Toys Of All Toyme!
November 27, 2009 – 12:01 am | 19 Comments
Toy Show Toy-In … It’s The 10 Most Disappointing Toys Of All Toyme!

The Late Late Toy Show is on tonight. It is a truth I wish people would pay heed to that Christmas ads, trees, ditties and shopping trips are only acceptable after its broadcast; the Toy …