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Clothes, Interrupted.
September 28, 2009 – 12:01 am | 22 Comments
Clothes, Interrupted.

I phoned my sexiest friend the other day.
“Here, la,” says I, lounging on silk sheets in a pink push up bra and French knickers. “Should we hit the town later or what?”

Oh Just Fuck Off, Lily Allen
September 25, 2009 – 12:01 am | 25 Comments
Oh Just Fuck Off, Lily Allen

Dear Lily,
Go away. Just … go away.
Yours, Sweary

BaBa! This Is The Sound Of Suffering!
September 23, 2009 – 12:01 am | 10 Comments
BaBa! This Is The Sound Of Suffering!

Out Of Office Auto Reply: Please be aware that Mr. Manuel Estimulo is otherwise engaged for the next couple of weeks. Sweary shall take the floor today in his absinthe. Should you require further assistance, …

Ethic Cleansing
September 21, 2009 – 12:01 am | 14 Comments
Ethic Cleansing

As my most devoted followers will know (big shout-out there to mah peeps in Arbour Hill!), I turned vegetarian about ten months ago, give or take the odd mix-up in the McDonalds order.

And I have …

Uneasy Diseasey
September 18, 2009 – 12:01 am | 11 Comments
Uneasy Diseasey

I live in Irish Suburbia – in a satellite town outside a stunted city, in a housing estate surrounded by countless other housing estates, each one as wholesomely boring as the next. And, like any …

Hardcoir
September 14, 2009 – 12:01 am | 10 Comments
Hardcoir

Y’know, I don’t trust this Coir crowd.

Sure how could I? There they are, circling the streets, each moving with the grace of a starving pterodactyl, each as unflappable as Chris De Burgh’s ego. Their posters …

I Believe In Teh Lol And Teh Lol Will Go On And On
September 11, 2009 – 12:01 am | 18 Comments
I Believe In Teh Lol And Teh Lol Will Go On And On

I’m a lover of eloquent words, a believer in the destructive power of a timely quip, or the restorative properties of a beautifully-turned compliment. But I’m also … of a certain age. And I can’t …

GAA Slur
September 7, 2009 – 12:01 am | 11 Comments
GAA Slur

Friends, readers, new mammies who typed cuddlepot.com incorrectly, I’d like to put to you a theory that you may find contentious, even contemptible.