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The Joy of a Wonderfully Executed Overreaction…
November 24, 2009 – 12:00 am | 7 Comments
The Joy of a Wonderfully Executed Overreaction…

Wasn’t it the English patient physicist and all round massive brain, Sir Isaac Newtown that said, “To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction”? I think it was. Cheers Isaac for stating …

Tennis: A Ball Game, A Mind Game, A Sex Game
November 18, 2009 – 12:01 am | 4 Comments
Tennis:  A Ball Game, A Mind Game, A Sex Game

Everyone in the Estímulo household this week am being debating the news that lithe, musculing Majorcan Raphael Nadal is to be back leading the Spanish team in the final of the David Cup tennis tournament …

Game Season
November 16, 2009 – 12:01 am | 15 Comments
Game Season

People do like to spin drama around themselves, don’t they? Drawing castles in the air, except … castles under siege and with buttresses falling off all over the gaff. You know what I mean. Anything …

Dear Flann: Readers’ mailbag
November 12, 2009 – 2:26 am | 6 Comments
Dear Flann: Readers’ mailbag

 
Bonjour Flann,

Je déteste David Hasselhoff.

The Man, His Wife, The Cook and The Waiter
November 3, 2009 – 12:00 am | 8 Comments
The Man, His Wife, The Cook and The Waiter

It’s a commonly held view that waiters, like women, prefer a bastard. It’s a view most commonly held by assholes who justify their asshole behaviour by saying things like, “Ah they expect it, enjoy it …

The Spirit Was Willing, But The Facts Were Weak.
October 23, 2009 – 12:01 am | 12 Comments
The Spirit Was Willing, But The Facts Were Weak.

Now look. I’ve said before that I wouldn’t know a GAA star if one booted me into a fondue pot, and like Brian Lenihan’s status on amihotornot.com, no amount of clever spin will ever change …

Dear Flann: Readers’ mailbag
October 15, 2009 – 2:56 am | 8 Comments
Dear Flann: Readers’ mailbag

You have the body of a Greek God. How do you stay in such amazing shape for your age?

Interview with Beelzebub
October 8, 2009 – 1:12 am | 13 Comments
Interview with Beelzebub

Following from my recent interview with God (see here), I caught up with Satan to find out how things are going in the eternal, fiery pit of Hades. Enjoy!