It gets me all emotional like

One snowy night I went out to take in a young plant into the warm house when I saw a fox, he stopped, dropped his head a bit, then carried on….

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Frosty Night Survival Kit

 
 

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That’s you isn’t it, it is, isn’t it?

I went to a comedy gig once where the comedian’s friends made up the majority of the audience. It completely distorted the natural flow of his material because they were laughing at him not his jokes. And it’s for that reason that I have not told my friends and family about this blog. I’m not [...]

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But she DIDN’T flush the baby down the toilet.

Saw this article in the Irish ‘Independent’ just now and thought my God, how horrific….
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/mother-who-flushed-her-baby-down-toilet-did-not-know-shed-given-birth-1551686.html
 
 
Horrific it was yes but she didn’t actually flush her baby down the toilet. Of course this rag of a ‘newspaper’ draws you in with a misleading headline so people imagine a scenario before they actually read it (if they do [...]

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Gorillas in our Midst

I was in Grogan’s last night having a few pints with a friend of mine and we were talking about the Cadbury’s Gorilla ad and what did it have to do with chocolate. I was arguing that they should never have made a second ad with another song because it completely dilutes the impact of [...]

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Operation Holemaster – Post 14

Well it’s 5.15pm Thursday 20th November, almost exactly two months since having a part of my lung chopped off. I had my first follow up appointment with the surgeon which also involved an X-Ray.
I arrived at the hospital at 3.15, nice and early for my 3.40 appointment. Straight down for the X-Ray, passing some nice [...]

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I want to replace George Lee with this guy…

 
If there’s anyone who can deliver bad news and still make you feel warm and happy then it’s got to be Gerry Fleming. He can say things like “Scattered heavy showers will eventually become widespread and become increasingly wintry” or maybe “well it’s not looking like there will be any improvement until at least the [...]

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Cringe. Do we have to claim everyone?

And make a shite song about it.

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The US kills children again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7685593.stm
Pakistan is being invaded on a regular basis by Americans who still think they can actually beat the Taliban. The border area Waziristan is like south Armagh was for the British Army. They will never ever defeat the Taliban or even come close to disabling them in any real way. It’s like trying to wipe [...]

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