Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
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On a serious note, I’d like to extend best wishes to regular reader/commenter Dermot who is deploying to Afghanistan in a few days time. Best of luck, man. Although as a serving French soldier, you’re presumably under orders to surrender to the first troop of Girl Guides you encounter. Ba-dum-tish! Seriously Dermot, best of luck mate. I won’t pretend to understand your motives, but I do admire your courage. Be careful and come home safely!
(P.S. The interview Dermot gave me for the Irish Times is here.)
November 11th, 2010.
November 11th, 2010 at 10:34 am
With the way the country is going I’d nearly join him.
November 11th, 2010 at 10:45 am
I thought you were a man of peace Massey?
November 11th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Although, joking aside, if my only options were Roscommon or war-torn Afghanistan I mightn’t be too far behind.
November 11th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Massey, don’t be a hero!!
November 11th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
The more the merrier! They say war is hell, but I for one never want to go through the post-Henry-handball saga alone again! THAT was hell!!!
November 11th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
@ Dermot – Good luck,don’t forget the cheese eating while you’re at it 🙂
November 11th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
(….says a smartarse wwho never even gone paintballing…)
Seriously Good luck and stay safe!
November 11th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
@ Daniel – I’ve paint-balled. Not for the faint hearted. I’d start on Quasar and work your way up.
November 11th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Quasar’s a dark horse, heard of a few fellas going blind (although that might have been from eating the Leisureplex hotdogs). Cheers to one and all.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
The best of luck over there. Rather you than me and all that.
p.s. Rambo fought *with* the mujahideen not against.
November 11th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
@ Dermot – Quasar is a lot like war, except your opponents are mostly 8 years old and younger.
@ Keith – With the mujahadeen, against them, whatever… The point is, he didn’t wear a shirt.
November 11th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
@ Eoin – Some of those childishly insightful remarks concerning the size of my ass when trying to crawl through the industrial carpeted tunnels can hurt cut worse than shrapnel, man.
@ Keith – I always fancied myself as a bit of a Liam Neeson in “Taken” actually(substituting a North Dublin/French accent for the woeful American movie-trailer-narrator one Liam whips up).
November 13th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Stay safe Dermot