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Miscellaneous Amusing Items I Come Across #47
Oddly sinister use of quotation marks at a cafe my sister happened upon in Cork. Why do I get the impression that dishes are served with some fava beans and a nice chianti?
October 18th, 2010.
October 18th, 2010 at 9:49 am
In Cork unattributed quotation marks, are automatically attributed to Roy Keane. So “LUNCH” is whatever Roy Keane has had for Lunch that day. Initially the concept was a success, but the whole thing ended in a “BLOODBATH” the day Roy Keane walked in and ordered “LUNCH”
October 18th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Reminds me of this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHD8QQXo_s
October 18th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Eoin! You have “no” idea of the hours I’ve spent puzzling over quotation marks in odd places. My two favourite ones include:
– A notice that there’d be a “free” bus at the end of the Dunedin Marathon to take competitors back into town. Didn’t know if I needed to bring money along or not after all.
– A sign up for a “coffee” morning at the local Methodist Church. (You know what we really mean baby…)
October 18th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
@ Rachel – that would have caused a paradox that could have collapsed the universe (what film am I thinking of again?)
@ CF – Made it all the way to the 4:21 mark… But why was I watching that again?
@ Lisa – Come on. Which of us hasn’t at some point used the old, hey baby, wanna come back to my “Methodist Church” for “coffee” routine?
October 18th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
True! Let he who is without “sin” cast the first “stone” and all that…
October 19th, 2010 at 10:17 am
You shoudld do a ‘miscellaneous amusing items I have come across’ Cork special. Two minutes out the door and you’ll have enough material to last you a year. Mad as a bag of frogs down here.
October 19th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
@ Dan Og – Send us in a few pictures sure!