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World’s Most Devastating Comeback Leaves Me Torn Between Weeping, Ending It All…
Holy fuck! Lesson = Learned. How am I supposed to match the Don Rickles-esque comic genius of Ian O’Doherty? He must have a crack team of twelve year old boys writing these zingers for him!
May 5th, 2010.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Hey, are you saying the “ian says” bubble is dedicated to you? Jaysus…that’s shocking. I mean a slaphead! You?? Never.
That kind of carry on is akin to pushing over the girl you fancy in the playground at primary school. I think you might have a number 1 fan Eoin. It seems he truly doth protest too much, methinks.
Also, it seems he’s furnished us with his
work email address. Now that’s interesting. I know what my lunchtime distraction will be today.
Steve
May 5th, 2010 at 9:39 am
You knew when it took him a week to respond that he was cooking up something pretty potent. But in my wildest dreams, I never thought he’d get you this bad Eoin….
May 5th, 2010 at 9:55 am
@ Steve
Moving from:
“That kind of carry on is akin to pushing over the girl you fancy in the playground at primary school.”
to:
“Also, it seems he’s furnished us with his work email address. Now that’s interesting. I know what my lunchtime distraction will be today.”
Does some part of your brain not work?
May 5th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Was this published before or after he was on with Moncrieff?
May 5th, 2010 at 11:05 am
[…] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Allan Cavanagh. Allan Cavanagh said: @SeanMoncrieff are you the inspiration for this? http://bit.ly/aiepSh […]
May 5th, 2010 at 11:08 am
I love that the Indo have the space to let this tool keep his little vendetta going.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:44 am
also butler, lot of time for your writing, but this whole squabble is just making both of you look sad. Give it up.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:54 am
@ Allan – same day.
@ mb – I realise this doesn’t make me look good. But he mentioned this in his column in a national newspaper AND talked about it on the radio yesterday. I confined myself to one line on my own private blog.
But, you know, lot of time for your comments, anonymous internet person…
May 5th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Complaining about Ian O’Doherty is like feeding a fat kid.
May 5th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
The only way to hit back against O’Doherty is to defeat at his own game. You have to be MORE not less childish than him.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
@ Susan – I’ve got a crate of eggs and his home address if you’re game?
May 5th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Lads, lads, lads. Why can’t we all just get along?
May 5th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Because this is so much better fun!
May 5th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
I was looking through Iano’s columns (shudder) and I saw the source of that line:
“As you can imagine, this column is in receipt of countless gifts, freebies and unsolicited mail.
Well, that’s not entirely accurate, the ISpy post box tends to consist mostly of missives from mad people who think they’re Jesus and we have also learned — to the cost of one post boy’s fingers — that anything that makes a ticking noise should best be avoided.
So it was with a great degree of excitement yesterday that we approached an enticing-looking package.
Opening the pack with a flourish, we rather grandly presented the contents to the room — only to see it was anti-baldness medicine.
Jesus Christ — of all the numerous physical and mental defects this column suffers, and they are legion, being a slap head is not one of them.”
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ian-odoherty/ian-odoherty-um-kinda-proves-his-point-2163125.html
May 5th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Each to their own, I suppose, each to their own.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Well Lisa, if the Irish people had been less conciliatory and more confrontational with the Church then a lot of the abuses that went on down through the years would never have occurred. So put THAT in your PhD!!
May 5th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Right. I will.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Okay but I want to be cited in the footnotes for that. That’s to go along with the above-the-title billing (‘Eoin Butler presents…’) already agreed since I got you the book you were looking for.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Deal. You might want to remind me of this in May 2013 though.
Now back to the topic at hand: I think a peace deal should be brokered, you and Ian O’Doherty should do one of those grinning/grimacing at camera handshake things and justice and harmony can be restored. Do it for the kids.
May 6th, 2010 at 12:32 am
No there will be no peace until I too have fashioned the first letter of my Christian name into a nifty column title….
May 6th, 2010 at 12:38 am
E-‘s a Character… with Eoin Butler!
May 6th, 2010 at 12:39 am
Leave it with me. I’ll get it eventually…
May 6th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
“E-coli, for your daily dose of infectious cheer. You’ll be in convulsions!”
May 7th, 2010 at 12:32 am
Have you taken into account theory that he’s an enormous fat assholey taint breath?