Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
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Sly & the family Stallone
If this story is true, then Sylvester Stallone is an incredible person… who is also (possibly) mentally ill.
This is (barely) funny
Do you like Burger King? Read the rest of this entry »
The lonesome death of Hank Williams
This year does not mark the fiftieth anniversary of the lonesome death of Hank Williams. That was over two years ago, on New Year’s Day 2003. Nor is this the centenary of his birth – that milestone won’t be reached until September 17th 2023. A glossy, overpriced compilation of his greatest hits is not in stores now. And it doesn’t include underwhelming “new” tracks, or feature inane liner-notes penned by the director of some lame biopic. Read the rest of this entry »
What begins as a few isolated titters soon swells….
…with the help of a few nudges and discreet whispers, until soon the entire room is convulsed with laughter. Read the rest of this article here.
Miscellaneous Amusing Items I Come Across #45
Its all a matter of getting your priorities straight, isn’t it?
This one goes out to…
Saturday would have been my father’s 62nd birthday. I met my mother for lunch and pretended not to remember. My upset would only cause her upset. My pain would be her pain. You could fill Urlar Lake with our tears. (My mother doesn’t read this blog by the way.) Here’s something nice I once wrote about him. Here’s something else. And here’s something else.
Astral Weeks (1968)
Myself and Darragh went on a bit of an auld gallivant in my sister’s car last weekend. This was one of the CDs in the receptacle. The words have been embedded in my brain since. I ain’t nuthin’ but a stranger in this world…
Elvis… is it yourself?
Mission: Trick a Psychic into Contacting Someone Who Never Existed
Purpose: My own amusement
Venue: Georges Street Arcade
Time: 13.57, 13/11/2003
Tools: Concealed microphone
Miscellaneous: Feeling peckish, may get a sandwich later Read the rest of this entry »
Book smart v street smart
Congratulations to bright sparks James, Will, Leo, George, Jonathan, Chris and Edward from King’s School in Grantham, Lincolnshire who were all admitted to Mensa this week. Thanks to their cooperation in posing for this press photograph, published in all the English papers today, every knuckleheaded teenage bully in Lincolnshire and beyond knows who they are, what they look like and where they go to school. Read the rest of this entry »
“I bailed out and landed in the sea. The other pilot… didn’t make it”
Both aircraft were critically damaged. The Irishman managed to save himself by gaining enough altitude before his aircraft disintegrated to parachute safely. In dramatic footage that’s available to access on the internet, his parachute can be seen opening a split second before he hits the water. The Swede, meanwhile, plummeted to his death in the Mediterranean Sea. Read the rest of this article here.