Powered flowers, 1703 |
09:00
1703 Robinson Crusoe author, England's Daniel Defoe placed in the pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a satirical pamphlet, but is unexpectedly pelted with flowers
09:46
STANDARDISED YANK GUEST ON THE RADIO: It's gorgeous to see Ireland doing so well, to be paying nine dollars for a coffee. In the seventies everyone still had the look of the Famine about them.
09:48
DORK RADIO PRESENTER: "The Fighting Oirish!"
YANK: The Irish have been too poor for too long to be sentimental.
09:52
DORK: "The smells are evocative." (Like the horseshit you now spout.) "Freshly dug soil. Peat turf is one of the most beautiful of them all."
YANK (with the defiance of science): Probably carcinogenic.
11:34
09:46
STANDARDISED YANK GUEST ON THE RADIO: It's gorgeous to see Ireland doing so well, to be paying nine dollars for a coffee. In the seventies everyone still had the look of the Famine about them.
09:48
DORK RADIO PRESENTER: "The Fighting Oirish!"
YANK: The Irish have been too poor for too long to be sentimental.
09:52
DORK: "The smells are evocative." (Like the horseshit you now spout.) "Freshly dug soil. Peat turf is one of the most beautiful of them all."
YANK (with the defiance of science): Probably carcinogenic.
11:34
Hello Aoife?
- I'm going into a meeting.
Having a spot of bother ...
- I'm just going into a meeting now so ...
Can you send me the number of the plumber?
- I'm not at home, I'm going into a meeting. I'll send you a business card.
Thanks.
- OK. I have to go to a meeting now.
11:57
HISTORY LESSON: The Romans never came to Ireland because they were scared off by the rain and the sight of naked savages. UPDATE: The Romans are long gone. The naked savages are still here and so is the rain
12:00
Dong. 29000 perverts kicked off myspace yesterday. Only another 29000 more and we'll be off to a start.
12:38
The rain is actually unbelievable. Refugees head for the high ground. Attempts to reach trapped miners are hampered by flooding.
13:58
12:00
Dong. 29000 perverts kicked off myspace yesterday. Only another 29000 more and we'll be off to a start.
12:38
The rain is actually unbelievable. Refugees head for the high ground. Attempts to reach trapped miners are hampered by flooding.
Forty meter truck comes up the road. Never heard a man shout so much. Shout at what, I hope there was nobody in the cab beside him? I hear angry screams. Hi vis freakout at something. He had to turn his 500 wheeler back down the narrow hill. Ran over a bike and two cars to do it. Did the same myself last night in Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas.
These thoroughfares were built for rolling cannon and horse out onto the streets of Dublin to quell the querulous population. British, then Free State cannon. Not for supertrucks driven by supergrumps. This ain't no Playstation game.
14:07
I rise to go during a moment of brief respite yet thunder stops me in my tracks. Then, a sound like the bath running.
16:51
I brought my shades out with me, no case, and a hat to cover my head and used them both at the same time.
21:15
Never argue with a government minister. They argue you down to their level and then beat you with a statistic.
23:19
That Bertie fella is always one step ahead of everyone. Sure, his disrespect is only massive.
23:49
Everybody wants something for nothing in this life.
I rise to go during a moment of brief respite yet thunder stops me in my tracks. Then, a sound like the bath running.
16:51
I brought my shades out with me, no case, and a hat to cover my head and used them both at the same time.
21:15
Never argue with a government minister. They argue you down to their level and then beat you with a statistic.
23:19
That Bertie fella is always one step ahead of everyone. Sure, his disrespect is only massive.
23:49
Everybody wants something for nothing in this life.