Hate to break it to you @Bill_Linnane but doing your half of the housework and caring for your own kids ain't romance! 💔 pic.twitter.com/Wj0xmY4F6N — Leslie Ann Horgan (@LeslieAnnHorgan) February 14, 2018 Indo col week 42, a Valentine’s special which has somehow made me History’s Greatest Monster. I am not especially romantic. My wife would […]
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Brexit of champions, Irexit, Barrage, freedom
Wee 41 of the column and this time I get political, with terrible results. As a portmanteau, Brexit works quite well. It rolls of the tongue, and its similarity to the word breakfast gave great material to headline writers: Full English Brexit, Brexit buffet, bed and Brexit – all potentially great headlines. Granted, none of […]
Ash Valentine’s, Nollaig na mBan, huntsmen, love
Please spare a moment's thought for this poor fool, married to Ireland's Biggest Dickheadâ„¢ for a miserable 12 years today. #PrayForCiara #Condolences #NotOnTwitter pic.twitter.com/jMuDTQadsx — Bill Linnane (@Bill_Linnane) December 1, 2017 Week 37 of the column: Rejoice, cheapskates of Ireland – the stars have aligned and for the first time in decades, St Valentine’s Day, […]
Happy Middleclassmas
Wrote this for the Indo as I am the go-to guy for middle class ennui. There are few events in the annual calendar more middle class than Christmas, save perhaps the Grand National, Irish Open or Ideal Homes Exhibition. It is a time of year to gather round the Rangemaster in the back kitchen, […]
Christmas, shops, Matt Damonnnn, Popefest
Week 35 – It turns out that I wasn’t all set for the Christmas at all. I think I was asked the question so many times that I actually lost all sense of the true meaning of being ‘all set for the Christmas’, and basically forgot that gift-buying actually takes a little bit of effort. […]
Varadkar kar away, more Brexit, Meehawlll, Celtic Phoenix
Week 34 – At this time of year, there is nothing better than settling down to enjoy a classic movie. I was delighted to catch a screening of Disney classic Darby O’Gill And The Little People at the weekend. It is a gem of a film: There is something so natural about the old […]
Milkshake duck, Keaton Jones, blogging, my glittering career
Indo col week 33 In June last year, Australian cartoonist Ben Ward, known by his Twitter handle @PixellatedBoat, tweeted a joke. It was a simple three-line gag about a character named Milkshake Duck, the cartoon duck who everyone loves…until five seconds later when the duck is revealed as racist. The joke perfectly fit its […]
PTA, pride, failure, Brexit
Indo col week 32 It seems something of a miracle that I managed to avoid attending a parent-teacher meetings until last week. I always had great excuses for not being there – either work or just a complete lack of interest in going – but the day finally came where I could no longer avoid […]
Ikea, Amgen, elections, promises
Indo col 31 I woke my wife at 5.30am when I read the headline. She was panicked – where the kids ok? Was the house on fire? Had we won the Lotto? No, it was way more dramatic than that – Ikea might be coming to Cork. She sat up in the bed. ‘What?’ Exactly […]
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