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My East-End Girlfriend

My East-End Girlfriend   For those not aware ‘Ocean Pearl’ is cockney rhyme for girl, and stretch & bend is cockney rhyme for friend. My girlfriend is a cockney, and it is to her I’ve dedicated this ode.   Although her happy trigger is very appealin’ with a lemon zest... 

Top Gear’s Final Show Clarkson Tweets Goodbye

Top Gear’s Final Show Clarkson Tweets Goodbye Former Top gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson apologized to fans and expressed his sadness how his time on the motor show came to an end the way it did. The 55 year old Clarkson was fired from the show after a “fracas” with series producer Oisin Tymon... 

Time Will Tell…

Time Will Tell… The country gathered at the nation’s capitol at either Huston or Connolly stations to march in protest against the now infamous water charges. The protest was arranged by the “Right to Water” campaign. The “Right to Water” campaigners argue that water charges is already... 

In Poor Taste

In Poor Taste  As inappropriate celebrations go, this correspondent came across a humdinger recently. It concerned the retirement due for a Mr Bruce Barrett, a school teacher for over thirty-years at Knox Grammar in Sydney Australia. It was reported that back in the early 1980’s, when he retired,... 

Are Irish School Summer Holidays Too Long?

  Are Irish school summer holidays too long? Why are Irish school holidays longer than most other European countries? According to Dr. Josephine Bleach, Director of the Early Initiative at the National College of Ireland, it is because our school holidays were previously planned to facilitate children... 

Fun Friday – Time for a bit of Spike Milligan!

Fun Friday – Time for a bit of Spike Milligan! On Money “Money can’t buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery” “Money can’t buy friends but you can get a better class of enemy” “All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me... 

The Health Benefits of Listening to Music

The Health Benefits of Listening to Music Classical music particularly music composed by Verdi has been shown to reduce blood pressure.  A study at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in the U.S discovered that when they measured the blood pressure of ten healthy individuals, as they listened... 

Why Do Women Outlive Men?

Why Do Women Outlive Men? Why are there a growing number of women outliving men?  Is it men’s’ reckless ways?   Running with scissors and the like?  Or perhaps, its genetics and men really are from Mars and Martians simply don’t live as long.  Well it seems that both are true (not the Mars... 

Not To Take Part

Not To Take Part Governments can be cruel to some of their citizens. Take for example the treatment the Black people suffered in North America & South Africa in the 20th century, being forced to suffer apartheid (enforced segregation); or Gay people in Britain up to the 1960’s who were compelled... 

FBI Caught Spying on the General Public

FBI Caught Spying on the General Public Two weeks ago, a journalist in America called Sam Renegade revealed that the FBI has been spying on the American populace with aircraft.  These planes are equipped with cameras and devices that can track, tap and spy on your mobile phone when you are just leisurely... 

Going up in Smoke, Locals Burn Water Bills

Going up in Smoke, Locals Burn Water Bills You don’t have to saunter too far off the beaten course in the Dublin 8 to find out how strongly the local residents feel about Irish Water. “No water meters” signs adorn every second window down quite Rialto lanes, while installing water meters has been... 

Living by the Sea…What about Under it?

Living by the Sea…What about Under it? A few months ago I wrote about Semester At Sea’s university ship, the alternative to studying on land. For many the sea is an inviting part of the earth and a life living and studying on the sea seems like a possible alternative from living on dry land.... 

Drinking Too Much Coffee is Dangerous

Drinking Too Much Coffee is Dangerous The European Food Safety Agency has warned that drinking over 4 mugs of coffee per day can lead to a number of health problems such as; anxiety, insomnia, and in some cases heart problems in people.  The EFSA recommends that pregnant women and children are advised... 

Is Online Dating The Way To Go To Meet Mr Right?

I’m a single woman in my mid thirties and while I am happy to be single to a certain degree, I love having the bed to myself and having the freedom to do what I want, or go where I want when I want. There is that small part of me that fantasises about meeting ‘the one’ and having the fairytale... 

Friday Fun

Girls I’ve Met   By Lightweight Louie Danver (A Ronnie Barker character)   I knew a girl called Jeannie Jones She was nothing but skin and bones, I knew a girl called Janie Scott She had bumps where Jean had not. I knew a girl called Susie Strong Her feet were large and her legs were long, Her... 

Setting Foot In

Setting Foot In Back in the late ’90’s this correspondent observed an illegal enterprise continue in business despite being exposed to the local law enforcement. The illegal enterprise was a shebeen (unlicensed establishment) at the back of Leicester Square, London which fronted as a Cab... 

Friday Fun Seán Ó Faoláin Sayings

Friday Fun Seán Ó Faoláin Sayings On drink “An Irish Queer is a fellow who prefers women to drink” “Did it ever occur to you that the bottom of a whiskey bottle is much too near the top” “A true Irishman is a fellow who would trample over the bodies of twelve naked women to reach a pint... 

Irish kids Are The Most Overweight In The EU

Irish kids Are The Most Overweight In The EU Why are Irish kids overweight? The Health Minister Leo Varadkar, is concerned about Irish children being overweight or obese.  He says that “losing weight can reduce your blood pressure and your risk of diabetes, so exercise makes as much sense as taking... 

Carnival By Myles Na Gopaleen

  Carnival By Myles Na Gopaleen Keats and Chapman once lived near a church. There was a heavy debt on it. The pastor made many efforts to clear the debt by promoting raffles and the like, but was making little headway. He then heard of the popularity of these carnivals where you have roundabouts... 

Are Chimps almost human?

Are Chimps almost human? Did you know that chimps and human share almost 99 percent of their genetics? Chimpanzees are more closely related to us than they are to gorillas or orang-utans.  Just like us they can be empathetic and affectionate, but they also can be hostile or conceited.  The young chimpanzee... 
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