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THE IRISH ROVER (1987)

In honour of the day that’s in it.

THE TOP FIVE WEIRDEST SEARCH ENGINE TERMS PEOPLE USED TO FIND THIS SITE

And the winners are… Read the rest of this entry »

THE SIMPSONS COME TO IRELAND

The Simpsons premiered their Irish special at a screening in the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield this morning. The episode was slightly better than I had expected, but only because my expectations were very, very low.

It’ll air on Sky One tomorrow but, if you can’t wait that long, I can reveal that: Read the rest of this entry »

THIS IS FUNNY

And you thought your girlfriend was crazy…

AMERICA (1956)

No idea who did this. It’s a recording of Allen Ginsberg reading America (from ‘Howl’), set to Tom Waits’ Closing Time instrumental, from the latter’s 1973 debut album. If that’s not confusing enough, the track is illustrated for this YouTube treatment with photographs of Jack Kerouac. Read the rest of this entry »

MISCELLANEOUS AMUSING ITEMS I’VE COME ACROSS#3

Like a lot of people from Catholic backgrounds, I have a lingering fascination with the religion’s, shall we say, oddball fringe. This is a window display from a shop I pass every day. I took this picture a few weeks ago and, while it’s kinda weird and all, there isn’t much in it for a true aficionado to really sink his teeth into.

Walking past today, however, I was wildly excited to see this… Read the rest of this entry »

“THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP IN THIS TOWN, MATE. TURYSTA OR NO TURYSTA…!”

“I punch him hard in the mouth. But it’s like he sees it coming before I do, because he lands two blows in retaliation before I’ve even realised I’m in a fight…” Read the rest of the article here.

THIS IS FUNNY

Ricky Gervais talks drugs, child abuse, necrophilia and the Holocaust with Elmo on Sesame Street.

Meanwhile, on CollegeHumor.com, some poor sap is pranked by his friends into believing that he’s just won $500,000 at a basketball match…

…Which reminds me of a much funnier a a much funnier prank played on Batman actor Burt Ward by students at Harvard University in the 1980s.

OF ALL THE JUICE BARS IN ALL THE WORLD…

“Barkeep. Hit me with a Blueberry Burst – and don’t spare the blueberry!” Read the rest of this article here.

HERO OF THE WEEK: ANDREA DOSSENA

When Andrea Dossena came off the bench to score a cracking goal against Real Madrid last night, he didn’t just confirm Liverpool’s passage into the quarter-finals of the Champions League. He also inspired one special little boy watching at home to believe in himself, no matter what odds he faced… Read the rest of this entry »