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By: THIS IS FUNNY(-ISH) | Tripping Along The Ledge

THIS IS FUNNY(-ISH) | Tripping Along The Ledge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:37:10 +0000

[...] You may not find it funny if you’re not from the Wesht. But it made me laugh. Muchas gracias to Rob. [...]

By: Eoin

Eoin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:33:42 +0000

Urgh, I remember once I went for lunch with my serious older sister in Merrion Square. Rory spots us sitting on the grass, walks over hands me a half smoked spliff and says “this is for you”. Walks away. I haven’t smoked anything illegal since early 2003, so I just put it out, but didn’t even pretend to my sister that this was out of the blue. But it must have looked to her like this was my daily routine.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:51:45 +0000

Hey Eoin,
Just read this, vodka in a vase! Wow! Why did I not think of that? It brings me back. Demoralising yes but I would have to agree with Andy…that place was a holiday camp compared to anywhere I’ve been since. I remember sitting behind you for a while and you had that fast alt tab screen change thing going on whenever a management type approached you, which was hardly ever lets face it, while you were in the middle of writing up your album reviews. Haha. One of the senior sales management type guys walked right past myself and Rory one time while we were smokin’ a big tooth outside the front door. When I think back I wonder what the hell was I doing but at the time I didn’t give a shit, but neither did they, it was great!

Saw this just now, dunno if you’ve seen it already but could be worthy of your blog, had me laughing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi0VPE6PDP8

His one on the blow up doll is pretty funny too.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:09:19 +0000

can only assume Tad is taking the piss when claiming to have worked for a newspaper. Alternatively, the reasons for the collapse of newspapers are suddenly horribly apparent.

By: .

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:32:40 +0000

a pale bloo dot

By: tad

tad — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:41:36 +0000

Eoin: Yr office Xperience sounds just like a coupla newspapers I 1nce worked 4…. Lotsa cubicles & lotsa work & lotsa people Bing bullied & no $$$ & no time-off & always more work 2 do. Hope yr newspaper Xperience has turned out better than the admin stuff….

By: El Kid

El Kid — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:22 +0000

Don’t sell yourself short Buts…. I’d have said you were more like… what’s that guy who wrote Notes from Underground called?

By: Eoin

Eoin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:58:16 +0000

I just meant insofar as each installment tackles a different area. And also insofar as, in a thousand years people will look back and say that this was the artistic high point of all mankind. Downhill all the way from here on, son!

By: Conal

Conal — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:38:00 +0000

“(This is kinda like the Wire now that I think of it, isn’t it??)”

why stop there Butsey! its better than Dickens!

By: Eoin

Eoin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:55:00 +0000

@ Chris – next installment, I’ll try and post early next week, is about getting to know workmates better. One after that about management. (This is kinda like the Wire now that I think of it, isn’t it??)

@ EK – I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who works with you anyway… Ziiiiiiiiing!