Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
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Miscellaneous Amusing Items I’ve Come Across #1
Was in Grogans for a sup earlier this afternoon and spotted this (it says “Ireland For The Irish) on the wall in the jacks. Now I don’t really mind that there’s some eejit going around Dublin with a marker in his pocket. But I hate to think of a foreign person going for a wee, seeing this and assuming that this is what all the Irish people in the bar are secretly thinking. So in a rare moment of inspiration…
I nipped out, purchased a black marker, came back and made this adjustment (right). In doing so I am striking a blow for tolerance between peoples and, also, honouring my friend Trish, who I feel deserves her own country.
March 6th, 2009.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
So now there are two eejits running around Dublin with markers in their pockets… 🙂
March 6th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
That seems to be the upshot of it all, yes, Trish!
March 6th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Good for you, Eoin!
I hate this kind of racist crap. It makes me furious.
March 6th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
…so does that mean the Irish have to leave too..?
I’m not getting on no boat – not a fan of the sea at all, at all
March 7th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Just out with my friends, they think “Ireland for the Trish” is lame, I should have blacked out the “the” (to make it “Ireland for Trish”).
Well first of all, I was afraid that if I got caught people would think I had written the original message. But also, how come Ukraine gets to be The Ukraine but our dear friend Trish is stuck with plain old Trish? Total double standard.
March 7th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Well done Eoin! I´d say you just started a trend with your black marker..
March 9th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
ha ha eoin… but i reckon you should have changed it to “iceland for the irish”… cos iceland looks like a nice country, fjords etc. and i’d deefinitely say we’d take them in a fight
March 9th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
It would have taken a bit more marker work, but what about “funderland for the irish”? because it’s true we all love rollercoasters
March 10th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Thanks for the suggestions guys. But it’s like ‘Nam really. Unless you were in that bathroom, holding that marker… you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.