Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
chivalry
Published: The Dubliner, June 2010“If it didn’t fly in the face of social convention, I think I’d challenge him to a duel…”
A stranger called me a gentleman the other day. Admittedly, I’d just let her muscle past me in the queue for an ice cream van. (She had two small children. I was a single man in the queue for an ice cream van. I figured, she had seniority.) And the people behind me grumbled a bit. But, fuck it, I’ll take my compliments where I get them. Read the rest of this entry »
“If it didn’t fly in the face of all known social conventions, I’d challenge him to a duel…”
A stranger paid me a compliment the other day. She called me a gentleman. Admittedly, I’d just let her muscle past me in the queue for an ice cream van. (She had two small children. I was a single man in the queue for an ice cream van. Fuck it, she had seniority.) The people behind me grumbled a bit. But I take my compliments where I get them. Read the rest of this entry »