Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year

Tripping Along The Ledge


humour

Published: Evening Herald, December 2008

Hogan’s

George's Street, Dublin 2

drunk-santaIt’s Saturday night and Aidan is down in the dumps. I’m not sure what his problem is. But no doubt he’s going to fill me in. He’s not a man to bottle these things up, that’s for sure.

“Would you say I’m getting fat?” he asks, eventually.

I look him up and down.

“You are fat,” I reply. “I’d say you were getting fatter.” Read the rest of this entry »

NIHILISTIC BEDDING

nothing really matress

THIS IS NO GAME

by Jack Handey

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This is no game. You might think this is a game, but, trust me, this is no game. Read the rest of this entry »

Miscellaneous Amusing Items I’ve Come Across #1

Ireland for the IrishWas 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… Read the rest of this entry »

Published: Evening Herald, July 2007

Zumo Juice Bar

Stephen's Green Shopping Centre

zumo fruit bar
“Barkeep. Hit me with a Blueberry Burst – and don’t spare the blueberry!”
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