Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year

Tripping Along The Ledge


ignominious ends

The Honorable Member for Eastleigh was discovered wearing nothing but a pair of women’s stockings and suspenders…

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There was a plastic bag over his head and an electrical flex tied around his neck. Sufficed to say, police were not looking for anyone else to assist them with their enquiries. Read the rest of this article here.

IGNOMINIOUS ENDS

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There’s no nice way to go, is there? The meek might take some comfort from the prospect of dying peacefully in their sleep. The vainglorious might dream of dying on the battlefield, fighting for some noble cause. But the vast majority of us would be much better pleased with a nice cup of tea and sit down if it was all the same to you.

And yet we’ve all got to die sometime. If it be now, ‘tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, then perhaps tomorrow evening when you’re texting your friend Tracey about French homework. “The readiness is all,” Shakespeare concluded.

For these poor bastards, though, the old readiness just wasn’t their strongest suit: Read the rest of this article.

Published: Mongrel Magazine, April 2006

IGNOMINIOUS ENDS

is he really going out like that?

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There’s no nice way to go, is there? The meek can take some comfort from the prospect of dying peacefully in their sleep. The vainglorious will dream of dying on the battlefield, fighting for some noble cause. But the vast majority of us would be much better pleased with a nice cup of tea and sit down if it was all the same to you.

And yet we’ve all got to die sometime. If it be now, ‘tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, then perhaps tomorrow evening when you’re texting your friend Tracey about French homework. As Shakespeare said, “The readiness is all.”

For these poor bastards, though, the old readiness just wasn’t their strongest suit: Read the rest of this entry »