May, 2011

Judge Tom Travers and his daughter Mary Consider three situations. In the first, I take my recently-serviced car out, the brakes inexplicably fail, I hit your teenage daughter and kill her. In the second, I take my car out and, while busy changing radio stations, I hit your teenage daughter and kill her. In the […]

Judge Tom Travers and his daughter Mary Consider three situations. In the first, I take my recently-serviced car out, the brakes inexplicably fail, I hit your teenage daughter and kill her. In the second, I take my car out and, while busy changing radio stations, I hit your teenage daughter and kill her. In the […]

Dear Sir Alex, You may not know me – the name’s Kenny, Enda Kenny. No, I’m not actually a woman, at least not the last time I looked, ha ha ha. Enda is a common enough name for a bloke here in Ireland although I’m not a common bloke myself, any more than you are, because […]

Dear Sir Alex, You may not know me – the name’s Kenny, Enda Kenny. No, I’m not actually a woman, at least not the last time I looked, ha ha ha. Enda is a common enough name for a bloke here in Ireland although I’m not a common bloke myself, any more than you are, because […]

Barack drinks the black in Moneygall        1.    He hasn’t got a drink problem. That’s to say, when he pulls on a pint, he doesn’t leave a              moustache of froth on his upper lip, or if he does he makes sure it’s clear before the cameras see […]

Barack drinks the black in Moneygall        1.    He hasn’t got a drink problem. That’s to say, when he pulls on a pint, he doesn’t leave a              moustache of froth on his upper lip, or if he does he makes sure it’s clear before the cameras see […]

News flash: President Obama has cancelled his flight to Monegall today, not because of high winds but because he’s read and listened to our commentators on the queen’s visit last week. “Having thought carefully about the arguments presented” the President said, “I am convinced that their central message is a valid one. And so I […]

News flash: President Obama has cancelled his flight to Monegall today, not because of high winds but because he’s read and listened to our commentators on the queen’s visit last week. “Having thought carefully about the arguments presented” the President said, “I am convinced that their central message is a valid one. And so I […]

Like most of us I have a sharp ear for a compliment, so when I got a message yesterday asking “Are you the only one with a titter of wit?”  you may be sure I gave it my full attention. I assumed – rightly as it turned out – that the comment referred to my […]

Like most of us I have a sharp ear for a compliment, so when I got a message yesterday asking “Are you the only one with a titter of wit?”  you may be sure I gave it my full attention. I assumed – rightly as it turned out – that the comment referred to my […]