LETTER TO THE IRISH TIMES
9th February 2007
Madam,
If the raising of this matter had a precedent, the House might have been brought down by a chorus of Urination Once Again.
Certainly the question of relieving all of the punters all of the time requires measures that can escape stadium managers.
Some years ago, at the insistence of my spouse, I took her to an Elton John concert at “Croker”. The overwhelming majority of the attendance were ladies of the same vintage and it Hijacked (or Bean -jacksed?) the Gents’ Conveniences (or Johns?). It was a good-humoured event and there was no back-lash.
A few years before that our son had got a couple of complimentary tickets to an England vs France match at Twickenham. On arrival at the railway station, we, and thousands of others, saw up to a hundred
Frenchmen, standing on the platform relieving themselves against a wall.The Entente Cordiale survived the deluge.
Following the match we saw hundreds of the visitors repeating the exercise, with one variation, against the inside of the Stadium wall. It is customary in France for neighbours to shake hands even if they meet each other every day. Here two Gallic customs or Sean-Nosana could be witnessed together, as each urinating man was shaking his neighbour’s unoccupied hand. If I had had a camera I could supply you with a picture and a Caption for it – “Tojours la Politesse.”
I hope that the Tyrone fans whose loose deportment scandalised an uptight TD are not extradited, and that our French friends are not inconvenienced by po-faced Parliamentarians.
Yours faithfully
Donal Kennedy
LONDON
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