Revolting Rathoath Rascals
via The Chancer “Ratoath Fianna Fail councillor Nick Killian is mad as hell, and he’s not gonna take it any more… Here, he enjoys a discourse with some local youths:“ Charming. The child who posted the video also has a blog. On 19 Feb, he posted this blog: Ha ha last week was gr8 i [...]
Children are the new must-have item in Kerry
No adult will be permitted in a playground unless accompanied by a child It will be an offence for anyone other than a child to use playground equipment Only families are allowed to take photographs in playgrounds Kerry County Council have introduced new byelaws regulating the playgrounds in their county. Introduced because of concern that [...]
Brainwashing Children at Christmas
It turns out my 9 year old niece has a nintendo ds, a PSP and a computer (and possibly another console but I got a bit confused!) and she’s just left here after a short visit. I subjected her to a not-so-subtle interrogation so that I could figure out what to buy her for Christmas. [...]
School Daze
The Irish Times (sub required) published it’s Feeder Schools report today. My old Secondary (High) School performed very badly and I can’t say I’m too surprised. The report said that 30-odd people did the Leaving Cert (final school exam) in my alma mater last year and only an incredibly low 15% went to University. The [...]
A Penny Drops
It was my birthday last week. It turns out I was born in or around midnight (30-something years ago). On a Friday night or Saturday morning, if you know what I mean. They eventually settled on Saturday as the day of my birth. I don’t know if they flipped a coin but the decision probably [...]
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