Last Thursday at about 3pm I was having a nice Guinness in the sun outside Kehoeās off Grafton Street (even though Iām barred from there) with superleeds and 2 of his many lady friends when who walked by only RTEās voice of rugby, Ryle Nugent. He was accompanied by a lady friend of his own and they walked arm in arm down Duke Lane in the direction of The Duke pub. Incredibly I was so starstruck by Ryle that I didnāt get a chance to stare his bird out of it until they had walked past but she seemed of reasonable standard from my viewing position (diagonal from behind). Ryle was sporting a blue jeans and T-Shirt with a light top draped over his shoulders.
Today at about 3.15pm outside Bank of Ireland HQ on Baggot Street I spotted Orlaith Rafter (had to find her real name on google), Jimmy Doyleās bird Robin on Fair City. She was cycling a bicycle, strangely enough, (on the path) and was heading in the direction of town. She was wearing a big pair of sun glasses and looked very presentable in this fine weather.
Ms Appendage spotted Katie Richie (aka Sally Fletcher) at a set of traffic lights in Bondi Junction on 24/01/07, she was talking on her mobile phone, and was wearing blue jeans, knee high boots and a long navy jumper.
When pressed, Ms Appendage said the Miss Richie was indeed a bit top heavy and possessed an impressive pair of oven mits.
Yeah it was loose fitting but Ms Appendage is well abreast of what to look for in such situations.
She also spotted AFL legend Tadhg Kennelly in the Rocks, Sydney Harbour on Sun night. He was wearing a green t shirt and blue jeans. Apparently women were falling at his feet. Ms Appendage has yet to confirm or deny whether she was part of this worshipping.
How do you know Ms Appendage isnāt one of our members Bandage? Weāve allowed posts āon behalf of other membersā before. Appendage could be going out with Preshy.
Weāve posted them up alright, rocko. But Iām fairly sure in the initial stages of this thread we deemed that third party spots wouldnāt meet our strict criteria.
Yeah we said that third party spots werenāt allowed in the context of āmy father sawā¦ā
What we have allowed though were people posting on behalf of another member who canāt get to the board - like when you posted about me seeing Peter Collins for example. Itās not a third party spot in that case, youāre just letting us know that Iāve made the spot.
In this case Ms Appendage has made a spot. If sheās a member of the board (e.g. Preshy) then itās fair enough for Appendage himself to post on her behalf - though there have to be plenty of Internet cafeteriae at Bondi Junction Iād have thought.
As far as I know Iām not seeing preshy at the moment, unless Ms Appendage has a new alias - which is highly unlikely.
Ms Appendage tried in vain to become a member of TFK to post the spot, such was her excitment. However, her lack of IT skill prevented her joining or posting as a guest. She then proceeded to text me the details with the expressed wish that it be posted in this thread. This, I believe counts as she requested it be posted on behalf of herself, much like the Peter Collins spot - except Ms Appendage is not formally a member, but whoās to say a guest canāt post? She has been a guest lurker on many an occasion.
She also requested that some unfortunate comments re Bandageās state of personal hygiene, physical fitness and employment be posted but alas I had to omit them.
Was in Connolly station yesterday morning delivering iamthegafferās bag to him from the office as he had been out the night before
Who did I see dressed in a sharp suit emerging from the electronic ticket machine area but Ireland and Ulster flanker Neil Best (want to do that whistle like Risteard Cooper)
He was alone, dressed in a very sharp suit, tieless and was carrying a bag. He set off in the direction of the trains
After a really dry month on the celeb spotting stakes (havenāt had one since I saw Ryle Nugent outside Kehoeās pub on Holy Thursday) I am bang back in the game.
Today at 11.23 on Upper Baggot Street outside Number 8 Newsagent I spotted Ray from Fair City. Heās the actor Mick Nolan and his character is Mondoās Da in the show. He was wearing blue jeans and a brown suede jacket that matched his brown shoes and also his brown manās bag which was draped over his shoulder.
Very much a D list spot but itās great to get one after such a barren spell. Itās like a striker scoring a goal in the League Cup having not found the target for a month. Those Champions League spots will come as long as I remain patient.
Was walking up Grafton Street on Wednesday and walked into several photographers taking pictures of Diarmuid Gavin, Dave Fanning and Glenda Gilson who was leaning forward at the time. In fairness she was the only one I looked at - looked incredibly orange and had that horrible Castleknock, Loretto on the Green educated accent
Spent a few hours on the southside today and it really paid off. I was wondering why Iām way behind on the celeb spotting stakes but I think itās something to do with where I live.
Anyway spotted Vincent Browne in Hughes and Hughes bookstore in Dn Laoghaire (first floor). He was wearing fawn/beige trousers and shirt with no tie and a brown, possibly cuordroy, jacket. He paused briefly at the Current Affairs section before moving onto history. He spent a couple of minutes browsing the shelves in the history section without paying particular attention to any book. Then just as he was about to leave he half turned back to pick up a book called The Battle of Something (canāt remember the name, but it was some place in ancient Sparta). He read the back cover for a good 2 minutes which was surprising because I picked up the next copy from the pile (they were on a specail offer table) and I had read the summary on the back cover within half that time.
He had a quick flick through tbe book but it was so speedy he can only have been sizing up the size of the print etc. and not judging its narrative quality. Anyway he did not make a purchase and left the book down.
Then on my way downstairs I spotted Ryan Tubridy. He was in the more āpopularā books section. He was browsing the chart of books, betraying his desire for popularity, whereas Browne had no qualms about being seen in the history section. He picked up the number 1 non-fiction book - āSecretā or something like that but showed little interest. Then he picked up the number 3 book which was āScissors Sistersā - the book about the sisters who put your manās head in the cananl. He had a quick look at the book, read some of the back, but in truth he wasnāt that interested. He then got distracted by an Avoca Cookbook and I got bored by this stage so left him be.
All this happened after already spotting the following politicians:
Ciarn Cuffe TD
Enda Kenny TD
Marry Hannafin TD
Sen Barrett
John Bailey
They were on the campaign trail at the time so presumably donāt count but they added weight to my theories that the southside is awash with celebrities.
Spotted ex-Galway United legend and now Eircom League U-21 champions Salthill Devon manager Mike Quirke in Charlie Strings nightclub in Tramore on Friday night. I wanted to tell him it was a disgrace that only Vinny Faherty was called up to the U-21 EL representative side but was too afraid/locked. The chance presented itself again on Saturday night once again in Strings but again I couldnāt muster the courage.
Date: 21 May, Monday. Time: 12.55pm. Venue: Main Street, Gorey, County Wexford.
Wexford Senior Hurling player and goal scorer in our last Leinster Final victory in 2004, Paul āChopsā Carley, getting into a blue Mazda car (front, driver side) and rolling down the window. As I was in transit myself I canāt shed any further light on his subsequent actions as I continued on my merry way.
I know it was only a brief glance Bandage and Iām not asking for 100% confirmation here - but from the information youāve presented would it be fair to surmise that Mr Carley was the driver of said vehicle. Thatās surely the explanation for his decision to enter the car via the front door, driverās side. Unless it was one of those 2 door Mazdas and he was clambering into the backseat?
