Who - Brian Lohan and the majority of the the Clare senior hurling panel
When - today circa 4pm
Where - Birdhill services
I was getting the car charged when the bus pulled - a good gang of lads were waiting inside to be collected. Lohan, Ralph and Tommy Corbett all availed of the chance to grab a coffee before making the onward journey to Antrim.
I forgot to mention, @peddlerscross as expected the great and the good of the GAA world were in Leopardstown last week. Big contingent of ex-Limerick lads, think they have a horse with Billy Seymour?
Hannon, Dowling, Oisin O’Reilly, Joe Canning, TJ Ryan and a few Tipp lads i couldn’t put a name on all knocking about the place.
Tir Og is the horse. He didn’t run great.
Timmy Dalton and a couple more ex LIT lads involved. Paudie O’Brien, Gavin O’Mahony etc
I was in the old farmhouse in alderley today when a trio of blondey ladies sat at the next table. All about early twenties and all pretty. They were switching between Swedish and English and it became apparent that they were looking forward to the match tonight, and one was none other than Erling’s sister. She looked very nice and is very pretty. A quick Google confirmed my suspicion. I was tempted to lounge around in case her dad or brother showed, but I was cold and wet.
I think one with slightly darker hair may well have been his wife.
Would they not have spoken Norwegian?
Viking. They’re all the same. The sister is really pretty.
They all ordered scrambled eggs (in English)
Funnily enough the lady I think was his wife looked more like him.
Draco Malfoy? Jaysus flatty… i can give you the number of a good eye doctor if you want?
You’ll have to trust me. She’s lovely in the flesh.
I’d say @glenshane is off to meet her in Copenhagen.
She’s the wrong Footix denomination mate, therefore they cannot acknowledge her good looks. Back when Arsenal were really good at soccer, not being allowed to accept Cheryl Cole as the modern Princess Diana caused me to consign this blinkered carry on to the past.
Cheryl Cole was/is absolutely beautiful.
I’ve always wondered, what’s Alfie like do you know? Son seems sound from what I’ve seen of his antics lately on youtube.
To the best of my knowledge he’s an absolute gent. He’s a Leeds legend which is good enough for me.
The daughter had a lovely manner at the deli counter anyway. And a naturally smiley face which is the most attractive quality in any person(although when I opined this to me bessier, he relied “No xxx. Boobs”.
Always thought he’d be a bit of a dickhead like Peter Schmeichel. Refreshing to see.
I spotted Dancing with the Stars, eh, dancer Laura Nolan last Wednesday evening around 5pm near Spencer Dock luas stop. I was making my way to the bus stop on New Wapping Street to catch the N4 bus back to gritty Killester when I spotted Laura walking towards me in gym/casual gear (black leggings, black jumper, light jacket). She was also carrying a gym bag. We locked eyes as we passed each other & I got the sense she was thinking…why is that creep staring at me? I previously spotted Brendan O’Carroll’s son (Danny?) carrying a gear bag in that general IFSC/Spencer Dock area a year or two back when he was on the show. I’m unreliably informed that the show contestants & their professional dancer partners such as Laura practice their routines midweek in a dance studio down near the Gibson Hotel.
On a separate note, Dan McDonnell (Irish Independent football correspondent) was in his usual high stool corner window seat on his laptop in The Orange Goat on Monday lunchtime. My understanding is a lot of these sport journalists have Monday off given the need to attend & report on matches at weekends. Some of them might take the opportunity to file an aul column or article that won’t be published until later in the week on their day off. I suspect that’s why Dan was tip-tapping away, just to keep ahead of the game.
His presence actually reminded me of an unnerving incident a few Mondays previous (this might be outside the reporting window) when I walked into the same café & approached the counter to order. As I did so, I was aware of someone already inside heading to the counter too from a different direction. But I easily beat them to the punch & I wasn’t faffing around - I knew what I wanted & I started to order after exchanging brief/token pleasantries with the server. While doing so, I could feel the other person’s presence unsettlingly close to me. It was like he was irrationally put out at having to wait. I could sense him not just standing directly behind me, he was initially at my shoulder & then practically standing beside me & observing my transaction. Just back off a little bit, Dan, & wait your turn.
As listeners of Bits and Bobs will attest to, he apparently has a penchant for drinking Fanta as a breakfast beverage. Quite important in himself and scathing in a group setting (Bits and Bobs) for a fella who will never make a prediction or definitive judgement on anything.
Chipmunk headed little fucker has all the time in the world. You should tell him to fuck off. Only reason he is there is that Johnny Ward doesn’t kiss ass like him. You could write that Arsenal report tonight in 10 minutes. The major papers should use a rotating panel of Footix for match reports.
When I used do the horses for timeform, I’d start at 10 when the Decs came in and be finished for half 12. The problem was the remuneration of only £15,000 sterling per annum. Pro rata it probably wasn’t that bad. And you could drink beer while you worked. The tea was shit though, for a place with a tea lady.
Nobody reads match reports any more, do they? I even remember back in the day…the Indo & Irish Times would take copy from the UK papers.
