Watched a mini series starring Kevin Cosnter on this lately. Probably puts the Hutch-Kinihan feud in the haâpenny place.
There was an Ice House in the old Demesne beside us in Kilfane House. It was an oval shaped structure like a space ship with half of it buried underground. About the size of a small house.
Before my time theyâd harvest ice off the lake in winter time and store it in the Ice House. Seemingly it would last throughout the summer.
It was bulldozed by the local farmer when I was a teenager much to my fatherâs dismay. Weâd go into it sometimes during the summer. It would always be lovely and cool. The heat of India would be a different story of course.
In Trading Places, Louis Winthorpeâs (Dan Ackroydâs) prison number is the same as Jake Blues (John Belushiâs) in the Blues Brothers as a small tribute to Belushi who had died the previous year.
The last digit in Winthorpeâs looks more like an 8 than a B.
Round water melons are tastier than oval ones. The closer the lines are on the skin the sweeter they are too.
120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans were interned in the US during world war 2.
The great Dublin Whiskey fire of 1875 claimed 13 lives.
None a result of been burnt to death / inhaling smoke, all killed by alcohol poisoning
Dubs love the sauce
When Johnny Cash played his first prison concert at San Quentin on 1st January 1958, Merle Haggard was in the audience.
Never knew that.
Donegal Irish was unintelligible to other Irish speakers before advent of Radio na Gaetachta
Donegal English is unintelligible to other Irish people.
This is mad carry on! Knew Belarus were Rusky stooges alright but didnt realise the extent of the iron fist was throwing belts around there.
Sharks existed before trees.
Well, life sprung from the seaâŚincluding trees
HYROX doesnât stand for anything specific, itâs âhybridâ and ârockstarâ . The name was created by the founders during a night out.
Find it gas on LinkedIn when you see lads referring to co-workers as ârock starsâ. Said rock star is some IT nerd coding in the office till all hours to cover a bossesâ ass
I find most people that do this Hydrox are cunts tbf
Hyrox, crossfit, runningâŚ