Seán Moncrieff

It's probably staged. But that's to miss the point of it..

I know. That was the point of the picture.

On the show today: @sheilawriter.bsky.social on Jilly Cooper; The return of TB; Solo travelling; Finding love at Lisdoon; Is economics more useful than Feminism?; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'Dinner With The Enemy'
'Chad Powers' & 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'; Is tourism hurting Lapland?

In advance of the budget, here's an explainer of trickle-down economics.

I can think of at least one epithet which today is considered a coarse insult but originally meant the complete opposite.

Celtic soul brothers

@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social

"In Scottish, the word "fucking" just lets you know a noun's on the way." - Frankie Boyle

I was hoping that the recently deceased* Manchán Magan might be working on “99 Irish Words for F*ck Off”…or similar.

*very strange to type that

Seán Moncrieff: Bad language is part of who we are - as Irish as Tayto, Hill 16 and building delays If we don’t use our curses more sparingly, we may not retain our position as the gold standard of potty mouth

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On the show today: Pets in politics; Toddlers cooking; Gilmore Girls season; The 'swag gap'; Wine; Showbiz news; Reviews of 'The Smashing Machine' & 'Him'...

On the show today; Starvation in Gaza; @henrymckean.bsky.social on rude people; @barbarascully.bsky.social & @declanbuckley.bsky.social are nearly beyond caring; A dozen years heroin-free; the World Porridge Championship...

On the show today: @scottlucas.bsky.social on the US gov shutdown; Is Ireland really a kip?; The migrant nurses scam; building birdtables; The water-guzzling fad; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; @alansiegella.bsky.social on the Simpsons in 2025..

This was Durkheim's argument exactly.

On the show today: @henrymckean.bsky.social on gossip; the man who lef the Black & Tans; The problem of CTE; The paranormal in Ireland; World news; Wallpaper is back, baby...

On the show today: Tacky shop fronts; Fun baby-making; @ciaranbrennan.bsky.social on cars & freedom; The corkman who tended Indian graves; @caitrionaredmond.bsky.social on complaining; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'The Walsh Sisters' 'House Of Guinness' & 'Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue'

*spoiler
Turns out the kid(s) are alright.
It’s the adults we need to worry about.

YT (as an example) Downloads is a first world problems godsend.

Seán Moncrieff: The wifi went. It was raining. How would our daughter cope? I tried to think of a problem more first-world than the temporary loss of the internet

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On the show today: Comics playing Saudi Arabia; Reading dirty stories; Talking to dead relatives; Using an autopen; Showbiz news; @jeansmullen.bsky.social with wine; @brianmlloyd.bsky.social reviews 'One Battle After Another' &
'The Dead Of Winter'...

Your 'alternative media' will never deliver quality journalism like this.

On the show today: what middle-class Israelis think about Gaza; No shoes in the house; Why don't we have more heat pumps?; Limerick's new fashion museum; Does each generation judge younger people; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; Trump & the UN building..

On the show today: Should you have a smaller bed?; @deshocks.bsky.social on grief; Free cloth nappies; Culture night, every night; @michbar.bsky.social on queer activism; World news; harry Styles is good at running

You do you

On the show today: Homeschooling in Ireland; Checking for rostate cancer; International road bowling; Growing up in Gaza; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'Black Rabbit' 'Gen V' &
'Dark City: The Cleaner'; How to save local restaurants..

Yeah

I didn't/don't road rage but....
There was one time another driver pulled a stroke so imbecilically dangerous I hit the klaxon so hard it jammed to On.

It takes a lot less energy to be nice.

I nearly got knocked down recently on a pedestrian crossing by a van taking an illegal right turn through a red light and HE shouted abuse at me!

"owner of small tank" feels outraged.
Buy cars that you can fit into in standard parking space (Cars getting wider)
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#SUVskam #TaxByWgt #Speirgorm