Here’s a strange photo. Irish footballer, Premiership star and all round good egg Kevin Doyle, champion of the little man, chairman of Wexford Youths FC and uber-developer Mick Wallace, future premiership star and Bebo generation dreamboat Shane Long….and em….former Cork City and St Pats boss Pat Dolan.
Dressed as a rapper.
Looking confuddled.
What. The. Fuck?
March 12, 2008
Categories: Meeja, Slebrities . Tags: Mongs, Pat Dolan . Author: oftroad . Comments: 11 Comments
From today’s Independent article on Eamon Coughlan being made Grand Marshall of the Paddy’s Day Parade.
Above is the photo that accompanied the piece in the paper. And they didn’t even include a funny caption like ‘Coughlan Is Shit At Running’. (edit for Juno: because he’s falling over in the photo, not because I think he was [...]
March 7, 2008
Categories: Meeja, Slebrities . Tags: Eamon Coughlan, Falling, St. Patricks Day . Author: oftroad . Comments: 4 Comments
I know it’s wrong, but on hearing of Heath Ledger’s untimely demise, the first thing I thought was “Fuck. I bet they delay the release of The Dark Knight now”.
And then I realised that Heath Ledger playing the Joker was the main reason I was looking forward to it so much.
Even more pathetic was [...]
January 23, 2008
Categories: Slebrities . Tags: Actors, Batman, Tragedy . Author: oftroad . Comments: 6 Comments
So what’s happening out there in the world outside of the pub? Someone tell me. Cos I don’t have a fucking clue. I haven’t read a paper in about a week and haven’t seen the news in even longer. And to be honest, it doesn’t make much difference to my life, except that it [...]
January 2, 2008
Categories: Meeja, Observations, Other Bastards, Slebrities, Tales From The City . Tags: Evening Herald, Meeja, Mongs . Author: oftroad . Comments: 6 Comments
It strikes me that Christmas is a pretty momentous time of year, death wise.
A couple of years ago half the population of South East Asia (and unfortunately none of the population of Australia) died in that Tsunami yoke, something else bad probably happened last year and then this year, not only does Katy French become [...]
December 28, 2007
Categories: Katy French, Observations, Slebrities . Tags: Benezir Bhutto, Joe Dolan, Katy French . Author: oftroad . Comments: 6 Comments
Can I get away with that headline yet?
I think so. Because it seems that the Irish Independent is treating the death of Katy French in much the same way that the Daily Mail in England treated (and still treats) the death of Princess Diana. And I remember everyone in Ireland making Diana jokes after about [...]
December 8, 2007
Categories: Katy French, Meeja, Slebrities, Women . Tags: Death, Rides, Wimmin . Author: oftroad . Comments: 22 Comments