I bumped into my friend Hopkins this morning.
Morning, Boss, I greeted him. Grand weather for Good Friday.
Hopkins stared at me manically.
What none would have known of it, only the heart, being hard at bay,
Is out with it! Oh,
We lash with the best or worst
Word last! How a lush-kept plush-capped sloe
Will, mouthed to flesh-burst,
Gush! — [...]
What exactly was that?
As somebody said in today’s paper, Munster thought they were the Harlem Globetrotters. We were lucky to come away from there with anything the way Munster played yesterday. What did they think they were doing? I know they’re trying to introduce a more expansive game, but the time to [...]
I was only able to follow today’s Scunthorpe United game against Oldham on the BBC website, by following the scoreline, but even then it seems to have been a bloodbath. Fucking hell! Scunthorpe had seven men booked and another two sent off. Oldham scored an own-goal.
Scun held out to the bitter [...]
Well, I needn’t have worried. Munster thumped the shit out of Bourgoin to win 41-23, a scoreline that didn’t do them justice. They put on a tremendous display of [tag]rugby[/tag] football, with fast accurate passing, huge pace around the field and powerful tackling, and they bagged six fine tries for their trouble. Well [...]
Munster 15 Biarritz 10
Check out the simultaneous celebrations on the streets of Limerick in this one.
The dying rays of a perfect May sunset streamed through the bow window, silhouetting the pensive figure who gazed out across the lawns of the great castle. As Bock, deep in thought, scanned the horizon of his vast estate, the light caressed his face, illuminating his fine features and revealing the faintest flicker of secret [...]
Kind, reliable person required to look after small city for weekend.
Light duties only: closing curtains etc.
Apply to Bock for details.
There’s a medium-sized chance that there will be tickets to the match for both the Bullet and myself, but no certainty yet: we probably won’t find out until Monday or Tuesday. Bullet knows that [...]
