Women's Magazines - Vacuous Claptrap

I noticed these two magazines lying on the table in my living room. Now Carrigaliner isn't as quick as he used to be, but the glaring contradiction between the two boxed items on the magazine covers hitted me like a bag of cinder blocks.




If I replaced my girlfriends Closer magazine with the much more excellent Happy_Woman magazine, would the magazine content be any more ludicrous?

De Backlan's

Magners or Bulmers?

Took this piccy while in Tesco's. Interesting to see that U.K. branded Magners has found it's way to Ireland. Either we Irish can't get enough of the stuff, or the Brits aren't swallowing the multi-million Euro advertising campaign that has been unleashed accross the water.

Interesting to note what C&C would make of Tesco damaging the brand awareness of Bulmers cider by introducing a copy. Perhaps they couldn't give a toss as they hope to flog the company anyway.

Amusement Machine Licence Duty

While on a trip to a fast food joint, I noticed this little sticker afixed to the amusement machines. Doing some research, I learned that it's a statutory requirement for all amusement machines to be licensed at the cost of €125 per year, per machine.



Further inspection of the snap I took yields the information that this particular licencee is not up to date (as of 22nd of September 2007) with the licence!



I wonder how long Joe Public would last if they decided not to pay Motor Tax or the T.V. Licence fee?

More information on the Amusement Machine Licence Duty peice of legislation can be found here.

Eddie Hobbs - Me and your Money

Quick! Remortgage the house so you can take advantage of this unique opportunity to invest in Eddie's retirement fund, oops, I mean Pan-European Property Fund! Now with extra gearing!

Toilet Humour

Back after temporary hiatus!

I snapped this tricky treasure in the toilets in the basement of the Kane building in UCC. Devoted to my favourite, worst movie ever, Troll 2.

Moronic Cork City Councillors

Taken from Inside Cork, 26th of April 2007.

"Flats should be banned" - councillor



Fianna Fáil city councillor Dave McCarthy has once again called for his motion banning high rise development in suburban areas to be honoured following a planning application made to develop student accommodation on College Road in buildings ranging from three to five storeys in height.

Cllr McCarthy said, "I am now calling on the planning department of Cork City Council to respect the wishes of democratically elected memers on relation to this, and any further applications for
high-rise flats in the suburbs of Cork. I am objecting to this proporsal as I believe that flats can never work in a modern city.

"One third of the flats built in the past four years are vacant. We should have learnt from past mistakes when we knocked the Togher and Ballymun flats. This type of housing unit only promotes anti-social behaviour and should never be allowed".

To anyone, living in an apartment in Cork; how do you feel being told that your dwelling should never have been allowed and that by living in it, you're encouraging anti-social behaviour?

Councillor McCarthys remarks remind me of comments made by our Minister of Community, Rural and Gaelteacht Affairs, Eamonn Ó' Cuív on planning.

"We are a unique people and an ancient race with long-established traditions and settlement patterns. Why should we be forced to live by imported models, designed to suit people who live in totally different countries with totally different cultures?"