Wednesday, August 30, 2006

113c petrol in Dublin - Why not Limerick?

Petrol in Tesco in Dublin (Dundrum shopping centre) is only 113c a litre, as opposed to 120c here. Not fair! No wonder so many petrol stations are closing. When do we get Tesco petrol in Limerick?

The seediness of this post is unavoidable...

Apologies, but it may grow on you... I recently sowed grass seed in my back garden, after trying to eradicate the worst of the weeds, but I may as well have taken out an ad. in the local Sparrow Eaters Monthly the way they have been eating it. Feckers! Good news is that the worsening weather has made the seed wet with rain and somewhat less appetising, as well as encouraging it to germinate. I can now discern a definite "green" tinge to the garden, and live in hope of the return of a bit of a lawn! Funny how the grass always grows strongly in the plant borders where you don't want it...

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Academia no guarantee of intelligence

Noted with interest, and some surprise, that academia does not necessarily guarantee extra intelligence in people. It was raining yesterday, and the route from my building to the cafeteria features a roof over 60% of the distance, but most people walked in the rain rather than using the obvious cover available to them. When you consider the cost of constructing this extra section of roof, why did they not just give me the cash instead?

Bad potty training in evidence in UL

Why oh why do some men insist on entering the cubicles in the toilets only to then remain standing and urinate all over the toilet seat? There are 3 perfectly good urinals for this purpose. If you must hide in a cubicle, at least have the decency to lift the seat first, so someone needing to use the seat does not have to sit in your urine. To these same gentlemen, do you do the same when you get home? Does your wife/girlfriend spend her day cleaning up after you? More pertinantly, do you even have a wife/girlfriend, or do you live in a stinking cesspool on your own? Answers on a postcard to ...