Here's to Paddy. Sláinte!
Eagle-eyed readers might spot that Brer Smalls is an albino. He specifically asked that I switch off the red-eye reduction when taking that photo, as using it would make him go blind.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Pink eye for the old guy
Tombolablog's recent N.Ireland break included a very enjoyable stopover in Carlingford. We ended up taking part in a village quiz, raising funds for the local community. CP and I were all set to enter as a 2-man team, when we were approached by an elderly gentleman who was in need of a team. We were happy to welcome him aboard (figuring that he could fill in the massive gaps in our knowledge of Ulster current affairs). We didn't win (despite full marks in the music round, get in!) and our hopes of having the Irish bases covered didn't come to fruition either (it was me, not our Irish teammate, that spotted Bertie Aherne in the picture round). However, we had a brilliant time chatting with our new friend, Paddy Small. He was great! He told us lots of stories about the village, his life, his family, and the history of the old watchtower that he lives in, and he very kindly invited us to take a look the following morning. We took him up on the offer and it was a pretty amazing place: several hundred years old with super thick stone walls containing slots for firing arrows.
Here's to Paddy. Sláinte!
Eagle-eyed readers might spot that Brer Smalls is an albino. He specifically asked that I switch off the red-eye reduction when taking that photo, as using it would make him go blind.
Here's to Paddy. Sláinte!
Eagle-eyed readers might spot that Brer Smalls is an albino. He specifically asked that I switch off the red-eye reduction when taking that photo, as using it would make him go blind.
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6 comments:
were you tempted to leave it on so see if he was lying?
No, Munch. He didn't really ask that, I made it up and was proud of myself for a FANTASTIC joke :(
Nice post, Prof. Did Sir (Phats &) Smalls struggle finding a team because you were the only people there? The place looks a little quiet!
How many more Ireland posts are there stored in the drafts folder?! You release them so gradually... x
Now Phats what I Small music.
There were several spare tables, that's true. I think about 12 teams took part in the end.
Erm, don't think that there are any in the Drafts folder (there are a couple of non-Ulster based ones though). That might be it for Ireland. I'll have to take a look at the camera as the majority of ideas are centred around a photo anyway. Hang on, just remembered another!
PS
I meant to say that Paddy won a prize in the raffle: 2 bottles of bubble bath, kitted out to look like wine. The thing is, all the way through the raffle, he was telling us that he had his eye on the silver picture frame. Yet when he won, he picked up the bath stuff, despite the picture frame still being available. Even worse, he hadn't realised that the bottles contained foaming bath products, not booze.
PPS
Said prize can be seen in front of him in the pic.
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