Tales Of The Gurrier

SCENE: A cafe in Tallaght. THE GURRIER and THE GIN LADY sit at a table, drinking coffee. A conversation drifts over the quiet hubbub of the cafe. LADY 1: Yeah, I’m gettin’ mink eyelashes put on. LADY 2: Mink? LADY 1: Yeah, they’re mad expensive so they are, like €200. LADY 2: €200? LADY 1: [...]

I have avoided posting on Irish politics these last 18 months, as it has been far too depressing a topic to face. During that hiatus many, many, grossly unpalatable and disgusting behaviours have been proudly exhibited by the shower of clueless, lumpen, fuckstibles on Kildare street and foisted upon the unfortunate public as evidence of [...]

It was reported on Morning Ireland today that some Irish property developers, unable to pay back the huge loans they received from the banks now the economy is in the toilet, are planning on suing said banks for giving them the money in the first place. Should it go to court those banks, some of [...]

A quick one from the 2008 unposted archive. Oh local newspapers, how do I love thee. This article appeared in the Blanch Gazette and I quote from it liberally as no comment is necessary. Suspended sentences for identical twins Drug-addicted identical twin brothers who hid their faces with tea towels when they robbed €42 worth [...]

Breakfast Whiskey is a term coined by Warren Ellis to describe the kind of emergency whiskey one sometimes must imbibe when nothing else is available or affordable. Breakfast Whiskeys are generally consumed in the pub with friends when a round system is in operation. In my early, neonate days I drank Breakfast Whiskeys with soda [...]

Sometimes The Gurrier is forced to go places. Places he would much rather not go to. Places where he is confronted by things that are beyond his comprehension and ken. ’40% Savings this week on Veins!‘ – What does it mean? What do they do with the veins? Don’t you need those veins,  you know, [...]

One of the things that happens when you become a whiskey drinker is people start to give you whiskey, lots of whiskey. This is a wonderful thing. I decided to perform a little stock take today as the drinks cabinet is getting a little crowded and I seem to be behind on my drinking. 14 [...]

Ok, ok, last post on this I promise. It amused me greatly that the only clips of Irish Jam to be found on YouTube were in Czech. Enjoy!