Double Vision ran in the Connacht Tribune and City Tribune from 1992 - 2020.
Along with current work, here you'll find the DV archive from 2007-2020, alongside features from Irish Times, Irish Examiner, Irish Post and some fiction. DVs from 1992-2006 are available.
Saturday, 15 August 2009
The agony and the ecstasy.
Being a Chelsea fan. 10 more months of this....
And this is how I feel after we win? Oy.
And two pints of Guinness, three coffees, two pints of Hooker and three whiskies. Or 4.
I should have eaten last night! I eventually found my head by the front door this morning after my headless corpse stumbled around looking for it. Booze is bad.
Oh Miles, if you only knew what the Gooners mean to m and half of my family. Think Dev and Michael, shots in the back and partition, and you'd be on the right track.
As far as chips from McDonaghs, you're so right, but i tend to start there, with fish and peas, convincing myself that it's semi-nutritious. The Supermacs is a drunken aberration that's an unfortunate part of the ritual, but equally inevitable.
The beauty of the mushy peas from PJ's is the added strength to the next day wind. (I was going to say farts but deferred to your sensibilities). A mixture of Guinness, fried chicken and mushy peas can cause a depth of flavour that only stale brussels sprouts can match.
I assume the bacon burger, fries and shake were procured somewhere along the way home!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely - directlty after leaving you in Neactains. Class act, stamped through like Brighton rock.
ReplyDeleteI should have eaten last night! I eventually found my head by the front door this morning after my headless corpse stumbled around looking for it. Booze is bad.
ReplyDeleteHave some ambition Chas, switch over to North London to the Gunners. Starting the season with 2impressive victories. Can only go downhill after this!
ReplyDeleteLarge chips from PJ with loads of salt and vinegar would have seen you right for the next day.
Oh Miles, if you only knew what the Gooners mean to m and half of my family. Think Dev and Michael, shots in the back and partition, and you'd be on the right track.
ReplyDeleteAs far as chips from McDonaghs, you're so right, but i tend to start there, with fish and peas, convincing myself that it's semi-nutritious. The Supermacs is a drunken aberration that's an unfortunate part of the ritual, but equally inevitable.
The beauty of the mushy peas from PJ's is the added strength to the next day wind. (I was going to say farts but deferred to your sensibilities). A mixture of Guinness, fried chicken and mushy peas can cause a depth of flavour that only stale brussels sprouts can match.
ReplyDeleteExplains a lot, as there I was blaming the vinegar I put on the mushy peas, and it was the peas all along, according ot Miles.
ReplyDeleteSince I normally just drink Jameson's these days, I suffer less from the black magic mornings.
But the two together, Irish nectar.