tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90374262058853686062024-03-14T11:20:55.527+01:00Belgium, Not FranceMy 3rd year of Comp. Sci., Ling. & French requires a year abroad in a 'french' uni.
I'm in Louvain-la-Neuve.
People think I'm in french France.
I'm in french Belgium. <sub>(It could soon become belgian France.)</sub>
Here's my blog, serving as a log of my year, and a de facto/ad hoc copywriting of some original unpublished gags I've used so that I can show that I coined the "murder a brownie" and "bheith i mo mhuinteoir".
Plus, this blog proves that I am not funny.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-31596932446592662752011-08-03T10:17:00.003+02:002011-08-03T10:18:16.079+02:00New Blog<a href="http://swedennotbelgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/">http://swedennotbelgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/</a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-66850096533893913152011-04-20T00:21:00.003+02:002011-04-20T00:24:08.504+02:00Quod Dixit Dixit<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-v9qOTLfX2EBde1FKnX90xMan9_lGK23Li3MKzZCch2AwstYP5SPXkMehyphenhyphenRjGyIcyxQJqVggjTj6MEyr6aySOPR6r7GALagV7vjkxdog44cR09fUrzkhmg6IHKUf_VGnGUPvhH6OPyMw/s1600/Blog.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-v9qOTLfX2EBde1FKnX90xMan9_lGK23Li3MKzZCch2AwstYP5SPXkMehyphenhyphenRjGyIcyxQJqVggjTj6MEyr6aySOPR6r7GALagV7vjkxdog44cR09fUrzkhmg6IHKUf_VGnGUPvhH6OPyMw/s400/Blog.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597423668811086754" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.Wordle.net">Wordle.net</a></div>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-10672227018690428692008-06-16T09:33:00.004+02:002008-06-16T14:14:16.908+02:00Injury time goals...It's 5pm on Sunday evening, I have about 2 assignments due in over the next 4 days, so what else would I be doing but updating my blog that I haven't touched in two weeks? Cooking French (belgian) Toast is what! It's about the only thing I can afford at the mo.<br />It is very very strange to think that almost a year has gone by since I started this blog, strange because it hasn't really been that long, less then 9 months. Also very strange was booking a one-way flight for my return home (26th June!!!). With less than 2 weeks left, most of which will be spent with me panicking at 3pm when I have a presentation due in an hour and haven't slept yet, I'm gettin ready for ma parents to descend upon Belgiumland next w/e to paint the town red.<br />So over the next week I'm going to sit down and make a list of things I need to do and see before I leave, because I doubt I'll be back anytime soon. Also I need to binge on Mitraillettes; man I'm gonna miss those.<br />Overall I have very few regrets about the year, starting out was very tough, and in retrospect I would have done a lot better had I just sorted out accommodation earlier, and not had repeats last autumn, but sure then I would have missed Freshers' Week in Trinners which was da bomb. Also I shouldn't have trusted my bank to sort out a loan in anything less then six weeks, but that's easy to say now I suppose. I also probably should have wandered about a bit more, which I liked (apart from that one time during the kot-et-Scout where I misread the map [a b/w photocopy] and ended up deep in a local park), and I wish I could have avoided the glare on those sunny days as, true to form, I got these hives that I always get this time of year :( -<br />but I blame UCL for putting my Lecture theatres/PC labs on the opposite side of the town from my kot. I'm sure there's more to say so I'll write a more comprehensive summary blog when I leave, for now it's back to trying to convert a java program to perl...oh the joys..<br /><br />Any similarity with Nikki's Blog is purely plagiarism.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-13334377295349036722008-06-02T19:06:00.006+02:002008-06-02T19:17:39.234+02:00Toilet Humour...On a break between paper 1 and 2 of my Calculability exam today I visited the John, and noticed summit. I've often pondered this since first coming across these things 8 years ago this week, as it happens. On the continent, well in Belgiumland and Germany at least, they seem to have toilets which are different to those in the Ireland. There's this <em>Continental Shelf</em> thing which confuses me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/uploads/post-16-1101231567.jpg" border="0" /><br />I gazed into the mirror when I was washing my hands, and I began to reflect... </p><p><br />What is the purpose of this shelf? If it's to avoid splashback then why is the shelf concave??? Answers on a toilet roll insert to the usual address.</p><p></p><p><br />I've started to file my fingernails.. all under 'F'. My fingers take a lot of punishment. I get a lot of splinters, don't know why, hopefully I won't get any more, touch wood.</p><p></p><p><br />To finish, here is a searching question.. "Where is it?"</p>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-56730754253445740352008-06-02T17:32:00.006+02:002008-06-02T17:53:54.690+02:00Face for booking...Sometimes I neglect the blog in favour of a Facebook status message.. Here's what I've been up to...<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Today</strong><br /> He has decided, independently of a just remembered appointment with the bank on July 1, that he should be back for good by the end of the month. 3:34pm<br /><strong>Yesterday<br /></strong> He notes the sad demise of Gaelic Football in Meath. 6:04pm<br /><strong>May 31<br /></strong> He is pleased with the finale of Lost, Season 4. 10:26pm<br /><strong>May 29<br /></strong> He is surprised to have received a party invite through "e-mail" instead of facebook mail, and thinks this "e-mail" thing could catch on... 7:33pm<br /><strong>May 26</strong><br /> He is distraught at the loss of <a href="http://forums.scouts.ie/index.php?c=5">http://forums.scouts.ie/index.php?c=5</a>. 4:48pm<br /> He is putting his towel away, having proved he's a frood who knows where his is! 2:41pm<br /><strong>May 25<br /></strong> He feels it is time to think about upcoming exams, perhaps. 4:21pm<br /><strong>May 24<br /></strong> He was hoping to be cheering for Ireland in Serbia, but he'll settle for watchin Serbia, in Ireland. 8:46pm<br /> He spared a thought for Peter Stringer's career. No more of that... Come On MUNSTER!!! 5:32pm<br /> He invites you all to observe one minute's silence at 16:30 B.S.T. for the repose of Peter Stringer's career. Come On MUNSTER!!! 4:12pm<br /><strong>May 23<br /></strong> He wishes Wolf Blitzer would just have the sex with Jeannie Moos and get over it already!! 7:34pm<br /><strong>May 22</strong><br /> He is minded that 18+5>17+3. 3:22pm<br /><strong>May 21<br /></strong> He 1-1, but more than Harry. 10:46pm<br /> He is looking to get the €10 he spent on voting for Dustin back from the Irish Embassy! 2:17pm<br /><strong>May 20</strong><br /> He is toxic. 4:12pm<br /><strong>May 19</strong><br /> He is not a girl, not yet a woman. 10:33pm<br /><strong>May 15</strong><br /> He has signed up to a Belgian trend, by wearing a necker in his profile picture.6:46pm<br /> He has just heard the biggest F.O. thunder clap ever. 6:35pm<br /><strong>May 14</strong><br /> He is on Ibuprofen, Paracetemol, Vitamin C, Cod Liver Oil & Antihistamines, but has saved money by not asking a Doctor about them first. Sleepy time... 3:39pm<br /><strong>May 13</strong><br /> He is sad to see Downing go red. (cf Orla Gordon). 1:42pm<br /><strong>May 12</strong><br /> He says what Costigan said.10:28pm<br /> He rejects the sun and all of its works. 3:20pm<br /> He welcomes all the new members to the club of "Those Who Were Best in Their Class But Still Didn't Get Schol". Bell-curves be damned! 1:19pm<br /> He is asking what Halligan is asking, but without the promise of liquid refreshment... times are hard. 12:46pm<br /><strong>May 11</strong><br /> He is asking favours of Wigan & Portsmouth. 5:29pm<br /><strong>May 10<br /></strong> He is blogging about a ball he was not at. BelgiumNotFrance.Blogspot.com. 10:40pm<br /><strong>May 9</strong><br /> He is blogging, and is wondering what happened to the other two status updates... 8:08pm<br /><strong>May 8</strong><br /> He is advising Hillary on how to ignore the facts and continue running for election. 12:11pm<br /><strong>May 7</strong><br /> He is hoping the new leader will usher forth a new era of solidarity. Comrade Medvedev, I шalute ёou! 12:13pm<br /><strong>May 6<br /></strong> He is watching Bertie walk away from power. 7:19pm<br /> He is watching 'Iron Man'. 12:52pm<br /><strong>May 5</strong><br /> He est revenu, et commence le projet aujoud'hui. 12:56pm<br /><strong>May 4<br /></strong> He is leaving on a jet-plane. 11:21pm<br /><strong>May 2</strong><br /> He has the same reaction to Keith Duffy, as Keith Duffy has to nuts. 2:34pm<br /><strong>May 1</strong><br /> He is recovering from multiple kicks to the crotch. 4:36am<br /><strong>April 28</strong><br /> He is seeing a pattern: Jim->Tim->Tom. 12:07am<br /><strong>April 27<br /></strong> He notes another win for Munster. 10:57pm<br /> He is ordering 60 horses' heads on eBay, and is watching "Munich" for ideas. 3:09am<br /><strong>April 26</strong><br /> He notes the tragic loss to comedy that occured at 7pm yesterday... 1:30pm<br /> He has new found respect for far away Belgium. 1:36am<br /><strong>April 25</strong><br /> He saw b*witched back in the day. 12:38pm<br /><strong>April 23<br /></strong> He is travelling to Leuven to catch a choo choo plane. 12:44pm<br /> He is awaiting an IM from anybody on facebook chat. 9:18am<br /><strong>April 21</strong><br /> He is getting tired of all this canvassing and is glad he's not in Lawsoc or Halls. 5:35pm<br /> He is on Skype: duinegananam. 2:35pm<br /><strong>April 17<br /></strong> He has never heard of Ciaran Cannon, and probably never will. 12:20pm<br /><strong>April 15</strong><br /> He bloggt, blogge, ag blogáil. 5:58pm<br /> He doesn't feel guilty playing around on facebook instead of studying. 12:30pm<br /><strong>April 14<br /></strong> He is home next Wednesday. 3:24pm<br /><strong>April 13</strong><br /> He is wondering who else his friends know, given that he's only 62nd in ComparePeople's "Better at Science" category. 2:02pm<br /><strong>April 12</strong><br /> He says you can have Hillery, but you can't have Fianna Fáil. 12:03pm<br /><strong>April 10<br /></strong> He is looking forward to Cullen's imminent demise. 11:58am<br /><strong>April 9<br /></strong> He supports The Hist's Law Amendments, more or less. 3:00pm<br /><strong>April 8</strong><br /> He is just after purchasing a book for college, that wouuld be the first, after 6 years in same, and is resenting it. 3:41pm<br /> He is continuing in a state of rest, unless acted on by an external force. Is this what is meant by a "moment of inertia"? 2:01pm<br /><strong>April 6<br /></strong> He is sad that his hero has been hounded out by accusations and hearsay. Mugabe, you'll always be my chief. 6:54pm<br /><strong>April 5</strong><br /> He is pleased with London Irish & Munster. 7:22pm<br /> He is cheering on the Munster Men. 5:36pm<br /><strong>April 4<br /></strong> He is in Louvain-la-Neuve, not Leuven, in Belgium, not France. 4:51pm<br /><strong>April 2<br /></strong> He is beginning to doubt if it is possible for Ireland AND Belgium to have governments simultaneously. 4:48pm<br /> He is open mouthed, shocked and saddened. 11:36am<br /><strong>April 1</strong><br /> He thinks the Gerry Ryan Show April Fools' gag was as good as ever, and he shall welcome tithing. 11:53am<br /><strong>March 29</strong><br /> He blames Canada. 10:55pm<br /> He is satisfied that Arsenal lost 2-0 and is not going to let AERTEL tell him any different. 6:32pm<br /><strong>March 28<br /></strong> He is listening to Westlife. 8:26pm<br /> He is wondering what the fuss is about, he's only got one exam, though it is in Dublin, and he hasn't attended any classes. It's probably just a typo. 7:52pm<br /> He believes in Bertie. 4:05pm<br /><strong>March 27</strong><br /> He is blogging about not blogging, Cologne and food. 7:49pm<br /><strong>March 24<br /></strong> He is retuning to 88fm, what with RTE ditching MW broadcasts. O'Donnell Abú! 4:10pm<br /><strong>March 23</strong><br /> He is pleased that Liverpool are consistent. 8:24pm<br /><strong>March 22</strong><br /> He is updating his status. 8:10pm<br /><strong>March 21</strong><br /> He is jealous of Sweden. 8:44pm<br /><strong>March 20<br /></strong> He is watching Aladdin. 4:45pm<br /><strong>March 18<br /></strong> He is going to continue the Irish Good Friday tradition by defying Belgian licensing laws, and staying away from the pubs, off-licences and alcohol in general. 2:48pm<br /><strong>March 16</strong><br /> He did not make it to the final of the Tilbury House IV, as he and Darren felt it would take away from the freshers' success in the National Maidens. So there. 10:00pm<br /> He is back from Köln. 9:06pm<br /><strong>March 14</strong><br /> He is hoping that Darren will break a trend, and have a passport.9:48amMarch 13<br /> He is Client #9. 1:20am<br /><strong>March 12</strong><br /> He remarks that not for the first time the good people of Mississippi went for the black guy. 9:45am<br /><strong>March 11<br /></strong> He 8===> ({}). 7:55pm<br /><strong>March 10</strong><br /> He is officially endorsing Clinton. Obama 2016! 5:05pm<br /> He is. aswell, but better. 1:26am<br /><strong>March 9<br /></strong> He fährt nach Deutschland nächste Wochenende, und ist Debatte. 6:42pm<br /><strong>March 8<br /></strong> He is looking forward Liverpool scoring 4 against Keegan's Newcastle, like in the good old days. (3 will do). 5:14pm<br /> He is looking forward Liverpool scoring 4 against Keegan's Newcastle, like in the good old days. 2:47pm<br /> He is looking forward to Rio Ferdinand conceding at least another 2 in the next 10 minutes. 2:30pm<br /><strong>March 7</strong><br /> He is pleased with the power of subliminal messaging. 5:39pm<br /> He wonders if CNN will give an election prediction at 5pm GMT. 4:58pm<br /> He intends to vote early and often. 11:53am<br /> He thinks he should update his Blog soon. Tomorrow probably. 12:55am<br /><strong>March 6</strong><br /> He is excited about the early onset of the Hist Election Season. 6:31pm<br /><strong>March 5</strong><br /> He is excited about the early onset of the Hist Election Season. 9:01pm<br /> He is thinking that there's a doings a transpiring... 6:59pm<br /> He doesn't pay Bartley to respond to his facebook comments. 4:29pm<br /> He doesn't know who is most relieved: Peter Robinson, Hillary Clinton or William Quill. 7:25am<br /><strong>March 4</strong><br /> He reminds soldiers: March 4th! 5:05pm<br /> He has decided to withdraw from the Theobald Wolfe Tone Memorial Debating Competition 2008 for personal reasons. 11:40am<br /> He remarque qu'il neige toujours!! 12:53am<br /><strong>March 3</strong><br /> He remarque qu'il neige!! 10:32pm<br /> He is on the Jamboree 2008 media team. 4:52pm<br /><strong>March 2</strong><br /> He didn't win an Irish Blog Award last night and is not best pleased. 2:23pm<br /><strong>March 1</strong><br /> He is looking forward to camping in Punchestown this summer, but not at a Music Festival. This is going to be great.. 11:04pm<br /> He aims to continue the CUS winning streak in the Times next year. 12:12pm<br /> He does not know who won the Irish Times Debate 2008. 12:46am<br /><strong>February 29</strong><br /> He wonders "who is Irish Times?". 10:17pm<br /> He wishes Zig and Zag a happy (5th?) birthday. 12:27pm<br /><strong>February 28</strong><br /> He "has scum like you for breakfast" OR ""has scum, like you, for breakfast"... 3:54pm<br /><strong>February 27</strong><br /> He wrote a java program that prints itself to the screen, and is surprisingly still single. 7:54pm<br /><strong>February 26</strong><br /> He is looking for a book about "Australian English", the dialect, not the descendants of convicts. 12:10pm<br /><strong>February 25</strong><br /> He is 9568 days old. 7:48pm<br /> He says Dubs 2 for 2 in song contests. 11:51am<br /><strong>February 24</strong><br /> He is wondering why noone told hiom that a) Paisley Jnr. resigned b)his ex-flatmate died and c) B*witched are finally back together. 5:51pm<br /> He is pleased with events in Wembley. 5:45pm<br /> He starts campaigning for "Douze points pour Irlande" in the morning. Vive le dinde!! 1:02am<br /><strong>February 23<br /></strong> He would swap it all for a chocolate digestive. 6:19pm<br /> He thinks Kosovo, Kurdistan, Basque, Catalunia, Bavaria, Scotland and...Cork: Countries that'll win the Eurovison Song contest before Ireland does again. 1:08am<br /><strong>February 22<br /></strong> He thiinks that Hillary's final answer in the Texas Democratic Debate will win her the nomination. 12:08pmJe suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-46268085736925786982008-05-13T18:16:00.002+02:002008-05-13T18:18:26.491+02:00Don't be a stranger...I notice that I've got hits from Israel, Switzerland, Singapore & Mexico.<br /><br />If you are a visitor from anywhere strange please leave a comment <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9037426205885368606&postID=4626808573692578698">here</a>.<br /><br />Cheers.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-2535885549974728432008-05-10T20:48:00.011+02:002008-05-10T22:37:45.559+02:00Hey Trinity Ballers...Hey Trinity Ballers,<br />What was it like in Dublin City?<br />I'm <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4903774550605501407,53.328260,-6.246000&saddr=Louvain-la-Neuve,+Ottignies,+Belgium&daddr=53.344428,-6.259439&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=53.341226,-6.252701&sspn=0.009288,0.019999&ie=UTF8&ll=51.508742,-1.560059&spn=9.92048,20.478516&z=6">1000 K</a> away, but sure<br />I know I don't feel as shitty,<br />As you do,<br />Mortals can't drink as much as you,<br />I swear it's true.<br /><br />Hey there ball girls,<br />You didn't worry 'bout the distance,<br />Now your ankles are all swollen,<br />And you still look & smell like you're pissed:<br />Bloodshot-eyes,<br />Your little toe is part incised,<br />and you bruised your side.<br /><br />Oh it's the Ball in Trinity,<br />For which I've no affinity,<br />I can't say it was shitty,<br />For I'd be <a href="http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054977613">sued by MCD</a>,<br />(tho, they can't get to me)...<br /><br />Hey there <em>tuxedos</em>,<br />Your dried vomit's getting hard,<br />A fiver says that you can't name that girl,<br />But cootees can leave a scar,<br />Did you get wood?<br />Your momma always said you would,<br />That blo was good.!<br /><br />Hey there hangovers,<br />I've got so much left to say,<br />Multi-syllabic words may confuse you,<br />Plains White Pills take pain away,<br />Don't take them all,<br />You'd be even likelier to fall,<br />The Gards, they'd call.<br /><br />Oh it's the Ball in Trinity,<br />Über masculinity.<br />With gladragged femininity,<br />Endangering virginity,<br /><br />80 quid seems pretty far,<br />Did you get within a mile of the bar?<br />Or did you smuggle it in, having no other way?<br />Were you on the morning's first bus?<br />Or did you fall asleep because you did not drink Red Bull along the way?<br />No matter what, I promise you,<br />You'll do the same thing next year too,<br />The world will change but the ball will be the same,<br />And you're to blame.<br /><br />Hey there young Ballers,<br />That rented suit used to look spiffy,<br />But those beers have ruined the colours, fool!<br />And now it smells quit iffy- and the bruise!<br />That smell is coming out of you,<br />You can drink wherever you want to,<br />Yes all that lovely beer's for you,<br />It'll make you spew...<br /><br />Oh it's the Ball in Trinity,<br />Yes the Ball in Trinity,<br />Not much rhymes with Trinity,<br />Not much is less than infinity,<br />Less then infinity.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-90053428619595384732008-05-09T20:41:00.002+02:002008-05-09T20:45:24.125+02:00Exams, essays and other things beginning with 'E'We now present another weak installment of the blog thing.<br /><br />The college year, like a fire-exit sign, is on the way out. This has both positive and negative repercussions.<br /><br />Exams are approaching, which means I have to try to collate what notes I have and find the building described as a 'bibliothèque'. I've looked up an English translation of same and I'm told it means 'library', whatever that means!?<br /><br />I've also got two computer programming projects to hand in, as well as an essay on aspects of Ozzie English, which is a flamin' bastard to compile.<br /><br />On the plus side, the day of my return to the land I so love is approaching, and after a few days in Germany I'll probably go back to Ireland. (ahh, Miss Direction; the girl of my dreams)<br /><br />May, being the first month of Summer, also brought the sun back, both to Ireland and Belgiumland. This might seem like good news, but the big shiny circle thing occasions allergic reactions in yours truly, it's like cootees but without the benefits.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-45351399856122983452008-05-09T20:35:00.000+02:002008-05-09T20:39:29.889+02:00Weekend at Bengie'sSo I went back to Dublin from April 25 - May 5 for a spot of canvassing. You gotta love that Lisbon Treaty.<br /><br />I spent last weekend in Glendale Lodge with the Cabin Crew for some yearly repairs/maintenance etc.<br /><br />Improvements include a fence, and a 13ft F.O. entrance gate, which took some Egyptian engineering to erect. 100% Egyptian trigonometry, 100% Egyptian carpentry and a 100% Egyptian Land Rover.<br /><br />I got me centenary badge out of it so me is happy.<br /><br /><br />What with a training course and a trip to the Scout Shop from Gary my 10 days in Dublin got me:<br />Troop Overnights certificate<br />Chat Forum Badge<br />Centenary Badge<br />Centenary Award<br />Sun Burn<br />Centenary Neckerchief<br /><br /><br />Good times.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-77609236507223040742008-05-09T20:02:00.002+02:002008-05-09T20:40:22.691+02:00Same sh!t, different yearAs some of you may know, I received a, now-habitual, swift kick in the goolies at the end of April. Once again, fate has conspired to rub its balls in my face.<br /><br /><br />Oh dear, what a pitty, never mind.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Maybe Liverpool will win something <strong>next</strong> year.<br /><br /><br /><br />A wise man once said: "Remember: win or lose, those are your two options."Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-17661702129768287452008-04-23T10:05:00.002+02:002008-12-13T04:56:07.615+01:00Fear and loathing on a River Rafting RideSo there we was, on a laid back river raft ride in Walibi, having survived the waterfalls and the rapids, more or less dry, when in the cue to disembark our raft started taking on water. Those on the side where the water came in ignored the law of the lever and stood up on the seats pushing that side down even more. Having taken in about a foot of water I was starting to write my acceptance speech for the bravery award I'd get for rescuing the three kids and four adults, but no such luck as we were pulled onto the conveyor belt and the crisis was averted.<br /><br />After that the bruvvas and I had a taste for adventure so we decided to form a crimefighting trio, a male version of Chalie's Angels...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMN-7pdfR2PVCV5LOwrHWxykUr36Z1eqPwQruZO9KevV3M0nUjq4Prl_zLVUbeh3aulwt-b3z6eVprk8nuyTrfJ9KWpDJCzbGRqfoc3kNRn0alyChjQbCFCDfYZoF_VCD9ESpnBxKietB/s1600-h/Banner.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192348928134122562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMN-7pdfR2PVCV5LOwrHWxykUr36Z1eqPwQruZO9KevV3M0nUjq4Prl_zLVUbeh3aulwt-b3z6eVprk8nuyTrfJ9KWpDJCzbGRqfoc3kNRn0alyChjQbCFCDfYZoF_VCD9ESpnBxKietB/s400/Banner.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-62428532845064775302008-04-15T18:49:00.003+02:002008-04-15T18:54:21.726+02:00J'en ai marre de Johnny Marr...(... or <em>roll and rock</em>)<br /><br />Have you noticed just how long people are in the lavatory?<br /><br />Well I've noticed that short people are also there too.<br /><br /><br />Living on a tight budget, like living on a tight budgie, encourages innovation. One such piece of innovation I shall relate unto you now.<br /><br />You'll know from reading this blog that there's plenty of corn in my diet, and in this blog. Thus I go thru my fair share of bog roll. This has created a cash flow problem.<br /><br />The walls have ears and potatoes have eyes, so keep this to yourselves:<br /><br />If buying t.p. is too much of an extravagance, then find a toilet roll tube and use it to coil the free t.p. provided in public toilets in universities, cafés, on trains or in libraries. The savings are abso<em>loo</em>tely fantastic.<br /><br />Beware thou, such a practise is not entirely without risk: You can get AIDS on a toilet seat, but there are more comfortable places.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-28590221137676248692008-04-05T19:42:00.005+02:002008-04-05T20:02:43.232+02:00Louvain-la-Neuve, Not LeuvenI <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">feel</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">need</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">clear</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">up</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">something</span>, but I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">don't</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">know</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">french</span> for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">penicillin</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">To</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">all</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">those</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">including</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">members</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">my</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">family</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">who</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">ask</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">how</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">I'm</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">getting</span> on in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Leuven</span>, I <a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/2007/11/room-with-few.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">repeat</span></a>: I live in <a href="http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=11094496776165787008,50.661559,4.615090%3B16339489010717629536,50.652830,4.610870%3B7910313928335835974,50.653830,4.589910%3B4046086790210747620,50.666510,4.568010%3B10194067211506395338,50.694130,4.578760%3B11191693143351438520,50.717530,4.614860%3B2770220958544024548,50.730130,4.645490%3B3699157037869027562,50.761085,4.653080%3B12876944676804670271,50.781243,4.633382%3B8112782344212303834,50.797840,4.649450%3B1829216576512383740,50.835010,4.650360%3B3577089972211798763,50.849920,4.670760&saddr=Louvain-la-Neuve,+Ottignies,+Belgium&daddr=Boulevard+du+Sud+%4050.661559,+4.615090+to:N25+%4050.652830,+4.610870+to:Rue+du+Bois+des+R%C3%AAves+%4050.653830,+4.589910+to:Avenue+des+Combattants%2FN237+%4050.666510,+4.568010+to:50.679492,4.573059+to:Rue+des+Pr%C3%A9s+%4050.694130,+4.578760+to:Avenue+des+Princes%2FN4+%4050.717530,+4.614860+to:Chauss%C3%A9e+de+Wavre%2FN268+%4050.730130,+4.645490+to:Rue+de+Florival+%4050.761085,+4.653080+to:Leuvensebaan+%4050.781243,+4.633382+to:"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Louvain-la-Neuve</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">not</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Leuven</span></a>.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-80821271019351658032008-03-27T19:45:00.002+01:002008-04-02T19:08:52.768+02:00"Haute Cuisine": Hot food.<span></span>I've got a complaint, but I'm taking penicillin so it should get better soon.<br /><br />If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap & easy.<br /><br />I literally like nothing better than a raw liver sandwich. The local kebab shop specialises in all that spicy stuff from Pakmanistan. It's always been my belief that you can never have too much Italian food. Unless you choke on it and die. In wish case you would almost certainly have had too much Italian food.<br /><br /><br />I always practice safe lunch, by correctly using a condiment.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-85598464414705445992008-03-27T19:27:00.006+01:002008-06-02T19:18:08.097+02:00When in Dom...As <a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/2008/03/lets-get-farc-out-of-ecuador.html">previously mentioned</a>, myself and U***e D****n participated in the Tilbury House IV, in Cologne, Darren having found himself with some unexpected time on his hands. I had misread the title of the IV so I was expecting the Pillsbury Doughboy so imagine my dissappointment when Darren corrected my misexpectancy. Though Derek did turn up to C.A. in the end. Not for the first time did we "do a Camilla"<strong>*</strong>. Still the competition was well run so I like to publicly congratulate the convenor Miss Nomer, I think that was her name.<br /><br />I've always enjoyed speaking with Darren. His oratory, like his prose, is not the best, but I suppose it could be verse. Our debate on pornography was in many ways like a good porno: it was hot and sweaty, had 8 people, we felt dirty afterwards and we only did it because people were watching. (Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.)<br /><br />Daz and I climbed the Kölner Dom on the Sunday. Which was nice.<br /><br />The journey home was delayed because we were held up at Liege, due to trains on the line.<br /><br /><br /><strong>*</strong> <em>the act of being royally screwed</em>.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-4423299143171421422008-03-27T18:46:00.003+01:002008-04-01T15:24:24.279+02:00Normal service resumes<strong>Warning</strong>: <em>if you become unnerved by the creepy boney hand of the unknown, then change seats at once, you're sitting next to a pervert.</em><br /><br />My laptop went all blue screeny on me, so I've been having problems with the internet, much like China. So my post count has gone the way of my sperm count, (damn those blue movies... I do love the Smurfs). Anyhoo, please find hereafter my most recent ponderings.<br /><br />If I haven't been overworked these last few weeks then my name's not Umberto Eco.Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-4822667052706736952008-03-12T19:56:00.002+01:002008-03-12T20:23:15.272+01:00Duel Of The Fates...<bgsound src="http://www.angelfire.com/ca/jodilynn/images/dueloffates.mid"><br />Who will win... Albania decides!<br /><object width="212" height="177"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yorWX2aV3j0&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yorWX2aV3j0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><object width="212" height="177"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xnsPfRdSU0Q&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xnsPfRdSU0Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-66866965485832946312008-03-08T23:20:00.001+01:002008-04-02T19:17:55.724+02:00It's a small world...There i was this afternoon sitting all alone in my Belgian flat, another weekend where my flatmates went home to their parents, when I get a knock on the door.<br /><br />One scout leader and 4 scouts looking for a roof for the night.<br /><br />Being a brother to my fellow scouts I agreed...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img alt="rss feed" src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-64261854165100711022008-03-07T23:37:00.005+01:002008-08-22T14:10:50.902+02:00Let's get the FARC out of EcuadorNot much to report at the moment...<br /><br />The Eircom league season kicked off again this week and Bohs won. Life is good.<br /><br />Last night, (I remember it as if it were yesterday) there was a bit of a kerfuffle in the kitchen in the flat. Two friends of a flatmate were staying over and they got into an argument. They were making so much noise that I could tell that it was gonna get medieval. The rest of the cokotteurs were onlooking in their PJs when I came down to see if everything was alright in my underpants. It all blew over and in the end I had no need to whip out the paddling pool filled with mud. Shame. If it weren't for the gutter, my mind would be homeless.<br /><br />Fresh from their antipodean cruise the parents tell me that I won't recognise the house. New beds, an extension, paint job. And they've moved.<br /><br />My diet has changed recently due to cutbacks, it still fit for a king, but now it's for one who's abdicated.<br /><br />I'm off to Cologne next weekend for a <a href="http://www.tilburyhouse.de/">Debating IV</a>, I was planning on doing a little souvenir shopping but when you've seen one shopping centre you've seen a mall.<br /><br />I got my camping ticket for the summer's big gig in Punchestown: <a href="http://www.jamboree2008.ie/">Jamboree 2008</a>. I'll be writing for the Jamboree's daily publication. Hard hitting articles such as:<br /><br />"Dead tomato found in Dun Áilinne, Galway camp chef is chief suspect"<br />"Ten things you wanted to know about that Dublin troop opposite you, but were afraid to ask"<br />"I'm so hungry, I could murder a brownie"<br />"This is going to be grate: fun with coat hangers"<br /><br />...so that's at least one gig involving regularly churning out comedy gold for a captive audience that I'll be getting up to later this year.<br /><br />All Issues available <a href="http://www.jamboree2008.ie/newsletters/">here</a>.<br /><br />Mid-term is fast approaching, thank god; I'm always happy to get the first leg over.<br /><br />Talk cha.<br /><br />Remember: Without geometry, life is pointless.<br /><br /><!-- Irish Bloggers --><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" alt="rss feed" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-80488191510071539662008-02-23T02:38:00.003+01:002008-02-23T02:44:28.324+01:00"The report of my debt is an exaggeration"Given that I spent c. 2 months in a 2 star hotel at the start of my year abroad, it seems that the money is starting to run out. Plans to get a McJob have so far been scuppered, owing to the requirement that one be in some way competent in la langue francaise. Facists!. I'm considering selling my body... of literary work (this Blog included) to the highest bidder.<br /><br />In other news, my co-kotteurs and I had a nice meal together for the first time on Wednesday, we all went out on a whistle stop tour of all the student run bars afterwards (occasioning <a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/2008/02/au-revoir-les-enfants.html">the rant</a>). Subsequently, two nights later I'm still shattered.<br /><br /><br />In udder news, mastitis is on the increase in Wallonia.<br /><br /><br />I'd like to finish with a happy note: G#<br /><br /><br /><!-- Irish Bloggers --><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" alt="rss feed" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-83214047224014977112008-02-23T02:21:00.006+01:002008-02-23T03:23:36.183+01:00Au Revoir les Enfants...This week, I choose to wave my right hand, and say goodbye to the whole club scene thing...<br /><br />... on the subject of young people and their desire to go out late at night in uncomfortable clothes, to dimly lit venues, with music playing at a level that Nigel Tufnel would describe as a "12", flailing the limbs for no good reason... I've tried and failed over the last 10 years to understand it, and to enjoy it. Well it's no use. Every time I'm out, I'm looking at my watch waiting for it to be 3 am so I can go home. I'd much rather be at home watching paramount comedy channel, even if there are more eligible hotties in Q bar then at home. I resent that despite the fact that a night out forms perhaps 3% of everyday life (6 out of 168 hrs in a week) it makes up perhaps 40% of a guys/girls pullability; "If you're a fun drunk and you can work it, then you'll make a good life partner." Well that's just bollix, and I'm sick of it. Pubs and the whole culture of a "local" I can deal with but I'm done with dancing and trying to chat with someone at 2am. The fact that I can sing along to 90% of the songs on the radio from the 60s onwards shows that I love music, I don't need it played at 200 dB to enjoy it ... rant over.<br /><br />In future rants:<br />* Parties for people not going to a debs in the house of someone who is.<br />* Bus ticket and postal stamp prices coming the official secrets act.<br />* Plastic Soles<br />* "Aquired" tastes<br /><br />If music be the food of love, then make mine a double cheese burger...<br /><br /><br /><br /><!-- Irish Bloggers --><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" alt="rss feed" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-15207426468401888512008-02-20T02:40:00.002+01:002008-02-20T03:14:00.071+01:00In tonight's episode of Bear In The Big Blue House...<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bear</span>: Where oh where oh where is Shadow?<br /> Where oh where oh where is Shadow?<br /> Where oh where oh where is Shadow?<br /> Where can Shadow be?<br /> <looks><br /> Shadow?<br /> What, what are you doing on Luna?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shadow</span>: Ha ha ha ha ha ha<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bear</span>: OH NO!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ojo</span>: Yes Bear?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bear</span>: No, I said 'Oh no" , not "Ojo"!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ojo</span>: Oh, What's wrong.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bear</span>: Shadow did a bad thing Ojo!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Treelo</span>: Worse than the thing that Ray did to Doc Hoggs skin.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bear</span>: Yes, worse than a melanoma...<br /><br /><br />Elsewhere...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Treelo</span>: Treelo thinks it's very dark Tutter.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Tutter</span>: Bear said it's a magical Lunar Eclipse show, Treelo<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Treelo</span>: Treelo hates clip shows.<br /><br /><br /><br />Yet Elsewhere...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pip</span>: It looks like a full moon again, Treelo<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pop</span>: Yeh, Shadow should put her pants back on.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pip</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pop</span>: ha ha ha ha ha ha<br /><br /><br /><!-- Irish Bloggers --><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" alt="rss feed" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-71207238557578799262008-02-18T15:20:00.002+01:002008-02-18T15:23:08.671+01:00Errrrmm, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Writer's Block.The more perceptive of you will notice that my post rate is not what it used to be. This is unfortunately due to ... continue.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><!-- Irish Bloggers --><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" alt="rss feed" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-7179534277995759602008-02-08T20:16:00.000+01:002008-02-08T21:57:23.504+01:00Wanted one balloon, last seen going in the direction of up...I was wandering across the main road by my flat the other day, when something struck me.<br /><br />If memory serves this year's a leap year, meaning in simple terms there's a 29th of February coming (30 days hath September, April may, and June definitely has). This is traditionally a time for the ladies to propose to the eligible bachelors. I'm going to give you the same advice that I gave the local hospital gave to the job seekers: Please form an orderly queue.<br /><br />I got my hair cut for the occasion. I didn't like the length at first, but it's growing on me.<br /><br />I've recently got back into the whole staying fit and healthy thing. I used to work out back in the day, but then I started using a calculator. Sometimes I participate in a kick-a-round on the college astroturf. As they say over here the game is a foot. If you've been me as long as I have (and I think I have been), you'll know how difficult it is to stay away from an unhealthy diet. Greek scholars see me and proclaim "that face could lunch a thousand chips". Rather than staying away from the mitraillette, I balance the equation with some exercise, running away from responsibility, carrying heavy burdens and lifting all my readers' spirits. Sometimes I like to get down on my knees, so I go down to the local park and kneel on a duck.<br /><br /><br /><br />In other news, my parents, wanting to get away from our house with a poky little bathroom, have gone away on a cruise on a luxury lino. Good for them.<br /><br /><br /><!-- Irish Bloggers --><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" alt="rss feed" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. Je suis le RosSpud!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01134740860038541318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037426205885368606.post-91765320661761891262008-02-08T19:06:00.000+01:002008-02-08T20:13:07.844+01:00Nominated for an Irish Blog Award?Just as I was celebrating one whole year without losing <a href="http://www.thehist.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=544&Itemid=97"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">a</span></a> <a href="http://www.thehist.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=154&Itemid=97"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">single</span></a> <a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.thehist.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=400&Itemid=97">election</a>, you guys go and fail to nominate me, despite my <a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/2008/01/nominations-for-irish-blog-awards-are.html">subtle hints</a>, for an Irish Blog Award, (<a href="http://www.awards.ie/blogawards">IBA</a>).<br /><br />Not one nomination for <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://awards.ie/blogawards/2008/01/30/best-blog-longlist-2008-its-a-very-longlist-136-blogs/">Best Blog</a>, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://awards.ie/blogawards/2008/01/30/best-personal-blog-longlist-2008/">Best Personal Blog</a> or <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.adammaguire.com/blog/2008/01/30/a-senior-source-at-iba-hq-has-told-me/#more-518">Best Newcomer</a>.<br /><br />Nor did "<a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/2007/10/id-like-to-apologise-in-advance.html">I'd like to apologise in advance</a>" get on the <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://awards.ie/blogawards/2008/01/30/best-blog-post-2008-long-list-72-posts/">Best Post</a> shortlist, nor "<a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/2007/12/hey-tk-orange-you-glad-you-asked-me-to.html">Hey T.K., Orange you glad you asked me to update this...</a>" for <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://awards.ie/blogawards/2008/02/01/most-humorous-post-2008-the-full-messy-list/">Most Humorous Post</a>, not even a nomination for <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.lexferenda.com/30012008/bloganna-thar-barr/">Best use of Irish Language in a Blog</a> for "<a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/2007/12/deirtear-gur-ts-maith-leath-na-hoibre.html">Deirtear gur 'tús maith' leath na hoibre ach is é 'HOI' leath na HOIbre!</a>". Faraor faraor.<br /><br />I am not a happy campeur.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Still at least <a href="http://nikkisaarsteiner.blogspot.com/">Nikki</a>'s not there either.</span><br /><br />If only there was some way to <a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);" href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818">redeem</a> <a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=recommendfriend&id=818"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">yourselves</span></a>...<br /><br /><br /><!-- Irish Bloggers --><br /><br /><a href="http://www.irishblogs.info/index.php?do=votes&id=818"><img alt="Irish Bloggers" src="http://www.irishblogs.info/tracker.php?do=in&id=818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><!-- /Irish Bloggers --><br /><a href="http://belgiumnotfrance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"><img src="http://blog.podcastalley.com/wp-content/rss_icon.gif" alt="rss feed" /></a>Je suis pas le Rosbif. 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