Mad Dog on the Loose!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4295793.stm

Oh Johnny johnny, can your desperate attempts at attention seeking and publicity get any more lame?

I didn't think you could top the 'OUCHIE someone shot me in teh EAR' fiasco, but getting yourself smuggled in - through the FREE STATE no less (oh the irony) - to sneak up the Shankill at 7am just to get your photo taken. As the Man Interviewed On the Street said 'why didn't he come at lunch time when we're all up and about'.

And then the great Wild West Portadown standoff. The UDA posse of Fat Men WIth Sticks rides into town because there are rumours of sightings, and the Riot Police Cavalry have to be called in to head them off, meanwhile you've smuggled yourself back across the border into Mexico(again with the hilarity and irony).

I think you might just have topped Gerry and his zero tolerance crime policy for funniest news of the week.
But of course, Billy Hutchison put it, you're really just misunderstood and just want to be loved ...
(maybe we should introduce him to Tomas)

hmm friday

Friday again, and I've even done some work (go me). This week has gone very quickly tho. Possibly the vagueness while recovering from febmeet helped with that.

And finally, a quiet weekend! First one this month I think. There may even be champagne. It certainly feels like a champagne Friday [1].

But first, up to the stables tonight, and thanks to last night's many angry phone calls and other farrier-related fun I have a horse with shoes. Yay. Might just go for a hack tho, keep her fresh for tomorrow.
Tho considering she hasn't been hunting in nearly a month, I doubt anything will keep her back once she gets going.

It has occured to me I have an oddly ambivalent attitude to hunting (instead of my normal Fixed Opinion on everything). In general, I don't agree with chasing all over the countryside to tear an animal apart and I certainly wouldn't do it myself, but specifically, I have no real objections to other people doing it.
Considering I ride a hunter and put a lot of effort into keeping her fit and able to hunt, it would be a bit hypocritical if I did.
I guess when it comes to foxes, I'm pro-choice rather than pro-life.

happy weekending all


[1] Eatin's Champagne Theory.
The local offy sells Piper Heisdeck for c.£18 and Pol Roger (hmmmm) for £22.
Now considering one would normally spend at least £40 on a night out, staying in with a bottle of Piper actually SAVES me at least £22. Which is enough for a bottle of Pol Roger tomorrow night ;)
I just have to resist the vintage. It doesn't fit the theory quite so well. But it tastes so so good...