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[Romain Gros]

Niall,
Enjoy your trip in Ireland 9 even if it s cold ) and Happy birthday of
course...
:-D


On Nov 27, 2007 11:18 PM, Niall Munnelly <aleph at aleph-null.net> wrote:

> Today was my first birthday in Ireland since I was four.
> For my birthday, I got pleurisy, or something.
>
> It's never freezing in Kerry like it is in New York, Chicago
> or, presumably, Goteborg, but the relentless rain keeps you
> cold and damp all day.  The cuffs of your pants, shoes and
> coats never really dry, and there's a clammy chill on the
> back of your unprotected neck to send you running back
> inside to start a fire and drink gallons of tea.  Taking the
> dogs down to the wind-whipped beach takes twenty minutes'
> preparation, looking for scarves, hats, anything to keep the
> ocean spray and roaring rain from soaking your skin.
>
> So, I'm chuffed for the hand-me-up from my Kid Brother, a
> pair of steel toed Docs a size too large for him, and the
> hot ports he made for me when he visited.  Herself scored
> two bottles of Porterhouse Brewing's Celebration Stout,
> which I thought I'd never get to try {it's not as good as
> the many outstanding double stouts brewed in the US, but
> it's definitely the best Irish beer I've had}.
>
> Maybe the best thing I got was this {warning, Flash}:
>
> http://www.kongcompany.com/worlds_best.html
>
> It looks like a massive butt-plug.  My older brother bought
> these for his dogs years ago; they're spend hours trying to
> lick peanut butter out of the toy.  Ignatz, the Jack
> Russell, isn't a chewer and has no interest in what's inside
> the Kong - all he wants is for you to throw it as hard as
> you can, so he can fetch it and not give it back.  If you
> have a long tarmac drive, like I do, then it's the dog's
> bollocks.  Throw it as hard as you can, and the irregular
> shape makes the bounces nigh-impossible to predict.  After
> half an hour, you have a sore arm but the world's happiest
> dog.
>
> Then make a hot port according to your brother's recipe, sit
> on the couch for awhile with your lady, and enjoy the
> tentative life you've created, silently thanking your Ma, until
> you start hacking like an old miner again.
>
> Alright.
> --
> Yours,
> Niall.
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