A little bit of creative vandalism

 

Some sterling work here from some enterprising sorts. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young are now resident on Wicklow Street, and Canal Road is no longer, we give you: Anal Toad.

Teeny tiny people: hilairous greeting cards of deranged Victoriana

I've been a particular fan of these greeting cards since my sister presented me with this gem for a birthday one year. The impossible troll, it's improbable hat, the inexplicable basket on a string, the innocent gaze of the child. It's priceless.

They have a range of depictions of Victorian people in comical situations with deadpan captions, if you can't find them in a nearby shop you can buy them here.

The Great Gatsby for NES - that's right, for NES

http://greatgatsbygame.com/

Fitzgerald's classic Great Gatsby turned into hilarious fun filled NES style adventure. Play it now! Peopled with flappers, drunks hurling champagne bottles, butlers, mad hobos, and old sports - you are Nick Carraway and your task is to find Gatsby and outwit the giant eyes behind spectacles shooting lasers at you.

LOOP LOOP! In praise of the Volkswagen Lupo.

A trio of Lupos in what is known as a Lupo Troupe

The Volkswagen Lupo is an underappreciated car, especially in Ireland, where few were sold (relative to the popularity of Polos and Golfs) and where they are mostly associated with old ladies. I want to banish this myth of Lupo-granny-dom. They are an excellent car, vastly cooler than their Micra, Fiesta, and Ka counterparts. They zoom, they come in hilarious colours, they have giant windows - not like these new-fangled cars with their small windows, and, they have round headlights and round front indicator lights giving them the appearance of having impish faces. They are in short, the craic.

In Ireland they are most commonly found with one litre engines, but in their German homeland you can find 1.4 and even 1.6 GTI models. The thought of a 1.6 GTI Lupo is mildly terrifying. I can only presume it goes like a rocket and is apparently regarded as a true successor to the Mk1 Golf, one of the first true 'hot hatches'. As they were cruelly done away with in 2005, after only six years in production, there are not that many around. Succeeded by the bland and uninspiring Fox, Lupos are gradually attaining cult status, with Lupo owners clubs around the world, mainly filled with crazy people who pimp their Lupos and even race them. Specualtion is rife that VW are to launch a new Lupo this summer, slightly bigger with very low emissions. Few photos are available and so far it's a bit strange looking...

2007 prototype

LOOP LOOP LOOP LOOP!

1999 GTI  model

The REAL reason the Queen is visiting Ireland

Sea The Stars, at the head of the pack, doing what he does best - winning.

Invincible Spirit, a fine figure of a horse

So the Queen is coming to visit us tomorrow, historic event, security nightmare, juvenile-minded republicans still annoyed etc etc etc. Buzzcats have uncovered the real reason she's coming. She's going to view some stallions. It's well known that the Queen is an avid racegoer, racehorse owner and breeder. Many of the worlds best thoroughbred stallions stand here and she's obviously decided that enough is enough, she'd like to come and have a look at them, thankyouverymuch, don't mind if I do, and have a bit of an historic occasion thrown in while we're at it. She's going to see former Champion Sprinter Invincible Spirit at The National Stud, superstar, record beater Sea The Stars at Gilltown, and I suspect she'll swing via Coolmore, home of several of the world's top stallions, on the way to Cork. The way it looks sometimes, it seems like the racing industry is the only thing holding this country together.

We're not mad.

Fade street is shit.

When the people at RTE decided Dublin needed their own answer to MTV's show the Hills no one could have predicted how awful it would be. Fade Street followed "the main characters Louise, Danielle, Cici and Vogue as they make their way, and survive the challenges of career, love, family and friendships while living in Dublin." The result was an often cringe worthy and laughable farce of a show. The young people of Ireland hung our heads in shame as the national broadcaster made our city and it's young inhabitants look like a bunch of brain dead tools. Luckily in the last 24 hours I have watched the show and enjoyed it. Hypocrisy? No, some fine and humorous people have made a YouTube video where they have entertainingly redubbed the show. It's aptly called "Fade Street is Shit" and it's hilarious. They have other videos which are good, but I am hoping they continue with this. Enjoy.