Posted by: eolai on February 25th, 2008
-Excuse me?
-Hello
-You took a photograph of my house last week
-Ah
-Can you tell me why?
-Where do you live?
-On that road over there
-The house by the gap?
-Yes. […]
Posted by: eolai on December 13th, 2007
Back when I had money and food I painted an Avocado.
A fruit, you say, spotting my first mistake. You’re wrong; my first mistake was […]
Read: Vegetables in Conversation »
Posted by: eolai on November 20th, 2007
Coat
-Hey, just the person I was looking for
-Why’s that?
-I’m going to Ireland in a couple of weeks and I was wondering if I needed to […]
Posted by: eolai on October 23rd, 2007
So I was looking at the couch the other day and I noticed my sister wasn’t sitting on it.
Usually she appears there from time […]
Read: Conversation on an Irish Couch »
Posted by: eolai on July 30th, 2007
Shipment
-Hello?
-Mr. gan Fhéile?
-Yes
-You filled in a request online for a quote on shipping personal effects from Kansas City to Liverpool?
-Yes, but only because when I […]
Posted by: eolai on July 11th, 2007
Big Screen
-Hey!
-Hey
-Can I give you a beer?
-I suppose you can
-Do you want to see my big screen?
-I’m all right thanks, I’m not really a screen […]
Posted by: eolai on July 3rd, 2007
Cool Yoke
-Your flight okay?
-Grand
-And your stay with your Irish friends in that other American city?
-Great. They’re very well off
-How so?
-They had one of these really […]
Posted by: eolai on May 29th, 2007
So I walk into an Irish pub, an authentic Irish pub no less.
The pub is located in the prime shopping district of a foreign land.
It […]
Posted by: eolai on May 18th, 2007
Late
-Where the hell are they?
-What’s wrong?
-They’re not here
-When are they supposed to be here?
-They said they’d be here at 7
-But it’s only a quarter to […]
Posted by: eolai on May 8th, 2007
The Netherlands
-Yes sir, can I help you?
-I’d like to send this to Holland please
-Okay, let me weigh it for you. Ah, if you want it […]
Posted by: eolai on May 7th, 2007
Raining
-Hey! Haven’t see ya for ages. You’re looking well.
-Thanks. I started running some time back. I run every morning now.
-Good stuff. Where did you run […]
Posted by: eolai on April 29th, 2007
Grass
-Cut your grass for you sir?
-No thanks
-I’ll do a good job
-I’m sure you would, but the landlord always cuts it, it’s his grass, and that’s […]
Posted by: eolai on April 8th, 2007
Scene: Kansas City, cold, sunny, Easter
-You’re awful quiet
-I was born quiet
-Were you born awful?
-That came later
-Our doing?
-Is that a question?
-Have you nothing to say?
-I have […]
Read: Crash & Burn »
Posted by: eolai on March 27th, 2007
Several years ago I was fortunate to be at a small party in a house in Dublin. Or Galway. Or Antrim. Or somewhere where I […]
Read: Customer Service in America »
Posted by: eolai on March 22nd, 2007
Transmission
-Hi, I’m with XYZ Transmissions and I’m just making a courtesy visit
-That’s very courteous of you
-Well, XYZ Transmissions are in the neighborhood, and I just […]
Posted by: eolai on March 19th, 2007
Welfare
-How have you been?
-I’ve been Irish
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Posted by: eolai on March 15th, 2007
Park
-Hey, do you want to go to a park?
-Okay
-Well which park do you want to go to?
-Em, how about the biggest park in the city?
-What […]
Posted by: eolai on February 27th, 2007
Multiplication
-The thought of him procreating is a horrible one
-What’s procreation, Peader?
-It’s probably best if I show you, Maura
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Posted by: eolai on February 5th, 2007
Telephone Directory
-Hello?
-Hello. This is your local telephone company. This is a courtesy phone call to see if you received our new telephone directory. Press or […]
Posted by: eolai on January 14th, 2007
Of The Morning
-What did he say it was called?
-’The Lark of the Morning’
-Oh
-And then he made a joke
-I like that
-He said “or sandwiches at 4am”
-‘The […]
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