November 29, 2004
Bum notes
I was strolling down Shop. St. on Saturday morning when I saw a group of six Gardai loitering with intent on the corner of the sidestreet leading up to Dunnes Stores. What's the hubbub, I wondered. Only when I rounded the corner than I realized the true extent of the horror.
A new HMV music store had just opened and there was a mob of eight year old girls queuing outside. It wasn't for Johnny Cash box sets either. Brian McFadden was going to make an appearance in the afternoon (and dang, I'd left my bag of rocks in the car).
I'm not sure why so many Gardai were on duty - exactly how wild were a bunch of hyperventilating eight year olds going to get? Handy old gig, as long as they weren't exposed to any singing. Later on that day, I was listening to a wildlife programme on RTE Radio 1 - apparently, scientists are doing a survey of the world's marine creatures. I'm all for biodiversity myself but I could happily live without another species of Westlife.
Posted by Monasette at November 29, 2004 11:18 PM