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Aer Lingus Cover up

corklangerdan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:52:27 +0000

A few weeks back, Aer Lingus ran an extensive ad campaign, saying that you could now book to over 40 destinations in the US direct from their website. This was to advertise their booking hook-up with Jet Blue and others.They even produced a map showing us where we could fly to :

As you can see, Philadelphia is one of the destinations,(apologies for the crude croyon type circling). The point is that, its not, Philadelphia never was bookable. Obviously a boo boo by someone.When Aer lingus was contacted about this, they never got back…… but the Ad/map is no longer to be seen…..come on Aer Lingus, fess up, ye made a bit of a bags of it! it’s alright dan forgives you.

For the clicker in Cameroon

corklangerdan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:28:09 +0000

Dan was reviewing his blog stats this morning when he discovered a clicker onner in Cameroon, west africa. Memories of the 1990 World cup came flooding back to Dan, and the wonderful Roger Milla, who at that time was gettin on in years and still playing great football for his country. Inspiration for Dan. He went back training at the age of…..well… he wasn’t getting any younger.

So dan presents a tribute to the wonderful people of Cameroon, and Roger himself, god bless him.

First, a few facts, This is the flag:

and this is the song about milla, and some footage !

Only in Ireland: Bull offers to go direct to the supermarket, avoiding abbatoir

corklangerdan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:36:42 +0000

Dan found this full cctv footage of a bull who decided he didn’t want to live any longer and offered himself up to the meat counter in a local supermarket

Prices slashed?, no it’s slashes priced!

corklangerdan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:46:42 +0000

only in the irish Times would you get wit like this, Dan was washing the windows (of his cousin’s cessna) and his was givin it a shine with today’s copy of the Times (he found it up by the college) and he read this very witty quip

Free the internet one

corklangerdan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:08:41 +0000

There’s a lot of talk lately, particularly in Ireland , about attempts to crack down on internet piracy, OOH ARR, even the phrase itself is loaded with buckshot. this is also a struggle for ownership of intellectual property, which ironically only really has value as demand increases for it.The difficulty is providing an incentive for creative artists, but surely that should not be simply monetary,(the capitalist view).Connecting with people is the real incentive and that happens more easily when the internet is open. True creatives have nothing to worry about, they will be provided for, the only ones to lose out are the middlemen, commission taking capitalist intermediaries.

A facebook group on the issue has been started here:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53586632674&ref=mf

Steely Dan coming to Cork?

corklangerdan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:50:43 +0000

Dan wrote off to his cousin, the very excellent Steely Dan ( who did his apprenticeship in Irish Steel at Haulbowline) because he heard that they were playing a few gigs over this side for the summer. Dan would really like them to come to Cork and the fells with the big top might have a few dates free down the showgrounds. Dan needs support. If you don’t know what Steely dan sound like playing their music , here they are :

Dan has also started a campaign on

the Peoples Republic of Cork, you can get to the forum directly here:

http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/~peoplesr/forums/showthread.php?t=153404

Cutbacks or Alien abduction…. you decide!

corklangerdan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:03:09 +0000

Dan was wandering the streets of Cork early today, Friday when he came upon a scene which chilled him to his very bone. these lads never evr leave their wagons when they are on patrol, looking for the latest fag butt , curly wurly wrapper, or pile of chocalte sauce shite left by another junkie who gets the runs after jackin up. what’s become of this city of ours? Was this a case of a cutback too far, the sweeper taken out for a spin to the black ash and left there to be pecked by the pigeons? or even more sinister, an alien abduction……. we’ll never know, luckily dan had his canon with him , and a camera to take this picture.

U2 Event Horizon

corklangerdan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:50:03 +0000

In honour of the recent release of de new long player by the boys who almost were punks one time, Dandiddlyan went rooting around the piles (of newspapers) in the back shed. There he found a copy of the Cork Eveeningecho (so called cos it was great for sticking under a short leg and evening out the table in the three ones). The Echo had an ad for one of U2′s first gigs in Cork, they were spat at, gobbed on, sprayed, by the way, by the likes of Donnelly and Mick Lynch, if memory serves me right. the year was 1980,

Event Horizon

Presidential dogs in the news again

corklangerdan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:31:58 +0000

Dandiddlyan was scanning the early editions and came across these cartunes of great hilarity from de printed press, thanx to adamsmith and big shouts to all the snobbing broadsheet fellows!

must be one of dem Scottish Dourhounds!

i thought this was Blair at the front, on first inspection.

UK Bankers say sorry, irish bankers (and Politicians ) have regret.

corklangerdan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:11:10 +0000