Elections kill some more trees

[owl]

More election pamphlets through the door today, one urging me Votail Sinn Fein. No, thanks. I noticed that they listed their policies in bullet points; there would be perhaps six English, then one in Irish, then another four English, one in Irish etc. My theory is that the ones like 'Deport all Protestants' were cunningly put into Irish.

However, it burned with exciting blue-green flames (because of all the green ink they use) and a satisfactory and suitably explosive whoomph.

BTW, is anyone else noticing difficulties in posting comments? I keep getting errors.

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[lilliburlero.livejournal.com]

here would be perhaps six English, then one in Irish, then another four English, one in Irish etc

Obviously taught Irish by the likes of the woman on my morning train who uses the State's first language exclusively for telling off her small son.

Nice to see the Ard Fheis still has a bit of a sense of mischief in it though, re: the Bobby Sands Avenue / Merrion Road proposal. They haven't been totally taken over by PR androids like Mary-Lou MacDonald.

[owl]

I'm surprised they aren't trying to get Royal Avenue renamed. (Though I could just see Paisley never never never-ing all over Stormont at the thought.)

[yubsie]

Exciting flames are the key. :p

*has a relevant icon!* :p

[owl]

Sinn Fein's flames are green, though.

[yubsie]

Only so much I can do :p

[owl]

:D

[leeflower.livejournal.com]

they've come by the house a couple times. I keep offering to run interferance for my host mum-- if I answer the door, I figure I can preempt their spiel with 'we're Americans; we don't have a vote here.'

She says that's no good because they'll stand there for half an hour trying to convince me to give them money.

[owl]

The key is to not answer the door till next Thursday.