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Tuesday 28 June 2022
Plenty people had plenty to say about plenty of events in the Premier League. Here’s the best of them.
“I was not at any board meeting that signed off on this agreement, not part of any confidentiality agreement that was signed.”
“Can you say that in English, please?”
“It shows contempt for the whole process of accountability and transparency… It is an attempt, in my opinion, to hide something.”
Plenty people had plenty to say about plenty of events in GAA. Here’s the best of them.
“They relish having their feathers stroked and like to chirp, cluck, and gobble along to their favourite tunes.”
“The link between the Irish nationals and the chlamydia statistics was of the newspaper’s making and not supported by any reported information.”
“In terms of my personal view, I would have no issue living next to a pylon.”
“Everybody knows Santa sees all – even Dáil debates.”
“Eventually you will discover a place of peace within yourself, a place that encourages you to head out into the world and live your life fully.”
“I heard that the other side of the story, the people that he, am, ah, put to death were spoiling the economy of his country by devaluing the deutschmark.”
“Stuck in a lift with half the Cabinet on Budget Day. Late for RTE. What are the chances?”
“You’ll be astounded at all the good news I’ll be announcing!”
“Please in future say no when you are asked to prostitute yourself.”
“We have examples here of three-year-olds eating hamburgers and crisps.”
“I might go and have a drink now, believe it or not. Cheers.”
“This is not going to sort itself out.”
“There is no one more sorry than I about what happened.”
“As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female.”
“The zoo is absolutely cheating us. They are trying to disguise the dogs as lions.”
“It’s become anti-social, it’s become unpleasant, it’s unruly, I think it’s unpoliceable, and I think it’s attracted the wrong crowd, who have joined a very good crowd.”
“These people are trying to paint me as a monster.I’m not a monster. I’m sick.”
“It’s been very emotional. Any parent will know what this feeling is like.”
“We are slowly but surely becoming a totalitarian state.”
“This is all, obviously, a bit of a shock to me.”
“Today I am proud to say to the Parliament that I am – as the saying goes – truly, madly, deeply, European.”
“I just should be recording these calls for the f**king craic – or at least making notes.”
“The Taoiseach and your own party have urinated all over this house.”
“I’ve never come across a muppet in the Seanad, never once.”
“Bernard. Bernard, stop. Stop, Bernard. Bernard. Stop. Bernard. Stop. Stop. Stop, Bernard. Bernard. Stop. Just stop. Just stop, Bernard.”
“I was told there would be at least one nun sitting in the Late Late Show audience, knitting. And sure enough, there she was”.
“All manner of nasty and seemingly idle minds…said whatever thing first came into their vacant, idle and meddlesome heads.”
“Bro, I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms.”
“I’m a 34-year-old NBA centre. I’m black. And I’m gay.”
“Just shy of 7,000 job losses a month. That’s their record.”
“So all in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington.”
“People have been comparing apples with pears, and coming up with oranges.”
“Someone just came in and handed him across the counter to us. It was a really cross swan as well, we had to put him in a cell for a while to calm down.”
AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS are packed with people heading abroad as tourism shakes off the Covid pandemic.
Holidays have long been a time for rest, relaxation and excessive consumption – but with interest in health and fitness booming many are wont to fit exercise into their time away.
In a sure sign that many are more health conscious than in decades past, groups of runners were seen jogging around Glastonbury Festival in the UK in recent days.
So, today we’re asking, do you exercise when you’re on holiday?
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