Posts Tagged ‘cork’
The epic Douglas Cork playground typo
THE Douglas Cork playground has been renamed by popular demand:
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The Great Cork Piddle Riddle: 237 Coca Cola Bottles Full Of Urine Found In Field
SOMEONE is drinking a lot of Coca Cola in Gyntown, Ireland. But who? And why have they used 237 empty 500ml bottles as urine recepticles? And why have the bottles been dumped in a ditch? It’s such a big deal that the Cork Independent is offering a €50 reward for anyone with “hard evidence” about the felon’s identity.
It is the Glanmire piddle riddle.And it has reached the very highest levels. Labour councillor, Noel Costello, wonders:
“If someone had been caught short, they would have gone in a ditch. This is very strange.”
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Posted: 10th, October 2011 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
Six Dead At Cork Airport: Martin McGuinness Not Among Them
SIX people are dead at Cork Airport. A plane crashed in fog. Six others were injured as the turbo prop aircraft with 10 passengers and two crew was travelling from Belfast City Airport on a Manx2 commuter flight.
The Mail says:
Sin Fein’s Martin McGuinness was due to take doomed flight that crashed in Cork but changed plans at the last minute [sic]
Six dead but the Mail focuses on one who remains alive.
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Posted: 10th, February 2011 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
