Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

Ah Jeff, lay off the aul stone throwing there would ya

Do you never consider I might be a bit tongue-in-cheek?

I know nothing about your life or hardships, all of us have them, but I don’t particularly see anyone wanting to swap their life experiences with mine. I have had a pretty sh1t life, trying to deal with ups and downs in a certain way, celebrating the up bits, trying at times not to jump off a cliff at the bad bits.

i was having a bit of fun tonight, didn’t ya know, didn’t I flag it. As for “invites” I once filled out a form for Claire Byrne audience, the rest is history. Anyone can go in the audience, but they often have difficulty filling the seats as it’s such a late program. You remain on the database. I live very close by, can be there in 10 minutes. Like any gobsh1te can fill out the form to go into the audience. I’ve no special connections with anyone in RTE.

As for going on holidays several times a year, am I supposed to sit at home cursing the darkness in my life? I am paying less for Borneo than most people are spending on 2 weeks in the Canaries. Actually I could save myself money by overwintering in the Canaries or Cyprus.

As for getting “special assistance” anyone who actually needs it can get it. Anyone. It’s not a big deal. I am trying to get it across to people to ask for what they need when they need it and not get all bitter because they are not receiving. Should I not go anywhere because of my disability?

As for my car being electric, it’s hybrid. No chance of getting an electric one even if I wanted one, living in an apartment block. What kind of car ought I be driving?

Don’t you ever see where I’m self deprecating? I mean, what am I but another nobody cursed with a body that doesn’t work and never did properly, I’m not somebody to envy in any way, but I do try and go full-on positive to compensate for what I can’t enjoy in life, half-decent health.

Of you are wondering why I’m up so late, well I got in late, and then there has been the little matter of a stoma bag leak to deal with. No magic assistants to help. Maybe you’d like to try having one yourself. Maybe you have one for all I know.

Maybe I was trying to give a few of us a laugh tonight. I found it hard not to break out laughing whilst answering Katie.

Put down yer aul stones, there, and I’ll get out of the stocks.

Decades ago I brought my mother and the car over on a ferry very like the Norbay that was running Dublin to Liverpool. A truckers ferry. But they took a few ordinary pax with cars. Mum absolutely loved her little overnight voyage in a cute little cabin with decent plain truckers food in the café. We drove up then to the Lake District, there in an hour. Great trip!

The girl sitting beside me was getting a great aul chuckle. I told her and others in the audience my plans, and Katie responded admirably 😁 She was in absolutely great form last night. Initially she used to be tense, now she’s much more laid back. I normally don’t agree with Ciara Kelly in many things but she was spot on. I’m not a Green Party voter, but the guy last night was very pleasant & good humoured when the cameras weren’t on him. One thing I live about these evenings at Montrose is observing the goings on, including Patrick Kielty’s total lack of ego. I get the vibe that Subsudy had not been popular, the tone in which he’s mentioned gives it away. One of the staff back last year mentioned about his picture having been all over the green room and the minute he left those were stripped off the walls.

Russian embassy shills no doubt.

The resemblance is uncanny