Saturday, April 12, 2008

You Snooze, You Win

A Minister for Propaganda Elf writes: Gerard Brennan will very probably claim that the pic above has been photo-shopped, but the elves are reliably informed that this is a rare and genuine shot of the Grand Vizier and Princess Lilyput taking a siesta together amidst the plush cushions of the Japanese Gardens, which are overlooked by the western wing of CAP Towers and thus susceptible to a sneaky member of the paparazzi (aka Mrs Grand Vizier) taking a crafty snap. Rest assured that the Grand Vizier’s caffeine-fuelled, 24/7 perusal of the Irish crime fiction ‘scene’, and Lilyput’s feed-parp-read-sleep routine, will resume shortly …
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7 comments:

  1. bookwitchApril 12, 2008 at 9:29 AM

    Cute.

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  2. Gerard BrennanApril 12, 2008 at 11:38 AM

    Oh, aye. That's photo-shopped all right. The laptop and six-pack of Red Bull having been cropped out of the left hand side of the pic.

    Well worth the effort though. Very convincing and awwww inducing.

    gb

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  3. Josh SchrankApril 13, 2008 at 2:11 PM

    All I want to know is, who smiles while he sleeps??

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  4. Declan BurkeApril 13, 2008 at 10:52 PM

    Josh - It looks like the GV is smiling, but it's just a case of trapped wind ... Apparently he won't learn to smile for another couple of months yet ... Cheers, Dec

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  5. AnonymousApril 14, 2008 at 1:24 AM

    See, I told you what watching too much Liverpool would do.

    Haydo

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  6. Declan BurkeApril 14, 2008 at 11:05 PM

    Ah, the sabre-rattling of a Filthenfuhrer fan who knows the dread spectre of Moscow approacheth ... BRING. IT. ON. Cheers, Dec

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  7. Declan BurkeApril 15, 2008 at 7:05 AM

    Josh - No offence taken, sir ... I do drink, just not whiskey. Or brandy. Guinness, though, that's the ticket ... Cheers, Dec

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