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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Declan Burke has published a number of novels, the most recent of which is ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL. As a journalist and critic, he writes and broadcasts on books and film for a variety of media outlets, including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Examiner and the Sunday Independent. He has an unfortunate habit of speaking about himself in the third person. All views expressed here are his own and are very likely to be contrary.