Be careful what you wish for..

This has been doing the rounds for the last few days but it took until yesterday for me to figure out what it all means.. It supposedly happened in a WalMart store in America but it could've happened anywhere..

Customer: "Hello, I'd like to order a personalised cake for a going away party next week"

Cakeman: "Of course sir, what would you like us to write on it?"

Customer: "I'd like it to say 'Best Wishes Suzanne'.

Cakeman: That should be fine. Anything else?

Customer: Underneath that 'We Will Miss You'.

Cakeman: "No problem at all"

But that doesn't explain how they managed to spell 'underneath' incorrectly, does it?

Still, I'm sure it was delicious.

6 wheeler

Saw this at the end of Helen's road last night. Now I'm sure the bloke who owns the scooter won't have been impressed when he came out this morning but there's a quality to this, isn't there? I mean, if somebody wanted to vandalise it, they could just have kicked it over. This, however took a bit of mischief and a drop of wit. And probably an extra pair of hands to get it up there.

In fact, if it was an installation in IMMA I wouldn't blink an eye..

Well done those vandals!

Is this harsh?

A local wag hs been busy with glue and paper.

Ok - so it might be juvenile and rudimentary but it made me laugh when I saw it. Which is more than I can say for the film itself..

Tough day at the office, dear?

Helen went into The Gap the other day to ask if they had something that she couldn't see on display. She was confidently told that the didn't. Of course nobody actually checked to see. Isn't it funny how shop assistants can barely form a sentence yet have a complete inventory of the stockroom in their heads? Anyway, undeterred she asked if perhaps it could be ordered in from one of their shops in the UK but that wasn't an option either..

As she finished the exchange, the assistant told her that they were the hardest questions she'd ever been asked in the shop. Which is fine, I suppose, but you have to wonder prior to then what were the toughest questions she's ever been asked. "Do you have this in a large "What time are you clocking off?" "What's your name?"

If it wasn't for those darned customers, it'd probably be a good place to work.

Headline of the day..

Zoo sightseers left dangling 30m above baboon pit in cable car

It's all in there isn't it? You don't even need to read the article.. Quality work.

But we did a spellcheck..

So the Irish Times website tells us that 4 premiers will be visiting the Abbey next year. Who could it be? Sarkozy? Obama or McCain? Angela Merkel? Gordon Brown?

Oh, I see - they meant premieres..

This is what happens when you start giving your news away for free. The first thing that goes is the quality control.. Sorry - I know pointing out typos is a pedantic affair but I've been doing a bit of research on them lately - I just can't help myself now..

Beside, the Irish Times should know better..

That's the Point

This is the new O2 venue in Dublin's Docklands, formerly known as The Point Theatre, which was formerly known as the Point Depot. So let me rephrase that: This is the new Point Depot in Dublin's Docklands. It was announced at the weekend that O2 were throwing something like €25 million at the Point's developers to have their name plastered all over it.

In fairness it's been a tough time for concertgoers and promoters since the Point closed down last year. Promoters have had to get inventive with their choices of venues - a huge tent in the Phoenix Park, gigs in Kilmaninham, and, of course, just sending the acts up the road to the Odyssey in Belfast. And giggers have had to put up with schlepping off the beaten track to watch gigs in fields and courtyards where the sound was so-so at best. At least in the old Point the sound was adequate. Barely adequate I suppose, but preferable to the muffled rumblings that was the sounds in the Phoenix Park lark Autumn. So, I guess it'll be good to have an enormous all-singing, all-dancing venue in the capital city again.

But how enormous will it be? In an interview with the Irish Times at the weekend, Harry Crosbie, the Property Developer who owns the Point and most of the Docklands said:

"I think that the experience of seeing a show in the new arena is going to up the ante for all the punters. The experience of going to a show is going to be vastly improved because the sightlines are perfect, because of its massive intimacy and because of the choice of catering, you can eat and drink around the venue.

I fail to understand why you want to stand in a wet field in broad daylight and you can’t see the light shows. I really believe that people will be stunned when they see the Point.”

Massive Intimacy. What's that then? He might as well have said "because of it's big littleness".

Also, perfect sightlines? Does that mean I won't have to put up with people behind me constantly complaining about my height? This is very good news indeed..

Interesting to see that Harry is still calling it the Point despite pocketing a hefty cheque from the sponsors. Hey - if Harry says it's the Point, that's good enough for me.

I wonder who they'll have in to open it when it launches later this year. Huey Lewis & The News were the first act to play in the old venue. I'm sure they'd be available.