Smokes and Daggers

[Leo]

It is time to replace the Little Book of Mao with the thoughts and intellectual musings of our own great leaders, starting with Bertie himself, who, having postponed his massive pay-hike for the good of the nation (for a year) now freely donates the following to add to the understanding of the masses:

"Smokes and daggers"
"Upset the apple tart"

There will be prizes for correctly interpreting these and other gems.
Journalists aat RTE will not be eligible as they have a habit of "pouring oil on troubled waters" without knowing what that means (used to indicate the opposite to what it really means twice in the last week on Morning Ireland alone!

[5 Sams]

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=9522.0

[Zapatista]

"I didn't accept any money"

Classic

[mouview]

Darren Frehill when giving a match report for TV3, once said something like
'Parity was restored when Rooney again gave his side the lead....'

[Hardy]

At the risk of being castigated again for saying nasty things about RTÉ people and for posting off-topic, that fella Darren is very irritating in the way he seems to think he's differentiating himself and establishing his distinctive style by inserting random pauses in his delivery, with no regard to the sense of what he's saying.

"And so to         racing, where the weights for the Grand National                   were published yesterday ..."

[Croí na hÉireann]

I'd be more inclined to gev out to you for text speak...