Source: Wikipedia“And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don’t give up.” — Markéta Irglová on winning the Best Song Award Oscar for “Falling Slowly” from “Once” which he wrote and co-stared with Glen Hansard .
Since I heard Markéta’s speech I’ve been looking forward to getting that exact quote. First off, thanks to Irish Blog Award winning Shane Hegarty for the complete text of the speech… Its one of those hopeful, slightly gushing speeches that make me want to do something interesting.
“The fact that we’re standing here tonight, the fact that we’re able to hold this, it’s just to prove no matter how far out your dreams are, it’s possible.”
“And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don’t give up. And this song was written from a perspective of hope, and hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different we are.”
Haydn Shaughnessy response to Kathy Foley’s posts on the low standards of Irish blogging has me wondering. Wondering if I am indeed “inward looking, technical or incestuous”. Given that in a single sentence I’ve just linked to two Irish bloggers I have to declare guilty on the third count. But then again, surely bloggers of every country are indeed focusing on their countrymen and women.
The inward looking, well I don’t think I do much of that. Do I?
The too technical claim, well I might be able to do something about that. Fústar is looking for writers. Namely, “being the creation of a horror short story (interpreting “horror” however you wish) of no more than 500 words”. So I might call on my “evil” twin brother Ken to put in 500 words of twisting possibilities. 500 words is… not much. I’ve tried, and it’s hard to limit myself to 500. But it’s a challenge.
So, gentle reader, do you think things should get a little twisted and horror-struck around here?
The real kicker is that a “Paddy Tax” has been around for years. I wouldn’t subscribe to a magazine subscription because, unlike my UK counterpoints, the subscription increased the cover price in Ireland. Similarly go in to a shop which displays prices in both sterling and the “Euro in Ireland” price… and a quick currency conversion proves that the sterling price is actually cheaper. Even the big UK supermarket chain, (OK Tesco) tends charge a higher price for the same goods Ireland when compared to the price in the UK. Comparing shopping baskets simply shows that despite all the talk of a lack of price fixing… a paddy tax applies.
There is however one exception to all this… the price of the shopping basket seems a little lighter when viewed from the German side.
and on a “Fluffy” note, someone (don’t know who yet)Damien Blake has set up PaddyTax.com. Lets see if it will document all instances of the tax, and not just the “technical” one.
Source: Wikipedia“And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don’t give up.” — Markéta Irglová on winning the Best Song Award Oscar for “Falling Slowly” from “Once” which he wrote and co-stared with Glen Hansard .