MAYBE Squinter’s just thick or something. Okay, let’s rephrase that one. Squinter’s thick, he freely admits it. But it can’t be only his lack of mental acuity that has him all worked up about the latest achievement of the PSNI’s Historical Enquiries Team (HET). Let’s just go over it for the benefit of anyone who hasn’t been paying attention this week…
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Sweet and sour memories
SQUINTER had no idea people took their sweets so seriously. A throwaway remark on Twitter about a casual purchase, during which Squinter pointed out that he is not in the habit of buying chocolate, provoked a response that suggested he had owned up to being the Mad Axe Murderer of Old Belfast Town.
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All aboard the Domino’s Express
AND so another little bit of Squinter’s life gets set to pass into history. The familiar Land Rover Tangi has been part of the West Belfast landscape for as long as Squinter can remember – battleship-grey in RUC days, poke-van gaudy in its present PSNI incarnation.
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A time for great rejoicing?
GENERAL hilarity erupts in West Belfast, firstly at news that Rangers had applied to go into administration; secondly, at news that they had indeed gone into administration; and thirdly, that the inevitable 10-point docking had taken place.
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Why snack lovers are getting that old sinking feeling on this 100th anniversary
AWAY from the Occupied Six-Counties fry, another staple food of Noel ’n’ Alan was in the spotlight this week. In the research and development wing of Tandragee Castle, Tayto have…
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Chemical fly in the oinkment
A CORRESPONDENT – ‘Pig-Ignorant’ – texts the paper this week complaining about some bacon he bought for his Saturday morning fry-up. He’s unhappy first of all about the fact that the bacon had an irridiscent sheen when he removed it from the packaging
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