Thursday, June 15, 2017
The West-Loathsome Question
Keats and Chapman, as was there wont, were debating the weighty political matters of the day, in Mulligans of all places.
Keats bemoaned the lack of political will, spine, leadership, venting his spleen in a diatribous manner, and other metaphorical organs of complaint. The world, he believed, in particular old Ireland, was in a state of chassis.
"They're all set to feathering their own nests, these days, the politicians", he complained. "De-rigeur is to be all too concerned with their own welfare not the public good; and going-be-the-wall in their own sleveen ways to achieve it. Sure it's practically in fashion".
"Ah", opined Chapman, "that uniquely Irish character trait, flaw indeed - the cute hoor".
"Yes, exactly", agreed Keats, "that, but much worse - an even higher level of it persists in this country - it's gone well beyond how bad it used to be".
Chapman supped the froth off his Smithwicks, and paused briefly before noting, "I take your point - nowadays it's all haute couture".
Keats left, refusing to stand a round.
Keats bemoaned the lack of political will, spine, leadership, venting his spleen in a diatribous manner, and other metaphorical organs of complaint. The world, he believed, in particular old Ireland, was in a state of chassis.
"They're all set to feathering their own nests, these days, the politicians", he complained. "De-rigeur is to be all too concerned with their own welfare not the public good; and going-be-the-wall in their own sleveen ways to achieve it. Sure it's practically in fashion".
"Ah", opined Chapman, "that uniquely Irish character trait, flaw indeed - the cute hoor".
"Yes, exactly", agreed Keats, "that, but much worse - an even higher level of it persists in this country - it's gone well beyond how bad it used to be".
Chapman supped the froth off his Smithwicks, and paused briefly before noting, "I take your point - nowadays it's all haute couture".
Keats left, refusing to stand a round.
# posted by Flann O'Brien @ 4:05 AM
