Sir, – Permit me to add some more excuses to those of Frank McNally (An Irishman’s Diary, February 9th) and recent correspondents.
124. The cheque is in the post.
125. I’ve no more cheques.
126. The auditor is here. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 126. Commercially sensitive information. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 128. I never voted for them. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 129. We are where we are.
130. Sure, we all lost the run of ourselves. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 131. There were no signposts.
132. The ATM was only dispensing fifties.
133. We needed the table back by nine.
134. The high volume of calls.
135. Traffic is already heavy on the M50. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 136. Let’s be fair about this, we all partied. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 137. It was the night of the Big Wind.
138. It was all smoke and daggers.
139. I wouldn’t start from here.
140. The French are on the sea.
141. It all depends on whether the ould engine holds together and it might so Michael, so it might. – Yours, etc,
A chara, – 142. It was a systemic failure. – Is mise,
A Chara, – 143. It’s yerman.
144. It’s the system.
145. It’s the Government.
146. It’s the council.
147. It’s the Constitution.
148. It’s the frost.
149. It’s the recession. – Is mise,
Sir, – 150. So long as we retained our diplomatic relations with Germany, to have failed to call upon the German representative would have been an act of unpardonable discourtesy to the German nation and to Dr Hempel himself. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 151. We’re waiting for the parts. – Yours, etc,