A chara, – Our original excuses were in the Irish language of course! 301. Bhí an aimsir go dona. 302. Bhí an ghaoth anoir. 303. Níor airigh mé an lá ag éalú tharam. 304. Na Sasanaigh is ciontach leis sin ar fad. 305. Déanfaidh sé cúis. – Is mise,
A chara, – 306. There was a computer error. – Is mise,
Sir, – Two excuses for not having homework done offered in St Joseph’s College, Galway (The Bish) in the 1950s. 307. We sold the wardrobe and my copy was in it. And, my favourite: 308. The baby ate the page!– Yours, etc,
Sir, – 309. Please Sir, we were tattie-hoking. (Potato picking in Scotland was a common reason for absenteeism from Donegal national schools during the 1950s). – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 310. Terms and conditions apply. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 311. “If the bank next door is giving very cheap loans, you have to come close or else go out of business”. 312. “As a nation we abetted a number of falsehoods. There was too much optimism and not enough scepticism; too much spending and not enough saving. The feel-good factor was allowed to outweigh rationality”.(Words of outgoing AIB chairman Dermot Gleeson speaking at the MacGill Summer School on July 20th, 2009). – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 313. We have a small open economy. – Yours, etc,