Sir, – 331. Lessons have been learned. 332. I had to wear the green jersey. 333. Don’t blame us, it’s the Brussels bureaucrats’ idea. 334. I know we said when we were elected that we wouldn’t pay a red cent to the bondholders, but the Troika made us do it. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 335. I wrote to The Irish Timesabout it, but it never printed the letter. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 336. We just don’t get the weather. 337. That would be too much like hard work. 338. They didn’t tell us they were coming. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 339. All that sliothars is not goaled. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 340. My schoolbag disappeared in the floods, Sir. (Fifth class, St Canice’s CBS, after the Tolka burst its banks and engulfed the North Strand area in 1954). – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 341. I had to stay home to block a gap (Farmer’s child explaining absence to schoolteacher in 1970s. During harvesting, opening and closing gates to restrict cattle would have been too time-consuming for tractor drivers.) – Yours, etc,