Madam, – I thoroughly enjoyed Frank McNally’s Irishman’s Diary (March 24th) A History of Ireland in 100 Euphemisms. May I respectfully add one more? 101: The Brown Envelope. – Yours, etc,
A chara, – We are up to our eyes in debt, corruption, reports and reports on reports ad nauseam, but at last, in The Irish Timesof March 24th, Frank McNally makes sense of it all in 100 euphemisms summarising Irish history. For far too long we have put the totality of the issues facing us on the long finger, but, going forward, this list brings it all to finality, for which we should all be grateful. Mr McNally's list also, it has to be said, takes the biscuit. – Is mise,
Madam, – 101. Will we get a receipt? Will we f*ck.
102. The boom is getting boomier.
103. I wish someone had told me what was going on. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – There was one key omission: Saipan. – Yours, etc,