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gness | 23:17 Mon 16th Jan 2017 | ChatterBank
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Just settled down to watch Michael Portillo doing his railway journey in Ireland....and he's wearing the Irish flag....

Don't you just love a man with a bit of humour about him..... :-)
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why not ?

eamonn de valera was spanish and he wore the irish tricolour all over the place
Where's he travelling from and where to, gness ?.
Michael often wears the colours of the flag of the country he is visiting. Makes me smile
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Wexford up to Dublin and across to Westport, Tony.....places I visit each year.......calling at Avoca......they've a great clothes shop there..... :-)
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Me too, Hc.....love these railway programmes.....x
Ah thanks even about the clothes shop info.

Any decent whisky places on route ?.
Ahem, whiskey.
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Well it's where I buy my poitin, Tony.....x
Sorry, Douglas. I had forgotten about the different spelling between Irish and Scottish nectar of the gods.
Well it's where I buy my poitin, Tony.....x


Wot, buy !
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I have to buy it now, Tony.....when it was illegal I could get it in exchange for a song and a reel....x
If it were up to me it would be illegal again, gness. Illegal = better ;-)
'a song and a reel'

Euphemisms?
Is that a errrrrrm reel that I see on your rod, shoota ?.
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I know, Tony.....there's no risk with the bottle I have here....no excitement...x

No, Shoota......I'd sing and dance a reel......can still dance but not so sprightly these days......x
When a man's gotta go, a man's gotta go T...
Oh so very true, shoota. Especially after several pints.
Nice programme - I find Mr Portillo a very genial traveller and there were some new bits of Ireland for me to have a look at, next time I'm pottering around the Wicklow Mountains.
Just settled down to watch Michael Portillo doing his railway journey in Ireland....and he's wearing the Irish flag....

Don't you just love a man with a bit of humour about him..... :-)



Love is a bit strong but yes, got to like a man with a good soh. Are you going to tell us who Portillo is travelling with?

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