Gear Grinder of the Year..First Semi-Final....

Due to that hoor, "The Grim Reaper", overtaking Boxty's cousin, Richard Heeran, aka (Dick the Tanner) this prestigious competition moves into the realms of Boxtytime.....

First semi-final now on the board.....24 hours voting time and the top 2 to progress*

*In the light of an heavy day anticipated tomorrow, don't loose your cools if the voting process becomes air-locked....

Godammit - it looks like all my favs are gonna be in the second semi!

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Godammit - it looks like all my favs are gonna be in the second semi!

Poor choice indeed!

Who set up this thing?

3inarow08 wrote:
Who set up this thing?

Some bloke from the woolly west - I think he's a professional mourner.

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

3inarow08 wrote:
Who set up this thing?

Some bloke from the woolly west - I think he's a professional mourner.

Shame on ye all.. In the true spirit of Leitrim society, I, and indeed her good self, are shortly to depart to the wake-house...There will be tales of yesteryear told, much whikky will be ingested and the death of his brother on a building site in London at the age of 22 in 1961 will, doubtless be re-enacted...

Only messing... but you're not going out on a skite tonight are ye???

Jayo Cluxton wrote: Only messing... but you're not going out on a skite tonight are ye???

He's a cousin of mine, whom my late father was very fond of...and it's our tradiion not to leave a corpse alone on his/her's final night...'twill give the immediate family time for a bit of kip before the rigours of tomorrow.....
We might be thickos to the Dublin set, but we do our own thing in times like this....

Boxtyeater wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote: Only messing... but you're not going out on a skite tonight are ye???

He's a cousin of mine, whom my late father was very fond of...and it's our tradiion not to leave a corpse alone on his/her's final night...'twill give the immediate family time for a bit of kip before the rigours of tomorrow.....
We might be thickos to the Dublin set, but we do our own thing in times like this....

Know all about it B - fair play to ye. Thickos doesn't come into it - tradition is very important.

Louis Walsh and Bono make it to the final from this semi....Are Mayo about to grab the first big trophy of the New Year?????

Essie, prepare a bit of an oul' speech on the off chance...But there again Mayo are becoming too used to the "bridesmaid's" tag....