Sir, – I enjoyed Frank McNally’s piece (An Irishman’s Diary, August 17th) which was prompted by the start of the football season in England. He writes that it provides evidence of the unlimited capacity of most football fans to be astonished by events he has come to find entirely predictable.
Having read the piece, I took my morning walk and noticed a bus-stop advertisement for one of the pay TV channels which offers extensive football coverage. The banner reads: “Expect the unexpected”. – Yours, etc,
PAT O’BRIEN,
Rathmines,
What is the National Gallery’s scanner that cost €125,000 and what would it be used for?
‘We grew up Irish Catholic’: How Nicola Coughlan got raunchy Bridgerton scenes cut
The Last Showgirl review: Pamela Anderson has found the right role at the right time
‘I’m 50 this year and feel a bit like a teenager with my problem. My best friend has fallen in love’
Dublin 6.
Sir, – Brian O’Brien (Letters, August 18th) suggest that maybe the Haiku would be a manageable poetic form for the average Premier League footballers and proposes an example incorporating “Over the moon”.
However, players also need a haiku for the bad days, something like, “We was unlucky. We should have got a result. Sick as a parrot.”– Yours, etc,
FRANK E BANNISTER,
Dublin 4.
Sir, – Brian O’ Brian’s suggestion for a haiku is good. But what about a Listowel? It’s like a Limerick but has only two lines.
“Twas a long shot bet
But it’s in the net.” – Yours, etc,
MATTIE LENNON,
Blessington,
Co Wicklow.
