These were actual 'Personal Ads' in the Dublin News:
Heavy drinker, 35, Cork area. Seeks gorgeous women interested in a man who loves his pints, cigarettes, Glasgow Celtic Football Club and has been known to start fights on Patrick Street at three o'clock in the morning. ------------------------------- Bitter, disillusioned Dublin man, lately rejected by longtime fianc�, seeks decent, honest, reliable woman, if such a thing still exists in this cruel world of hatchet-faced bitches. ------------------------ Ginger haired Galway man, a troublemaker, gets slit-eyed and crappy after a few scoops, seeks attractive, wealthy lady for bail purposes, maybe more. -------- ----- ------ ------- Bad tempered, foul-mouthed old bastard, living in a damp cottage in the arse end of Roscommon, seeks attractive 21 year old blonde lady, with a lovely chest. -------------------------- Limerick man, 27, medium build, brown hair, blue eyes, seeks alibi for the night of February 27 between 8 PM and 11:30 PM. -------------------------- Optimistic Mayo man, 35, seeks a blonde 20 year old double-jointed supermodel, who owns her own brewery, and has an open-minded twin sister.
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"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." Carl Sagan
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
At least they are using truth in advertising!? Wonder if any of those actually got a reply.
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God then made man. The Italians for their beauty. The French for their cuisine. The Welsh for their voices. The Germans for their cars. And on and on until He looked at what He had created and said, "This is all very well, but no-one is having fun. I'll have to make an Irishman."
Sure and they've been snapped up by now! Such prizes are so rare. Wonder what Belfast has to offer? I can just see the TV show "The Belcher - Belfast" Oh wait, that's Bachelor.....
I just spotted this. OMG these are funny. Personals are great for a laugh somtimes especially the big city independent newspapers
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"Irishness is not primary a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition on being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it."-Conor Cruise O'Brien