Time To Be Happy?

'Tis the season to be jolly, tra, la, la, la...' and so on.

The question is why do we have to be 'jolly'?

Okay, I don't want to be all pessimistic and a party pooper but I find that when there is a lot of peer pressure on me to do something, I have a tendency to not want to do it.

Spending time with people, eating and drinking until you feel like exploding are all enjoyable and the fact that this type of debauchery is allowed at this time of the year is a bonus, but what about those who don't like listening to Christmas songs like me? There you go, I have said it and I'm not taking it back. I'm particularly worn out when it comes to 'Fairytale in New York' and even the words 'scumbag', 'faggot' and 'arse' don't excite me anymore like the way they did as a child. This is something that does not make me 'jolly' and neither does the stress involved with shopping for presents and being surrounded by hundreds of other anxious, fed up and worn out people who probably wish it was somehow easier and knowing that the prices will all be dropped as soon as the madness is over.

Why all the fuss for such a short period of time? Bah humbug. Roll on summer days.

And On It Goes...

It's embarrassing to continue reading about Ireland being such sore losers against France. Granted, it should not have been allowed and the referee was at fault in a massive way for allowing such a blatant act of cheating to stand.
It didn't stop there though and asking for the French to be noble and agree to a replay was ridiculous enough. Would we have agreed to such a request? I don't think I need to answer that.

Secondly asking for an extra place to be made for our little country was daring and also pushing thins too far. Of course if we were allocated a place, then of course another country would also have to be given a place to make the numbers even meaning that there could have been a battle on to decide which other poor country lost in the most unjust manner.

I am disappointed that I can't cheer on my country in the next World Cup and even my adopted country will not be there - probably a good thing considering that the hooligans will have no reason to kill if they lose as if they need this anyway - but I think that all of this is a farce. The performance was great and I felt that everything was given. Can we not be proud of that rather than continue clutching at straws and behaving like really sore losers when you consider that had the goal not been given it still didn't guarantee Ireland qualification at 1-1 on aggregate?