Comments on The Pensive Quill: Zombie on the Stairs

Marty, you and Marie were truly wonderful hosts. ...

2011-12-25T13:56:11.265Z

Marty,

you and Marie were truly wonderful hosts. Really enjoyed it. The kids did too. Thanks for everything. All of you enjoy your Xmas

Had the privilege and pleasure of meeting this Zom...

2011-12-25T13:37:11.587Z

Had the privilege and pleasure of meeting this Zombie and indeed his big sister, I can testify that he is a fine wee man and as full of life as you would hope for from a child, his sister has a beautiful tone to her voice and is musically inclined indeed an alltogether grounded and talented family inspite of the shit they have had to endure ,so Anthony Carrie agus na páisti I raise a glass to you and wish you all the very best for the future.

Fuck me a cara that really would be the stuff of ...

2011-12-23T15:38:15.447Z

Fuck me a cara that really would be the stuff of nightmares and them all chanting kill for peace at the same time....

Marty, or just look out your window as a mob pick...

2011-12-23T12:51:58.068Z

Marty,

or just look out your window as a mob picketing your home - Night of the Living Dead

Just lmao at that Zombie poster at the beginning ...

2011-12-22T09:19:36.507Z

Just lmao at that Zombie poster at the beginning of this post Anthony,and I thought to myself if you really want to see real Zombies wait untill the next election and have a gander at the qsf election team....

Tain Bo, I will cheat him at draughts too!! Mar...

2011-12-17T09:56:52.417Z

Tain Bo,

I will cheat him at draughts too!!

Marty,

the like button is there now

Jaysussss Anthony a like button would be a great t...

2011-12-16T22:38:45.482Z

Jaysussss Anthony a like button would be a great thing, useful to. I could reverse the wiring on Mickeyboys to,it would be a shocking experience for our wayward friend.but it could help reverse the years of brainwashing he has endured at the hands of the qsf education dept.Come on Mickeyboy sing up "oh jingle bells Gerry smells Martin laid an egg,the gravytrain has lost a wheel and scap has got away"......

Belfast Bookworm, great idea. It is good to have...

2011-12-16T19:03:08.021Z

Belfast Bookworm,

great idea. It is good to have a wife that can do these things. I would never have worked it out!

Belfast Bookworm, a like button seems a good idea...

2011-12-16T18:49:48.226Z

Belfast Bookworm,

a like button seems a good idea but not sure it can be applied. I think he is fallen out with me at the minute. Wouldn't eat his dinner!

BKeane, as you say Q is for Quizling. Sometimes w...

2011-12-16T08:39:02.971Z

BKeane,

as you say Q is for Quizling. Sometimes what is in front of the nose is not seen. Must be the whiskey!! Anyway Marty has cleared it up and have started a trend!

MichaelHenry,

never read The Cell. Found Pet Sematary chilling - zombie type thing

Marty, Maybe one a those Zombies tripped you up o...

2011-12-16T04:05:11.925Z

Marty,

Maybe one a those Zombies tripped you up or at least that is the excuse I would go with as for my tumble, well, I have no excuse and paid the price for showing off. I would feel better if I could say I was drunk at the time. I still get the well-deserved dogs abuse that one.

AM, If I win the bottle of whiskey, I want you to ...

2011-12-16T02:59:22.220Z

AM,
If I win the bottle of whiskey, I want you to give it to Michael Henry, he needs it more than me...lol

I think its Quisling sinn fein, i've seen it s...

2011-12-16T02:43:47.764Z

I think its Quisling sinn fein, i've seen it somewhere before

MichaelHenry, Thanks for thinking about me, lol!...

2011-12-16T01:37:35.551Z

MichaelHenry,

Thanks for thinking about me, lol!

Will have to get that one you mention, only read the first few books in that series and no where near where that character turns up. Have them sitting here for reading over the holidays. Brilliant series though

LOL Tain bo, no a cara the drum roll I refered to ...

2011-12-15T22:48:19.953Z

LOL Tain bo, no a cara the drum roll I refered to was the sound I or my head made falling down the stairs last year and the sound you made when out on the hills courting and you attempted a Tarazan stunt for your woman and mis-cued.

AM- I am sure marty means- Quality Sinn Fein- Ma...

2011-12-15T19:27:48.747Z

AM-

I am sure marty means-
Quality Sinn Fein-

Marty down under-

Glad to see you back [ I had you killed of in those Australian storms lol ]
I have just finished The walking dead- Rise of the Governor- a orgin story about one of the characters in the series- a good read-

Maybe he means queenright, which is a group of soc...

2011-12-15T19:07:20.149Z

Maybe he means queenright, which is a group of social insects as far as I know.

Marty, You had me worried there with the drum rol...

2011-12-15T18:42:26.875Z

Marty,

You had me worried there with the drum roll. It made me laugh as I remember one drum roll back when the telly used to shut down for the night and God Save the Queen would play.
A remote control would have been handy back then.

Anthony, I am still laughing at this one and was ...

2011-12-15T18:41:51.645Z

Anthony,

I am still laughing at this one and was wondering what you will do when the wee man discovers your Achilles heel and takes up playing draughts I think it will be a safe bet he will give you more than a run for your money.

Thoroughly enjoyed the article along with all of my own childhood memories it brought back.

Belfast Bookworm, you might have started a compet...

2011-12-15T14:04:24.325Z

Belfast Bookworm,

you might have started a competition here - bottle of whiskey to the best answer!

I guess he means Queen's Sinn Fein. he might even mean Queen's Shilling First!

Marty (& some others), I've obviously miss...

2011-12-15T13:56:56.994Z

Marty (& some others), I've obviously missed something having not been in in a while but could you explain to me what QSF is?

Reading that made me smile & think of my own c...

2011-12-15T13:55:19.360Z

Reading that made me smile & think of my own childhood. Not for the first time have I wished TPQ had a 'like' button.

The tune that would stick in both Tain bo and myse...

2011-12-15T10:17:18.039Z

The tune that would stick in both Tain bo and myself,s head would be the opening/closing drum roll of Eastenders,kinda reminds us of our attempts are unassisted flying...cracking story Dixie been there a cara ...

Dixie, you have a great story telling ability. Kn...

2011-12-15T09:08:17.708Z

Dixie,

you have a great story telling ability. Knew nothing of that background. really enjoyed your telling of it. The Saint - but the Avengers theme tune is going through my mind!

In my youth my Da would shout 'Right bed!'...

2011-12-14T23:05:10.140Z

In my youth my Da would shout 'Right bed!' and that would be enough...

I was Simon Templar in those days; I even had the eyebrow down, or should that be, up to a tee.

Whereas The Saint won all his fights, I didn't; maybe it was down to the theme tune? You can't really hum the theme tune to The Saint when someone is trying to kick you in the clinkers or punch your face, with raised eyebrow, in!

McGill, Richard Bradford. Now he was some guy. He didn't win all his fights either, even if he also had a great theme tune.

The ole fella, me Da, was strict but he would take me everywhere with him. He had a wee garage where he fixed cars cheaper than the bigger places. He came from a Unionist family going back to his grandparents who worked for Lord Leitrim in Donegal.

His Father, my Grandfather, Tommy was wounded at Thiepval Wood, Northern France on the 1st July 1916. Not by a German bullet mind you; he got hit by a supply train ffs.

My ole fella's friend's were mostly Catholic, then he met and married my mother and his first born, myself, fell off the family tree taking a branch with me.

That's not to say my father's family were bigots, far from it. I was quite close to my grandfather before the war wound eventually killed him in 1965. My Uncle Ernie often took me to watch the glorious twelfth but even so he enjoyed the party held for me after my release from jail. I buried him beside my Grandfather, down with the other Protestant Elliotts in Derry graveyard when he died.

My fondest memories of my Da were when he used take me fishing with his mates to Fintown in County Donegal. After the fishing they would head to the local bar and I remember getting glasses of coke that looked like Guinness. I don't know to this day if my Da got the barman to put a head on it but it was great and made me feel like one of them.

Then in the early hours of the morning his mates would help my Da get behind the wheel of the car and him full drunk and we would make our way home along dark winding roads.

I was too young to realise that the grim reaper likely took a lift with us each time, but other names must have been written in his book on those nights in Donegal, so we managed to avoid the ditches and the cars coming in the opposite direction.

It makes you think however. If I had been grimly reaped on one of these roads, then so would a future yet unborn son and daughter and my own personal branch of the family tree.

Aye fond memories alright, but I have fond memories of my own kids and most certainly none of them includes drinking and driving.

How did the theme to The Saint go again?