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Here is Amy Schumer at her very best. Imagine trying to roast Mike Tyson? In fairness he was the guest to be roasted but I am still sure that most of the guests giving him a hard time had some degree of trepidation as to how their material would be received.

She is a young and incredibly successful comedienne and I wish that we had more of them. Although Melissa McCarthy, Sarah Millican, and Kristen Wiig are amazing. Come to think of it all of the female comediennes on SNL are off the scale funny. Oh, and our very own Eleanor Tiernan makes me chuckle.

In Ireland it would be called ‘A slagging’ as this is how we bring each other down to size. Just in case we have begun to have notions of ourselves.

Zach Galifianakis has a YouTube show ‘Between two ferns’ which is effectively an interview cleverly/ or not so cleverly as the case may be, disguised as a roast. He insults all of the guests and they return the favor.

Apparently ‘The Roasts’ began in USA in ‘The Friar’s Club’ in 1950. Comedy Central has been doing them since 1998.This is the funniest one with Steve Carell.

Donald Trump was also famously roasted. Below are the best bits.

Between two ferns ‘Zach Galifianakis AND Steve Carell’.

https://youtu.be/1c-3FQap7iw

Donald Trump’s Roast

https://youtu.be/io6wi8DVZ3o

 

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Adele

There are just so many bands and so little time to be silly with their names. If you think of anymore, please let me know.  I am not sure which is my favorite from the list below.   Possibly ‘Lewd Zeppelin’ as with a name like this they have enormous creative license to be bawdy and salacious.

I can only imagine the band members themselves have probably come up with even crazier versions of their band names what with all the downtime that they would have on their tour buses.

I had the pleasure of seeing ZZ Top in Croke Park many years ago. Def Leppard played in the 3Arena a couple of years ago and they were amazing, even after all these years. Just as good as when they hit the big time 30 years ago.   I would give anything to see Fleetwood Mac. Maybe someday.

 

25. Eclectic loot Orchestra ( Electric Light Orchestra)

 

 

26. ZZ TIP (ZZ Top)

 

 

27. Rash (Rush)

 

 

28. Fill out Boy (fall out Boy)

 

 

29. Phooey Fighters (Foo Fighters)

 

 

30. Duff Leopard (Deff Leppard)

 

 

31. Blinkin Park ( Linkin Park )

 

 

32. Fleetwood Muck (Fleetwood Mac)

 

 

33. Zerosmith (Aerosmith)

 

 

34. Plank Food (Pink Floyd)

 

 

35. Lewd Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin)

 

 

36. The Bottles (The Beatles)

 

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Adele

I heard Dave Fanning on RTE2FM on the radio today talking with Anton Savage about these Irish (silly names) tribute bands and they made me chuckle.  I thought that I might share some of them with you.   I got a little bit carried away and decided to create some of my own.

Here are Ireland’s top tribute bands (for real)

 

1. Abba toir
2. Red hot chili feckers
3. Irony Maiden
4. The Gardai (The Police)
5. Earth, wind for hire.
6. Nearvana
7. Surly Bassey.
8. Phoney M
9. Proxy music
10. Stereophonies
11. Non-Jovi
12. Vag Halen (a female tribute band to Van Halen)

 

This has to be one of my most favorite things to do as it combines two of my passions.

One is music and the other is being silly.

 

Here are my home-made ones that they didn’t think of

 

13. Horse did not slip ….( Horslips)

 

14. Basement Banjaxed (Basement Jaxx)

 

15. The not Happy Mondays (Happy Mondays)

 

16. Lots of Doubt (No doubt)

 

17. Nondescript (The Script)

 

18. Ga Ga Dolls ( Goo Goo Dolls)

 

19. Lamp Buzzkit (Limp Bizkit)

 

20. Artic Mankeys (Artic Monkeys)

 

21. Crude (Creed)

 

22. Dope Purple (Deep Purple)

 

23. Blank 182 (Blink 182)

 

24. Prick at the Disco (Panic at the disco)

 

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Adele

https://youtu.be/KquYIzS3ot0

 

This has to be one of the cutest clips I have seen in a long time. The little dog has no idea of his limitations and is truly going for it.  I can relate to him. But not in an ‘I was carrying a very big stick’ kind of way.

I was dancing- ok let’s say clambering- through the sand dunes with my dogs the other day when I went arse over tits.  And not in a graceful fashion either.    Once I gathered myself, I quickly looked around to see if anyone had witnessed it.   I then proceeded to try and remove some of the sand that has found its way down to my ass crack.

Whilst I was having a thorough ass crack sand sweep, I looked up to see a man around my age looking in my direction. He was quite good looking and was embarrassed that I had found him watching my embarrassing actions which resulted in the both of us being embarrassed.

I said to him ‘I fell in the dunes’, he replied’ Are you ok?’ and I answered back ‘Just having the craic/crack in the sand’. He sauntered off and I smiled inwardly at my pathetic sense of wit to assuage the humiliation of the entire event. My dune dancing is off limits whilst the chaffing from the sand subsides.

 

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Adele

 

 

One of my dogs is called Finn- a Morkie- and he thinks he is a mountain goat.  Whilst on Portmarnock beach today he was high up on the dunes, deftly clambering over numerous rocks and all with his inimitable grace and joy. I thought that maybe he needs an abseil harness to get even more of a work out. Then I remembered that he is not a human and would not know how to use a harness.

My dog training skills have always been questionable. However, recently I have been using the ‘positive reward’ system where I reward good behavior as opposed to admonishing poor behavior.

I have a small patio and at times – depending on their mood, or the color of someone’s socks as they pass by- they will bark. When they have been out for a few minutes and are quiet I will call them in and give them a treat.

After a while Finn would give a little bark and come running in licking his lips. When I checked there was no one passing by. I began to think, who is training who here?  I need to brush up on my skills.

The other day when I was visiting a friend’s house Buzz started barking relentlessly at no one in the living room. My friend and I got a bit spooked until I realized that he was barking at his reflection on the TV that was turned off. Dogs, eh?

 

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Adele

I came across this lovely prayer recently. It is an Hawaiian forgiveness ritual to be recited to yourself in times of need.  In particular when your self-critic is dominant and you need more self-compassion. This for me has been quite a bit of late.

I was thinking what the Irish version of this would be. It would possibly be something like this

Irish Ho’oponopono prayer

Cop yourself on

You gobshite

Get it together

Grand, now howz the craic?

 

As a nation we are not known for our self-compassion.  When someone is asked how they are the response is generally ‘Ah, grand, Thanks’.  Whether they are or not.  Any other response would silently be deemed as either too much information or a bit ‘wet’. Although this has changed with Covid. People are more honest and open as everyone is getting a bit fed up with never ending lock downs.

Considering a virus has changed our world I began to consider when everything started going viral? Apparently, this began in 2009 when the first video went viral around the world.

My mind began to run riot as I pondered the possibility of whether we manifested Covid globally.  Did this come back to bite us in the arse? Then I began to think that I was going nuts for even thinking this. Which, in fairness, I probably was at the time.

Our vaccine roll out strategy was not the fastest to begin with. They started with the over 80’s. I thought why don’t you just start with everyone over the age of 110 years and give yourself some decent leeway.

I think I need to say the prayer again now as sarcasm doesn’t suit me.

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Adele

 

 

I watched this video after I had a swim yesterday and felt compelled to check my lady garden. Thankfully it was nothing like the video.  However, I was still not averse to a decent pruning whilst I was at it.

I am frequently amazed and secretly delighted at the level of accidental nudity at the beach with people changing post swimming.

We are generally so thrilled to have had a sea swim that getting dressed in a graceful manner is not really a priority.  The craic’s and the boobs are there for anyone interested in viewing them.

I know I am no different.  In my haste to dry myself, get warm and changed I am pretty sure that my baps have been accidentally on display at times. If this happens, I can honestly say that I do not really mind if someone gets a glimpse. They may well decide that they resemble spaniels’ ears or Pamela Anderson’s, if she were 99 years of age.

I suppose the joie de vivre associated with swimming tends to put these worries into perspective.  Were I younger I know that I would be uber self-conscious but there has to be some advantages to getting older and this is one of them.

So, for now, Baps away.

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Adele

Lately I have decided to open a new page of my Nigella Lawson cookbook- Simply Nigella- every day. Just to expand my culinary repertoire.

I get that food can and is (with the right person) sensual but Nigella takes it to a different level entirely. There are a couple of guys on TikTok called #Menwithpot who also ham up (excuse the woeful pun) their cooking in a forest.

They truly make the art of preparing and cooking food a very Zen like and enjoyable experience. Particularly as they are doing it out in the open in the middle of a forest. Their faces are never shown. Only their hands. Seductively massaging chicken breast. It is almost food porn of the highest order.

In their posts you never see squirrel’s bungee jumping from trees and robbing their food. Come to think of it I don’t think that I have ever seen a squirrel bungee jump, period. I must pay more attention from now on.

Who knew that slapping chicken would be so enjoyable to watch? I wonder if the staff in Colonel Sanders with his Kenfucky Tried chicken ever slap their chicken.  Oooh, I am getting hungry at the very thought.

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Adele

I love that men cut through the bullshit and say it like it is, without taking a trip down the emotional roller coaster. And as a woman I love taking that emotional roller coaster trip on occasion. Relishing all of the nitty gritty details of an exciting event just so that I can relive it in my imagination.

Life would be so unbelievably boring if we were the same.  ‘Vive la difference’, as the French would say.

But then there is the old chestnut that always seems to arise post conflict in a relationship where the guy/ or dominant person will say ‘It’s not what you said, but the way you said it’. This will always indicate that one person in the relationship is generally more sensitive than the other.  This is often the reason a relationship like this can work.  Where two opposing personalities can learn from each other.

The saying ‘opposites attract’ is often very true.    If all else fails and a truce cannot be brokered, I find that getting into the car, turning the radio up very loud and screaming my little lungs out normally works pretty well. The making up is always the best part too.

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Adele

HAM is the sound for- the throat chakra (word of warning here. Have your breakfast before reciting these sounds otherwise you will be obsessed with thinking of a ham sandwich. As I was. Even OM had me thinking of ham) This relates to language, sound and truth. It can be blocked by lies, denial and lies about ourselves.

• Location: Throat
• What it controls: Communication, self-expression, and truth
• Mantra: “I speak my truth, always.”
• Color: Light Blue/Turquoise
• Element: Sound/Music
• Stone: Aquamarine
• Yoga pose: Fish Pose
• When it develops: 29-35 years old

YAM is the sound for- the heart chakra. This concerns love and can be blocked by grief sadness and loss. Our peace of mind will abound if our heart chakra is unblocked. As mentioned in a previous blog- I think therefore I yam- (has nothing whatsoever to do with anything).

• Location: Center of chest, just above the heart
• What it controls: Love, joy, and inner peace
• Mantra: “When I love myself, loving others comes easily.”
• Color: Green
• Element: Air
• Stone: Rose Quartz
• Yoga pose: Camel Pose
• When it develops: 21-28 years old

RAM is the sound for- the solar plexus chakra. This relates to will power and can be blocked by shame. Accepting ourselves our strengths as well as our flaws is important for the healthy flow of energy within this chakra. Our self-worth and self-esteem are increased when this chakra is clear.

• Location: Upper abdomen in the stomach area
• What it controls: Self-worth, self-confidence, and self-esteem
• Mantra: “Self-love starts when I accept all parts of myself.”
• Color: Yellow
• Element: Fire
• Stone: Amber
• Yoga pose: Boat Pose
• When it develops: 15-21 years old

VAM is the sound for- the sacral chakra. Forgiving ourselves is vital for this chakra to be clear. Our sexual desires and wellbeing flourish without fear.

• Location: Lower abdomen, about 2 inches below the navel
• What it controls: Your sense of abundance, well-being, pleasure, and sexuality
• Mantra: “I always honor others but not before myself.”
• Color: Orange
• Element: Water
• Stone: Tiger’s Eye
• Yoga pose: Bound Angle Pose
• When it develops: 8-14 years old

LAM is the sound for- the root chakra. These chakras require us to relinquish fear, be free and courageous. It concerns our security both financial and the need to be grounded.

• Location: Base of spine, in tailbone area
• What it controls: Survival issues such as financial independence, money, and food
• Mantra: “I can’t grow from an unsteady foundation.”
• Color: Red
• Element: Earth
• Stone: Hematite
• Yoga pose: Warrior I
• When it develops: 1-7 years old

 

I am off to get grounded at the beach. Swiftly followed by a trip to the chipper to practice the ‘Fish and chip’ pose.

That’s all for now

Stay fab

Adele