Ronan Gingles [ex-Mr_Ro_Jangles🐦]
@ronangingles.bsky.social
Echo chamber yodeller.
Raised on a diet of cheap 1980s RTE Czechoslovakian cartoons.
"A smorgasbord of sustainability, urban development & innovation" [LinkedIn blah].
Warning: Our lived experiences may differ.
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#Cork via Brussels & Meath
Raised on a diet of cheap 1980s RTE Czechoslovakian cartoons.
"A smorgasbord of sustainability, urban development & innovation" [LinkedIn blah].
Warning: Our lived experiences may differ.
🇮🇪*🌍*🗞*🌃*🎦*😏*⚽️🦁🏉🏐
#Cork via Brussels & Meath
Friday's weather forecast is looking pretty rough for most of the island of Ireland. Still, nice to see that our friends in the North seemingly won't face the full Status Red ravages of #StormEowyn.
[No 🍊 political comments please.]
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGhorm
[No 🍊 political comments please.]
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGhorm
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Friday's weather forecast is looking pretty rough for most of the island of Ireland. Still, nice to see that our friends in the North seemingly won't face the full Status Red ravages of #StormEowyn.
[No 🍊 political comments please.]
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGhorm
[No 🍊 political comments please.]
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGhorm
[As a noted Christian] he should build frateral ties with the🌎 Gaeilge-exempt students in another IN article (further down page) as allies against its perfidious classroom influence. Then call for greatly increased immigration to safeguard the imperilled globalised anglosphere as our lingua franca.🫣
January 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
[As a noted Christian] he should build frateral ties with the🌎 Gaeilge-exempt students in another IN article (further down page) as allies against its perfidious classroom influence. Then call for greatly increased immigration to safeguard the imperilled globalised anglosphere as our lingua franca.🫣
And with that, me not having reciprocated with the follow-back her/their lovebomb campaign of attention-seeking desired, she/they 🤖 and her/their multiple ways of spelling her/their names had disappeared from my Bluesky account and seemingly my life.
Aleex/Alexxx/Alexxia etc., I hardly knew ya/ye.
Aleex/Alexxx/Alexxia etc., I hardly knew ya/ye.
January 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And with that, me not having reciprocated with the follow-back her/their lovebomb campaign of attention-seeking desired, she/they 🤖 and her/their multiple ways of spelling her/their names had disappeared from my Bluesky account and seemingly my life.
Aleex/Alexxx/Alexxia etc., I hardly knew ya/ye.
Aleex/Alexxx/Alexxia etc., I hardly knew ya/ye.
Drove back to Cork this afternoon and think we may have stumbled upon the source of all that #sneachta, off the motorway before Portlaoise. Presumably Met Eireann have issued the chimney stack in question with a license.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
January 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Drove back to Cork this afternoon and think we may have stumbled upon the source of all that #sneachta, off the motorway before Portlaoise. Presumably Met Eireann have issued the chimney stack in question with a license.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
More dramatic #sneachta ❄️ empty shelves today. This time genuine and from Kells, Co Meath, where the locals have stockpiled personal care and, intriguingly, hair colour products.
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
January 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
More dramatic #sneachta ❄️ empty shelves today. This time genuine and from Kells, Co Meath, where the locals have stockpiled personal care and, intriguingly, hair colour products.
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
❄️☃️Panic-buying leaves local shops all out of frankincense and myrrh on the eve of the Epihany.
#sneachta
#spéirgorm #spéirbán
#sneachta
#spéirgorm #spéirbán
January 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
❄️☃️Panic-buying leaves local shops all out of frankincense and myrrh on the eve of the Epihany.
#sneachta
#spéirgorm #spéirbán
#sneachta
#spéirgorm #spéirbán
There needs to be a collage of clips of the few seconds in each episode of Columbo where the villain who thought he'd gotten away with literal murder realises "this pesky bumbling scruffy🥼detective is actually onto and reeling me in!". The moment their faces go from confident smarm to sudden alarm.
January 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
There needs to be a collage of clips of the few seconds in each episode of Columbo where the villain who thought he'd gotten away with literal murder realises "this pesky bumbling scruffy🥼detective is actually onto and reeling me in!". The moment their faces go from confident smarm to sudden alarm.
Travelling home after long Christmas break in 🇫🇷 and marking fifth anniversary of catching first (light) dose of what was surely, in retrospect, COVID, straight out of Wuhan, before it was fashionable or widely discussed beyond epidemiologist circles.
January 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Travelling home after long Christmas break in 🇫🇷 and marking fifth anniversary of catching first (light) dose of what was surely, in retrospect, COVID, straight out of Wuhan, before it was fashionable or widely discussed beyond epidemiologist circles.
The French have an interesting take on public advisory information/signage. Active and first person ("I do/don't...") rather than passive ("...is/isn't allowed") or imperative ("Do/don't...!")
January 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The French have an interesting take on public advisory information/signage. Active and first person ("I do/don't...") rather than passive ("...is/isn't allowed") or imperative ("Do/don't...!")
On New Year's Eve, I posted this ⬇️ temporary timezones merger proposal, in jest.
Two days later the excellent book I've since started reading informs me that this, but on a permanent basis, has actually been a subject of academic study. 🤷♂️
Two days later the excellent book I've since started reading informs me that this, but on a permanent basis, has actually been a subject of academic study. 🤷♂️
January 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On New Year's Eve, I posted this ⬇️ temporary timezones merger proposal, in jest.
Two days later the excellent book I've since started reading informs me that this, but on a permanent basis, has actually been a subject of academic study. 🤷♂️
Two days later the excellent book I've since started reading informs me that this, but on a permanent basis, has actually been a subject of academic study. 🤷♂️
VINCENT [discussing Europe]:
You know what they call a prosecco with crème de cassis de Dijon?
JULES:
They don't call it a prosecco🍾 with crème de cassis de Dijon?
V:
No, man! They got the metric system there.
J:
What do they call it?
V:
They call it...a Royale with Kir
J (repeats):
Royale with Kir
You know what they call a prosecco with crème de cassis de Dijon?
JULES:
They don't call it a prosecco🍾 with crème de cassis de Dijon?
V:
No, man! They got the metric system there.
J:
What do they call it?
V:
They call it...a Royale with Kir
J (repeats):
Royale with Kir
January 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
VINCENT [discussing Europe]:
You know what they call a prosecco with crème de cassis de Dijon?
JULES:
They don't call it a prosecco🍾 with crème de cassis de Dijon?
V:
No, man! They got the metric system there.
J:
What do they call it?
V:
They call it...a Royale with Kir
J (repeats):
Royale with Kir
You know what they call a prosecco with crème de cassis de Dijon?
JULES:
They don't call it a prosecco🍾 with crème de cassis de Dijon?
V:
No, man! They got the metric system there.
J:
What do they call it?
V:
They call it...a Royale with Kir
J (repeats):
Royale with Kir
I got 'spaghetti' while my wife was given 'rampage'. So, if you're looking for our new passwords...🍝☠️
January 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I got 'spaghetti' while my wife was given 'rampage'. So, if you're looking for our new passwords...🍝☠️
I was today days old when I suddenly realised that the rivals for the 1980 US Presidential Election, Ronald & Jimmy (RIP) shared their surnames (with one small variation) with the key protagonists of The Sweeney, Jack & George. Presumably these were the only two surnames available in the late 1970s.
January 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I was today days old when I suddenly realised that the rivals for the 1980 US Presidential Election, Ronald & Jimmy (RIP) shared their surnames (with one small variation) with the key protagonists of The Sweeney, Jack & George. Presumably these were the only two surnames available in the late 1970s.
Well we could go back into litigating all manner of deep dark history as much as you want...but that would be letting contemporary evil slip off the hook of justice, wouldn't it?
January 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Well we could go back into litigating all manner of deep dark history as much as you want...but that would be letting contemporary evil slip off the hook of justice, wouldn't it?
Weather-wise, this decision seems to have erred very very far on the side of caution.
As if St Patrick's Day in Dublin were to get cancelled (for anything other than a pandemic or an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease).
As if St Patrick's Day in Dublin were to get cancelled (for anything other than a pandemic or an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease).
December 31, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Weather-wise, this decision seems to have erred very very far on the side of caution.
As if St Patrick's Day in Dublin were to get cancelled (for anything other than a pandemic or an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease).
As if St Patrick's Day in Dublin were to get cancelled (for anything other than a pandemic or an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease).
Finally, Ms. Scarlet. Still a femme fatale presumably but no longer blonde. Some might call this woke pandering but I see her evolution as more akin to the recasting of Bond Girls from film to film. Though she hasn't changed her name and isn't relying on a gratuitous double-entendre for that either.
December 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Finally, Ms. Scarlet. Still a femme fatale presumably but no longer blonde. Some might call this woke pandering but I see her evolution as more akin to the recasting of Bond Girls from film to film. Though she hasn't changed her name and isn't relying on a gratuitous double-entendre for that either.
Mrs Peacock has left behind her elderly dowager (think Dame Maggie Smith) persona to become a go-getter shark of a solicitor. Weirdly, she now employs her profession as her title - like a Medieval artisan would to differentiate from those of the same surname within the limited local gene pool.>>>
December 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Mrs Peacock has left behind her elderly dowager (think Dame Maggie Smith) persona to become a go-getter shark of a solicitor. Weirdly, she now employs her profession as her title - like a Medieval artisan would to differentiate from those of the same surname within the limited local gene pool.>>>
Serene Reverend Green is now, mysteriously, a mere Mister. Whether he forsook his religious calling or was defrocked in scandalous circumstances isn't clear. Regardless, the dog collar aesthetic wouldn't have suited his new look which - in tribute to his past - exhudes a US TV evangelist vibe.>>>
December 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Serene Reverend Green is now, mysteriously, a mere Mister. Whether he forsook his religious calling or was defrocked in scandalous circumstances isn't clear. Regardless, the dog collar aesthetic wouldn't have suited his new look which - in tribute to his past - exhudes a US TV evangelist vibe.>>>
Stern Mrs White got upgraded to Chef status. This may have coincided with the incumbent in that position's fatal encounter with a meat cleaver (not one of the 6 weapons of choice) in any room other than the kitchen. Nothing's been proven. She now has her own signature line of readymeals at Tesco.>>>
December 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Stern Mrs White got upgraded to Chef status. This may have coincided with the incumbent in that position's fatal encounter with a meat cleaver (not one of the 6 weapons of choice) in any room other than the kitchen. Nothing's been proven. She now has her own signature line of readymeals at Tesco.>>>
Least interesting are the pair of fuddy-duddies who have neither explored a new pathway in life nor notably bettered themselves: Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum. Though even they have moved with the times, applying a hipster gloss to their images and being, as the kids say, 'yassified'.>>>
December 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Least interesting are the pair of fuddy-duddies who have neither explored a new pathway in life nor notably bettered themselves: Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum. Though even they have moved with the times, applying a hipster gloss to their images and being, as the kids say, 'yassified'.>>>
Played Cluedo for the first time in a generation over Christmas. Good to catch up with that cast of characters who've gone through some changes since last I groundlessly accused each in turn of using a specific makeshift weapon to off someone somewhere in a posh country mansion. Here's an update.>>>
December 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Played Cluedo for the first time in a generation over Christmas. Good to catch up with that cast of characters who've gone through some changes since last I groundlessly accused each in turn of using a specific makeshift weapon to off someone somewhere in a posh country mansion. Here's an update.>>>
I'm no expert in induced facial muscle paralysis by injection but 'firm' power might be seen as being preferable in the case of Botox.
Coincidentally, when I Google it, the first entry suggested is also Mayo-related but far removed from Westport.
Coincidentally, when I Google it, the first entry suggested is also Mayo-related but far removed from Westport.
December 30, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I'm no expert in induced facial muscle paralysis by injection but 'firm' power might be seen as being preferable in the case of Botox.
Coincidentally, when I Google it, the first entry suggested is also Mayo-related but far removed from Westport.
Coincidentally, when I Google it, the first entry suggested is also Mayo-related but far removed from Westport.
The late Jimmy Carter.
Some man for one man.
And, in living to the ripe old age of 100, probably not a bad advert for nuclear power.
Some man for one man.
And, in living to the ripe old age of 100, probably not a bad advert for nuclear power.
December 30, 2024 at 3:05 AM
The late Jimmy Carter.
Some man for one man.
And, in living to the ripe old age of 100, probably not a bad advert for nuclear power.
Some man for one man.
And, in living to the ripe old age of 100, probably not a bad advert for nuclear power.
Family ✈️ from Dublin cancelled (after check-in) earlier. Change of aircraft = a few sacrificial lambs? Air France rebooked us with a less than ideal Plan B tomorrow (+connection Monday🙄). Bad enough but Google Wallet (where I save tickets) keeps sending fictitious boarding passes as if all's well. 🤔
December 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Family ✈️ from Dublin cancelled (after check-in) earlier. Change of aircraft = a few sacrificial lambs? Air France rebooked us with a less than ideal Plan B tomorrow (+connection Monday🙄). Bad enough but Google Wallet (where I save tickets) keeps sending fictitious boarding passes as if all's well. 🤔
Why did Ebenezer Scrooge not hold off on hollering "You boy! What day is it?" out his window until the 28th or 29th December when everyone is properly discombobulated?
December 28, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Why did Ebenezer Scrooge not hold off on hollering "You boy! What day is it?" out his window until the 28th or 29th December when everyone is properly discombobulated?