I’m just a Minnie looking for her Mickey

I saw this poster on Pinterest.  And it wasn’t pinned on the humour boards either. I suppose to most it’s just a lovely Disney quote.  But if you’re Irish, it’s just all kind of wrong isn’t it? Because here in Ireland, Mickey is another word for something else entirely, that…

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My mind says I’m in my 20’s, my body says ‘Yeah Right!’

‘Here’s where you’re going to fall out with me.’ said Martin the nice optician who was conducting my eye test. That sentence didn’t bode well.  Bravely I told him to fire away, hit me with his best insult. ‘At your age Carmel, you would expect to see some decline in…

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