Slouching Towards Bantry

A journey is a hallucination. -- Flann O'Brien

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Dear Pocketbook

The word dear is used less as a term of (excuse the redundancy) endearment and more to denote an excessive expense. For example, the price of everything in Ireland, from petrol to fish and chips, is dear to a poor American.

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