Wednesday, September 07, 2005

A New Alibi the Next Time I'm Found Asleep in a Ditch

I wasn't asleep, I was looking for the €70,000 stolen in an armed robbery from the Post Office in Bettystown yesterday.

The Gards managed to catch the boyos involved in Julianstown, a mile or two up the road, but they didn't have the cash on them. Must have chucked it into a hedgerow somewhere along the way.

And here's me sat like an eejit at home in front of the computer.

5 comments:

John said...

I realize the linked article says "an undisclosed sum," so it sounds suspicious when I bandy about figures like €70 grand, but I have it on good authority (i.e. local gosspip) that that was the amount on the premises at the time.

Lisa Rullsenberg said...

Yeah, right, you just wanted the dosh to hire a hit from McManus on the Mercury Music Prize judges...

John said...

Understatement of the Day:

Amazed frontman Antony said "I think they must have made a mistake."

McManus said...

John, despite Lisa's scurrilous accusations, I'm not a hitman.

But if you want to contact me, there are some people I know who'd be very interested to hear from you.

Lisa Rullsenberg said...

Scurrilous accusation apology being made: McManus, you are better than a hitman - you have the contacts and the experience to make it happen and it have absolutely nothing to do with you...

Kudos to you for your offer to John.

And yeah, I howled when I read what Antony said in response to the award.