Wow! What a Friday night that was!
Incredible!
But first, an apology to our loyal readers. And for the avoidance of doubt, we can’t believe it ourselves…
that the Editor left our column out last week! BINNED… AGAIN! Third or fourth time this year!
Yeah… and then he has the gall to email us on Monday to question our expenses!
Cheek of him!
I mean, so what if we took it upon ourselves to travel to Dublin last Friday… on the presumption that our press passes would get us into the Toy Show!
Yes, and once we got there, we had to book that hotel accommodation! And one has to eat!
Yeah, and everything we spent was vouched… down to the last few hundred euro!
And while we may not have got into the studio for the show, at least we got into the green room for a few minutes!
There’s definitely an article in it! Instead of quibbling about expenses, the Editor should be thanking us for being so proactive. I can see the headline in the Christmas week edition: ‘Our five minutes alone in the Late Late Show green room with Roy Keane’…
You know, I’ve a good mind not to write it up!
It’s the readers who are the big losers! Maybe we should start our own paper?
(Editor – channeling his inner Pee Flynn – ‘Try it some time!’)
(They pause to check who the other nominees were for the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize – presented to US President Donald Trump last weekend – but struggle to find any information)
It was great to get into the Late Late Show green room!
Yes! That security guy was persistent though! He wouldn’t let us into the actual studio! Imagine suggesting that Toy Show tickets override actual press tickets!
Unbelievable! At least he let us into the green room when you told him we were roadies for Kingfishr!
Yeah, and we had a good chat with Keano…
Well, you did! I was star-struck! How was Roy?
He was great!
Just a bit of small talk?
Far from it! We had a really deep chat!
Huh?
I told him we could identify with how he felt in Saipan.
You’re joking!
Yeah, Roy fell out with Mick McCarthy due to his frustration with how everything was organised… so he walked! The similarities with our relationship with the Editor are remarkable! He leaves our column out on a whim! We need to consider walking away!
Editor: Something you need to remember, guys… Roy Keane was sent home from Saipan!
All three: Whatever! The Toy Show raised over €4m for charity! Well done everyone!
