Sir, – Here are 10 more reasons to enjoy the good weather:
1) Children are so exhausted that they sleep right through from 9.00pm ‘till 9.00am;
2) Home barbecue burgers are so much nicer than fast food outlets;
3) Cider for a few weeks, though only a few weeks, is actually an alternative to a pint of plain;
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4) Umbrellas no longer block view at outdoor concerts;
5) As many of us already know, Bundoran is quite fashionable;
6) As the Dáil goes on holiday, we won’t have pictures of Government Ministers on the pages of The Irish Times;
7) The barbecue meant many of us missed the worst World Cup Final in memory;
8) The Late Late Show is on a break, so we are not missing anything that we would not be missing anyway;
9) Old men look okay in shorts and Beatles T-shirts;
10) Frank McNally can take a break from compiling his famous lists. – Yours, etc,
DES FOLEY,
Brittany,
France.
