A chara, – 158. System failure. 159. If someone had told me what was going on with the banks . . . 160. There might have been an envelope . . . 161. Unverified Twitter account. 162. The Shinners. 163. West Brits. 164. The media. 165. Bad planning. 166. Bad blood. 167. In my haste to do the job, I was too blind to see . . . 168. An over-reliance on fitness. 169. An empty stomach. 170. I didn't have my phone on me. 171. I had my phone on silent. 172. My battery died. 173. Cowboys. 174. The Late Late Show. 175. The demise of the rosary. 176. Foreign notions. 177. Being too smart. 178. Having all the answers. 179.Whatever move I made. 180. BOD on the bench. 181. A lack of undersoil heating . . . wait that's not us, that's the French. 182. Relying on the French. – Is mise,
Sir, – 183. The expense claims fully complied with the regulations. 184. It was genuine misunderstanding and sure the money has been paid back now anyway. 185. Mental reservation. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 186. I must have got a bad pint somewhere. 187. You can’t trust the whiskey once you cross the Shannon. 188. I’d a feeling that pub was bugged. 189. I’d have bought him a pint, but he’d enough already. 190. Sure, didn’t the barman provoke me. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 191. A uniquely Irish oxymoron: ’twas a square ball. – Yours,etc,
Sir, – 192. It was all in Irish. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 193. “The Bridge was up Sir” (De La Salle College, Waterford 1954, lads from Mooncoin, on being late in the morning) – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 194. He fell in with a wrong crowd. 195. He’s not the same man in drink. 196. He was never the same since the mother’s will. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 197. That would be an ecumenical matter! (from Father Ted). – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 198. Compulsory Irish. 199. The indomitable Irishry. 200. That b****y iceberg! – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 201. The dog ate my Anglo subordinated bonds. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 202. Client confidentiality. 203. Patient confidentiality. 204. Cabinet confidentiality. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 205. Wayne Barnes. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 206. My adviser would be paid a lot more in the private sector, where his services are very much in demand. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 207. It was the concrete strike that caused it. 208. Decimalisation. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 209. The internet banking version of No 124 (cheque in the post, February 11th) – Well, it left our account yesterday. 210. We’ve made this decision based on the advice of the attorney general. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 211. That’s what the recipe said! – Yours, etc,