Sir, – 278. He has brains to burn but sure he is too thick to light them. (As said by a secondary school teacher about one of my class mates). – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 279. She’d ate an apple through a tennis racket. 280. He’s that skinny if he fell on the ground he’d miss. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 281. Saw your entry in History of Ireland in 100 Insults. You must be busy. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 282. My late mother-in-law used to describe a man with bandy legs as “one who would not stop a pig going out a gap”. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Said in a Dublin pub of a man reputed to be tight with his money: 283. He puts his hand into his pocket and he keeps it there. 284. He owes himself drinks of water. 285. If he owned Switzerland he wouldn’t give you a slide. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – 286. What he took in with a spoon, she threw out with a shovel! (Heard 40 years ago in Co Wexford). – Yours, etc,