I’m still entertained by this poster that I saw on an Irish train in the 1990s. I imagine a response from the archetypal miscreant, confused by the options, might go:
Let me see now, that’s a teaser.* Can I have both?
* As in the Japanese particle Saa, helpfully explained in the wacky Teach yourself Japanese.
Among myriad aperçus of the great Flann O’Brien, note his “smoking substances of non-nationals“. There’s a whole host of drôlerie under the Irish tag, such as this—as well as the great Ciaran Carson.
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