Directions...
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:55 pm
SIR – On a recent trip to County Mayo, we became hopelessly lost (Letters, March 2).
My wife stopped the car and inquired of a young local boy: “Excuse me, how do you get to Ballina?”
He replied: “My cousin takes me.”
Next time he will presumably ask : “Excuse me, could you direct me to Ballina?”
To which the boy could well answer:- "I don't know becuase my cousin takes me, as my cousin knows the way."
"I stopped and asked a man the best way to Camborne, he asked if I was going by foot, or by car. I said "by car... "He said: "That's the best way"
I once asked a garda officer who was on duty whether I was OK to park where I was, meaning were there any restrictions in place, he looked at me thoughtfully and said; 'well you might be getting away with it...'
"Excuse me, could you direct me to to the Lewdown turn-off"
"She works up there in the paper shop, I married her sister."
"Turn left where the post office used to be ...You know the post office? Aye, well it's not there, it's in the other direction entirely"
My wife stopped the car and inquired of a young local boy: “Excuse me, how do you get to Ballina?”
He replied: “My cousin takes me.”
Next time he will presumably ask : “Excuse me, could you direct me to Ballina?”
To which the boy could well answer:- "I don't know becuase my cousin takes me, as my cousin knows the way."
"I stopped and asked a man the best way to Camborne, he asked if I was going by foot, or by car. I said "by car... "He said: "That's the best way"
I once asked a garda officer who was on duty whether I was OK to park where I was, meaning were there any restrictions in place, he looked at me thoughtfully and said; 'well you might be getting away with it...'
"Excuse me, could you direct me to to the Lewdown turn-off"
"She works up there in the paper shop, I married her sister."
"Turn left where the post office used to be ...You know the post office? Aye, well it's not there, it's in the other direction entirely"