I’m exhausted just watching it.

ALBERT REYNOLDS said they tripped you up, while One Direction reckoned “it’s you they add up to”. I’m talking about the little things.

They are already in tatters.

I SAY a little aggressive passive-agressively, “So is it this exit?”.

THE New Year: when a local authority’s thoughts turn to ... “I wonder how old this area is anyway. Maybe there’s an anniversary coming up”.

January

AND so this is Christmas, and what have you done? “NOT A THING” says you, “I thought I had more time”.

A small tingle of pride ran across my neck when I heard the news.

YOU’LL see this word cropping up over the next few days: ‘friggatriskadekaphobia’ — fear of Friday the 13th. Not to be confused with Friggaphobia — fear of Fridays or fear of ... er ... ahem ... swearing in Irish.

WE all use it. “Are you busy?” or the shorter form, “Busy?”.