Oven miracle might help restore fortunes

The article, “South Kerry in timezone of its own...” (Sept 18) also recently manifested in North Cork.

On returning from the coalface about three weeks ago, I found my heretofore trusty Bosch oven flashing a full Monty of zeros.

Despite shifts spread over the next few hours, all attempts, including incantations incorporating unusual words and phrases in Afrikaans and Zulu, to re-instate righteous behaviour failed.

Thence, employing the age-old technique of ignoring an unruly or sulky child, the beast was left to her own devices.

Two days later, and without any direct interference, the Bosch clock had recovered her demeanour as though nothing untoward had occurred.

If the ESB network has developed such powers as to interfere with Time, I wonder whether the facilities of that organisation can be tuned to reverse selected Irish bank borrowings between the 2002 and 2008 and thereby save Bertie and his Golden Boyos from further apologising.

Chris Callaghan

Ballynoe via Mallow

Co Cork