Thursday 14 May 2009

‘Mr Sex’: This is what you DON’T do on the verge of your wedding

A bit of a setback for Ireland’s Most Romantic Couple. Click that link, and be prepared for possibly the greatest opening paragraph in the history of newspaper reportage. I love the use of the word ‘may’, as if a committee is about to meet and say “Ah, fair play to him, he bought her some flowers in a garage after he wiped his hands down, but. And a packet of Revels”

4 comments:

badgerdaddy said...

The penultimate paragraph starts of pretty beautifully as well...

Julesav said...

And they say that romance is dead!

Anonymous said...

i particularly liked "the couple beat off competition", more appropriate words have never been used!

Anonymous said...

Anon 1 beat me to it. "He beat off stiff competition" - that choice of words was definitely deliberate. Fair play to the journalist for getting it in!