Roy Schwartz says he’s deeply honoured to win the Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year for his book Is Superman Circumcised? "I'm glad it rose to the challenge," he said.
SNOOZE OF THE WORLD AWARD
Green leader Eamon Ryan always dreamt that one day he would be sitting in the Dáil with his party in government again, and then he woke up and he was there.
The minister was pilloried just because he appeared to fall asleep in the chamber in July. How is anyone supposed to stay awake through those speeches?
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ZOOM PRIZE
The MEP Luke Flanagan was dubbed “Ming the Trouserless” after he attended the farming committee of the European Parliament in his underpants.
He said afterwards: “Who could have known that my legs would be so popular. Should I get them insured?”