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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?” ....
Published: A new book from Dr Kathryn Smithies, called Introducing the Medieval Ass, reveals how the ass became synonymous with human idiocy – a comic figure representing foolish peasants, students too dull to learn, and their asinine teachers. In an interview for the HistoryExtra podcast, she revealed the many weird and wonderful uses the ass was put to in the Middle Ages. Advertisement Before we start, you might be wondering what the difference between an ass, a donkey and a mule is. Smithies has the answer: “An ass is a donkey, they are exactly the same animal. In the English-speaking world, we prefer the term ‘donkey’ today. And that’s because in the 18th century, there were variations in the pronunciation of the letter ‘a’. It was either a long or short ‘a’ so we had ‘ass’ and ‘ahss’ depending on regional variations. ....
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