Family stories

Remember as a kid when your parents told you not to do something because they knew what would happen, but you did it anyway, realised they were right...

My partner is Vietnamese and loves chili. In fact, she once said to me "I like chili so hot that I can't hear". OK then....

Quite some years back I had round my Sunday lunch table, a young lady just out from South Africa an older man with a very pronounced local accent with other guests....

May this story be a lesson to any kids (or adults) reading this.

The lesson is this: NEVER drop a saying into a conversation without fully knowing what it means....

My mother is a terrible driver in America, so I don’t know what made her think she could drive in Ireland....

I've noticed celebrity kids seem to be ageing somewhat faster than the rest of us; one minute they’re a new born on the cover of New Idea....