Foightin’ Oirish Placated by Lock-In

We’re great ambassadors for our nation when we go overseas, exporting our love of the banter and a bit o’ the aul craic, wha? Spawning cultural icons like House of Pain and Seamus O’Shaughnessy.
Don’t believe me? Guide your mouse to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph to see CCTV footage of a brawl/alleged drink spiking that forced a 24-hour Irish bar in Sydney to close its doors to incoming punters from 3am. But no-one gets kicked out. It merely keeps the drunk folks from other pubs out, while keeping the merry folks inside Scruffy Murphy’s in.

The Sydney police call it a lock-out, but I can’t help but realise that it bears a striking resemblance to a LOCK-IN, in colloquial terms. Mandated by the police. How draconian.

Somebody call Brian Lenihan. He needs to see this in action. Fly him over here right now. Lock-ins all round (for a change). Hurrah!

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