The Irish Independent (registration required) reports that an emu escaped from a wildlife sanctuary in Londonderry, and they finally got it back. That was probably not fun. Several years ago, I was in Brno, in the Czech Republic. I was in the city zoo shortly before closing, when I saw some deer-like creature loose. My Czech phrase book inexplicably did not include "you have an animal on the loose" in it, and the staff I found spoke no English, so I got some good practice in the game of charades. They caught it, but I don't know if it could kick like an emu.

Can you not read?

this is the first paragraph of the article...

AN on-the-run emu, which had escaped from a wildlife sanctuary in Derry two days before Christmas, has finally been recaptured.

As you can see even the right-wing -west brit Indo cannot say L'Derry. So why on earth you'd do so, being a foreigner is beyond me>

Perhaps to appeal to your more anit-irish right wing pals?

Oooh ! Touchy !

Hey Ciaran, if we're going to play 'Beat The Cliché' then why don't you kick back and relax with your 2 disc Wolfe Tones greatest hit? Or do you support Derek 'The Commander' Warfield's Continuity Wolfe Tones, now touring every crossroads in Ireland except those to be found in the 6 Counties? I kid, I kid. Sorry to come across all 'anit-Irish' there.

Not anti-Irish at all Neil. In fact I found it quite a cliche that this idiot would change the text (it was a cut and paste article remember) to the British version..

Oh and I quite enjoy the Wolfe Tones, more so the older traditional arrangements than the newer stuff. Big strong man a favourite, sorry it;s not one of the more rebellious numbers Neil. COuld have been more clichéd to fit you provo-identi-kit eh!