Yeah Mam, that’s exactly what I want for Christmas.
Every single Irish man can say that they wouldn’t be the man they are today without the influence of their mammies; it’s practically a scientific fact.
Much as we love them, however, there are times when, bless ‘em, they’re not quite in touch with the wants and needs of their adult sons.
As if to illustrate that point, an anonymous JOE reader sent us in a recent text message conversation he had with his mother over what he might want as a Christmas present and, needless to say, he didn’t know what to make of her suggestion.
In fairness to the reader in question, he let us know that his mother was getting him a bed for Christmas and the sheets were suggested as a stocking-filler and.
In a textbook Irish mammy move, meanwhile, he also let us know that he wanted to keep both of their identities secret because she’d hate to think what the reaction would be ‘if the parish priest heard’.
Classic.
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