The Big News at Twelvty go on HOLIDAYS!!!

Its been a tough year for the Team at the Big News at Twelvty, what with all the rovingness, dancing, lawsuits and nose taking. So Tonto decided her team needed a break and brought all her reporters who weren't already on holiday on a mini holiday to Galway.

Galway, for those who are stupid, is a small city in the far west of Ireland. It is visited by many, many people every year. Most of these people are from Dublin, visiting for the weekend in an attempt to escape the throngs on hens parties and stag dos that flood into Dublins fair city from England. They are recognisable by their "L" plates, white veils and ball and chains and bare arms...even in winter! No one can afford coats in England it would seem. But this is another story for another time.

Team I ate your leaf (as we were for the weekend..it means i love you in African....the spelling may be wrong but thats how its pronounced sort of. Honest!!) arrived in Galliamh (Irish for Galway...honest) at approximately 9.30pm and headed straight for a bar. It had been a long train journey and Budweiser sucks. Such relief to taste nice beer.



Here is Tweedle-Ro and Tweedle-Or, the two newest members here at the 'Twelvty. They're twins but are only siamese at the weekend. Its like their party piece and a major reason they were hired to the Big News at Twelvty.

The Big news at Twelvty has quite the fan base in the west and it wasn't long before Tonto was recognised. She always has time for her fans and stopped to pose for some pictures, sign autographs, kiss babies, open restaurants....that sort of thing.

It was, indeed, a very magical....even spooky weekend. In the toilets of the crappest club in Galway (no exceptions), as Tonto and Tweedle-Or posed for photos we encountered two friendly spirits who wanted in. They looked awfully familiar.

McFabulous has been a student of magic tricks for, oh, about 2 weeks now and was very keen to show off her stuff. When Team I ate your Leaf were expelled from the worst club in Galway, they found themselves beerless and bored. But with one wave of her magic wand, a bottle of beer appeared out of Tontos bag, as if by magic....It was as if it had been in there all along!! Juanine couldn't believe her eyes and begged for a pony. However McFabulous had not reached that chapter in her notes yet.

Tonto was not all that impressed by McFabulous's supposed "magic". Mc Fabulous soon showed her.

With another quick swoop of that magic wand, McFabulous DISAPPEARED TONTO'S FACE!!!

That sure showed Tonto. After much laughter, taunts, tears (of mercy from Tonto for her face to be put back) it was returned in time for more pictures with more fans and some beautiful Galway scultures. Tonto can't help her fame!! Tonto also managed to do some magic herself and magiced another bottle of beer from her bag. Who needs a magic wand when you have a very big bag.

The next morning, heads were sore, memories a little hazy and in general we all smelled. In a matter of minutes Base I ate your Leaf became alive and transformed into Salon I ate your Leaf as the room became a haze with beauty products, and the sound of hair dyers, as award winning hair straightener, Dances with Strobaker, did her thing. Dances is from the same northside tribe as Tonto and has a simialr bedside manner...ie none. Watch how she ignores cries from Tweedle-Ro as she screams for the tangles.

After the application of cold compresses and a spot of coffee, the team were ready to hit the streets of Galway. Like they just stepped out of a Salon. The team were ready and posed until McFabulous spotted something shiny and Juanine saw a pony she really wanted, and well the rest all fell out of place.

McFabulous, a native of the western coast of Ireland and most frequent visitor to Galway, took it upon herself to educate the Easterners of the group on the ways of the west. She pointed out castles, various pubs, rocks, places she has kissed boys, nice beaches, places where Dublin folk are allowed...

However some members of the group had other ideas. Juanine had her sights on yet another pony in the other direction and held her breath until we brought her to see it.

Being the good Catholic girls that they are, Team I ate your Leaf decided to get in a spot of mass. After much discussion the sermon was deemed good but a bit too long and that the man in the back row wasn't nesscessarily there for the mass.

After mass, Dances returned to base to reboot and the rest of the team continued to the beach...well we were on holidays. The sun shone (sometimes in bewteen the rain) so bucket, spade, frisbees and 99s were purchased because, afterall, we were on HOLIDAYS!!! Shoes and socks were removed and some of the braver members of the Team (Tonto and Juanine) venturered into the icy cold waters of the mean Atlantic Ocean for a paddle. Toes were almost lost and no dobut there maybe cases of pneumonia in the near future butit was all in the name of fun.

Here, Tweedle-Ro demonstrates that no one looks cool picking up a frisbee.

Stay tuned for the next installment of the Big News at Twelvty go on HOLIDAYS!!!!