Silly Old Twit

    I bumped into Mel Gibson this morning outside the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.  He’s in Dublin to pick up some kind of lifetime achievement award at the Jameson Film Festival. To be honest I didn’t notice him until I had passed by and then only because people were stopping in the street to look around. I heard them talking about him ( “did you see him , he’s just got into a taxi”).  I wouldn’t have given it another thought but made a mental note to mention it in my blog as there are people out there who have an interest in such things. 
          Why do people behave like this ? Why do adults , grown men and women stop in the street and stare like that?  I would like to be able to tell you that something exciting happened after that but it didn’t. I could have turned around and dragged him out of his taxi , or even just shouted some pro Israeli slogans at him but I just kept walking. I went into Dunnes Stores on Stephens Green and bought my groceries and walked home in the morning sunlight. I suppose I should have stopped and said something to him , anything that would get a reaction …….it would have been good for my blog. But like I say , I just walked on. Another golden opportunity lost. Ah well , that’s the way it goes.