It’s a big book – who’s to say what Kitty Ricketts did or didn’t do within its 1,000-or-so pages?
Ronan’s there, “What else does the day involve, Cheerlie?”
I’m there, “Bloomsday is God’s way of telling middle class people that they have too much time on their hands.” That’s when Ronan says it. He’s like, “That’s all veddy weddle, Cheerlie, but none of that ebber happened.”Ronan goes, “There’s no Dalmatian in Ulysses and no mention of cowuld beans. No one eats a powurk chop off a piece of sthring or sings“They must!” the old man goes. “This society has been following these traditions since 1954!”
The old man’s there, “Yes, of course – it was, em, a few years ago now! Hennessy, you’ve read it, haven’t you?”Ronan’s there, “Well, I’ve read the entire thing. There’s no oyster-shucking race in it or addy crayfish and odion bisque. And Kitty Rickett’s dudn’t pour addything into addyone’s mouth.”
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