The Ironic Breeze
Baoghalta's Only Leading News Source

Volume 73, Issue Q.E.D. Published: Yesterday

We are Pleased to Announce the Return of St. Neil the Antipypr!!!

Seriously, he's Home!!

He's Appearing with Rathkeltair This Summer!

We now invite you to participate in a Sing-Along.
(lyrics, such as they are © Helenas Feedbucket and Handbasket)
(music: Candles In The Rain © Melanie Safka, used without permission)


middle sisters of st. neil
heard bagpipes in the rain
fed the games on oats and whiskey
bagpipes in the rain
got the rythm to the set that never knew an end
the antipypr plays again
bagpipes in the rain

(refrain)
lay down lay down
lay that tune down
let your 'pipe tune rise up
at the ones who stand and frown
lay down, lay down
lay that tune down
let your 'pipe tune rise up
for the ones who crowd around

we were so close there was no room
we tented in a big lagoon
we all had caught the same syndrome
and we all heard the sounds of drones

(refrain)

so play your bagpipes louder
and if you don't we could get lost here in the night
so play them louder again
and if you do we could go deaf here in the rain

(refrain)

we were so close there was no room
we tented in a big lagoon
we all had caught the same syndrome
and we all heard the sounds of drones

he came to sing
he came to play
he came to 'pipe
our cares away

so play your bagpipes louder
and if you don't we could get lost here in the night
so play them louder again
and if you do we could go deaf here in the rain

(repeat refrain)
[fade out]

The Most Irreverend Mother Helena Handbasket finds a fashion accessory that makes her look 20 years younger.
Sorry about the red-eye, Kirk.

NETTLE

Fun With Your 12 Pound Mountain Howitzer Cannon

Program and Film Listings*
Baoghalta Broadcasting Corp.

                                                                                                             6:00 PM News at 5:00
                                                                                                             6:30       M. Python's Flying Circuit
                                                                                                             7:00       Father Dougal
                                                                                                             8:00       Inside 7/15: a Terrifying Documentary
                                                                                                             9:00       The Path to 7/15: a Terrifying Rehash
                                                                                                             9:15       Are We Being Served?
                                                                                                             10:00     News Hour at 5:00 (rebroadcast)
                                                                                                             10:15     Film: Reefer Madness - The Musical 
                                                                                                             11:00     The Colbear Retort 
                                                                                                             11:30     Film: M. Python and the Holy Ale (continuous showings until 6:00 AM)

*Not available in your area.

Why Are They Now? - Clan News

In March, Clan MacRogue was very honored to be the Host Clan for Parking Lot Festivities at the Sumter County Scottish Country Fair and Celtic Festival, in Sumter South Carolina. Happily, as far as we know, all parking lot activities came off without a hitch. Highlights of this year's Fair included a very touching Commitment Ceremony assigning the Laird's first son, Ioaieain, to duty as an Aide to St. Neil during his overseas democratizing efforts. In a related event which managed to be just as touching, special old friends reunited with St. Neil for a farewll concert as "Clan na Gael." This concert capped a brief tour the Fab Four and Friends made celebrating the end of the theological split known as "The Repudiation of St. Neil." (not pictured, from left to right: Struby ("There are those who call him ...Jim?") MacRogue, St. Neil the Antipypr, Fokken MacRogue, and The King of Summertime.

Elsewhere, BLISCAATS founding member Maggie MacRogue has relocated to Vermont, and is at work salvaging Baoghaltan jetsam from nearby streams and rivers, then marketing it to unsuspecting dairy farmers.

Senyek el MacRogue is currently serving a term of two years to life as Antieconomics Professor In Absentia at the University of Baoghalta at Cutten Run (in absentia). He will be Chairing the AdHoc Committee to reestablish the Baoghaltan Converse Commerce Convention in order to refloat the former Federal Deficit (see table).

Whiskey Jack MacRogue, having survived the recent Calamity he was a party to, has decided to forgo Pas de duxes with former dance partner Chanter. He has added comedic routines to his performances and has purchased a motorcycle to power his tour of festivals and beer-tents, entitled "Fame Eludes Me."

Speaking of Chanter MacRogue, she may now be found founding her new congregation, The Second Church of the Presumptuous Assumption of the Blinding Light (Boaghaltan), a nondevotional nondenominational Unitarian Jihadist sect. She may be addressed as the Most Irreverend Mother MeatCleaver of Warm Compassion, Helena Handbasket. If she's still there when you finish saying her title, she may respond.

In another Elsewhere, another BLISCAATS founder San Patricia MacRogue maintains the EIEIO Branch Offices in Boston, MA and Austin, TX (which is like a whole other country, or so it's said). In her capacity as Ambassador-At-Large, San Patricia ceaselessly travels the world in search of a new homeland-- or indeed, any trace of the old one. In her spare time, she makes jewelry for dogs.

   

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Upcoming Features Planned For Our Next Issue:

Baoghaltan Brésúlleànnàcht Bogponies: What are they?

Part 2 of The Liquifaction

Our Report on the 2006 MacRogue Clan Bake during the Re-Loonion at NHHG

An Update on Disorganizational Disorder (pending)

The First Part of Our Soon-to-be Ongoing Series Our Country Remembered:
"East New Faddingtonvillefordskillshireburgbury Hollow Center-- More Than Just A Capital"

We, your Laird, Do Hereby Proclaim that Henceforth, for Time and All Eternity, September 21st
Shall be Known as "Hobbit Day."

Our Embassy

If you're planning a virtual vacation, researching a pet theory (or gathering theoretical research), if you are a former Baoghaltan native seeking virtual relocation assistance, our Embassy in Exile is the right place to start. Coming soon: "Baoghalta As We Remember Her (a Photographic Tribute)."

If you are an exiled Baoghaltan and would like to contribute content to the next issue of this broadsheet, contact the Editor: E-mail The Laird

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