Incorrect conversations enjoyed in private

Double Vision with Charlie Adley

Behind the front doors of Galway, in cosy sitting rooms, there are people sitting on soft furnishings, who let their mouths move, producing strings of sentences that tell tales nobody could share in the public domain.

I won’t say I was a part of this conversation, any more than you yourself might have been, as in today’s world of pristine polished prose, squeaky-clean speech and super sensitivity, we have learned to sand down spoken rough edges that might cut the sensibilities of the vulnerable.

Let’s face it, if we’re honest, we’re all vulnerable.

Who’d want to upset anybody in the course of their regular day? We keep it clean, not because our souls are shiny and sin free, but because we know that we too can sometimes feel attacked.

Anyway, thankfully we also know that when we’re with others of similar spirit, we can have a bloody good laugh without worrying about upsetting anyone.

Maybe one day last week there was a group of lads, three local-born and one Blow-In, sitting inside on a day when the world was more drenched than an overloaded dripping sponge. Every outside surface was soaked, the air thick with grey.

A fire roared in the hearth. On the TV You Tube meandered around algorithmic past preferences, choosing a soothing mixture of songs it felt these four Bags of Mostly Water Beings wanted to hear.

Strong hot tea arrived by the mug-full. Bellies were full of spuds, mince and gravy. The mood was gentle, light and calm.

“Was walking back from the Prom and popped into O’Reilly’s. Anto took me up to look at the view from his rooftop bar. Tell ye lads, that’s got to be one of the best views you’ll ever see from anywhere in the world.”

“That’s stretching it a bit, eh?”

To read Charlie’s column in full, please see this week’s Galway City Tribune.

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