The whole country was obsessed with Storm Ophelia for a couple of days there and while its effects are still being felt, the worst is over.
The whole experience was an eye opening one and it was described by experts as a once in a lifetime event.
But now Mark Doheny has taken a light hearted look at how we carried on last Monday:
1 – People spent 2 days charging anything with a battery
2 – Most of those people never lost power
3 – That one tree you wanted to fall is still standing laughing at you
4 – Everyone has watched enough RTE news to last until Easter
5 – That Vamps/Simon and Garfunkle song Oh Cecilia has been stuck in your head for days
6 – People stock piled milk and loaves of bread like it was the emergency all over again.
7 – Your dog enjoyed the lockdown and has decided he’s never leaving the house again
8 – If you stayed home from work and then ordered a pizza to be delivered – you’re a horrible person
9 – Off licenses had a surge in sales like a mini-Christmas
10 – Teachers always have to get an extra day off to the rest of us
11 – If nobody told you work was cancelled Monday it’s probably because nobody likes you
12 – Met Eireann gained as many followers on twitter this week as a boy band
13 – If you took the time to take down the trampoline and lock away the bins – the wind never hit your garden
14 – If you didn’t your bin and trampoline flew off
15 – You checked on the neighbours and family members – but only the ones that you like
16 – The worst thing that probably happened was the broadband crashed
17 – Rebooting your sky box seemed like no big deal til you realised you’d lost all your recordings
18 – You’re thankful that you didn’t have to stay home with just the family for a couple of days
19 – Finally your wife/girlfriend almost had a use for the 100 Ikea/Yankee candles in the house
20 – You could get used to these 4 day weeks/Bonus bank holidays and we’re all tracking Storm Brian on Met Eireann secretly hoping for a repeat.
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