The Big Nose

Pearse's Look into Lent


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This week on the podcast I take centre stage.

Always reluctant to do so, I've challenged myself to do something each day that frightens me and today is focusing on my own thoughts.


With lent beginning in the past week I reflect on the week that was. Beginning by talking about my approach to the dreaded Valentines Day conversation that happens every year in our household. The merry dance a couple goes through each February as Valentines approaches.


Listen in to hear me reminisce of my childhood memories of pancake Tuesday. Let me know how mine compare to yours. For in our home in Coolock, the art of pancake making was never perfected. Listen in as I explain my Mother's approach to pancake making and how it doesn't compare to the Nigela Lawson's approach by any stretch of the imagination. I ask you the question, did your pancake Tuesday have a sound track, because mine certainly did. Listen in to find out more.


A podcast episode about Lent couldn't go by without a mention to the big man himself. In particular I talk about what it would have been like if Jesus had of been Irish going into the desert for 40 days and 40 nights. It all would have been totally different. In breaking news, I explain how I've learned that Lent also lasts longer this year than the regulation 40 days. Surprise Surprise!!! I also talk about how I consider social media to be the new religion of the modern world. Its all about disciples.


I've decided to talk about my struggle with weight loss over the past 12 months. Its more like weight gain. But fear not. I know where I went wrong and I explain my plan of action to overcome my weight gain. It's all to do with the solution I found on Instagram. It involves getting a dog.


Talking of dogs, I reflect on what I imagine has been an unusual 12 months for dogs the length and breath of this island. A transformation in their usually mundane routine. For a portion of the podcast I go inside the mind of a 12 year old Irish Red Setter and imagine exactly what he must be thinking is going on around him. There's even talk of union formation.


In the end I talk about returning to the promise land and the emergence of a new "fear". What is this fear you ask? Tune in to find out. I explain what I believe the real long COVID will be and suggest the scenario I believe will play out in bars and pubs once they open again.

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The Big NoseBy Pearse Cromwell