January 1st, 2007
The Dublin Spire is shit
Got a mail from a cult who worships the Spire, asking to use this comic.
For those not living in Dublin or Ireland, The Spire is a massive vertical tapering metallic pole that looks completely shit. I hate it. What a disgraceful thing to put right in the middle of the capital’s main thoroughfare. And it’s not like other eyesores, it’s hard to avoid seeing it.
I suppose I can call myself a designer and say from a designer’s point of view it’s shit. Yes, they wanted to build high so what about a good old fashioned statue or a totem pole?. A blank metal pin that only attracts pigeons and culchies. I heard some lad on the radio a while back from the company that designed it. Not just one person, it took a whole company to design a pole. At least that huge angel thing in the UK has merit.
It really annoys me. It’s fucking useless. The IRA blew up Nelson’s Pillar and then they build The Spire in it’s place. They don’t even use it as a flagpole or anything. Complete waste of MY money. 4 Million Euro’s it cost.
When it was being contructed and was more or less finished an English geezer says to me in town: ‘ Ere, wassat?’ I told him it was the Spire and he says ‘ Wass i’ goin ta be when it’s finished?’
Nuff fuckin said.
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