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Easter Special - 24/03/05 |
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Olaf Tyaransen finally banished from Galway |
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In an emergency sitting of Galway City Council on Wednesday last it was decided
that the Galway native and Hotpress "journalist" Olaf Tyaransen is henceforth to be
denied entry to Galway City and its environs.
Speaking after the meeting Mayor Connolly said "Olaf has repeatedly embarrassed not only himself but the whole county of Galway with his weak, self indulgent attempts at writing." Tyaransen is currently living in a hut near a beach in Thailand and it was this absence of the asshole-at-large that prompted the City Council to move swiftly and take decisive action that would forever make Galway an Olaf-free city. There are many factors, stretching back many years, that contributed to the Council's decision. More recently however, it was Olaf's attempt to have his name legally changed to Hunter S. Thompson that was a factor in the banishment. Upon hearing of the suicide of the acclaimed gonzo journalist Olaf immediately tried to have his own name changed by deed poll. At the time Olaf stated that "[this is] a chance for me to pay tribute to my dear friend and mentor. And what better way to do it than by robbing his name?" Tyaransen later admitted that he had in fact never been next, nigh or near Hunter S. Thompson and the name change attempt was merely a cynical effort to flog off copies of his turgid memoirs "The Story of O". It was within the pages of this appallingly poor piece of 'writing' that the, by now infamous, incident in the kitchens of the Warwick Hotel involving a frozen chicken and some vegetables was first related. The incident had a profound effect on shaping Tyaransen's bizarre sexual orientation which has since landed him in court several times. |
 You're not Hunter S. Thompson
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