We were talking about... the end of the boom

As house prices declined sharply, financial institutions went bust, the construction industry collapsed and dole queues lengthened, we were forced to admit that gloomy George Lee's predictions about the end being nigh were correct after all. We were absolutely terrified.

We were voting against… the Lisbon treaty

We kind of liked annoying Sarkozy and embarrassing Fianna Fáil by voting no to the Lisbon Treaty but we had a serious point to make. Nobody seemed to have read the damn treaty or have a notion what it involved.

We were selling… unnecessary purchases from the boom

We could no longer offload our houses so we were rummaging for the smaller stuff to put on eBay. That unworn dress from BTs and the funky tableware from Habitat that never came out of the box – all must go.

We were lusting after… Obama

The Obama love-in takes the world by storm. Michelle complains about his snoring but we wouldn't care. He is smart, suave, cute and President of the USA. If that's not a great conversation starter, then we don't know what is.