February 27, 2008
Hell Raiser
Spin City… funfair on Salthill Promenade in Galway last summer.
A very excited nine year old made the visit down to Galway last summer during the Arts Festival to stay with his aunt. In his mind, Galway meant just one thing – the funfair. Alas, it bucketed rain on the Saturday so we told him that he could go to the funfair on Sunday instead. That didn’t go down well, and bringing him to the latest Harry Potter movie and then to the dinosaurs on Shop Street didn’t lessen the angst much.[Mind you, sitting through that Potter movie didn’t lessen my own angst mush either. It was like someone looked at one of the Lord of the Rings movie and thought, ”hmm, if I remake that with kids and make it dumber, I’ll have a hit”. And dammit, he was right ]. I thought there was a few scary scenes for you kids but the only scene that really gave him an eeewww” moment was when young Potter kissed a girl. Small boys, eh?
The next day, the weather was kinder. The young lad was up at dawn, ready to go. I was sent down to the prom to see when the fair opened. I spotted a guy doing a safety check on the rollercoaster and asked them when they would open. He didn’t understand at first, but after an impromptu session of charades,[me pointing at my watch and shrugging to indicate what time, and he counting off his fingers to indicate the hour], I learned that it was a two o’clock opening. Hmmm…what language is the safety manual written in, I wondered.
Part of the Transitions series
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