Bart Blandino . . . refers to himself as a Mediterranean Irishman—an expression which never fails to amuse us.

Off comes the bright red jacket with built-in armguards.

Look on the bright side: at least having a broken leg means you'll have some time off work.

… Mrs. Sykes said, ‘her man was the wust she ever knowed when he got topsy-turveyed.’ And as now, he began to get topsy-turveyed pretty regularly before he had finished his daily business with the retiring host of the Holly Bush, there was not much peace at home.