“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. MENCKEN”

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey-cage.”

“You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town”

“You've got to S-M-I-L-ETo be H-A-Double-P-Y”

“H. L Mencken's Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are no slouches, either. They're spannered, rat-arsed, cabbaged, and hammered; ruined, legless, scorched, and blottoed; or simply trolleyed or sloshed. In Kerry, you're said to be flamin'; in Waterford, you're in the horrors; and in Cavan, you've gone baloobas, a tough one to wrap your tongue around if you ARE baloobas. In Donegal, you're steamin', while the afflicted in Limerick are out of their tree.”

“Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.”