In older times here in Ireland, the one way to upset an enemy is to put a curse or a hex on them. Some of the traditional curses can seem quite funny now, such as "May you all go to hell and not have a drop of porter to quench your eternal thirst" or "May you be afflicted with the itch but have no nails to scratch with."
Over the last 24 hours on Twitter, satirical website The Poke has asked people to come up with modern 21st century curses and some of the answers were very funny.
#NewCurses @ThePoke pic.twitter.com/298l2Dq4bv
— Hopeless Surfer (@HopelessSurfer) February 29, 2016
May you go to drink the last bit of your tea only to realise that you've already drank it #NewCurses @ThePoke
— Dan (@ehdannyboy) February 29, 2016
#NewCurses @ThePoke pic.twitter.com/uZO0AJsoiH
— Ways Of The Farce (@waysofthefarce) February 29, 2016
May you forever leave your carrier bags in the car. #NewCurses @ThePoke
— Ben (@ben_doughnut) February 29, 2016
May @twitter reveal all the people you have slyly muted.. #NewCurses @ThePoke
— kit kant (@kitkant) February 29, 2016
May you only ever know the answers to University Challenge questions when no one else is in the room.#NewCurses @ThePoke
— esarty (@esarty) February 29, 2016
Beat Breakfast listeners also came up with some of their own this morning...
- May your eyebrows never match
- May your phone battery always be critically low
- May your photos be forever unfilterable
- May you lose your internet connection with Ticketmaster
- May the Kardashians be on your telly for eternity
- May the modh coinniollach forever haunt your dreams
