My Good Self and The Monaghan Mushroom go back a long way.

We first stumbled upon each other quite a few seasons ago at a meeting concerning The Two Spherical Objects On Either Side Of The Nose.

On hearing that accountancy was his stock in trade, I knew immediately that we would have very little in common.

We have been friends for around 30 years now.

I do wonder about myself sometimes.

Maybe even a lot of the time.

No, I am permanently wondering about myself.

I hope to someday figure myself out.

I’m not holding my breath.

Fundraising turned out to be the the initial bonding factor between The Monaghan Mushroom and My Good Self.

Table quizzes were quite popular at the time and so we set up shop one night in the old ‘51’ pub in Haddington Road.

The evening was a success and led to others.

Famously, however, one of our efforts was somewhat underwhelming.

Moving swiftly along I had the great honour of being best man when The Monaghan Mushroom tied the knot with The Current Woman In His Life.

We have also travelled together to a few corners of the solar system over the years, most notably one visit to Athens in order to catch up with The Greek Goddess and her crew.

These days it’s the Elephant & Castle and a few chats on the blower.

The evolution of friendship.