Bertie Bowl Saga Continues In the long running debate about the Bertie Bowl, a new conflict arose during the week. Ministers in the Dáil, now resigned to the fact that the bowl is actually going to be constructed, disagreed as to what should actaually be in the bowl. It led to some interesting discussion. "Weetabix!", claimed one TD who certainly knows what's good for him. "We can't put anything less than Weetabix in our national bowl". There was a general consensus of agreement around the Dail. Certain sections, however, want more than Weetabix. "I don't think that Weetabix should be the only cereal in the Bertie Bowl", said one. "I mean we have to cater for all tastes". When asked for appropriate cereals which might accompany the 'Bix (as it is now affectionatly known), the ever-controversial Porridge was sugggested.

Just some of the cereals vying for the Bertie Bowl This brought only roars of disapproval. "It's a long known fact that Weetabix and Porridge don't mix. They never have and never will", claimed one staunch Porridge supporter. "Hear hear!", exclaimed another. "Porridge has been around for a thousand years and anyway, it already has it's own bowl." The bowl in question has just been completed, and is indeed a magnificant structure. It contains many types of porridge, but porridge all the same. There doesn't seem to be any quick solution in sight, as the main occupiers of the Bertie bowl have just anounced an exclusive deal with Sly Television. One porridge supporter is quoted as saying "I don't know why everyone is so wound up about that TV deal. I mean, a foreign TV station for a foreign cereal".