How the Blue Nile ran downhill

Coming home from a night out, you disembark from the Luas.

{ "b" : "Nileism The Strange Course of the Blue Nile"}

By Allan Brown

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Coming home from a night out, you disembark from the Luas.

It’s raining, and has been all evening. The shop fronts and neon signs are gleaming with endless rivulets of water.

The traffic crawls along. You’re still a mile or two away from your house, but you decide not to grab a taxi. ...