27th February 1997

That's the date that divorce finally became legal in Ireland.
Secure in the knowledge that the Mammy doesn't read this, I can tell you that last Tuesday, she got a divorce.
Old 'Pops' walked out the door 20 years ago, so the blessed event was a little overdue, better late than never, eh?
So this week's quotes are all about D-i-v-o-r-c-e, as sung by some country person (probably could have checked my facts on that one).
Also, if anyone wants to suggest a topic for the Monday Movie quiz, I'd love to hear it.
Update:
1. Don't you mess with me, mister, or I'll divorce you so fast it'll make your head spin!
Taffy got -American Beauty
2. No, I think it's I divorce you three times and then you're not married anymore.
Will got - Cold Mountain
3. Hey, I'm a child of divorce. Give me a break. [studies menu] Hmmmm, I see they've omitted the pork loin with lime Jell-O. clue to the last one- he was the main man in this before he began to be Batman

4. Ya know, you see a girl a couple of times a week, just for laughs, and right away they think you're gonna divorce your wife. Now I ask you, is that fair?
Will got - The Apartment
5. I always just hoped that, that I'd meet some nice friendly girl, like the look of her, hope the look of me didn't make her physically sick, then pop the question and, um, settle down and be happy. It worked for my parents. Well, apart from the divorce and all that.
aunty helpful dictator got - Four Weddings and a Funeral
6. Saigon... shit; I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a divorce. Taffy and E got-Apocalypse now

7. I'm leaving you, my dear. All you need now is a divorce and your dreams of Ashley can come true. Taffy got-Gone With The Wind

8. I'll thank you to let me do the reporting around here. Is it true you're getting a divorce as soon as your husband recovers his eyesight? Is it true you wash your hair in clam broth? Is it true you used to dance in a flea circus? Taffy got- Monkey Business

9. A romantic divorce attorney. Aunty Helpful Dictator got- Intolerable Cruelty

10. [to Cosmo and Woney] Tell me is it one in four marriages that end in divorce these days or one in three? Will got- Bridget Jones' Diary

11. It was very bitter. She said she was glad I knew, that she hated all the sneaking around. And she said that she wanted a divorce in Reno. Will got- The Shawshank Redemption

12. Well, you must be Jake's hot date. I'm Melanie, Jake's snotty Yankee bitch wife whom he refuses to divorce. Taffy got- Sweet Home Alabama

13. [on the phone to his solicitor] Isn't there a law against this sort of thing? Surely you can't just buy a full page ad in the music papers and publish your divorce demands. [pause] What do you mean 'I paid for it'? [pause] Joint account! Fuck! Can't we just have her killed? You know people.
Will got - This is Spinal Tap
14. Love, love, you know what love is? Love is an illusion created by lawyer types like yourself to perpetuate another illusion called marriage to create the reality of divorce and then the illusionary need for divorce lawyers. Taffy got- St. Elmo's Fire

15. Consider that a divorce Will got - Total Recall