{"id":24836,"date":"2023-04-12T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=24836"},"modified":"2023-04-12T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:17:00","slug":"joe-solves-your-woes-the-second-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/joe-solves-your-woes-the-second-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Solves Your Woes: The Second Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How do I join the UL men\u2019s rugby team?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be very easy for me to give a quick one line answer to this question from an aspiring athlete, so I will: go to ulwolves.ie\/clubs\/rugby and you should get all the information there. I\u2019m here to help the students of UL with their crippling anxiety over the woes of their life, not to be an administrative advisor for clubs and socs. Frankly, this has been a waste of your time, but more importantly a waste of mine. Do better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Advice on bleeding gums?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is more like it, back on track with the reality of being a student in UL. If you\u2019re looking for advice on bleeding gums, you\u2019ve come to the right place. I\u2019m here to tell you everything you need to know. Bleeding Gums, full name Bleeding Gums Murphy, is a recurring character in the beloved and long-running animated comedy series \u2018The Simpsons\u2019. The renowned saxophone player was somewhat of a mentor to one Lisa Simpson, the second child and eldest daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson. My advice here would be to learn from the mistakes of Bleeding Gums, and don\u2019t waste away your fortune from your one successful album on Faberg\u00e9 eggs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At his lowest, Bleeding Gums would purchase several Faberg\u00e9 eggs a day, according to the extended lore of the Simpsons universe. Don\u2019t fall down this dark trap, as so many others have. Who among us doesn\u2019t know an ageing musician who\u2019s fallen on hard times from buying such elaborate and useless items? I\u2019ll leave you with some advice from the man himself that he imparted on to young Lisa: \u201cThe Blues ain&#8217;t about feeling better; it&#8217;s about making other people feel worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How do you know if your boyfriend is gay?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the purpose of this question I\u2019m going to assume this comes from a straight woman, a thousand apologies if I\u2019m wrong, but really if you\u2019re in an MLM relationship and you still don\u2019t know if you\u2019re boyfriend is gay or not you\u2019re probably awful in bed and he deserves better. Anyway, on to my advice for which I\u2019m going to get more personally involved than I normally do. My Instagram is @joecostigan_, presuming I don\u2019t already know him, please DM me with his username. I\u2019ll have a look at the account and if we have more than 20 mutual followers, that man is probably of the fruity variety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The national framework of homosexuals on this island is small and unfortunately most of us are already familiar with one another\u2019s work, so having loads of mutual followers made up of other gays from around the country is a tell-tale sign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe will be back bi-weekly to answer more of your burning questions, so get them in through the link in our Instagram bio!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_24836\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"24836\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" 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It would be very easy for me to give a quick one line answer to this question from an aspiring athlete, so I will: go to ulwolves.ie\/clubs\/rugby and you should get all the information there. 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