Obama Bagel

Obama Bagel.

I was in Cavan town yesterday, Wednesday November 5th, the day when history was made in the US, electing its first African/American president, Barrack Obama. We went into The Chapter One café for a snack. On the menu they had an Obama bagel. Being the day that was in it and being pleased with the outcome of the US’s choice of next president, we ordered the Obama bagel, along with a pot of tea. Apparently on Tuesday they had also a McCain bagel, but that went by the wayside once the results of the election became known at 4.00am on Wednesday morning
As I sat eating the tasty and substantial snack, my thoughts turned to bagels, or should I say beagles.
My father used to hunt with beagles, (the proper pronunciation). But in the heartlands of rural Cavan, the beagles were pronounced as’ bagels’ similar sounding to the now popular café sandwich.
So I began to ponder upon some things about Obama that haven’t been teased out by the wall media coverage of the man and the landmark election he’s just won. Does he have beagles,(bagels). Does he follow the hounds? Is he a huntsman? Did he know Pat McBride? Was he ever at the Maudabawn Drag Hunt on McCann’s hill, when he was a young lad? After listening to snippets of his victory speech on radio, I’m now convinced that he is fond of the dogs.
You may recall that when he was speaking about his daughters, he promised them that they would now get that new puppy to bring into the White House. I feel that this was a coded message to the world that he is huntsman, a beagle, (bagel man). It will be a beagle pup that his girls will get.
God they’ll keep the neighbourhood adjacent to the Whit House awake at night with their barking and howling.
Obama being a County Offaly man, will soon be making a return trip to the county to drop in on his relatives there. He’s already been invited by that other Ofally Man in high office, Brian (Biffo) Cowen, our current Taoiseach.
No doubt he’ll try and get in a day for a hunt. Cavan has a great tradition and one that still survives for ‘bagel hunting’, so a visit to the county for a hunt will be a high probality.Soon we could see him tramping the hills and bogs around Cootehill, Kill, or Castletara following the hounds a packet of ginger snap biscuits in his pockets along with a hip flask of brandy to warm him up.
Later on dropping into Connelly’s Pub for a few sandwiches and a pint of Guinness.Ok there will heavy security, keeping an eye out for the local suicide bombers and snipers, but it will be an historic occasion.
Shame that the likes of Pat McBride, Tommy McDonald, and Pat McBride won’t be around to witness the unthinkable., the day the President of America came down for a hunt.