Send a bird to Eurovision and the joke is on the other turkeys
So it's looking very much like Dustin the Turkey is going to be our entrant in the Eurovision. Of course, if he won it, he wouldn't be the first bird with a big beak and a nasal twang to do well in that contest.
Celine Dion, one of the biggest stars ever to come out of Eurovision, was and is just such a bird.
As well as a successful singing career, Celine is now huge in the perfume market. There is no doubt Dustin could have the nose for similar success.
Naturally, there have been the usual moaners.
Most bizarrely, there have been complaints that we are not taking the Eurovision seriously enough. That we are making a mockery of it by sending a puppet of a turkey to it.
The idea that anyone could possibly drag down the tone of the Eurovision is a good one alright. Because it's a real serious competition.
If Beethoven was around today he would be out there putting himself up against Lordi and that tranny from Israel. Because whoever wins the Eurovision is indisputably the greatest musician in the world, ever. Everyone agrees on that. So the notion of Dustin going up against all the greats is demeaning to those greats.
The general consensus appears to be that Dustin could at least beat the Irish greats in our own Eurosong.
As much as other entries like Double Cross My Heart by Joel Humlen, Oscar Gorres and Charlie Mason and Time To Rise by Maya Slatinsek and Ziga Pirnat will be tough competition, the bookies seem to think that the Irish public could be marginally more inclined to vote for Dustin.
Even if Dustin doesn't win, his participation will ensure that we send a strong message to Europe.
Essentially we are saying to them: "You think you broke it off with us, in fact we're breaking it off with you.
"This is how seriously we don't take your stupid competition.
"This is how little we care. We're fine. We're getting on with our lives.
"We were taking the mickey all the time apart from those times we won it. So the joke is on you."
- Brendan O Connor
