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Dublin Minion doctor: ‘I’m not afraid of the giant escaped Minion’

The man tasked with repairing the escaped inflatable beast says it’s a bouncy road ahead.

IT’S THE STUFF of nightmares.

This giant seemingly unstoppable Minion hurtling towards you. A metaphor for the yellow creatures’ almost certain world domination.

minion1 Dónal Sharpson Dónal Sharpson

That was the scene in Santry on Sunday, as the giant inflatable broke loose from its mooring and rolled across the Old Swords Road.

Fast forward to today though, and the terror has been contained… for now.

The Minion is in a heap, literally.

Banaccident and Emergency

He’s at Bounce Ireland HQ, under the watchful eye of Gerry Frawley who spoke to DailyEdge.ie today, while simultaneously carrying out a visual appraisal of the great beast’s condition.

He’s sitting on my floor as we speak, deflated. He’s gasping. He has been waiting now for almost 18 hours and not even on a trolley.

miniondeflated Gerry Frawley Gerry Frawley

Frawley was speaking to us from Bounce Ireland’s giant warehouse. Bounce doesn’t own the Minion – that honour goes to the Bird family of Funderland fame – but they’ve been drafted in to repair him after Sunday’s drama.

He plans to get the repairs underway this afternoon, but was reticent to give a full prognosis.

I’m not going to give an opinion without a full examination. The first thing we have to do with patients like this is to blow him up and determine his injuries and looks for rips and cuts.

Inquiring gently about the Minion’s mental state Frawley conceded that he was “a bit shook. He needs gentle counselling” after his bid for freedom.

Gerry’s a veteran at this, repairing inflatables of all sorts, an expert in the field of bouncy castles and the like. He’s genuinely concerned about regulation of inflatable in public spaces, and says it’s something he’s been raising with the government for some time now.

Godspeed

Are you afraid of him, Gerry?

we ask.

And we have our reasons.

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No, not in the least bit. Well, not at the moment at least.

But the hesitation in his voice is soon replaced by confidence as he explains how the Minion’s tethering points are going to be made secure, how they’ll ensure that he’s well anchored when he reaches his next temporary home in Tralee.  

Godspeed Gerry. Godspeed.

Written by Emer McLysaght and originally published on DailyEdge.ie.

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    Mar 15th 2021, 7:18 PM

    My pick this week….
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    Mar 15th 2021, 8:01 PM

    @Joe Price:
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    Mar 15th 2021, 11:48 PM

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    Mar 15th 2021, 6:35 PM

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    Mar 15th 2021, 6:39 PM

    My viewing this week..Your Honor Season 1…Fargo Season 4.. Unforgotten Season 4 first 3 episodes..

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    Mar 15th 2021, 6:53 PM

    @Paul Kossoff: new series of unforgotten is very good so far!

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    Mar 15th 2021, 7:04 PM

    @Paul Kossoff: Don’t bother with Your Honour so predictable. Try Power or The Wire

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    Mar 15th 2021, 7:10 PM

    @d: thanks I’ve watched power last year and the amazing wire a long time ago..I watched the first episode of your honor last night and I think you maybe correct in your view..Fargo tonight …11 episodes so will keep me going for the coming nights.

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    Mar 15th 2021, 7:35 PM

    @Paul Kossoff: Fargo is well worth your time. Excellent series.

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    Mar 15th 2021, 7:43 PM

    @Paul Kossoff: Fargo S4 has been excellent on TG4

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    Mar 15th 2021, 7:58 PM

    @Paul Kossoff: succession!

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    Mar 15th 2021, 9:00 PM

    @Paul Kossoff: The Hannibal series is great too, Mads Mikkelsen is phenomenal as Lecter

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    Mar 16th 2021, 8:27 AM

    @d: Watching Your Honor at the moment but not hugely impressed what is Power about. Never heard of it. Is it on Netflix?

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    Mar 16th 2021, 12:46 PM

    @Karen Delaney: Netflix have it Karen

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    Mar 15th 2021, 9:49 PM

    If anyone is looking for a good Crime series. Watch Altered Carbon, It won’t be everyone’s cup off tea, since it’s very similar to Ghost in the shell, But it’s 100% worth a watch.

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    Mar 15th 2021, 11:15 PM

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    Mar 16th 2021, 7:28 AM

    I’m surprised you chose Batman over Superman, which isn’t the best outing for either, over Justice Leage: Snyder Cut. (Thursday 8PM Sky cinema). It’s the hyped, high-profile superhero pick of the week anyway. Unless you have Disney+, where the real pick of the week is Falcon and Winter Soldier, (Friday anytime after 8 AM).

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    Mar 16th 2021, 9:14 AM

    @David Cady: I think they are making recommendations for TV that is available to everyone. Most households don’t have Sky Movies or Disney+.

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    Mar 16th 2021, 11:07 AM

    @ShaneO’Mac: maybe, but not everybody has Netflix either.

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