Tonight I made a bit of a prat of myself. That in itself is not that unusual but tonight I did it on facebook. Ouch. A friend, a very dear one at that, had expressed her concern about getting home tonight due to a protest at Falls Balls. My, idiotic, response... "There is a place called Falls Balls? *Giggles*." Mr B, who does still somehow manage to read the paper every day, then informed me that there have been some horribly serious protests in this part of Belfast since Saturday with reports of shots being fired, bricks hurled and water cannons used to control crowds. Ouch ...