I cannot visualise he situation in which, say, a solicitor would hand over his practice to the biggest gobaloon of his family even though he never attempted to qualify as a solicitor. Yet if we are to accept what we are told here, it seems that where land, our most important asset, is concerned, the biggest fool in Europe can own it, use it, misuse it or not use it at all.
If they had simply voted down the vote of no confidence I would say, "So be it. We know that the figures are there". But they have the audacity to drive their 84 gobbaloons into this House asking them to express confidence in them.
1988 Kevin Boland, Under contract with the enemy p.73
I do not compete with the internal combustion engine and the other unpleasant street noises ... there are enough lunatics, winos and gobbaloons roaring and shouting to themselves. I should not like to be confused with one of those.
This way and that she went, waggling her hands in the air and every so often clapping. At first I thought she was gobaloon but then I looked over the wall and seen she was only chasing a pig.
