All posts by belfastchildis

100 Belfast & Northern Ireland Slang Phrases & Meaning

Belfast Culture

Belfast slang is in a league of its own , so it is, and that’s a big part of the city’s craic. The accent and the banter have been shaped by Irish, Scots, and English influences, so if you’re not from here it can sound a wee bit strange at first and might do yer head in. Some words and phrases might confuse youse, and you might think that ballbeg is slabberin but once you get used to it you won’t be ascared anymore and yer man might become your best mucker. So shut your bake and catch yourself on and we’ll go to the offie and get loads of beer and have a mad sesh 😉

A lot of these slang terms are starting to fade a bit, but there are still some crackers in here, including plenty I still use every day. Some are unique to Belfast, while others are heard more across Northern Ireland, or Ireland as a whole. I’ve highlighted the ones I’ve used since childhood in red , most should feel familiar to people from my generation who have grown in Belfast or other areas of Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The Belfast and Northern Ireland slang list below reflects the region’s distinctive humour, warmth, and everyday culture. Many terms describe people, such as eejit, buck eejit, tube, melter, and hallion, while others capture common experiences, like being banjaxed (exhausted or broken), scundered (embarrassed), ragin’ (angry), or wrecked (very tired). Social life features heavily, with words like sesh, swall, parful, and steamin’ relating to nights out and drinking. Everyday conversations are filled with expressions such as bout ye?, what’s the craic?, catch yourself on, wise up, and keep er lit, which reflect the friendly, humorous, and often sarcastic nature of local speech. The frequent use of affectionate terms like wee, mucker, da, ma, and yer man adds character to the dialect, while phrases such as sure, this is it, so it is, and aye are deeply woven into everyday conversation. Altogether, these 100 slang terms paint a vivid picture of Belfast life, combining wit, storytelling, community spirit, and a talent for turning ordinary situations into good craic. ☘️😄

Belfast Themed Slang Socks

Click to buy

Here are 100 Belfast /N.I slang terms with a brief description of meaning:

#TermMeaningExample Sentence
1A PokeAn Ice-cream cone I’m away for a poke from the ice cream van
2A Score£20Can ye lend me a score?
3AchExpression of disappointment or dismissalAch, never mind.
4AscaredAfraid or scaredThe wee lad was ascared of the dog.
5Ats Us NaiWe’re done/finishedPub’s closing, ats us nai.
6Awful SleekitSneaky or slyHe’s awful sleekit around money.
7AyeYesAye, I’ll be there.
8BakeFaceLook at the state of your bake!
9BallbegFool or nuisanceDon’t be a ballbeg.
10BalticFreezing coldIt’s baltic out there.
11BanjaxedBroken or exhaustedMy car’s banjaxed.
12BanterPlayful jokingThe banter was excellent.
13BeezerBrilliant, greatThat concert was beezer.
14Big Lad/Man A man A big man or a small man. Basically just any man.
15Boggin’Revolting or dirtyThat smell is boggin’.
16BokeTo feel sick or vomitThat nearly made me boke.
17Bout Ye?How are you?Bout ye, mate?
18Boys a DearExpression of surpriseBoys a dear, that’s expensive!
19Buck EejitComplete idiotThe buck eejit lost his keys again.
20Catch Yourself OnStop being ridiculousCatch yourself on!
21C’mereListen to thisC’mere till I tell ye.
22Courtin’DatingThey’re courtin’.
23DaDadMy da loves football.
24DanderA wee walkLet’s go for a dander.
25Dead-OnGreat, reliable , he’s dead-on ,so he is
26DirtbirdSomeone who is promiscuous  Don’t be going near him, he’s a dirtbird
27Does My Head InAnnoys meYou’re doing my feckin head in
28DosserLazy personHe’s a complete dosser.
29EejitFoolYou eejit!
30Face Like a Slapped ArseLooking miserableYou’ve a face like a slapped arse.
31Faffin’Wasting timeStop faffin’ about.
32Fair DigOne on one fight Lets settle this with a fair dig
33FeckMild swear wordFeck, I’ve missed the bus.
34FegCigaretteHave ye a spare feg?
35FounderedVery coldI’m foundered standing here.
36FruitOdd or gay personHe’s a bit of a fruit.
37GegJoke or laughThat was some geg.
38GiroBenefits paymentHis giro arrived today.
39Give My Head PeaceLeave me aloneGive my head peace, will ye?
40GobMouthShut your gob.
41Gutties/Guddies A pair of trainersNice guddies.
42Gurnin’ComplainingHe’s always gurnin’.
43HallionRascalThat wee hallion broke the fence.
44Here’s Me WhaListen to thisHere’s me wha, you’ll never guess.
45HoakSearch throughHave a hoak in the drawer.
46I’ll Run Ye OverTo give you a liftI’ll run ye over to the shop.
47JammieLuckyYou jammie beggar.
48JammyLuckyShe’s jammy winning that raffle.
49Keep Er LitKeep the fun goingKeep er lit tonight!
50KexMale underwear I need a pair of new kex for my big date
51LeapinDisgustingThat toilet is leapin
52MaMumMy ma’s making dinner.
53MelterAnnoying personHe’s a melter.
54MessagesGrocery shoppingI’m away for the messages.
55MillyA Belfast working class girl She’s a Shankill Milly.
56MingerUnattractive person or thing UglyYou’re such a minger
57MuckerFriendAlright mucker?
58MullarkeyNonsenseThat’s pure mullarkey.
59NebNoseMind your neb.
60Norn IronNorthern IrelandProud of Norn Iron.
61OffieOff-licence shopGoing to the offie for drinks.
62Oh MummySurprise or shockOh mummy, look at that!
63Oul-DollWife, mother or older womanMy oul-doll’s waiting on me.
64ParfulVery drunkHe was parful last night.
65PeelerPolice officerThe peelers are here.
66PieceSandwichMake me a wee piece will ye
67PullSuccessfully chat up someoneI pulled at the disco late night
68Ragin’FuriousHe’s ragin’ about it.
69ReddenerEmbarrassing momentThat was a proper reddener.
70RideAttractive personEveryone says she’s a good ride.
71ScroungerSomeone after freebiesHe’s a scrounger.
72ScunderedEmbarrassedI was scundered after falling over.
73SeshDrinking sessionBig sesh tonight.
74SlabberTalk nonsense or cheekStop slabbering.
75SlaggingTeasingWe’re only slagging ye.
76So It IsAdded for emphasisIt’s warm today, so it is.
77SoundNice, reliableHe’s sound enough.
78SplitLeave quicklyLet’s split before it rains.
79SpoofExaggeration or bluffHe’s spoofing again.
80SpoonFoolHe’s an annoying spoon.
81State of YeYou look terribleState of ye this morning!
82Steamin’Extremely drunkShe was steamin’.
83Sure, This Is ItThat’s how it isSure, this is it.
84Thunder ThighsHumorous nickname for a sexy girl Thunder Thighs was at the disco
85TubeIdiotYou’re a tube.
86Up to High DohVery excited or anxiousShe’s up to high doh.
87WeeSmallA wee cup of tea?
Used for everything
88Wee BunsEasyThat exam was wee buns.
89What’s the Craic?What’s happening?What’s the craic tonight?
90WickStupid, uselessThat new Glentoran kit is wick
91Wind Yer Neck InCalm down/Shut up Wind yer neck in.
92WindeeWindowOpen the windee.
93Wise UpStop being sillyWise up, will ye?
94YarnA storyTell us a yarn.
95YeoCelebration shoutYeo! We won!
96Yer ManThat manYer man owns the shop.
97YokeThing or objectPass me that yoke.
98Yousins / YousYou peopleWhat are yousins doing later?
99SwallAlcoholThere’ll be plenty of swall.
100WreckedVery tiredI’m absolutely wrecked after work.

If Ive missed any out please leave a comment at the bottom of page and I’ll add them asap.

☘️ Common Belfast Accent Features

The Belfast accent is one of the most distinctive accents in the UK and Ireland. It varies across different parts of the city, but these are some of the most common features you’ll hear.

1. “Aye” Instead of “Yes”

One of the most famous Northern Irish words.

  • Yes → Aye
  • “Aye, I’ll be there later.”

Pronounced like: eye

2. The “R” Is Stronger

Belfast speakers often pronounce their R sounds more clearly than many English accents.

  • Car → carrr
  • Far → farrr

The R can sound slightly rolled or tapped.

3. Short “I” Sounds Become “Oi”

Some words containing “i” sound different.

Examples:

  • Right → roight
  • Night → noight
  • Time → toime

Not everyone speaks this way, but it appears in stronger Belfast accents.

4. “About” Sounds Like “Aboot” or “Aboat”

The “ou” sound often changes.

  • About → aboot / aboat
  • House → hoose

This is particularly noticeable to visitors.

5. Fast Speech Rhythm

Belfast people often speak quickly and link words together.

For example:

“How are you?” becomes
“Howerye?”

or

“What are you doing?” becomes
“Whatcha doin’?”

6. Dropping the “G”

Words ending in -ing often lose the final “g”.

Standard EnglishBelfast
WalkingWalkin’
TalkingTalkin’
SlabberingSlabberin’
GurningGurnin’

7. “Th” Can Become “D” or “T”

Some speakers soften “th” sounds.

Examples:

  • That → Dat
  • This → Dis
  • Three → Tree

More noticeable in some neighbourhoods than others.

8. The Famous Rising Tone

Many Belfast speakers end sentences with their voice rising slightly, making statements sound almost like questions.

For example:

“I was in town yesterday?”

even though they’re not asking a question.

9. Use of “Wee”

Perhaps the most famous Belfast word.

Everything can be wee:

  • A wee cup of tea
  • A wee walk
  • A wee car
  • A wee favour

It often means “small” but can also simply make something sound friendlier.

10. Local Pronunciations

WordBelfast Pronunciation
CraicCrack
EejitEE-jit
MuckerMUCK-er
ScunderedSKUN-derd
PeelerPEE-ler
Norn IronNORN EYE-urn
YousinsYOO-zinz
BanjaxedBAN-jakst

Example Belfast Conversation

Belfast Accent:

“Bout ye, mucker? What’s the craic? It’s baltic out there, so it is. We’ll go for a wee dander later if ye want.”

Standard English:

“How are you, mate? What’s happening? It’s freezing cold outside. We’ll go for a short walk later if you’d like.”

The Belfast accent is known for being friendly, expressive, and full of humour, which is one reason Belfast slang and storytelling are so memorable. ☘️😄

☘️ Belfast Accent vs Other Irish Accents

Although people outside Ireland often group Irish accents together, the Belfast accent is quite distinct from accents found in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Donegal, and other parts of Ireland.

🔵 1. Belfast Sounds More Scottish-Inspired

Because of centuries of connections between Ulster and western Scotland, the Belfast accent shares some features with Scottish accents.

For example:

WordBelfastTypical Southern Irish
HouseHooseHouse
AboutAboot / AboatAbout
NowNaiNow

This Scottish influence is much less noticeable in Dublin, Cork, or Galway accents.

🟢 2. Belfast Is Often Sharper and Faster

Many southern Irish accents sound more flowing and melodic.

Belfast speech is often:

  • Faster
  • More abrupt
  • More energetic
  • More heavily stressed

For example:

Belfast

“Bout ye? What’s the craic?”

may sound quick and punchy.

Cork

“Howya, boy?”

often sounds more musical and drawn out.

🟡 3. Belfast Uses Different Slang

While some Irish slang is shared across the island, Belfast has many unique terms.

BelfastMeaning
EejitFool
BanjaxedBroken
ScunderedEmbarrassed
MuckerFriend
PeelerPolice officer
WeeSmall

Someone from Cork or Kerry may understand these but use different local expressions.

🟣 4. Belfast Pronounces Some Vowels Differently

Words containing “i” often sound different.

Examples:

StandardBelfast
RightRoight
TimeToime
NightNoight

This feature is much stronger in Belfast than in most southern accents.

🔴 5. Dublin Sounds Different Again

Dublin accents can vary enormously.

A strong inner-city Dublin accent sounds very different from Belfast:

Belfast

“Aye, dead on.”

Dublin

“Yeah, grand.”

The vocabulary alone often gives away where someone is from.

🟠 6. Belfast Has the Famous “Wee”

Perhaps the biggest giveaway.

People in Belfast use wee constantly:

  • Wee cup of tea
  • Wee dog
  • Wee walk
  • Wee favour

Visitors often notice that even very large things can be called “wee.”

“That’s our wee shopping centre.”

when the shopping centre is enormous.

⚪ 7. Belfast “R” Sounds Are Stronger

Compared with many southern Irish accents, Belfast often has a more pronounced R sound.

Examples:

  • Car
  • Far
  • Park

The R is usually heard clearly rather than softened.

🟤 8. Belfast Intonation Is Unique

Many Belfast speakers use distinctive rises and falls in pitch that can make statements sound almost like questions.

Example:

“I was in town yesterday?”

To outsiders, it can sound like the speaker is constantly asking questions.

Quick Comparison

FeatureBelfastDublinCork
Scottish influenceStrongLowVery low
Uses “wee” constantly✅❌❌
“Aye” for yes✅SometimesRarely
Fast, punchy delivery✅VariesLess common
Strong Ulster slang✅❌❌
Distinct “oi” sounds✅Usually noUsually no

Example Phrase

Belfast:

“Bout ye, mucker? What’s the craic? It’s baltic, so it is.”

Dublin:

“Howya? What’s the story? It’s freezing.”

Cork:

“How’s it going, boy? Fierce cold today.”

All three mean roughly the same thing, but a local could usually tell within seconds which part of Ireland the speaker comes from. ☘️

Belfast Themed Slang Socks

Click to buy

See In Your Pocket : How till spake Norn Iron (A guide to local phrases

See Meanwhile in Ireland : 20 Belfast SLANG words that only LOCALS understand

See Ireland before you Die : 20 mad Belfast slang phrases that only make sense to locals

See Irish Road Trip : 115 Irish Slang Words + Phrases Used in Ireland


Jamie Dornan Teaches You Northern Irish Slang 

😏

Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

Update: One foot in the Grave – countdown to my 60th Birthday has begun

Pop Culture Echoes

Date 3rd July 2026

Only thirteen days to go until I hit the big 6-0, and I have to admit I’m getting quite excited about my upcoming trip to Belfast and spending time with the people I love and cherish most in the world.

At the same time, I’m feeling a little apprehensive. Reaching such a milestone age has got me thinking a lot about the future, and the need to start looking after myself better and making some long-overdue lifestyle changes weighs heavily on my mind.

I also need to get my finger out and start pursuing some of the projects I’ve had on ice for the past few years, including:

Finishing my follow-up book

I’ve already mapped out the chapters and started writing several of them, but if I’m being honest, my head hasn’t been in the best place over the last few years. I need to shake off the blues, regain my focus, and get back to it. Time is moving on, and I don’t want to leave this unfinished.

Getting back to work on my screenplay

The screenplay is loosely based on my book – think Philomena meets Trainspotting and Quadrophenia, if you get my drift. Music will play a huge part in the story, and the soundtrack I’ve mapped out is absolutely epic.

A well-known UK screenwriter has expressed an interest in the project, but unfortunately he’s tied up with other commitments at the moment. While I’d love to have him involved, I can’t afford to sit around waiting forever.

A few years ago, I pitched the idea to Northern Ireland Screen, and they loved the concept. They asked for some rewrites, but at the time I wasn’t in a great place mentally, and the project ended up getting kicked into the long grass. Looking back, that’s one of the things I’d really like to put right.

Improving my health

On the health front, I need to stop smoking. I’ve tried countless times over the years without success, but I know it’s something I have to tackle.

I also need to cut down on my alcohol intake. To be fair, these days I mainly drink at weekends and on special occasions, but with my 60th birthday celebrations just around the corner, I’m going to park that challenge until after my Belfast trip. Then it’ll be time to give it the attention it deserves.

Having said all that, it is Friday night, and as I write this I’m enjoying a few gins and beers. I’ll try not to get too carried away… famous last words!

Laters x

Birthday wishes are lovely… but birthday drinks are even better! 😉🍸

So go on, hit the button below and help me raise a glass to another trip around the sun. Bombay Gin is always a winner 😜🎉🥂

😏

Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

One foot in the Grave – countdown to my 60th Birthday has begun

Date 27th June 2026

OMG… in just a few weeks’ time I’ll be turning 60, and if I’m honest, I’m amazed I’ve (almost) reached this numerical milestone.

How the hell did that happen ?

1784217000

  days

  hours  minutes  seconds

until

Until my 60th birthday

There were many times in my life when 60 didn’t just feel far away—it felt impossible.

If you’ve read my book, you’ll know my early life was full of chaos and heartbreak. Through my crazy teens and early adulthood, I abused my mind, body and soul with hedonistic excess, fuelled by copious amounts of alcohol ,  illegal drugs and a fatalistic attitude to life—one where I rarely, if ever, considered the consequences of my actions or the danger I was placing myself in.

Looking back now, I can see that I was probably trying to self‑medicate. Numbing the trauma of my early family life. Trying to escape the everyday brutal reality of growing up in the lawless paramilitary ghettos of West Belfast during the early Troubles.

But here’s the strange thing.

At the time, it all felt normal.

Don’t get me wrong—there was madness and despair in abundance, life lived permanently on edge, the constant undercurrent of violence—but it was the only world we knew. My childhood, like that of my peers, didn’t feel extraordinary to us. It was just life. We didn’t have anything to compare it to, no alternative version of normal.

Despite the odds being stacked against me somehow, I survived. And now, decades later, I’m still here—on the brink of 60—trying to make sense of it all.

How long have I been alive ?

Days:

  • 60 × 365.25 = 21,915 days

Minutes:

  • 21,915 × 24 × 60 = 31,557,600 minutes

Seconds:

  • 31,557,600 × 60 = 1,893,456,000 seconds

21,915 days

  • That’s about 3,130 weeks
  • Or roughly 720 months

31.5 million minutes

  • If you spent 1 minute doing something repeatedly, you’d need over 60 years nonstop to reach this!
  • Listening to a 3-minute song nonstop → about 10.5 million songs

1.89 billion seconds

  • Counting 1 number per second, it would take you the full 60 years to reach it
  • Equivalent to about 21,915 full 24-hour days

Up to this point in my life, I’ve never really thought about my mortality—age was just another number to me, and I drifted through the years without counting them as they passed.

But this birthday… this one feels different.

For the first time in my life, it’s really been playing on my mind. For the first time, I find myself wondering how long I’ve got left—and what my legacy will be.

If I’m lucky, I suppose I could have another 15 or 20 years ahead of me. But when I think about how I’ve treated my body over the years—the smoking, the drinking, the drugs , the stress—I can’t help but wonder if I’ll make it much beyond 80.

It’s one of those pivotal moments in life—new pages along your journey where you stop and take stock. Moments like the birth of your children, getting married, and the loss of loved ones who are no longer with us.

I find myself looking back at what I’ve  achieved, weighing it all up, and at the same time looking forward… wondering what the future might still hold and how long I have left.

But putting all those negative thoughts aside, I am looking forward to my birthday party in Belfast—having all those I love and cherish most in the world gathered to celebrate my coming of age.

We are all getting older, and time keeps slipping into the future , whether we like it or not. And to be honest, I wasn’t even sure if I wanted a big celebration. The thought of Jean not being there weighs heavily on my mind.

Her passing left a hole in my heart and soul that can never truly be filled, no matter how much time passes.

.

And yet, I know—deep down—that she wouldn’t want me to shrink away from life or let the sadness and grief overshadow everything else. She’d want me to celebrate, to laugh, to bring people together the way she always did. She’d want me to mark the occasion, not fear it.

And that’s exactly what I intend to do—celebrate not just my life, but the life I’ve shared with my children , siblings and wider family, and the unconditional love that has carried us through everything and still binds us together today.

FFS , Ive gone and depressed myself talking about Jean , and I wanted to end on a positive note. I’m away to have a beer and shake of the blues.

UK Number Ones in 1966

The Kinks Sunny Afternoon was number one on the day I was born which might explain why i love them so much. The Beatles Paperback Writer and many other choons I love also dominated the charts at the time

ArtistSong TitleWeeks at Number OneDate
Tom JonesGreen Grass Of Home729-11-1966
The Beach BoysGood Vibrations215-11-1966
The Four TopsReach Out Ill Be There325-10-1966
Jim ReevesDistant Drums520-09-1966
The Small FacesAll Or Nothing113-09-1966
The BeatlesYellow Submarine416-08-1966
The TroggsWith A Girl Like You202-08-1966
Chris FarloweOut Of Time126-07-1966
Georgie Fame and The Blue FlamesGet Away119-07-1966
The KinksSunny Afternoon205-07-1966
The BeatlesPaperback Writer221-06-1966
Frank SinatraStrangers In The Night331-05-1966
The Rolling StonesPaint It Black124-05-1966
Manfred MannPretty Flamingo303-05-1966
Dusty SpringfieldYou Dont Have To Say You Love Me126-04-1966
The Spencer Davis GroupSomebody Help Me212-04-1966
The Walker BrothersThe Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore415-03-1966
Nancy SinatraThese Boots Are Made For Walkin415-02-1966
The OverlandersMichelle325-01-1966
The Spencer Davis GroupKeep On Running118-01-1966

Come back soon as I will be updating this post with more details on my hopes and dreams for the future and upcoming trip to Belfast and my birthday celebrations.

See below for more Pop Culture Echoes stories

😏

Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

I Don’t Like Mondays – the Boomtown Rats: Iconic Songs & the story behind them

Iconic songs and the story behind them, ,

I Don’t Like Mondays

The Boomtown Rats

13 July 1979 

Iconic Songs & the story behind them

“I Don’t Like Mondays” is a song by the Irish new wave band the Boomtown Rats about the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third studio album, The Fine Art of Surfacing. The song was a number-one single in the UK singles chart for four weeks during the summer of 1979, and ranks as the sixth-biggest hit of the UK in 1979.

 Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the piano ballad was the band’s second single to reach number one on the UK chart.

Behind The Vinyl: Bob Geldof “I Don’t Like Mondays”

“I Don’t Like Mondays”
Single by the Boomtown Rats
from the album The Fine Art of Surfacing
B-side“It’s All the Rage”
Released13 July 1979 (UK)
StudioTrident Studios
GenreNew wave pop
Length4:19 (LP)
3:47 (single/video)
LabelEnsign (UK)
Columbia (US)
SongwritersBob GeldofJohnnie Fingers
ProducerPhil Wainman
The Boomtown Rats singles chronology
“Rat Trap“
(1978)”I Don’t Like Mondays“
(1979)”Diamond Smiles“
(1979)
Music video
“I Don’t Like Mondays” on YouTube
Audio
“I Don’t Like Mondays” on YouTube

My thoughts ?

To be honest I’ve never really been a massive fan of the Boomtown Rats, but they’ve produced a few memorable choons back in the day ( Rat Trap), and I Don’t Like Mondays is definitely my favourite. I love the soft piano intro, it pulls me in straight away and keeps me hooked. The way the song keeps building into something much darker makes it feel way more intense and powerful as it goes on, and the subject matter of the song just adds to that uneasy, emotional vibe which really makes it stand out.

Lyrics

“I Don’t Like Mondays”

The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna go to school today
She’s going to make them stay at home

And daddy doesn’t understand it
He always said she was as good as gold
And he can see no reason ’cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
I wanna shoot

The whole day down

The telex machine is kept so clean
And it types to a waiting world
Her mother feels so shocked, father’s world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to their own little girl

Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen
No, it ain’t so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons ’cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need, oh, ohoho

(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
I wanna shoot

The whole day down, down, down
Shoot it all down

And all the playing’s stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with the toys a while
And school’s out early and soon we be learning
And the lesson today is how to die

And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles
With the problems and the hows and whys
And he can see no reasons ’cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die, ohoho

And the silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload, oh
And nobody’s gonna go to school today
She’s going to make them stay at home

And daddy doesn’t understand it
He always said she was as good as gold
And he can see no reason ’cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
(Tell me why) I don’t like, I don’t like
(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays

Tell me why I don’t like, I don’t like
(Tell me why) I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why I don’t like Mondays
I wanna shoot

The whole day down
(Ooohooohooo, ooohooohooo
Ooohooohooo)

Background and writing

Brenda Ann Spencer

According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report  at Georgia State University’s campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired from her bedroom window at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime; her explanation for her actions was:

“I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day”

.Her flippant response attracted media attention and inspired the song. Geldof had been contacted by Steve Jobs to play a gig for Apple, inspiring the opening line about a “silicon chip”. The song was first performed less than a month later.

Geldof explained how he wrote the song:

I was doing a radio interview in Atlanta with Johnnie Fingers and there was a telex machine beside me. I read it as it came out. Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. I was thinking about it on the way back to the hotel and I just said ‘silicon chip inside her head had switched to overload’.

 I wrote that down. And the journalists interviewing her said, ‘Tell me why?’ It was such a senseless act. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it. So perhaps I wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it.

It wasn’t an attempt to exploit tragedy.

The cheerful music is deliberate

One of the most striking things:

  • The song sounds almost upbeat and melodic
  • But the subject is extremely dark

That contrast is intentional:

  • It mirrors how shocking the real quote was
  • A horrific act paired with a casual, almost trivial explanation

Geldof had originally intended the song as a B-side, but changed his mind after the song was successful with audiences on the Rats’ US tour. Spencer’s family tried to prevent the single from being released in the United States, but were unsuccessful.

In later years, Geldof stated that he regretted writing the song because he “made Brenda Spencer famous”.

In 2019, Geldof and Fingers reached an agreement in their dispute over who wrote the song, until then credited solely to Geldof. Fingers received a financial settlement and co-credit.

Released on 13 July 1979, the song reached number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and South Africa, and the top 10 in several other countries. It was less successful in the US, reaching only number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1994, the song was re-released to promote the greatest hits album Loudmouth. It then peaked at number 38 on the UK singles chart.

In the UK, the song won the Best Pop Song and Outstanding British Lyric categories at the Ivor Novello Awards.

See here for more details :

Brenda Ann Spencer & Cleveland Elementary School shooting

The story behind“I Don’t Like Mondays” by The Boomtown Rats is much darker than most people realise — it’s not really about disliking the start of the week at all. It comes from a real-life tragedy, and the meaning of the song is tied to the unsettling idea of senseless violence with no clear reason.

The shooting took place on January 29, 1979, at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, United States] This is considered the first mass shooting at an elementary school in United States history.

  Principal  Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Suchar

  • Burton Wragg, age 53, the school principal, who had stepped outside to help children get to safety
  • Mike Suchar, age 56, the school custodian

The principal  Burton Wragg and the custodian Mike Suchar were killed; eight children and a police officer were wounded. Brenda Spencer, a 16-year-old girl who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. Charged as an adult, she pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 25 years. As of 2026, she is still in prison.

While police surrounded the house, a journalist called her and asked a simple question:

“Why did you do it?”

Her answer was chillingly casual:


“I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day.”

That line shocked people worldwide — not just because of what happened, but because of how empty and random the reason sounded.

The shooting

On the morning of Monday, January 29, 1979, Spencer began shooting from her house at children across the street who were waiting for 53-year-old Principal Burton Wragg to open the gates to Grover Cleveland Elementary.[4] She injured eight children. She first shot nine-year-old Cam Miller, who said he believed it was because he was wearing blue, which he had learned was her favorite color. Spencer shot and killed Wragg as he and teacher Daryl Barnes tried to help children. She fatally shot 56-year-old custodian Mike Suchar as he tried to pull a student to safety. A 28-year-old police officer, Robert Robb, had responded to a call for assistance and she shot and wounded him in the neck as he arrived.

Robb prevented further casualties by moving a garbage truck in front of the school entrance to obstruct her line of fire.

After firing thirty-six times, Spencer barricaded herself inside her home for several hours. She spoke by telephone to a reporter from The Evening Tribune, who had been calling random telephone numbers in the neighborhood. Spencer told the reporter she had shot at the school children and adults because, “I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day.”

She told police negotiators that the children and adults whom she had shot were easy targets and that she was going to “come out shooting”.  

She surrendered and left the house after being promised a Burger King meal by negotiators.

Brenda Ann Spencer background and family life

Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3, 1962) was born to Dorothy Nadine (née Hobel) and Wallace Edward Spencer. They married on December 12, 1954, in Chula Vista and had three children. Brenda was the youngest. In January 1972, after Dorothy found out her husband had been cheating on her with multiple women, she filed for divorce.

After her parents separated, Brenda allegedly lived in poverty with her father. Both father and daughter slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, in a house strewn with empty bottles of alcohol.

At later parole hearings, she claimed to have been subject to “total neglect” from her mother and sexual abuse from her father. The accusations have been disputed by the respective parents. At the time, she lived in a house across the street from the school. Aged 16 at the time of the shooting, she was 5’2″ (157 cm) and very thin, and had bright red hair.

Acquaintances said Spencer expressed hostility toward police officers, had spoken about shooting one, and had talked of doing something big to get on television. Although Spencer showed ability as a photographer, winning first place in a Humane Society competition, she was generally uninterested in school. She attended Patrick Henry High School, where one teacher recalled frequently inquiring if she was awake in class. Later, during tests while she was in custody, it was discovered that Spencer had an injury to one of the temporal lobes of her brain. It was attributed to an accident on her bicycle.

Spencer described herself as a “radical” and referred to police officers as “pigs,” exclaiming “All right!” when seeing news on TV about police officers being killed. She often talked about wanting to kill police officers or “blow them away.”[ Some classmates described her as “crazy” and reported being scared of her.

In early 1978, staff at a facility for problem students, into which Spencer had been referred for truancy, informed her parents that she was suicidal. That summer, Spencer, who was known to hunt birds in the neighborhood, was arrested for shooting out the windows of Grover Cleveland Elementary with a BB gun and for burglary.  Police reports and eyewitnesses do not mention the use of a BB gun during the school vandalism.

In December 1978, while she was still on probation for breaking into the school, a psychiatric evaluation arranged by her probation officer recommended that Spencer be admitted to a mental hospital for depression. Her father refused to give permission. For Christmas 1978, he gave her a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight and 500 rounds of ammunition.

Spencer later said, “I asked for a radio and got a rifle.” Asked why he had done that, she answered:

“He bought the rifle so I would kill myself.”

Analysis

Several 21st century accounts identify the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego as the earliest recorded elementary school shooting in the United States. The perpetrator, Brenda Spencer, has been described as the first modern high-profile school shooter. According to a 2013 article in the New York Daily News, her actions marked a significant turning point in American history. Given later history of violent acts, Spencer has been referred to as “the mother” of subsequent school shootings, including those at Columbine, Colorado, and Newtown, Connecticut, both committed by teenage males.  The number of school shootings has increased markedly since 1979.

San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Richard Sachs noted that Spencer “hurt so many people and had so much to do with starting a deadly trend in America.” In a 2001 statement, Spencer acknowledged the potential influence of her actions on later incidents, remarking, “With every school shooting, I feel I’m partially responsible. What if they got the idea from what I did?”

Imprisonment

Convicted school shooter Brenda Spencer speaks with San Diego’s News 8 – PART 1

Spencer was charged as an adult. She pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. On April 4, 1980, a day after her 18th birthday, she was sentenced to concurrent terms of 25 years to life in prison. Nine counts of attempted murder were dismissed. In prison, Spencer was diagnosed with epilepsy and received medication to treat epilepsy and depression. While at California Institution for Women in Chino, she worked repairing electronic equipment.

Under the terms of her sentencing, Spencer became eligible in 1993 for hearings to consider her suitability for parole.

At her first hearing, in 1993, Spencer said she had hoped that police would shoot her, and that she had been a user of alcohol and drugs at the time of the crime. But, results of drug tests done when she was taken into custody were negative. At her 2001 parole hearing, Spencer claimed that her father had been subjecting her to beatings and sexual abuse, but he said the allegations were not true. The parole board chairman said that, because she had not previously told anyone about the allegations, he doubted their veracity.

In 2005, a San Diego deputy district attorney cited an incident of self-harm from four years earlier, when Spencer’s girlfriend was released from jail, as showing that Spencer was psychotic and unfit to be released. Early reports indicated that Spencer had scratched the words “courage” and “pride” into her own skin. Spencer corrected this during her parole hearing; she said the words were “unforgiven” and “alone.”

2020 mugshot of Spencer.

In 2009, the board again refused her application for parole, and ruled it would be ten years before she would be considered again.  In August 2022, Spencer and the Board of Parole Hearings agreed that she was not suitable for parole and that she would not be eligible for another hearing for a further three years. In February 2025, she was again denied parole. She remains imprisoned at California Institution for Women in Chino.

Life in prison

Brenda Spencer has spent her entire adult life incarcerated.

  • She has been held in California state prison since 1979
  • She grew up, matured, and aged entirely behind bars

Over the years:

  • Reports suggest she has had disciplinary issues at times
  • She has taken part in some education and prison programmes (details vary by source)

But importantly: she has never been released.

Parole hearings (and why she remains in prison)

Because of her sentence, she became eligible for parole in the early 1990s (about 25 years after sentencing).

However:

  • She has applied for parole multiple times
  • Each request has been denied

Why she keeps being denied parole

Parole boards look at several factors, and in her case:

1. Nature of the crime

  • It involved children and a public setting
  • It’s seen as a serious and shocking act

2. Her explanations

  • At different times, she has given varying reasons for what she did
  • These sometimes included:
    • claims of abuse
    • claims of intoxication
    • shifting accounts over the years

This inconsistency raises concerns about:

  • whether she fully understands or takes responsibility

3. Perceived risk

Parole boards assess:

  • whether someone is likely to reoffend
  • whether they show remorse and insight

Her case has often been judged as:

  • not showing enough clear, consistent insight into the crime

Attempts to explain her actions (after the fact)

In later years, Spencer did try to explain what happened more deeply than her original statement.

She has claimed:

  • she suffered abuse and neglect growing up
  • she was using alcohol and possibly medication at the time

However:

  • Some of these claims were disputed or unverified
  • And they didn’t fully satisfy the authorities reviewing her case

The core issue remains: Even her later explanations don’t fully match the scale or randomness of the act.

Where things stand today

  • Brenda Ann Spencer remains in prison to this day
  • She continues to be eligible for future parole hearings, but release is uncertain

If you want, I can explain how this case influenced public awareness of school violence or how it compares to later cases.

Here’s a clear summary of Brenda Ann Spencer’s parole history, based only on what the sources explicitly confirm.

Parole hearing history (summary)

📅 Eligibility

  • Spencer was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 25 years
  • That made her eligible for her first parole hearings starting in the early 1990s (25 years after 1979)

❌ Repeated denials

  • She has applied for parole multiple times over several decades
  • Each time, parole has been denied

🧾 Current status

  • As of the most recent information available today
    • She remains in prison
    • She is still eligible for future parole hearings

Patterns in parole outcomes (from reported information)

While detailed parole transcripts aren’t always public, sources consistently point to:

  • Ongoing concerns about the seriousness of the crime
  • Questions about her explanations and insight (her reasons have changed over time)
  • The need for demonstrable remorse and understanding, which parole boards assess

One‑sentence takeaway

👉 Brenda Ann Spencer has been eligible for parole for decades but has never been granted release, and she remains incarcerated today.

 Her next opportunity for a parole hearing will be in 2028.

Aftermath

A plaque and flagpole were erected at Cleveland Elementary in memory of the shooting victims. Due to declining enrollment, the school was closed in 1983, along with a dozen other public schools around the city.  In the ensuing decades, it was leased to several charter and private schools. From 2005 to 2017, it housed the Magnolia Science Academy, a public charter middle school serving students in grades 6–8.

memorial plaque honoring Burton Wragg and Mike Suchar

The school board decided to sell the school because of budget issues. In 2018, the building was demolished by the new owner and the site was redeveloped for housing. The memorial plaque was relocated to the southern edge of the former school site, at the corner of Lake Atlin Avenue and Lake Angela Drive.

Spencer and her family

In the months following the shooting, one of Brenda Spencer’s first cellmates at the juvenile facility was released. The 17-year-old girl moved in with Spencer’s father, whom she’d met through his visits to Brenda. They later married on March 26, 1980, in Yuma, Arizona. They had a daughter together, after which she fled the household and eventually divorced her estranged husband.She left Wallace Spencer to raise the girl alone.

Wallace Spencer died in February 2016.

Survivors

On January 17, 1989, almost ten years after the shooting, there was a shooting at a school in Stockton, California. Coincidentally it was also named Grover Cleveland Elementary. Five students were killed and thirty injured. Christy Buell, a survivor of the 1979 shooting, was “shocked, saddened, horrified” by the headlines concerning the incident.

Bon Jovi & Bob Geldof – I Don’t Like Mondays (London 2010)

Buy the book

See below for more Iconic Songs and the story behind them

😏

Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

Iconic Songs & the story behind them

Who do you think I am ?

Pop Culture Echoes

Pop culture echoes

Trigger warning:

⚠️This post touches on my deep pride and love of my loyalist culture and traditions and if this is not of interest or offends you , please feel free to continue scrolling.

Who Do You Think I Am?

It’s a question that divides opinion, and I’m acutely aware that many people’s first impressions of me are shaped by their political, religious, or cultural background. Those impressions are also influenced by the way my life story has been portrayed in my book and across mainstream and social media. I make no secret of my deep and abiding love for my loyalist culture and background. I know that is a deeply polarising issue, but in my experience, most people I take the time to engage with show me the same respect I give them.

See: The Evolution of My Loyalist Identity

The simplest answer, of course, is that I’m John Chambers. But depending on who the question is aimed at , I can be seen in very different ways:

  • To some, I’m the bloke who wrote the bestselling book A Belfast Child.
  • To others, I’m that loyalist fella who appeared in Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland.
  • To republican fanboys and haters, I’m an orange bastard, a planter, a bigot, a racist, a neo-Nazi, they know nothing!
  • To many who follow me on X and through my website, I’m a blogger who shares interesting content, epic music, and random banter whenever the mood takes me—often fuelled by copious amounts of alcohol and the occasional spliff.
  • To my family and close friends, I’m Stephen

But anyone who takes the time to know me properly will find there is far more to me than the stereotype of a Belfast loyalist with a love of music and popular culture.

What lays beneath

Beneath that exterior, I’m passionate about social justice and deeply curious about history, politics, current affairs, science, and much more. I thrive on deep, meaningful conversation. There are many layers to my character that are not obvious to the casual—or biased—observer. If I’m honest, I see myself as one of the good guys: someone with a deep, and at times painful, empathy for people who have been dealt a hard hand by fate, as I was in my younger years. If you’ve read my book you’ll understand that statement .

Can You See the Real Me?

Although I was christened John Stephen Chambers, after my da and grandda, I’ve always been known as Stephen—with a P—by my family, friends, and the tribal community I grew up in, for reasons lost in the corridors of time.

Throughout my life, I’ve been known by many different names. At times, that caused confusion with official documents and introductions and led to mix-ups at school or later when I entered the job market and had to produce my National Insurance number or passport. Still, the variety of names has added a distinctive twist to my story, making my personal history even more interesting—if occasionally complicated.

The Names That Shaped Me ?

A Boy Named Sue

Apparently, it’s quite common across the UK and Ireland to be known by a middle name, and to be honest I never gave it much thought until I was older and had to show official ID as I entered the adult world. To add to the confusion, I have a younger cousin also called Steven (Pickle), so within the family and community we became Big Stephen and Little Steven. As a child, my family nick name was  Big Bird—not because I was yellow, but because I was tall—and, to my bemusement and annoyance, some of my cousins still call me that. Yes, Linda, I’m looking at you.

Mostly, though, my family call me Our Stephen, and I’m perfectly happy with that.

Jay and myself

One of my childhood friends and closest mates, Belfast mod legend Jay McFall, has always called me simply Chambers, and has done so since we were kids growing up in the crazy 80s. I’ve no idea why. Later, when I became a mod and started spending time in the pubs and clubs in the city centre and beyond, most people on the scene called me Chambers too. It became just another name added to the long list I’d collected throughout my life, along with all the bemusement and occasional bewilderment that came with it.

Honouring My Da

As I grew older and wiser, I came to embrace my official name, John Chambers—not just as the name on official documents, but as a way of honouring my da and keeping his memory alive. Over time, it became more than a formality. It became a small but meaningful connection to where I come from and to the man whose name I carry—someone I have missed every day since he died fifty years ago.

To carry on that legacy, I named my son Jude John Chambers, and my brother David did the same with his son, John Chambers , know as Johnny .

My dad’s name will live on. Perhaps one day, when I am dust and long gone, a distant descendant tracing our family history will come across my book or this blog post and, for a moment, feel they have found me. Perhaps through these words they will come to know the real me, and understand not only who I was, but where I came from and what mattered most to me.

” English John ”

This is a story about me making a fool out of myself with a Belfast legend and an annoying nickname my mates in Belfast insist in calling me

Link to: Why Are Names Important

London Calling

By my late teens, I had grown weary of Belfast and the chaos that shaped my daily life, so I made the life-changing decision to move to London and start over. There were many reasons for leaving, but at the heart of it was a deep unhappiness with the life I was living and a profound despair at the unending violence and brutality that surrounded me—and Belfast more generally.

I was living in the heartlands of loyalist Ulster, and there was no escaping the sectarian madness that ruled and ruined our daily lives. By then, I had started mixing with and dating Catholics, and that opened up an entirely new universe to me—one that had previously been out of bounds.

That may be difficult for people outside that world to fully understand, but throughout my childhood and teens I had been segregated from my Catholic counterparts. Apart from those I met during my many childhood hospital stays, I had never really socialised with Catholics or had Catholic friends.

I was on a voyage of discovery, and Belfast had become too small for me. So I packed my bags and my dreams, boarded a plane for the first time, and stepped into a new and exciting chapter of my life—a never-ending party fuelled by alcohol and drugs.

See below for more Pop Culture Echoes Stories

😏

Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

See: Why I Left Belfast

See: The Evolution of My Loyalist Identity

See: Belfast Mods

    A few of my favorite choons about names

    1. Jolene’ by Dolly Parton
    2. Sweet Caroline’ by Neil Diamond
    3. A Boy Named Sue’ by Johnny Cash
    4. David Watts The Kinks/Jam
    5. ‘Lola’ by The Kinks
    6. Eleanor Rigby’ by The Beatles
    7. Come On, Eileen’ by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
    8. Maggie May’ by Rod Stewart
    9. ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ by Janis Joplin
    10. Layla’ by Derek and the Dominos
    11. ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by The Beatles
    12. ‘Gloria’ by Laura Branigan
    13. Proud Mary’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    14. Mrs. Robinson’ by Simon & Garfunkel
    15. Hey Jude’ by The Beatles
    16. My Sharona’ by The Knack
    17. The Wind Cries Mary’ by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    18. Who Are You’ by The Who
    19. Ruby Tuesday’ by The Rolling Stones
    20. Valerie’ by Amy Winehouse

    See: 100 Classic Songs With People’s Names in the Title

    Why I left Belfast

    Uncategorized

    Well hello there….

    Please check back soon—I’m still working on this post, and I’ll publish it once it’s finished.

    In the meantime, please subscribe to my blog to receive email notifications whenever I publish new content. Thank you.

    😏

    Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

    The Evolution of my loyalist identity

    Uncategorized

    Well hello there….

    Please check back soon—I’m still working on this post, and I’ll publish it once it’s finished.

    In the meantime, please subscribe to my blog to receive email notifications whenever I publish new content. Thank you.

    😏

    Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

    Belfast & Meath trip starts tomorrow

    A Belfast Child : My Story, Blog, My Life

    Evening all , Im heading home to Belfast tomorrow for the Easter period and hopefully a trip down south to visit my bro and his family in County Meath , depending on a few factors which are out of my control 😜

    Belfast will always be my home and although I look forward to visiting and spending time with those I love and cherish to be honest since Jean’s death it has lost some of its magic and nowadays every trip home is tinged with sadness and regret at what I have lost. Every street on the Shankill and surrounding areas holds memories of better times and the ghosts of my past still walk these street and I cant help but feel sadness with them so near.

    But enough of this sadness, I intend to have a blast and makes new memories.

    Stay tuned because its gonna get messy and if you see me on the road or out and about don’t be afraid to say hello and buy me a pint or six 😜

    Laters X

    😏

    Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

    6 People   lost their lives on the 6th January  between  1980 – 2001 . read their stories here :

    Uncategorized

    6 People   lost their lives on the 6th January  between  1980 – 2001

    6th January – Deaths & Events in Northern Ireland Troubles
    6th January – Deaths & Events in Northern Ireland Troubles

    Merry Christmas to all my friends out there X

    Blog, My Life

    Hi folks,

    Just a shortish blog post to wish you all a wonderful evening and a fantastic Xmas day.

    Some of you guys have followed me and my story for years now and during recent tragic soul destroying  lows to a few joy filled epic highs you have been there to support , comfort  and celebrate with me whatever a pernicious fate throws in my path and I am truly grateful.

    This year I’ve invited all the family to my place for Xmas dinner and tbh it’s been a logistical (expensive) nightmare trying to accommodate and please everyone. Mother-in-law is a pure traditionalist and in what I suspected was a threatening tone kept informing me she is really looking forward to her turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

    Simone, the kids and myself aren’t particularly fond of turkey and have been debating among ourselves whether we should just buy a giant chicken and hope mother-in-law wouldn’t notice. Obviously, there’s a tout among us and my monies on Simone or Autumn telling mother-in-law of the conspiracy  to fool her with a giant chicken.

    So, turkey is back on the menu !

    We discussed what everyone else preferred for mains and of course that wasn’t plain sailing either. Autumn wanted gammon, I wanted lamb , Simone wasn’t fussed and Jude demanded chicken because he hates turkey and it would ruin his day if he didn’t have a turkey substitute on his Xmas plate. I helpfully suggested we held a democratic vote to decide which meats to go for and to my shock and surprise they all decided I wasn’t part of their democratic voting  circle and I was out of the equation. Brutal. By this stage I’d had enough, and I threw the towel in and ended up buying everything, including a small chicken.

    For starters we’re having tiger prawns , pate & rustic rolls  and salmon with pomegranate glaze , something we al agreed to to keep everyone happy – phew.

    Anyways Jude and autumn are helping with Xmas dinner and despite all the stress  I’m looking forward to spending some quality time with them all and after dinner we’ll play some games and watch a little telly.

    Perfect!

    Ill finish by wishing you and all those you love and cherish a safe and wonderful time this Xmas and may Santa bring you all you hope for.

    God bless you all as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ

    Merry Xmas everyone X

    😏

    Hit the button below and surprise me 👍

    Laters X

    A singed copy of my book for Xmas ?

    A Belfast Child : My Story, Book extracts,

    Last chance to order before Xmas delivery cut-off period nxt Wednesday .

    A personally signed copy of my No.1 Best Selling book : A Belfast Child , which may be worth a few quid if my story is made into a movie – watch this space !

    UK Orders

    Free postage for UK orders only !

    For Europe & USA orders drop me a message below and Ill send you an payment link !

    ← Back

    Thank you for your response. ✨

    Thank you for subscribing!

    Please check your email to confirming your subscription.

    ← Back

    Thank you for your response. ✨

    Daily writing prompt
    Tell us one thing you hope people say about you.
    View all responses