Friday 8 November, 2024

Water meter sketch... the Cork version

The hidden camera prank hits the rebel county. “We can’t be fooling around with cockstops.”

YOU MAY REMEMBER the Dublin water meter sketch on RTÉ’s hidden camera show The Fear. The one where unsuspecting householder Geraldine pulled a knife on Jennifer Maguire.

Well, now there’s a Cork version. And it involves an irate pensioner who keeps talking about ‘cockstops’.

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Water meter sketch... the Cork version

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