His bumbling ways and perpetual ill luck act as an amusing antithesis to the sometimes traumatic incidents which befall those around him .
While he has appeared at the centre of some grave storylines , Paddy is often a manifestation of the faintly ridiculous .
Paddy 's bumbling ways and perpetual ill luck act as an amusing antithesis to the sometimes traumatic incidents which befall those around him .
While he has appeared at the centre of some grave storylines , Paddy is often a manifestation of the faintly ridiculous .