He is a very talented plonker.Quote:
Originally Posted by alidiei
Rugby's Steven Ireland.
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He is a very talented plonker.Quote:
Originally Posted by alidiei
Rugby's Steven Ireland.
I may get hung for this from certain people...
The Mighty Boosh
Also Simon Pegg. Brilliant in Hot Fuzz, but he's just a smug luvvie now. Same goes for Ricky Gervais.
You what? BOD is willing to go to any lengths to help his country win, Stephen Traitor Ireland is willing to come up with any excuse not to even turn up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Unless she's moved show she presents pretty much the only alternative/new music show on Today FM. I couldn't care what the presenter is like so long as someone fills this role -trite and imperfect as the shows often seem to me to be (lots about Oxegen, Q Mag driven etc)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
...well International football is somewhat abstract in that it ties some pretty great footballers to some pretty crappy countries -and vice versa. Some of us find charm in that ...some evidently don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
Fair enough. I will just say though that he enjoys the genuine admiration of his peers and there is little evident nudge-nudge about him being a fancy dan with bigger rep than ability (Beckham?). Nor is there apparent papering over cracks/ ignoring elephant in the living room like that relating to Shearers vicious streak and willingness to use his elbows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
We'll have to just agree to disagree on the standard of football. I don't think it's a huge leap to be honest. Just so long as it's remembered that without the back there's no front, without down there's no up. Though I'd much rather the people at RTE and TV3 were appraised of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon
You're expected to like the LOI :eek: Where do you live?Quote:
Originally Posted by First
Cheltenham.
Did you lose your shirt last year Schumi?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
Indeed. Horse racing is a load of pish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
I agree. Maybe I don't gamble enough to have any interest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
I hardly gamble at all but still have a live interest in it. But that's probably someway attributable to former gambling and having a dad infatuated with the sport. In fairness it's probably not the most accessible of sports, in that the enjoyment levels only really kick in once you have a good knowledge-bank of the different owners, trainers, jockeys, types of races, etc. That said I still love watching races from anywhere in the world!Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
To be honest I don't understand the opinion that watching horses race around a track with little men atop is "pish" and isn't interesting or fun to watch. Having money down helps but I still like it regardless. :)
On Cheltenham, there might be a lot of hype, but there's good cause for it.
edit: More generally, I tend to look at things like what I say about Cheltenham: if there's hype there's probably some good underlying cause for it. A good example of an opposite attitude (that because there's hype you should decry something) I've encountered is these kind of Backpacker Snobs who won't go to a place because it's too touristy: "I'm not going to Machu Picchu cos it's too touristy." I mean like, there's probably a reason it's touristy! Why deny yourself the beauty of a certain area for the sake of slavish adherence to a principle. Of course, off-the-beaten-track places are nice too, but a mixture is good.
In general, sometimes you might need to look past the bloated reputation and find the true cause of the celebrated thing. I'd rather do that and appreciate the original attraction than take a dislike to something because it may be a little over-hyped.
I've no real problem with racing fans absolutely loving Cheltenham and I can certainly see the attraction of having the best of the best race each other over 4 days.
However I fecking hate people with no interest in the sport (or gambling) suddenly thinking they're experts and making their only bets of the year on Ruby. I gue3ss it’s the bandwagon I hate rather than the hype
Ipods, Itunes and basically any media device with an I in front of it. They dangle the prospect of a useful, handy device in front of you then wrench it away and **** it up with convoluted, messy, interfacing. Conceptually great and in practical terms useless. *****!
Why are you calling round , I'll put on the kettleQuote:
Originally Posted by micls
Anything by Apple.
Not all it cracked up to be at all at all.
Can't agree there , I love my Ipod , brilliant piece of kit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Celtic FC - utter waste of time
Ooooh I completely disagree..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Ipods are fine, but iTunes is a total piece of crap.
I'm a huge Apple fan but not such of iTunes...
The Arcade Fire...dreary, bland, dull, dull, dull!
Wash your mouth out!!! 2 Jokes? What about the Alice Cooper "Milwaukee" scene, Wayne meeting Cassandra's father, so many funny bits..Quote:
Originally Posted by Newryrep
I'll have the cream of some young guy.
If Benjamin were an Ice cream flavour -he'd be praline -and dick.
Nobody writes material like that anymore
peanut butter... dreary, bland, dull, dull, dull!
Tea (as in the beverage).
Wayne. How you doin'?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Hey, Tiny, who's playing today?
Jolly Green Giants and the ****ty Beetles.
****ty Beetles? Are they any good?
They suck.
Then it's not just a clever name
:D:D:D
What! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Surely two of the greatest joys known to man involve finding a quiet cozy nook in a pub, and either having his lunch while reading the paper or, even better yet, having a creamy pint of stout in front of him, pen in hand, and paper folded to the crossword page. Pure bliss that latter one. :)
Change newspaper for a good book, and you're on*.
Crossword is just about tolerable; the rest (and I'm only counting proper newspapers; tabloids are self-explanatory) is merely stuff I don't care about, stuff I can't do anything about anyway, propagandist stuff telling me what to think (who was that idiotic pro-Bush columnist the Irish Times ran for years?) and stuff I can find about on the internet. I find that if something is really important, I tend to hear about it through other sources soon enough anyway.
And while I'm on this rant - Sudoku. Seriously, what is the point? People went Sudoku mad overnight for a puzzle which just involves putting numbers into squares; nothing more interesting than that; never any deviation. I don't think I've ever finished one, primarily through pure boredom.
* - goes without saying that I don't turn to the inside cover of a book and start making up a crossword but - you know what I mean.
Personally I find that books are not much better than newspapers when it comes to this. Both books and newspapers just irritate me as most seem obviously like they've been written as self-eulogies of a kind. It's a different, more eloquent kind of self-eulogy in books, but that doesn't change the basic fact that people write them just to talk about themselves, or their views, or their stories, etc.
Maybe I'm just being a miserable old cuckoo head here, but that's the way I feel. I don't think it's a coincidence that I've come to hate books over the last few years as a student; there must be some connection there. :(
Perhaps you are reading the wrong books?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cymro
Agree with you on Sudoku Stu. I got into it for a while alright and found them enjoyable from the perspective of the challenge and having to figure them out more so than the game itself. But the sense of satisfaction on completion was nothing compared to finishing a crossword, which is a game I can enjoy of itself even if I don't finish it.
Charles Krauthammer is the columnist and he still contributes on a Monday.
I actually like reading what you term the "propagandist" stuff. I'd wildly guess that it's some innate strong cynicism (not necessarily a bad thing) you and Cymro might have that makes you not enjoy such articles. I think it's enriching to read someone's opinion on something they feel strongly about. You don't have to agree with their viewpoint, and maybe it's better if you don't, just try to take a more detached overview and add what you read to your overall understanding of a debate.
One of the other points you raise Stu is the 'war' between traditional forms of media (such as papers) versus newer forms (such as the internet). I'm very much a traditionalist on that 'front' as simply enough I way prefer reading anything on paper.
Lastly I like newspapers for the breadth of topics they cover. Like you could be flicking through and there's an article on say political strife in Bolivia. It's highly unlikely I would've searched out a topic like that on the internet.
GAA..
Kinda like Osarusan's clever question above - perhaps you are drinking the wrong teas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hitman
I may get some roll-eyed looks, but there are some fantastic alternative teas out there that you could try if you don't like Barry's type tea. (And no I don't mean anything illicit!)
I've loved practically all teas I've tried. Some can take a few goes to get used to but will serve you well thereafter. For one example, Green Tea is probably the greatest all round drink there is in the world (I would say something alcoholic but they're not always conducive to driving!). You can drink it any time of day, it's very refreshing, tasty, gives you a little kick without side-effects of caffeine, it's warm so it's better for you than cold drinks, and it leaves a nice moist sensation in your mouth for hours afterwards that ordinary tea doesn't quite give. Oh and you don't need milk so no need for panicked runs to shop in the morning! :D
Yeah, Tazo and Twinings both have broad ranges of tea you should try out. Not sure if Tazo's available in Irish supermarkets, but it's definitely in Starbucks.
Portion of Cork City supporters and being "a family club".
I love lemon and ginger tea particularly but Green tea and purah tea are gorgeous too.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
Not so mad bout herbal or floral teas though.
The dark knight, zzzzzzzzzzz
Foot.ie... :)
:D AND I've just remembered -my signature is from Waynes World II.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike B
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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
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Originally Posted by DaveyCakes
Lads, Schindler List is funnier than Waynes WorldQuote:
Originally Posted by Pike B
"Stern, if this factory ever produces a shell that can actually be fired, I'll be very unhappy."Quote:
Originally Posted by Newryrep