"norman namedropper"

**the 12 th man** · 09/03/2004, 10:35 AM

we all know this guy.
he comes out with stories that are unbelievable laced with "names " to impress you.
try this one out
this guy says he was in brazil on holidays and just happened to
meet the man utd team in a hotel/bar.well he got on like a fire with "becks" and "scolesy" for the few days and they brought him with them where ever they went.he also met ronny biggs junior and swopped email addresses with him.

anyone else ever meet this guy??

**max power** · 09/03/2004, 11:10 AM

yeah there is this fella called brian that drinks in my local in inchicore and he says he knows the whole ireland team and that he met ronaldo a few weeks ago.........

**lopez** · 09/03/2004, 11:42 AM

Not quite namedropping but just as much bullsh*t.

I knew this English Jew at work, Mark, who reckoned he was in the Israeli army. Officer of course and a tank commander. Didn't speak any Hebrew, but hey, they all understood English so what the heck. Reckons he missed out on 'earning a grand a day' in Angola as a mercenary.

Mark told me this while I was reading about an English mercenary in Croatia in the Guardian that was lucky to get a meal a day let alone a grand. Mark then bangs on about the Israeli army being the best army 'pound for pound' in the world. I've had enough at this stage and go into a rant - basically who have you fought?, armed by the US, etc - when he declares that the US sent this big f*ck off aircraft carrier in to take the West Bank in a training exercise and lost. I'm now laughing my cojones off, because as everyone knows - everyone except Mark - the West Bank is landlocked. He replies: 'Oh it must have been somewhere else?' Yeah. Perhaps it was the North Bank...or the clock end?

**the 12 th man** · 09/03/2004, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by lopez
Not quite namedropping but just as much bullsh*t.

I knew this English Jew at work, Mark, who reckoned he was in the Israeli army. Officer of course and a tank commander.

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believe it or not but i have a name for this kind of guy.basically the unbelievable story without the celeb names as described above in lopezs story.

"johnny tall story"

**lopez** · 09/03/2004, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by the 12 th man
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believe it or not but i have a name for this kind of guy.basically the unbelievable story without the celeb names as described above in lopezs story.

"johnny tall story"

I won't even bore you with how he ended up in the Israeli army, Father. It basically involved four key elelments: Mark; a BNP meeting in SE London; lots of BNP casualties; and a midnight airlift to Tel Aviv (a la Entebbe) courtesy of the Israeli ambassador in London. Unsurprisingly he's a black cab driver now.

**max power** · 09/03/2004, 12:00 PM

you could imagine him, " i had god in the back of the cab the other day"

**the 12 th man** · 09/03/2004, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by max power
you could imagine him, " i had god in the back of the cab the other day"

"george bush held a secret meeting in me cab the other day "

**lopez** · 09/03/2004, 2:07 PM

Originally posted by max power
you could imagine him, " i had god in the back of the cab the other day"

Frankly he's not the first I've met. I've had a few co-workers who were ex SAS, although of course if they told you they'd have to kill you!

**the 12 th man** · 09/03/2004, 2:21 PM

this can also manifest itself in where people say they live

from blanchardstown they say castleknock
from knocklyon they say templeogue
from swords they say malahide

**S�C** · 09/03/2004, 2:25 PM

Dublin they say Ireland

**A face** · 09/03/2004, 2:32 PM

Lords say servants !!

**max power** · 09/03/2004, 2:36 PM

cork say capital

**lopez** · 09/03/2004, 2:39 PM

Kilburn say Hampstead Borders.

**S�C** · 09/03/2004, 3:06 PM

Originally posted by max power
cork say capital

That the REAL Capital to you. Long Live Lettuce

**max power** · 09/03/2004, 3:18 PM

that was below the belt.........lettuce shall be defeated....just wait and see

**the scout** · 09/03/2004, 5:36 PM

this spoofer i was talking to at a party once said joe dolan got smart with him in a pub.and when the bouncers came over when they heard the aggro they through joe dolan out and let him stay in the pub.almost said tossed out there.

**Pauro 76** · 09/03/2004, 7:07 PM

most annoying namedroppers? Amanda Brunker, the big chested reporter off the Sunday World, what a b!tch... and i have to say, Tamara ex-Rose of Tralee from Longford, she writes a column for the Longford L****r (I work for the other paper...) and never seen so many celebs names dropped in the one column...

**Beavis** · 09/03/2004, 9:28 PM

Originally posted by the 12 th man

from knocklyon they say templeogue

Why??I would have considered Knocklyon as/more upwardly mobile than Templeogue.

Anyway there's no bad areas on the southside

**Peadar** · 10/03/2004, 11:01 AM

I'll need to confirm the details of this with another colleague but when I was working in the UK there was this lad from the West Midlands who told stories so incredible it's hard to believe he was never commited to a mental institute.
He told us how his father was spy in the South Pacific and that he, himself was trained as a spy at the age of 12. He'd driven tanks in Fiji and a host of other crap.
Mental ilness doesn't seem to be taken seriously enough in Britain and Ireland.

Originally posted by Beavis
Anyway there's no bad areas on the southside

Where was that lad shot the other day, in front of those playing kids? It must have been on the northside

Up by the Nutgrove Shopping Centre is another lovely area...