"Chasing the yankee dollar"

**el punter** · 15/09/2006, 8:38 PM

How many times did the TG4 presenter use this phrase - in English - about Fenlon?

What the hell was he talking about? What Yankee dollars were Bohs offering him?

Buffoon!

**A face** · 15/09/2006, 9:19 PM

Are you serious ... in what context though?? They are normally not like that at all.

**Jaime** · 15/09/2006, 9:42 PM

I thought it was a great quaint culchie phrase, thought it was funny, Fenlon looked bemused and so did Heary, to be fair. "Chasing the yankee dollar", I like it the more I hear it.

**BohsPartisan** · 15/09/2006, 10:29 PM

Has to go on one of those T Shirts doesn't it?

**BohDiddley** · 16/09/2006, 11:51 AM

I was surprised. Seemed it popped into his head and he was so delighted with it that he had to repeat it.
Yankee $ and Bohs, a supporter-owned club: nothing could be more inappropriate!

**BohsPartisan** · 16/09/2006, 3:40 PM

Yeah maybe he should have said "chasing the order of Lenin"

**bohs til i die** · 16/09/2006, 5:52 PM

Originally Posted by el punter

What the hell was he talking about? What Yankee dollars were Bohs offering him?

All big clubs do their financial dealings on Dollars. Our South American feeder clubs like Boca Juniors, River Plate, Vasco Da Gama and Corinthians all insist on payments in US dollars. Maybe thats were the TG4 presenter got it from

**Jaime** · 17/09/2006, 6:48 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Yeah maybe he should have said "chasing the order of Lenin"

WHEN WE ARE VICTORIOUS ON A WORLD SCALE I THINK THAT WE SHALL USE GOLD FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING PUBLIC LAVATORIES.

**BohsPartisan** · 17/09/2006, 6:52 PM

Originally Posted by Jaime

WHEN WE ARE VICTORIOUS ON A WORLD SCALE I THINK THAT WE SHALL USE GOLD FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING PUBLIC LAVATORIES.

True but Rovers fans will still have to use porta-cabins. They'll only dirty our posh toilets.

**sonofstan** · 18/09/2006, 7:33 AM

Originally Posted by bohs til i die

All big clubs do their financial dealings on Dollars. Our South American feeder clubs like Boca Juniors, River Plate, Vasco Da Gama and Corinthians all insist on payments in US dollars. Maybe thats were the TG4 presenter got it from

which one did we get Dessie Byrne from?

**el punter** · 22/09/2006, 7:48 PM

He did it again tonight......magnificent

**steno** · 22/09/2006, 8:02 PM

Yeah its great what does it mean? its a great term.

**BohsPartisan** · 22/09/2006, 8:58 PM

When they throw in an English phrase like that it always reminds me of the Fast Show spanish news programme.

**A face** · 22/09/2006, 9:51 PM

Originally Posted by el punter

He did it again tonight......magnificent

I missed that ..... what did he say .... was he reffering to Bohs and said "chasing the yankee dollar" ?? ..... its actually cringeworthy at this stage. It’s a real parochial backwater term, what is going through his head?

**steno** · 22/09/2006, 10:00 PM

not sure but think he was on about shels when they were two behind haven't needed Irish for a while...... or ever

**el punter** · 22/09/2006, 10:11 PM

The context is that Pat Fenlon didn't go chasing the yankee dollar by taking the money to manage Bohs instead of Shels.

"So will Pat Fenlon be pleased tonight that he didn't go chasing the yankee dollar at Dalymount Park?" etc

bizarre the mileage he's getting from it, gone from annoying to funny IMO

**steno** · 22/09/2006, 10:14 PM

Its like Bill Herlihy 'Hookey-Dokey we leave it there so' at this stage guaranteed every game

**Sheridan** · 22/09/2006, 11:46 PM

David Brent uses the phrase "chasing the Yankee dollar" in The Office, which is doubtless where our hero picked it up.

He's an awful presenter, his questions are embarrassing and he constantly misidentifies players and officials. He does have a certain hapless gombeen sub-Hector affability to him which some may find appealing, but it does nothing for me. Worst part of the show (McGeever is a close second, though.)

**John83** · 23/09/2006, 3:09 PM

If it's any help: "Working for the Yankee dollar" is sometimes heard as a derogatory phrase for someone who is perceived to have 'sold out' to an American corporation in some way. [wikipedia]

It seems to come from a song, Rum and Coca-Cola. It seems it was made famous by the Andrews Sisters in 1944. If you know who they are, congratulations and get a life. Here's a wikipedia article on the song.

The lyrics:
Rum and Coca-Cola
If you ever go down Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Since the Yankee come to Trinidad
They got the young girls all goin' mad
Young girls say they treat 'em nice
Make Trinidad like paradise
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
From Chicachicaree to Mona's Isle
Native girls all dance and smile
Help soldier celebrate his leave
Make every day like New Year's Eve
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
In old Trinidad, I also fear
The situation is mighty queer
Like the Yankee girl, the native swoon
When she hear der Bingo croon
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Out on Manzanella Beach
G.I. romance with native peach
All night long, make tropic love
Next day, sit in hot sun and cool off
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar