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St Patrick's Day trainers.

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  • 12-03-2012 7:46pm
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    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,982 ✭✭✭✭


    I wonder if they come with an 800 year guarantee?:pac:

    I wouldn't buy them because they look like sh1t.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0310/1224313106315.html?via=mr
    WITH ST Patrick’s Day around the corner, the giant footwear company Nike is releasing two beer-themed sneakers or runners to mark the date.
    The first runner is known as “The Guinness” and the second is known as “The Black and Tan”.
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    stovelid
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    Quite accurate as the black and tan will no doubt be heavily involved in the robbery and killing of innocent Irish citizens.


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    Latchy
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    Spilling (precious) Guinness all over your trainers will have a whole new meaning now .


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    ejmaztec
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    They could throw some of these in as well, to make a set


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    KeithAFC
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    They could throw some of these in as well, to make a set
    Nice. Can you buy them online?


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    ejmaztec
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    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Nice. Can you buy them online?

    Yes, you can go to Amazon and put in an orange order.:P


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    Mickey H
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    Chavtastic!


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    micropig
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    Sure every one knows that Pikes Nikes symbol is a slash hook;)


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    KTRIC
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    They're not a patch on my Nike Holocaust's I bought in Germany. They're sort of an ash colour with some nice red and black accents on them.


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    Sonics2k
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    This is fantastic. I wonder if they did any research in to the name what-so-ever.


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    Poor Uncle Tom
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    What about the Easter Sunday Nikes,
    Jesus used them when he cleared the temple....:pac:


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    fullstop
    Registered Users Posts: 11,314 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    Not a patch on these...http://only-sneakers.ru/vans-slip-on-ireland/


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    WindSock
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    They'll go well with my blue shirts.


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    drunkmonkey
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    Top off the day with some Ben&Jerry Ice cream.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXgN5AhBDWM


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    HalloweenJack
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    Connolly's should make a special runner to celebrate the Fourth of July and call them Al-Qaeeda's.

    Would love to see what the Yanks'd make of that.


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    Babybuff
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    fullstop wrote: »
    Not a patch on these...http://only-sneakers.ru/vans-slip-on-ireland/

    want


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    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,982 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    HalloweenJack wrote: »
    Connolly's should make a special runner to celebrate the Fourth of July and call them Al-Qaeeda's.

    Would love to see what the Yanks'd make of that.

    Only available in two sizes, 9 and 11.


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    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Shur, it's only a bit of craic.


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    theteal
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    they're runners ffs


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    micropig
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    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    Shur, it's only a bit of craic.

    Craic Shoes:D


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    fullstop
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    Babybuff wrote: »
    want

    Saw the leprechaun ones in Cape Town a couple of years ago for €20, no idea why I didn't buy them!


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    Owen_S
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    They won't be any competition for the sea of brown brogues that will be witnessed this Saturday night.


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    booboo88
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    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/nike-slammed-over-black-and-tan-trainer-to-mark-st-patricks-day-3047045.html


    Not the wisest thing to do when they have such a large Irish following.


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    Outkast_IRE
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    its two colours i dont see the problem,


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    JustAddWater
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    Outkast_IRE wrote: »
    its two colours i dont see the problem,

    it's the specific 2 colours and the timing that counts

    Might as well have a ****ing orange sash across it


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    TreesAreCrowd
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    Yes, like the skangers in the Nike's are going to know who the Black and Tans were, beyond being featured in some 'RA songs they might know.


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    galwayrush
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    Big ****ing deal.


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    booboo88
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    TreesAreCrowd wrote: »
    Yes, like the skangers in the Nike's are going to know who the Black and Tans were, beyond being featured in some 'RA songs they might know.

    Wow, gotta love the generalisation, not everyone who wears nikes are skangers:rolleyes:
    And Im sure we all studied history at least to junior cert level so thats a bit harsh!


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    the groutch
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    may as well have made them the colours of the French and German flags, as a tribute to our new overlords.


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    TreesAreCrowd
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    booboo88 wrote: »
    Wow, gotta love the generalisation, not everyone who wears nikes are skangers:rolleyes:
    And Im sure we all studied history at least to junior cert level so thats a bit harsh!
    No but you can be sure every skanger has worn, wears or wants to wear Nikes :D


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    lcrcboy
    Registered Users Posts: 562 ✭✭✭lcrcboy


    So Apparently we are all really angry about the new Nike's, what do you think.
    Story taken from Yahoo News:

    Nike ‘Black and Tans’ Sneaker Accidentally Incites Outrage From Irish Community
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    The name of a new Nike sneaker has people upset in Ireland. The footwear giant accidentally insulted the Irish while trying to honor the country leading up to St. Patrick's Day.
    The Nike SB Black and Tan Quickstrike is named after a black and tan colored alcoholic beverage made by mixing stout and lager--usually Guinness and Harp or Bass--in a pint glass. Even though Guinness and Harp are Irish, it is not a drink that is commonly requested in bars in Ireland. In the 1920s, a British paramilitary group, known as the "Black & Tans," used brutality to suppress an armed Irish Revolution, and it was known for its ruthless attacks against Irish civilians.
    The president of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, Ciaran Staunton, said the name of the shoe "would be the American equivalent of calling a sneaker 'the Al Qaeda.'" Staunton added, "Is there no one at Nike able to Google Black and Tan?"
    Nike issued an apology for inadvertently upsetting people in Ireland, saying "no offense was intended." Nike officials also told FoxNews.com that the official name of the sneakers is 'Nike SB Dunk Low' and that the shoes were "unofficially named by some using a phrase that can be viewed as inappropriate and insensitive."
    Many people on social media are echoing Staunton, saying that Nike should have simply put the name "black and tan" in an Internet search engine to figure out the sinister connotation behind it. Even Atlanta news anchor Mark Hayes tweeted that "Nike put its foot in its mouth and now they are scrambling to do some damage control!"


    Link: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/nike-black-tans-sneaker-accidentally-incites-outrage-among-160904943.html


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