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Election Time Idiocy

  • 23-04-2014 10:35am
    #1
    jasonbourne.cs
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭


    was awoken at 2 a.m. this morning to the sounds of election posters being attached to telephone poles along my street . the particular bunch of goons were hauling an extending ladder up the street stopping at every lamp post making huge racket .

    woke up as initially thought I was being burgled :mad:

    I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

    I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !


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  • #2
    bumper234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,250 ✭✭✭✭bumper234


    jasonbourne.cs wrote: »
    was awoken at 2 a.m. this morning to the sounds of election posters being attached to telephone poles along my street . the particular bunch of goons were hauling an extending ladder up the street stopping at every lamp post making huge racket .

    woke up as initially thought I was being burgled :mad:

    I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

    I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !

    Wait till you are sitting down to dinner and the gob****es ring the bell.


  • #3
    MagicIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,902 ✭✭✭MagicIRL


    jasonbourne.cs wrote: »

    I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

    This is the most middle-class thing I've ever read! :D


  • #4
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    jasonbourne.cs wrote: »

    I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !

    They were grabbing the best poles for publicity, 2am was taking the piss though.


  • #5
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    bumper234 wrote: »
    Wait till you are sitting down to dinner and the gob****es ring the bell.

    My "No Canvassers" notice on my door is working surprisingly well as for years I was annoyed at all hours of the evening by them calling and spouting the same old same old. Still get their junk mail flyers in the door though.


  • #6
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    jasonbourne.cs wrote: »
    was awoken at 2 a.m. this morning to the sounds of election posters being attached to telephone poles along my street . the particular bunch of goons were hauling an extending ladder up the street stopping at every lamp post making huge racket .

    woke up as initially thought I was being burgled :mad:

    I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

    I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !

    I was out until 5am this morning putting up posters. If it didn't happen last night then all the premium poster positions would be gone. The only time you'll see a member of the socialist party do any real work is when he's running up a ladder with a poster of Joe Higgins under the oxter.


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  • #7
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Plazaman wrote: »
    Still get their junk mail flyers in the door though.

    Why dont you get a no junk notice for your door too, works a treat. No more takeaway menus being thrown in the letter box.


  • #8
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Plazaman wrote: »
    My "No Canvassers" notice on my door is working surprisingly well as for years I was annoyed at all hours of the evening by them calling and spouting the same old same old. Still get their junk mail flyers in the door though.

    Just put up a "no election materials" sign as well.


  • #9
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,454 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    I always examine each poster carefully and vote for the candidate with the best picture framework and lighting.


  • #10
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Luckily all my neighbours are of the non voting variety (foreigners, council/sheltered housing) so I dont get canvassers.


  • #11
    Southern Belle
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭Southern Belle


    Speaking of idiocy, poor ole Fine Gael have a bit of mixed messaging in Waterford-every lampost has any one of all 3 European candidates with a vote number 1 sign! If they cant decide, how do they expect the electorate to?!


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  • #12
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Some of the posters that are going up here are unbelievable, like this one that says "Have a good trip home"


  • #13
    Dan_Solo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    Oh, it's don't answer the door season again.


  • #14
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    was out cycling this morning at 5:30 and some retard in a ladder in black walked across the road. Only that I saw the ladder tilt I would have cycled straight into him.


  • #15
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Cycling at fcuking half five in the morning is a bit retarded too though in fairness.

    /rolling over for second sleep time for Christ sake. :eek:


  • #16
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Cycling at fcuking half five in the morning is a bit retarded too though in fairness.

    /rolling over for second sleep time for Christ sake. :eek:

    we arent all lazy ****ers


  • #17
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Davarus Walrus wrote: »
    I was out until 5am this morning putting up posters. If it didn't happen last night then all the premium poster positions would be gone. The only time you'll see a member of the socialist party do any real work is when he's running up a ladder with a poster of Joe Higgins under the oxter.

    Not being smart but why?

    Do you think anyone has ever cast their vote based on someones picture they saw on a lamp post?


  • #18
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    I just got home from driving through my town, stuck behind a guy in a van reading from a megaphone and driving at around 20kph. He wouldn't pull in at all to let people pass and what he was saying was completely inaudible. By the time I got home and opened the windows, here's yer man with his inaudible murmur like as if he had followed me home.

    The posters are a disaster too. I'm not one for banning everything but the posters should be banned outright as soon as possible.


  • #19
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,454 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Not being smart but why?

    Do you think anyone has ever cast their vote based on someones picture they saw on a lamp post?

    If you're voting for a party you'll want to know the candidates.Some people vote as a matter of course no matter what so awareness probably creates a few number ones.


  • #20
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    kneemos wrote: »
    If you're voting for a party you'll want to know the candidates.Some people vote as a matter of course no matter what so awareness probably creates a few number ones.

    If you are voting for a party you will probably be well aware of the candidates, and who do you give your first preference to based on their pictures looking at you from a lamp post?


  • #21
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Not being smart but why?

    Do you think anyone has ever cast their vote based on someones picture they saw on a lamp post?

    They really should be banned, they're nothin but visual pollution.


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  • #22
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    wendell borton wrote: »
    They really should be banned, they're nothin but visual pollution.

    I agree....pictures of people to help you to remember who to vote for.

    Sheep...


  • #23
    Dan_Solo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    Anybody else notice how small the Labour and Fine Gael logos are on their elections posters? Actually, they're so small you probably didn't. :D


  • #24
    Dan_Solo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    mfceiling wrote: »
    If you are voting for a party you will probably be well aware of the candidates, and who do you give your first preference to based on their pictures looking at you from a lamp post?
    I don't know about the blokes, but I wouldn't be voting for any of the female candidates based on their looks either if that was the intention...


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