Vote Mr Tayto Number One

marco murphy

Anyone seen Tayto election posters? LOL

McSandwich

Poblachtach wrote:

Anyone seen Tayto election posters? LOL

No, what are his policies?

marco murphy

I'd imagine lower price crisps :P

Why didnt i get a photo of it :-/

Time Magazine

I got an photo but unfortunately this laptop doesn't have infra-red (afaik!)

I think his website is mrtayto.ie

McSandwich

Poblachtach wrote:

I'd imagine lower price crisps :P

Why didnt i get a photo of it :-/

Sounds good to me

Scraggs

The posters are plastered all over lamposts outside FF election Hq. I lol'd.

mikedragon32

He was around govt. buildings for most of the morning. Frank Kelly is his campaign manager, by the looks of things!

One of the points on his manifesto is "I will abolish children's allowance, so you can have as many children as you like".... Nice.

Later this evening the litter warden was taking them down from the poles along Merrion St. Upr.

Great stunt, although I'm pretty sure the bus driver must have been driven demented having to listen to the same "Vote Mr Tayto" song over and over.

Kurtosis

Sorry to get a little bit over excited, but, OH MY GOD, I'm coming out of college today at about half past four, hear a loudspeaker blaring, look up and see a giant red double decker bus with Mr Tayto on the side along with assorted election slogans...'twas a good day

ixoy

There's a Tayto bus too. Saw it today at about 17:10 turning onto Westmoreland St. It was loudly telling people to vote for Mr. Tayto. Yer only man.

Araniell

Ibid wrote:

I got an photo but unfortunately this laptop doesn't have infra-red (afaik!)

I think his website is mrtayto.ie

This isn't working for me. Is there an official website?

It occurs to me that Mr. Tayto looks not all together unlike our current Taoiseach.

McSandwich

Araniell wrote:

This isn't working for me. Is there an official website?

It occurs to me that Mr. Tayto looks not all together unlike our current Taoiseach.

At least I know what I'm getting when I buy a packet of Tayto

JupiterKid

If Mr Tayto wins the election and forms a coalition agreement with Dustin the Turkey, they'd probably do a better and more competent job of running the country than the present shower.

It wouldn't bee hard....:rolleyes:

SeanW

Mr. Tayto could probably do a better job running the country than the current shower.

aidan_walsh

McSandwich wrote:

At least I know what I'm getting when I buy a packet of Tayto

Half a bag of crisps?

county

can someone explain wtf this thread is about?

RalphCifaretto

Is that "stop the paedophiles" character running in the midlands again?:D

Our man in Havana

Clifford T Reid?

Nope, he is not running AFAIK.

county

Bond-007 wrote:

Clifford T Reid?

Nope, he is not running AFAIK.

was he not running in wicklow last time about,ex prison officer i think

Our man in Havana

county wrote:

was he not running in wicklow last time about,ex prison officer i think

Yes, he was a member of Athy town council and he ran in the Ireland east constituency in the last euro elections.

county

Bond-007 wrote:

Yes, he was a member of Athy town council and he ran in the Ireland east constituency in the last euro elections.

thats what it was

Dyr

mikedragon32 wrote:

Later this evening the litter warden was taking them down from the poles along Merrion St. Upr.

Why? If theres an election are they not allowed put up posters? do you have to be registered as a candidate? im amazed other companies havent figured this stunt out before


Also: i likened berties simpereing image on FF posters to mr tayto, like, weeks ago and am hereby taking credit for this. Go me.

delta_bravo

Bambi wrote:

Why? If theres an election are they not allowed put up posters? do you have to be registered as a candidate? im amazed other companies havent figured this stunt out before

I havent seen the posters but yes you do have to register as a candidate to put up posters and there is also certain dimensions posters must be or they can be removed

mikedragon32

The posters were also too low, the base of them was about four foot from the ground, making them a hazard for pedestrians, particularly vision impaired people.

MemEmee

Look at Clifford. He's on Bebo. Forget Mr Tayto...

http://cliffordtreid.bebo.com

FTA69

RalphCifaretto wrote:

Is that "stop the paedophiles" character running in the midlands again?:D

As opposed to what, encouraging them? :rolleyes:

Dyr

never mind clifford, how about that gunner eyed christian fella who always runs in the city centre? God loves a trier but jesus his fizzer on a poster staring down/out/up at ye is enough to put years on a person

brettmirl

Here's a pic of one of the posters from Ashbourne.

marco murphy

mick_irl ashbourne and places around are covered

eoin5

Fair play to the lads who put these up. I bet ya he'll get some votes too

abelard

Does anyone else remember the 'vote for the L-shaped Tetris block' posters from the last campaign?

marco murphy

haha, they were taken down in Navan

The_Minister

I saw one at the bus stop today

"Mr Tayto on the hole in the ozone layer

-We'll have to look into it"

Nevyn

Thething is election posters are allowed under bye law anything else that does not have sanction by the local authories is littering and Tatyo could be looking at a hell of an over all fine for the stunt.

markpb

McSandwich wrote:

No, what are his policies?

The two adverts I saw were:

Mr. Tayto's thoughts on the peace process:
'The Northside and Southside should work together to bring about peace'

Mr. Tayto's thoughts on the hole in the ozone layer:
'We should definitely look into it'

Amz

mikedragon32 wrote:

The posters were also too low, the base of them was about four foot from the ground, making them a hazard for pedestrians, particularly vision impaired people.

Eh, us "vision impaired" people are more affected by the "official" election posters. The Mr. Tayto ones aren't going to be up as long as they will be, plus they're in very, very few locations in comparison.

Oirthir

I saw -

Mr.Tayto's thoughts on climate change -

"I don't see a problem with a week or two in the canaries"

ed4000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlAJkfeUVMw

Anyone else see the tayto brigade in the city centre on Saturday?

I was on Dame Street when I heard lots of beeping, and it was a jeep with a "Mr. Tayto No. 1" poster on the front and back. I smiled at this, continued walking, and suddenly there was more beeping behind me. There was a tractor with the posters on the front pulling a huge trailer full of spuds with a Mr. Tayto standing in it waving to everyone.

Bravo, Tayto.

McSandwich

aidan_walsh wrote:

Half a bag of crisps?

Indeed, an important issue which hopefully he'll sort out that if he gets elected...

Mr. Tayto has a website: http://www.mrtayto.ie/ and a song(!) http://www.outersounds.ie

mikemac

It's called Guerrilla Marketing.
Fair dues to the team who came up with it-there are getting huge publicity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_marketing

I seem to remember Homer Simpson and Mickey Mouse got a certain fraction of a percent of a US Presidental Election.
People having a laugh while spoiling their votes.

Imagine you were a genuine candidate and Mr.Tayto outpolled you :eek:
You'd nearly emigrate with shame

Mr Tayto on Education
Class sizes should never be under 12' x 9'.

Mr Tayto on Re-cycling
Cycling is great exercise - why do it just the once?

Mr Tayto on Urban Planning
I think it's a great idea.

Mr Tayto on Climate Change
I don't see anything wrong with a week or two in the Canaries.

Mr Tayto on the Hole in the Ozone Layer
It is of the utmost importance that we look into this.

Mr Tayto on Pre-school Proposals
I don't believe we should allow people to get married that young.

Mr Tayto on Gay Marriage
He's getting remarried? Does Kathleen know?

Mr Tayto on peace and reconciliation
It's time that the north and southside learnt to live together.

Mr Tayto on his Cabinet
It's solid mahogany with a lovely silver inlay.

Mr Tayto on Space Exploration
I have a committee looking into some rooms now.

Mr Tayto on Foreign Relations
I have an aunt in Scunthorpe.

Mr Tayto on disarmament
No way! Without our arms we couldn't eat our crisps.

Mr Tayto on Whaling
Everyone needs a good cry every so often.

Mr Tayto on Transport
I promise a metro in Dublin by 3012.

Mr Tayto on the Greens
I don't hold with them all it. We only use golden potatoes.

Mr Tayto on illiteracy
It's a terible thing.

Mr Tayto on crime
"Longer sentences, shorter paragraphs"

Agent J

Certaintly a "crisp" new candidate.