OMG - The Factory!!!!

Dragan · 29-04-2008 4:05pm #1

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN!

So, you will have seen the new advertisement at the top of the page i assume?

Who wants to guess what it is? Personally i am hedging my bets on a new magazine ala Flex or something!!!

At first i was thinking a gym but then i thought who the hell would call their gym "The Factory"?

Whoever ends up being the closest gets a nice sense of well being!!! :pac:

justsomebloke · 29-04-2008 4:10pm

ye saw it earlier, once it's not the gay gym one that did the rounds before. seriously accidently clicking on that while someone was watching your screen was not good

thecola · 29-04-2008 4:11pm

Dragan wrote: »

At first i was thinking a gym but then i thought who the hell would call their gym "The Factory"?

I would call my gym The Factory.
It's anyhow better that The Farm or The Pusher (which could be some other naming alternatives).
I thought it's some kind of TV show.

hunter164 · 29-04-2008 4:53pm

Where's it going to be?

Pj! · 29-04-2008 4:55pm

Someplace selling supplements.

smellslikeshoes · 29-04-2008 4:58pm

No idea what it is but that piece of burnt chicken doesn't make me want to buy anything

Gillo · 29-04-2008 8:28pm

I was thinking something along the line of what JSB mentioned, but I can't see that been advertised here it's a bit of a niche market.

I'm guessing it's something like Jackie Skelly or Crunch pushing a "specialist" gym dedicated to body building.

Hanley · 29-04-2008 8:56pm

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Deity · 29-04-2008 9:02pm

Irish version of.....http://www.gay-factory.de/

celestial · 29-04-2008 9:05pm

Hanley wrote: »

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:eek:Wash your mouth out with soap and water young man.

I'm gonna say a powerlifter/bber dedicated gym - kind of like a posher newer more modern Hercs.

Am I right poster of the ad?:D

Roper · 29-04-2008 9:28pm

Gabbo Gabbo Gabbo is coming.

I'm thinking it's a steel mill like the one in the Simpsons.

Red Hand · 29-04-2008 9:42pm

'So there I was, lying in bed, wondering whether to get up or not, when I got a call from Patricia and Bunny. Patricia's an actual native of The Village and works in theatre down in San Fancisco, and Bun's...well, she's just Bun.

They're fun and I told them call over, but first they had to pick up coffee, pretzels and bagels, so then I was just forced to get up. But I didn't want to get up fully, if you know what I mean so I just slipped into my burgundy coloured dressing gown and smoked cigarette after cigarette until the girls came up.

I was in a Burgundy mood.

We talked and talked, for hours...about The Factory of course and my plans for the next six months.

Then Patricia said out of the blue (or out of the burgundy, if you like),

"Andy," she said, "Andy, when are you going to send some work my way?"

"Well, I'll send some work your way, dear, when I slip out of this burgundy mood, and back into a silver jive."

"And when might that be?", asked Bun.

"Oh, it could be years!" and I gave my cigarette a flick, and the girls cracked up....'

Al_Fernz · 30-04-2008 8:31am

Who remembers the Fun Factory on Sky? Or the DJ Kat (spelt wrong how Krazy is that???) show?

Maybe there both making a return to Sky to coincide with Gladiators??? That isn't a man in the pic - its DJ Kat. He's back and he's jacked!!!!!

Jimmy Bottlehead · 30-04-2008 8:53am

The hands in the pic look like they're gripping something...

And Hanley, if there's something I love about you, it's your subtlety

Dragan · 30-04-2008 10:01am

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

And Hanley, if there's something I love about you, it's your subtlety

Internet love just got a whole lot scarier!!!!

Hanley · 30-04-2008 11:18am

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

The hands in the pic look like they're gripping something...

And Hanley, if there's something I love about you, it's your subtlety

I'm glad somebody got to read it and had a laugh before the PC brigade complained about it!!

Jimmy Bottlehead · 30-04-2008 12:03pm

Hanley wrote: »

I'm glad somebody got to read it and had a laugh before the PC brigade complained about it!!

Brigade? Now firemen are involved?! :eek:

Hanley · 30-04-2008 12:07pm

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Brigade? Now firemen are involved?! :eek:

Maybe it's gonna be a fireman training school???

Kinetic^ · 30-04-2008 12:11pm

Maybe it's going to be a factory where they produce people like Van Damme in Universal Soldier. :pac:

Wood · 30-04-2008 4:18pm

I hope i'm very wrong....

http://www.tangolondon.com/gym.html

This is going to be horrible, sweet suffering jesus i hope i'm wrong

Celticfire · 30-04-2008 6:26pm

Tony Quinns latest project.

LegacyUser · 30-04-2008 6:48pm

Wood wrote: »

I hope i'm very wrong....

http://www.tangolondon.com/gym.html

This is going to be horrible, sweet suffering jesus i hope i'm wrong

What the hell is wrong with you?

Wood · 01-05-2008 8:22am

Do you want to go to a gym where you can see land whales pole dancing while you're deadlifting?

A gym should not be offering f*ckin dancing classes, infra-red treatment, sunbeds and tanning, it's a gym, not a social club/chartbusters.

But it'd make a fortune in D4, with the ugg boot and dube crowd

Dragan · 01-05-2008 8:45am

Wood wrote: »

dube

Nyom.....oh.......sorry!

LegacyUser · 01-05-2008 10:08am

Wood wrote: »

Do you want to go to a gym where you can see land whales pole dancing while you're deadlifting?

A gym should not be offering f*ckin dancing classes, infra-red treatment, sunbeds and tanning, it's a gym, not a social club/chartbusters.

But it'd make a fortune in D4, with the ugg boot and dube crowd

But that's the way business is going...

And it's where Crunch Dun Laoghaire have got it wrong...there only going half way...

What they need is a large room for weights...proper weights...not dumbells up to 18kg...they need up to 50/60kg

They have this one small room with dumbells up to 40's I think but that's it...and when there are 3 people in the room, it's considered full...not joking.

If they could get the right balance where the local gym could offer everything the people want then they can get the best of every market.

Cuddlesworth · 01-05-2008 10:55am

cheesedude wrote: »

But that's the way business is going...

And it's where Crunch Dun Laoghaire have got it wrong...there only going half way...

What they need is a large room for weights...proper weights...not dumbells up to 18kg...they need up to 50/60kg

They have this one small room with dumbells up to 40's I think but that's it...and when there are 3 people in the room, it's considered full...not joking.

If they could get the right balance where the local gym could offer everything the people want then they can get the best of every market.

Not to get completely off topic, but crunch will never do that. Looking at the surrounding concrete substructure its clearly in bits, mainly from shoddy workman-ship and badly laid out plumbing. They seem to have embedded everything in concrete rather then creating access panels and channels. For that reason you will only see them moving further and further away from anything that could create a high impact(heavy weights).

I'm going to go with a male version of Curves?

Roper · 01-05-2008 11:56am

OH MY GOD! There's a chance that someone is opening a business that doesn't tally with my philosophy on life! Woe is me!

I mean, it's a bit of craic guessing what the yoke is gonna be and all but if it is going to be a dance/aerobics studio, why would it bother you so much?

Personally, I hope it's a man-mannequin factory.

Sleepy · 01-05-2008 9:43pm

It's a male version of Curves owned by Tony Quinn with an in-gym chemist selling Lipotrim.

Had to happen sooner or later.

Hanley · 02-05-2008 10:12pm

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....

I think I know what this is about. I just read an interview with a very prominent Irish trainer/fitness writer who hopes to have his own training centre opened by September '08.

celestial · 02-05-2008 10:25pm

Hanley wrote: »

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....

I think I know what this is about. I just read an interview with a very prominent Irish trainer/fitness writer who hopes to have his own training centre opened by September '08.

You can bet he's been lurking on here!!

Hanley · 02-05-2008 10:28pm

celestial wrote: »

You can bet he's been lurking on here!!

Well if he is, and I'm right then please get in contact with me, I want to talk to you about a certain measurement technique for dieting....

racso1975 · 03-05-2008 8:58am

It's actually gonna be a place where men can go and get surgery and end up being as ripped as that pic through implants!!!!!

Then my good friends this forum will be no more:eek:

Malteaser! · 07-05-2008 4:36pm

Hanley wrote: »

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....

I think I know what this is about. I just read an interview with a very prominent Irish trainer/fitness writer who hopes to have his own training centre opened by September '08.

Wrongo...Unless it's a new supplement store/brand he's launching instead....

Hanley · 07-05-2008 5:22pm

Yeah... I got that.

LegacyUser · 07-05-2008 5:27pm

The supplement industry will never be the same again?

What a load of over hyped bollox. I'm already writing this ad off as nothing more than bull****.

All the supplement industry consists of are the essential basics i.e. amino acids, protein powder, glutamine and creatine and vitamins and oils. That's it pretty much. Everything else is just hyped to **** and marketed.

Hanley · 07-05-2008 8:08pm

cheesedude wrote: »

The supplement industry will never be the same again?

What a load of over hyped bollox. I'm already writing this ad off as nothing more than bull****.

All the supplement industry consists of are the essential basics i.e. amino acids, protein powder, glutamine and creatine and vitamins and oils. That's it pretty much. Everything else is just hyped to **** and marketed.

It's probably ANOTHER beta alanine product that's gonna revolutionise the industry :rolleyes:

FTR, I read an interview with Damien Maher on the Charles Poliquin website recently where he was talking about hoping to have his own training studio up and running by september '08. That's what I thoguht it was, seemed like a likely candidate!

Mikel · 07-05-2008 8:22pm

cheesedude wrote: »

The supplement industry will never be the same again?

What a load of over hyped bollox. I'm already writing this ad off as nothing more than bull****.

All the supplement industry consists of are the essential basics i.e. amino acids, protein powder, glutamine and creatine and vitamins and oils. That's it pretty much. Everything else is just hyped to **** and marketed.

What's the significance of the GEARS in the advert?

Hanley · 07-05-2008 8:51pm

Mikel wrote: »

What's the significance of the GEARS in the advert?

Steroids aka Juice aka GEAR.... perhaps??

Mickk · 07-05-2008 10:08pm

Hanley wrote: »

It's probably ANOTHER beta alanine product that's gonna revolutionise the industry :rolleyes:

FTR, I read an interview with Damien Maher on the Charles Poliquin website recently where he was talking about hoping to have his own training studio up and running by september '08. That's what I thoguht it was, seemed like a likely candidate!

Yea Damien is opening a place alright, in balinteer I think? Trust me he would not call it the factory, have you seen him on the irish version of the swan on tv3? His typical clients would not go for a factory image...

sharkDawg · 07-05-2008 10:27pm

Mikel wrote: »

What's the significance of the GEARS in the advert?

They custom build biomechanical body parts.

LegacyUser · 07-05-2008 10:29pm

It's nothing of substance anyway...

The only way the supplement industry will never be the same again is if they banned them completely out of this country...

Hanley · 08-05-2008 6:05am

I actually have another idea on what this might be that I heard thru the grapevine a while ago...

amazingemmet · 08-05-2008 8:44am

cheesedude wrote: »

It's nothing of substance anyway...

The only way the supplement industry will never be the same again is if they banned them completely out of this country...

Aren't they doing that at the moment?

joepenguin · 08-05-2008 11:58pm

something similar to myprotein?

Hanley · 09-05-2008 2:04am

joepenguin wrote: »

something similar to myprotein?

If I'm right in what I'm thinking, it may be.

justsomebloke · 09-05-2008 7:15am

I can't believe their little advertising scheme has worked and yous are all still talking about this

Mickk · 09-05-2008 9:08am

Hanley wrote: »

If I'm right in what I'm thinking, it may be.

Wes was talking about this a while ago I think but I really don't think it would work, Ireland just isn't a big enough market to sustain such a niche market with the margins needed to compete with the uk and average sale value it would be a very very tough business.

sunnyjim · 26-05-2008 11:10am

So, its offering 500g Creatine for a tenner, and 10lbs of Mass gainer for 35, and 5lbs of whey for 35... According to the ads on the top of the page. What is it?

LegacyUser · 26-05-2008 11:12am

My guess is a wholesale supplement store...

Hanley · 26-05-2008 11:25am

Hanley wrote: »

If I'm right in what I'm thinking, it may be.

Looks like I was right.

Dragan · 26-05-2008 2:03pm

jsb wrote: »

I can't believe their little advertising scheme has worked and yous are all still talking about this

Eh, advertising schemes invariably work.

They are largely the reason why you buy the things you buy.

Any reports around product quality or anything like that?

We should hit them up, challenge them, say "give us stuff" and then be dissapointed when whey doesn't add 20 kilos to our bench!

Actually, the have a price point ad but no address.

Fail?

OMG - The Factory!!!!

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