Batt O'Keeffe's MILLONS 'n' BILLONS

tommmy1979

Does Batt O'Keeffe's pronunciation of Millions and Billions annoy anybody else or is it just me?
If I see him on the street i'll feel like grabbing him by the throat and screaming "MILL-EEE-ONS" into his face.

T

Bob the Builder

No, but his policies do.

edit: http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1204/education_av.html

tommmy1979

agreed...

Darragh29

tommmy1979 wrote: »

Does Batt O'Keeffe's pronunciation of Millions and Billions annoy anybody else or is it just me?
If I see him on the street i'll feel like grabbing him by the throat and screaming "MILL-EEE-ONS" into his face.

T

More like Twat O' Thief...

Zaph

I had a teacher who always said millons and billons. We used to assume it was because he was deaf in one ear and had a bit of a speech defect as a result. Maybe he was just from the same neck of the woods as O'Keeffe.

As a side issue, does anyone else find it hard to take a politician who calls himself Batt seriously? What sort of stupid name is that?

KnifeWRENCH

tommmy1979 wrote: »

Does Batt O'Keeffe's pronunciation of Millions and Billions annoy anybody else or is it just me?
If I see him on the street i'll feel like grabbing him by the throat and screaming "MILL-EEE-ONS" into his face.

T

You are far too easily wound up.

Bob the Builder wrote: »

No, but his policies do.

edit: http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1204/education_av.html

I can't open that link without getting an error report - are you trying to send me a virus?

Darragh29 wrote: »

More like Twat O' Thief...

Oh I see what you did there, I bet The Pheonix are just itching to hire you as a writer. :rolleyes:

Zaph wrote: »

As a side issue, does anyone else find it hard to take a politician who calls himself Batt seriously? What sort of stupid name is that?

'Tis a bit strange alright - I find it quite comical. It's like Willie O'Dea - there's something the name that means you can't take him seriously.

Aodan83

square_igloo wrote: »

'Tis a bit strange alright - I find it quite comical. It's like Willie O'Dea - there's something the name that means you can't take him seriously.

I disagree, we've all seen the photos of Minister O'Dea holding a gun to a photographers head, since then I think we've learned to not fcuk with him.

quad_red

Heard that on the radio as well.

I don't know what irritates me more - him saying 'millons and billons' or what he is going to do with our 'millons and billons'.

keane2097

quad_red wrote: »

Heard that on the radio as well.

I don't know what irritates me more - him saying 'millons and billons' or what he is going to do with our 'millons and billons'.

Surely it's the latter...

quad_red

keane2097 wrote: »

Surely it's the latter...

Yeah, in reasoned hindsight.

But at the time it was fifty fifty

MagicMarker

Who?

mercuroman

square_igloo wrote: »

Oh I see what you did there, I bet The Pheonix are just itching to hire you as a writer. :rolleyes:.

BAMM! Oh no you didn't!:rolleyes:

marzic

His actual name is probably Bath O'Keahfeu, but WIT HES FLATH ACKShENT, sounds more like Batt O'Keeffe, savy?

SEPT 23 1989

what about mary "dougal" coughlan every time i hear her speak with that retarded look on her face i just want to put my size 12's through the TV

Trev M

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

what about mary "dougal" coughlan every time i hear her speak with that retarded look on her face i just want to put my size 12's through the TV

+1 , the term **** eating grin springs to mind

Bob the Builder

square_igloo wrote: »

I can't open that link without getting an error report - are you trying to send me a virus?

Nope.
Well looks like you're just going to have to go the long way around.
Go to rte.ie > news > ireland > thing about batt o'keefe > then click the TV icon to watch the news clip.

KnifeWRENCH

Aodan83 wrote: »

I disagree, we've all seen the photos of Minister O'Dea holding a gun to a photographers head, since then I think we've learned to not fcuk with him.

LOL, good point.

Bob the Builder wrote: »

Nope.
Well looks like you're just going to have to go the long way around.
Go to rte.ie > news > ireland > thing about batt o'keefe > then click the TV icon to watch the news clip.

Meh! That sounds like effort - effort makes my face go like this -> (but not purple)

Fajitas!

There's far more annoying things than that about him that annoy me.

He pronouced the name of a college he was in wrong several times at an opening recently. That pissed me off big time. Then I laughed. Then I realised I was laughing at the minister of education not being able to say NCAD. Then I got very pissed off.

NACD my arse, minister.

ducksinarow

What about saying 'Pacific' instead of 'Specific'. This drives me nuts.

BlackWizard

Thread got a mention on www.independent.ie

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/left-speechless-by-battmans-billions-1581927.html?from=dailynews