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Conor Faughnan - The most smug man in Ireland

  • 07-02-2009 6:43pm
    #1
    ATAL
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    Can anybody explain to me why Conor Faughnan from AA road watch is doing a state of the nation address? Ironically, his smug little motivational speech on how wonderful 'the best little country in the world' is, nearly caused me to crash my car this morning. Have a listen to this. It's about half way through this podcast of RTE's playback.

    http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2009/pc/pod-v-070209-51m30s-playback.mp3

    I'd love to see him standing on a pulpit outside Waterford Wedgewood repeating this over elocuted nonsense! He'd probably get glassed in the face!


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  • #2
    Leaderbored
    Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭Leaderbored


    ATAL wrote: »
    Can anybody explain to me why Conor Faughnan from AA road watch is doing a state of the nation address? Ironically, his smug little motivational speech on how wonderful 'the best little country in the world' is, nearly caused me to crash my car this morning. Have a listen to this. It's about half way through this podcast of RTE's playback.

    http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2009/pc/pod-v-070209-51m30s-playback.mp3

    I'd love to see him standing on a pulpit outside Waterford Wedgewood repeating this over elocuted nonsense! He'd probably get glassed in the face!


    You'd love to see someone glassed in the face?

    Each to their own I suppose. Not sure what his standard of elocution has to do with it mind you.


  • #3
    ATAL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭ATAL


    I'm not advocating a glassed face, just a possible outcome if such a situation should arise. I would imagine somebody who has just lost their job and livelihood would find his sunny outlook quite enraging.


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    humberklog
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    ATAL wrote: »
    I'm not advocating a glassed face, just a possible outcome if such a situation should arise. I would imagine somebody who has just lost their job and livelihood would find his sunny outlook quite enraging.
    Because they'd prefer to hear the "what a doomed rancid little p!sspot of a nation we are" outlook?
    To answer your OP: Jeeeooo decided during the week he wanted to give friday over to people from outside the political fray a chance to give their own state of the nation address. Conor was asked about 6 hours before going on air if he'd like to do one. So that's why he and many others did...oh and they were to be of the more positive bent. There was plenty of doom and gloom covered by all shows during the week. Joe 'Pol Pot Duffer decided a bit of respite was required. I kinda agree and I'd fall into the category of recently displaced from employment.


  • #5
    FlutterinBantam
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    Sorry to hear that Humber.

    I'm sure that someone with the chutzpah you have won't be on the shelf too long.I hope so anyway.

    Now Conor,well the speech,what can I say, was a tad flowery for me.

    I put myself in the boots of someone recently made redundant, and I would have said, "jaysus all very well and fine for you to wax eloquently on the state of the nation ,but I have a fcukin mortgage due next month and no income!!"

    What struck me also was ,the Dufficer rang him about an hour before start of prog. yet he was able to be in the fcukin stoodio on a fcukin podium with a lectern !!!!with a spiel set out.

    Gott in Himmel!! I'm trying to think of a word to cover the whole speech but unusual for me i can't.

    It didn't ring right for me though.


  • #6
    mikemac
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    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    It didn't ring right for me though.

    When times were good naysayers were shouted down or even told to kill themselves by our esteemed leader.

    Now times are bad and some people give positive messages but some aren't happy with this either.

    I don't know, what is that man or anyone who fills that radio slot supposed to do??


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  • #7
    ATAL
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    Thanks for the background. Wasn't overly familiar with Jeeeeeeeeo's 'state of the nation' format.

    When I lose my job which is hugely likely, I'll come back to Connor and see if his fine speech can get me and this country working again.


  • #8
    Leaderbored
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    I think maybe some people are taking Joe Duffy's "funny" Friday slot a little too seriously.

    ("Funny" is not my choice of word. It's Joes. I dont think it's funny. I think it's shíte, but it seems to be popular)


  • #9
    FlutterinBantam
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    mikemac wrote: »
    When times were good naysayers were shouted down or even told to kill themselves by our esteemed leader.

    Now times are bad and some people give positive messages but some aren't happy with this either.

    I don't know, what is that man or anyone who fills that radio slot supposed to do??

    Don't quite understand your point there Mike.

    My opinion was that Conor Faughnans speech to the nation didn't quite catch the mood.It was excellent and sincere but...

    Several others got to the heart of the matter better.


  • #10
    humberklog
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    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    Sorry to hear that Humber.

    I'm sure that someone with the chutzpah you have won't be on the shelf too long.I hope so anyway.

    Now Conor,well the speech,what can I say, was a tad flowery for me.

    It didn't ring right for me though.

    Thanks Flutter, gives me even more time to listen to the radio. I'm wiating until Larry Gogan starts reading out job offers during his show like he did back in the 80's.


    I agree about Conor's address too. I didn't like it either but I've got a real problem with the phrase " a great little country". I heard it too often from Irish builders in England and what with the current climate, as a civil engineer, I think I might be hearing it from ol'micks in far off feilds once again.

    I caught one or two other addresses and of what I caught some were quite clever. However I didn't stick it out too long as it seamed a bit of a pile in by the FunnyFriday brigade. Not my cup of tea but that doesn't make it a bad idea.


  • #11
    FlutterinBantam
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    Leaderbored wrote: »
    I think maybe some people are taking Joe Duffy's "funny" Friday slot a little too seriously.

    ("Funny" is not my choice of word. It's Joes. I dont think it's funny. I think it's shíte, but it seems to be popular)

    This wasn't anything to do with "Funny Friday" by the way.


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  • #12
    Bondvillain
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    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    This wasn't anything to do with "Funny Friday" by the way.

    He said on Thursday that it was :

    "Our funny friday is taking a political stance tomorrow, so you have 24 hours to prepare your state of the nation address. It can be serious or not so serious, it, as usual, all up to you."


  • #13
    humberklog
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    State of the Nation with a twist of Funny Friday.


  • #14
    FlutterinBantam
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    Oh, hadn't heard that.

    I thought that maybe the concept,as in people ringing in and performing on air was the same as Funny Friday , but the thing itself was all serious?

    :confused:I'm all confused actually.


  • #15
    humberklog
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    Although Bondvillian is bang on in what he says joe said I thought Joe meant that he wanted a break from the normal schedule and he wanted to have a Funny Friday type event. Where people (vetted) would ring up and give a positive slant on their own State of the Nation. So it wasn't all the usuals from FunnyF (although some did) nor was it a standard weekday show.


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