Have you read this in the newspaper???

MonsieurD

Read this in the Irish Times (online)

I don't know who the writer/ journalist is ..... but it is unbelieveable that he can write this. From the link you can see it is in the "OPINIONS" section of the paper.

What do you think??

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0225/1224241774267.html?via=mr

clones1980

Im actually going to read it again. Im sure i must have read it wrong????

Red Hand

It's a mildly entertaining piece of satire...hardly Myles na Gopaleen.

Chinafoot

Meh, poor attempt at humour and/or controversy.
I'd adopt the same approach I do with trolls on the net, don't feed them.

minidazzler

Just a Newspaper Troll.

Ms_Nightengale

Oh my good god:eek:

That fella has to be taking the piss

He can't be serious...

Sleipnir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

Dudess

It's a piss-take. How can people think, even for a second, it's real?

I wouldn't consider the writer (who has done some very funny stuff - e.g. The Portadown News http://www.portadownnews.com/archive.htm) a "troll". Kevin Myers, Mary Ellen Synon and their ilk are far more trollish in my opinion - not trying to be humorous, just stirring sh1t for the sake of it.

Max Factor

Dudess wrote: »

It's a piss-take. How can people think, even for a second, it's real?

I wouldn't consider the writer (who has done some very funny stuff - e.g. The Portadown News http://www.portadownnews.com/archive.htm) a "troll". Kevin Myers, Mary Ellen Synon and their ilk are far more trollish in my opinion - not trying to be humorous, just stirring sh1t for the sake of it.

Bad people

MonsieurD

Ms_Nightengale wrote: »

Oh my good god:eek:

That fella has to be taking the piss

He can't be serious...

Thats what I thought. As I said, I read it online.. and wondered if I read it out of context.
I printed it and gave it to my wife and some of my female friends and they are fuming.

Did anyone see it in the printed newspaper??

Red Hand

Dudess wrote: »

It's a piss-take. How can people think, even for a second, it's real?

I wouldn't consider the writer (who has done some very funny stuff - e.g. The Portadown News http://www.portadownnews.com/archive.htm) a "troll". Kevin Myers, Mary Ellen Synon and their ilk are far more trollish in my opinion - not trying to be humorous, just stirring sh1t for the sake of it.

Kevin Myers, in fairness, does have a number of hilarious satirical pieces to his name. He is pretty good when he isn't posting against evolution/Africans/bastards.

Miss Fluff

It's tongue in cheek OP, nothing to get riled about!

Dudess

MonsieurD wrote: »

I printed it and gave it to my wife and some of my female friends and they are fuming.

Did anyone see it in the printed newspaper??

Again - and I realise people can revel in getting outraged - it's a piss-take.
It'd be the same in the printed newspaper.

MonsieurD

Thanks Max factor
I live and learn! I haven't come across this person before.

PS I don't think Newton is very funny

Wibbs

MonsieurD wrote: »

PS I don't think Newton is very funny

Ah now here, his material on gravitational dynamics is side splitting....:D

Otis Driftwood

Am I the only one that thought that was pretty damn funny?Obviously a [iss take but thats what makes it funny.

Dudess

The Portadown News makes me LOL.

The Sweeper

"From Iceland to Australia, men are blamed for causing the credit crunch, while a more feminine approach to finance is proposed as the solution."

...what, spend money on it because it's on sale and then lie about how much it cost when you're asked?

mollybird

oh ya id read that too. could not believe it. :eek: some pleople have a nerve!!

byhookorbycrook

in the tradition of Aam and Eve....

Pythia

I saw this and thought it was excellent.

A+

panda100

Talking about The Times ,Did anyone read this article a couple of weeks back on Michelle Obama's arms : http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0217/1224241279000.html

" Bold, strong, sleek, buff arms. The arms say: “I work. I have both the discipline and the leisure to go to the gym daily. I’m too serious a woman to show off my legs or my breasts. My arms show that my focus is on achievement and self-control.” Michelle reportedly trains three times a week with a personal trainer.

Pleasing her man by appearing feminine and frail is not a look that Michelle Obama pursues, or would even consider. Yet, her arms aren’t too muscular; they’re within the boundaries of acceptable female strength. No steroids here, just the discipline for early morning work-outs. Her arms make her beautiful, rather than overly powerful, reassuring us that, as a woman, Michelle is stalwart and loyal to the leader of the Western world and not wanting to undermine or replace him. Well-toned arms say: “I’m a woman, I’m equal but I’m still beautiful.”

FFS who gets paid to write this crap.
As If we didn't have enough body parts to be fretting over, our stomachs, breasts,thighs, bums, we now have to add arms to the list as well.

dvpower

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Kevin Myers, in fairness, does have a number of hilarious satirical pieces to his name. He is pretty good when he isn't posting against evolution/Africans/bastards.

Sometimes its difficult to know when Kevin is doing satire and when he's serious.
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What's that you say, Kevin Myres is always serious?

dvpower

MonsieurD wrote: »

I printed it and gave it to my wife and some of my female friends and they are fuming.

Excellent:D

MonsieurD wrote: »

Did anyone see it in the printed newspaper?

FTA: This article appears in the print edition of the Irish Times

The Sweeper

Precise same article being discussed in After Hours.

Normally I'd lock the thread, or move it and merge it, or something, but hell, the two discussions are so different it's like they're two different bulletin boards!

Joey the lips

Miss Fluff wrote: »

It's tongue in cheek OP, nothing to get riled about!

I agree it is there is also a sentiment everybody is missing but the author messes up by blameing women. The sentiment is this.

We have traditionally gone from a one wage house where the whole country survived on one wage. Shopping bills and savings were paid out of this. It was a limited amount of money so prices of goods reflected that

Now we are a 2 wage house and what is happening is prices have risen to reflect the availability of money. Its a fact that many prices out there do not reflect the true cost but the cost the over inflated market will allow

furthermore when "women" were at home they usually put everypenny they earned into upgrading the house. The author points out that with an increase in money this has also happened but it has the negative consequence of reducing savings and increasing spending which leads to over inflated prices and inflation

Take the artical with a pinch of salt the times is a rag always has been always will be. Write to them complaining that the article mis-represents its self as been sexist. Then buy a decent paper like the examiner or something else.

Lastly, I would not be where I am in life without my wife so I know that modern relationships are an EQUAL partnership!

lemon_sherbert

I wouldn't have minded if the piece was actually funny... unfunny satire

There have been piles of letters to the editor about the subject. I'm surprised it got into the paper, not that it's particularly offensive, (to be offended I'd have to take it seriously), but just that it's fairly poorly written.

And I don't think he has a point economically (though then again, who am I to know, a mere female student;)), I think the wage/price inflation issue has more to do with the level of wages overall, male and female, being too high on an international standard, which is leading to Ireland being completely uncompetitive.

Piste

It's always funny when people don't understand satire.

Chinafoot

Piste wrote: »

It's always funny when people don't understand satire.

Indeed. Pity it's just not that funny or well written.

Dudess

mollybird wrote: »

oh ya id read that too. could not believe it. :eek: some pleople have a nerve!!

Did ya miss the parts where people have been saying it was a piss-take?

Pythia wrote: »

I saw this and thought it was excellent.

A+

As in funny or makes a great point (if taken seriously)?

panda100 wrote: »

Talking about The Times ,Did anyone read this article a couple of weeks back on Michelle Obama's arms : http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0217/1224241279000.html

" Bold, strong, sleek, buff arms. The arms say: “I work. I have both the discipline and the leisure to go to the gym daily. I’m too serious a woman to show off my legs or my breasts. My arms show that my focus is on achievement and self-control.” Michelle reportedly trains three times a week with a personal trainer.

Pleasing her man by appearing feminine and frail is not a look that Michelle Obama pursues, or would even consider. Yet, her arms aren’t too muscular; they’re within the boundaries of acceptable female strength. No steroids here, just the discipline for early morning work-outs. Her arms make her beautiful, rather than overly powerful, reassuring us that, as a woman, Michelle is stalwart and loyal to the leader of the Western world and not wanting to undermine or replace him. Well-toned arms say: “I’m a woman, I’m equal but I’m still beautiful.”

FFS who gets paid to write this crap.
As If we didn't have enough body parts to be fretting over, our stomachs, breasts,thighs, bums, we now have to add arms to the list as well.

I'm not even bothered by the latter, it's the sheer stupidity of the article that offends me.

lemon_sherbert wrote: »

There have been piles of letters to the editor about the subject.

Ah jeebus. People sure love getting outraged...

The_Minister

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Kevin Myers, in fairness, does have a number of hilarious satirical pieces to his name. He is pretty good when he isn't posting against evolution/Africans/bastards.

His obituary on Idi Amin (or however you spell it) was priceless:D

TBH though, I've never really been a fan of Newtons.

Malari

Piste wrote: »

It's always funny when people don't understand satire.

Maybe we are too protected in our little sphere of outraged women's rights. My mom would find this hilarious, since she was advised on getting married (30 years ago) that she should quit her teaching job in order that a more worthy single person could avail of it. Sure, wasn't she being looked after now?