Most Hypocritical Thing You've Ever Heard?

liah

I got chatted up by Andrew Strong one night a couple weeks ago (yes, yer man from the Commitments). He told me he owned three houses in the South of France and was used to living the "rock n' roll lifestyle.."

..then proceeded to offer me a line of Charge. :rolleyes:

Perhaps not the most hypocritical thing I've ever heard, but it certainly gave me a chuckle later on.

So what's the most hypocritical thing anyone's said to you?


*note: for those not in the "know," Charge is the legal hemp shop equivalent of cocaine, which is easy enough to get in this country, and on top of that, does pretty much fúck all..

mattfender

big tough looking "rockstars" who carry lots and lots of luggage(clothes) for a small tour...not naming any names...

ScumLord

liah wrote: »

..then proceeded to offer me a line of Charge. :rolleyes:

Lol, at least offer some real coke. That has to be the lamest thing I've ever heard.

Borneo Fnctn

He was probably off his tits on smarties and fanta.

Gloom

"I don't mean to be racist but..."

liah

ScumLord wrote: »

Lol, at least offer some real coke. That has to be the lamest thing I've ever heard.

Precisely! I thought it was hilarious that he was going on about being such a big rockstar and bigging himself up, just to show he's not even able to afford a bag of coke.

..not that I would've taken any anyway, it's not really my thing.

Neamhshuntasach

I've a mate that's a walking hypocrit. He claims to be socialist and anti capitalist and turns up for all these marches and demonstrations and wears the anti mcdonalds and starbucks t shirts etc. But yet he practically lives in mcdonalds, wears brand name clothes only and would almost get pissed off if you ask him for a loan of 20 cent for the bus.

Elliemental

Tony Blair.

ScumLord

liah wrote: »

..not that I would've taken any anyway, it's not really my thing.

You sound like the perfect coke buddy. :pac:

Senna

Priest at mass giving a ceremony about peoples obsession with money, 5 minutes later the collection box comes around:rolleyes:

4zn76tysfajdxp

liah wrote: »

..then proceeded to offer me a line of Charge. :rolleyes:

Brilliant.

Sharpshooter

Juelz Massive Tenseness wrote: »

Brilliant.

How so?

krudler

I worked in a mobile phone call centre, got a call once off a woman that was pissed she couldnt send a group text due to poor coverage, the text she was trying to send was being sent to a group organising a protest against the phone mast being put up in the town to give better coverage, you could hear my facepalm down the phone line...

Anonomyte

Everything that comes out of Fianna Fail, also 90% of Dublin people.... cue backlash:cool:

4zn76tysfajdxp

Sharpshooter wrote: »

How so?

Because it was preceded by such over-the-top boasting. It's as rock n' roll as offering her sherbert.

Tyler MacDurden

Out of curiosity, I had a look at what Andy was releasing these days. Much to my amusement, these ads were embedded in the page:

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Presumably because the keywords 'Andrew Strong' & 'cocaine' were cached or something, but I still LOLed.

Zadkiel

We all need to tighten our belts-
F*ck off Cowen

AnonoBoy

Funnily enough Andrew Strong did an ad for Coke once.

luckylucky

I used to work in Stockport. A bit of a chav area. One time I heard a chav Mum turn around to her 4 year old kid saying 'Bradley will you ever stop fcuking cursing"

m@cc@

Senna wrote: »

Priest at mass giving a ceremony about peoples obsession with money, 5 minutes later the collection box comes around:rolleyes:

I'm not too sure that's fair. I've not seen too many flash priests. I've seen a flashing priest however.

El Siglo

I think this will top anything posted or that will be posted in this thread regarding the most hypocritical thing ever heard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-bSKsVDr_M

renraw

Could someone please tell me what charge is? being naive but I've never heard of it

m@cc@

renraw wrote: »

Could someone please tell me what charge is? being naive but I've never heard of it

From this thread, I'm think it's coke. I didn't know what it was either, I guess I move in the right circles.

renraw

m@cc@ wrote: »

From this thread, I'm think it's coke. I didn't know what it was either, I guess I move in the right circles.

cheers...thought there was a drug out there i didn't do...i was panic stricken for a mo

tbh

it's a legal "version" of cocaine.

from the op:


*note: for those not in the "know," Charge is the legal hemp shop equivalent of cocaine, which is easy enough to get in this country, and on top of that, does pretty much fúck all..

AnonoBoy

renraw wrote: »

Could someone please tell me what charge is? being naive but I've never heard of it

Charge is a drug that makes you unable to read the starting post of a thread properly.

Don't do it kids. Just say NO.

YULETIRED

I parked my car beside a halting site one time and one of the newly settled folk told me to GO, MOVE, SHIFT.

Pighead

The last thing Pighead wants to do is to make enemies in high places but at the same time it'll be a cold day in hell before this poster bows to the people in authority (Lovely mods, please free to delete this if it doesn't sit well with any of you. Thanks a lot.

Jesus on the 5th September 30 AD
Matthew 5:21-22 (New International Version)

Murder
21"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder,[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' 22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brotherwill be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,[c]' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.


Jesus on the 17th September 30 AD:
Matthew 7:24-7

"Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."

Max Power1

Senna wrote: »

Priest at mass giving a ceremony about peoples obsession with money, 5 minutes later the collection box comes around:rolleyes:

I think you can pretty much just say Organised Religion, period.

renraw

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Charge is a drug that makes you unable to read the starting post of a thread properly.

Don't do it kids. Just say NO.

it looked like a signature

Max Power1

Pighead wrote: »

The last thing Pighead wants to do is to make enemies in high places but at the same time it'll be a cold day in hell before this poster bows to the people in authority (Lovely mods, please free to delete this if it doesn't sit well with any of you. Thanks a lot.

Jesus on the 5th September 30 AD
Matthew 5:21-22 (New International Version)

Murder
21"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder,[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' 22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brotherwill be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,[c]' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.


Jesus on the 17th September 30 AD:
Matthew 7:24-7

"Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."

You wouldnt mind clarifying how you arrived at the dates shown, i presume, as there are no mentions of time/date in the bible.

My name is URL

liah wrote: »

I got chatted up by Andrew Strong one night a couple weeks ago [...]

..then proceeded to offer me a line of Charge. :rolleyes:

Jesus, the chat up line is almost as bad as a line of Charge

Pighead

Max Power1 wrote: »

You wouldnt mind clarifying how you arrived at the dates shown, i presume, as there are no mentions of time/date in the bible.

Both dates are educated guesses based on pictures of Jesus at the time. Pighead used the position of the sun, the length of his hair and dates from newspapers Jesus was holding to guesstimate the dates.

Back on topic, Pighead hates spoofers.

petes

So what's the story? Did he get his hole or what??

Handsome Bob

A fat skanger calling me fat.

stepbar

When I heard they appointed Mary Harney Minister for Health......

the_dark_side

Charles J Haughey "... as a nation, we are seriously over-spending"

Morlar

the_dark_side wrote: »

Charles J Haughey "... as a nation, we are seriously over-spending"

It didn't stop with CJH though the current lot are every bit as bad.

Morlar

This is how you justify a €400+ limo ride from one terminal of an airport to the other :

John O'Donoghue Letter
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Dear

I am writing to you and to our other colleagues in the Dáil in the context of recent extensive media coverage concerning costs incurred by me as an office holder.

Much of that coverage has also included strong criticism of my decision not to make any public comment or statement on these matters.
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The importance of having an impartial Chairman of Dáil Éireann who stands back from matters of public and party controversy is reflected in the Constitution itself in the form of provision for automatic re-election. One of my predecessors, in September, 1994, ruled that "the Ceann Comhairle is the neutral officer in the House who is impartial and should be seen to be above politics and controversy".

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For these reasons, it simply would not be proper, however tempting, for me, whether inside the House or outside the House, to become involved in public debate concerning my previous roles as Minister. Nor would it be proper for me to become involved in matters of public controversy concerning Departments for which, as Minister, I have had previous accountability to Dáil Éireann.

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DonJose

stepbar wrote: »

When I heard they appointed Mary Harney Minister for Health......

Good oul fat Mary...

http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/b/b5/MaGorg.jpg

liah

Insurgent wrote: »

So what's the story? Did he get his hole or what??

Dear lord no.

He's no Joey the Lips.

inforfun

Last Saturday: Adebayor's apology.

whodoo

inforfun wrote: »

Last Saturday: Adebayor's apology.

good one!

g5fd6ow0hseima

One of the most hypocritical features of Irish society is their attitude to the illegal, socially unacceptable drugs, while at the same time abusing alcohol to great extents.

eg - someone in a pub, pint in hand 'look at that dirty druggy bastard'

An Fear Aniar

Well, this is something very hypocritical I've seen, rather than heard.

Shortly before, Vaclav Klaus had said, "claiming that the EU in its present institutional form is a dogma which cannot be criticised is a mistake". Watch what happens when someone give an opinion to the EU parliament which is not in line with their own.....

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Dartz

Joe Duffy Show wrote:

All those who preach violence as an answer to a problem should be dragged into a field and shot like a dog

Predictably, the texter wasn't.

And the EU is full of hypocrisy.... the whole bloody continent is, has been, and always shall be. No wonder this country does so well out of it. And nothing will ever change how hypocritical politicians are.

Just go tell the Birther movement in the US, that John McCain is from Panama, IIRC.

useful_contacts

liah wrote: »

So what's the most hypocritical thing anyone's said to you?

when i was caught smoking at 16 my stepmother lectured me on "fags are bad for you- they will kill you" all the while puffing on a john player

brummytom

My cousin's a communist... but works in a bank. Honestly. I've never got it

orestes

Saw a poster once in Dublin once that said "Anarchist march on Saturday, starts at 3pm sharp" or something to that effect.

:facepalm:

nlgbbbblth

brummytom wrote: »

My cousin's a communist... but works in a bank. Honestly. I've never got it

Is he management?

If he's just a regular bank official then...

nlgbbbblth

surely Irish people complaining about the "arrogant English media" whilst simultaneously buying The Sun / Mirror.