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Urban Bullsh!t

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  • 25-09-2009 11:08am
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    star.chaser
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    Can anyone back up the following statements:

    The MGM lion was from Dublin Zoo? :D

    McDonalds in Rathfarnham was the first drive thru in Europe? :D

    Smithfield is the largest urban plaza in Europe? :D

    Tesco in Clarehall is the biggest in Europe? :D

    The M50 is the longest motorway in Europe? :D

    Dublin airport is the busiest airport in Europe? :D


    Don't you just hate it when you hear a new one?
    I mean until the new eastern countries were accepted into the EU a few years back, Dublin was the smallest capital city in Europe. How could we have the biggest this and that if we were the smallest?
    I mean the one about the lion is just stupid. It's not even a real lion. It's an animation. :)

    Please add any others you've heard.
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    TestTransmission
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    That the majority of people in Ireland live outside Dublin...oh wait


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    Jumpy
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    The lion one is true. He wasnt an animation.


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    segaBOY
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    I mean the one about the lion is just stupid. It's not even a real lion. It's an animation. :)

    The Lion was real.


    Griffith Avenue, which runs through Drumcondra and Marino, is the longest tree lined Avenue in the Northern Hemisphere with no retail outlets.

    Cork City is the best city in the world.

    That is all.


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    Wazdakka
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    Hey O.P

    Want to buy some beans?
    They're Magic...




    Leo


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    segaBOY
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    Jumpy wrote: »
    The lion one is true. He wasnt an animation.

    Beat me to it :o


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    AnonoBoy
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    Jumpy wrote: »
    The lion one is true. He wasnt an animation.

    No the lion wasn't from Dublin zoo but the recording of the roar was. Or at least that's what I heard.

    Basically they got a prettier lion for the shoot and our talented Irish lion to do the roar. Kinda like that Chinese kid at the Olympics last year.


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    partyguinness
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    It's all a hang up from the inferiority complex we have.

    Remember..Dundrum is the biggest shopping centre in Europe appartenly...:rolleyes:

    Just shows what idiots we are for shopping.


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    segaBOY
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    No the lion wasn't from Dublin zoo but the recording of the roar was. Or at least that's what I heard.

    Basically they got a prettier lion for the shoot and our talented Irish lion to do the roar. Kinda like that Chinese kid at the Olympics last year.

    He was born in Dublin Zoo
    Slats[2] was the first lion used for the newly-formed studio. He was born at Dublin Zoo, Ireland on March 20, 1919.[3]

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_the_Lion_(MGM)

    I remember an article on it in my old primary school English book :)


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    jebuz
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    Ireland has Europe's biggest Lingerie department, I believe


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    lightening
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    McDonalds in Rathfarnham was the first drive thru in Europe? :D

    Smithfield is the largest urban plaza in Europe? :D

    Tesco in Clarehall is the biggest in Europe? :D

    The M50 is the longest motorway in Europe? :D

    Dublin airport is the busiest airport in Europe? :D

    Never heard these ones before. The one that you pointed out as being stupid is genuinely true, I don't know how you think it's an animation. To be honest the post is stupid! :D


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    anniehoo
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    star.chaser wrote: »

    The MGM lion was from Dublin Zoo? :D
    Seemingly its true. I was on the City Tour bus last saturday and as we went by the zoo in the Phoenix Park the guy said the lion in the MGM films was from Dublin Zoo. The only fact i remembered from the whole thing :D


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    Hootanany
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    Dorset ST is the longest street in Ireland


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    star.chaser
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    Wikipedia: bullsh!tters bible.
    anniehoo wrote: »
    Seemingly its true. I was on the City Tour bus last saturday and as we went by the zoo in the Phoenix Park the guy said the lion in the MGM films was from Dublin Zoo. The only fact i remembered from the whole thing

    Oh look, theres a pig flying past my office window. Wow, what a big pig he is too. Must be the biggest flying pig in Europe. Spread the word :D

    I know for a fact that these tour bus types talk through their holes. I know one personally. he probably just heard it off someone else like you and I.


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    Jumpy
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    No the lion wasn't from Dublin zoo but the recording of the roar was. Or at least that's what I heard.

    Basically they got a prettier lion for the shoot and our talented Irish lion to do the roar. Kinda like that Chinese kid at the Olympics last year.

    No, the Dublin Lion was silent. It was him in the image though.


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    segaBOY
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    Hootanany wrote: »
    Dorset ST is the longest street in Ireland

    It's Main Street Letterkenny-not everything's in Dublin :P

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Street,_Letterkenny


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    Mr. Presentable
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Can anyone back up the following statements:

    The MGM lion was from Dublin Zoo? :D

    McDonalds in Rathfarnham was the first drive thru in Europe? :D

    Smithfield is the largest urban plaza in Europe? :D

    Tesco in Clarehall is the biggest in Europe? :D

    The M50 is the longest motorway in Europe? :D

    Dublin airport is the busiest airport in Europe? :D


    Don't you just hate it when you hear a new one?
    I mean until the new eastern countries were accepted into the EU a few years back, Dublin was the smallest capital city in Europe. How could we have the biggest this and that if we were the smallest?
    I mean the one about the lion is just stupid. It's not even a real lion. It's an animation. :)

    Please add any others you've heard.

    Drive-Thru
    The first Drive-Thru in Europe opened in Ireland at Nutgrove Shopping Centre in 1985. It has since been
    re-branded to McDriveTM to reflect a more European approach.

    From:http://www.mcdonalds.ie/docs/FactsaboutMcDonalds.aspx


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    segaBOY
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Wikipedia: bullsh!tters bible.


    There's nothing wrong with quoting Wikipedia as fact once you took the time and effort to log in and change the content yourself :D


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    Quint
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    segaBOY wrote: »
    Griffith Avenue, which runs through Drumcondra and Marino, is the longest tree lined Avenue in the Northern Hemisphere with no retail outlets.
    That's stretching it a bit to sound impressive
    What's next? Ennis is the biggest town in Munster with exactly 534 square manhole covers and 1.345% of their population with of their initials S.M.


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    segaBOY
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    Quint wrote: »
    That's stretching it a bit to sound impressive
    What's next? Ennis is the biggest town in Munster with exactly 534 square manhole covers and 1.345% of their population with of their initials S.M.

    That's a bit ridiculous tbh-there's only about 100 square manhole covers in Ennis.


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    Theta
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Can anyone back up the following statements:

    The MGM lion was from Dublin Zoo? :D

    McDonalds in Rathfarnham was the first drive thru in Europe? :D

    Smithfield is the largest urban plaza in Europe? :D

    Tesco in Clarehall is the biggest in Europe? :D

    The M50 is the longest motorway in Europe? :D

    Dublin airport is the busiest airport in Europe? :D


    Don't you just hate it when you hear a new one?
    I mean until the new eastern countries were accepted into the EU a few years back, Dublin was the smallest capital city in Europe. How could we have the biggest this and that if we were the smallest?
    I mean the one about the lion is just stupid. It's not even a real lion. It's an animation. :)

    Please add any others you've heard.

    From some googling it would appear Tesco Arena in Coventry is the largest in europe.

    Bundesautobahn 7 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 7, short form Autobahn 7, abbreviated as BAB 7 or A 7) is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe at 963 km (602 mi).


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    Quint
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    segaBOY wrote: »
    It's Main Street Letterkenny-not everything's in Dublin :P

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Street,_Letterkenny

    I can debunk that after mesuring them both.
    In letterkenny, Main street upper and lower are 741m combined. Dorset street upper and lower are 1116m combined. Dorset street kicks its ass!
    Sheriff St. Upper on it's own is 912m. Combine it with Lower and it's 1579m, over double Main street in letterkenny!


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    Mr. Presentable
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Can anyone back up the following statements:

    The MGM lion was from Dublin Zoo? :D

    McDonalds in Rathfarnham was the first drive thru in Europe? :D

    Smithfield is the largest urban plaza in Europe? :D

    Tesco in Clarehall is the biggest in Europe? :D

    The M50 is the longest motorway in Europe? :D

    Dublin airport is the busiest airport in Europe? :D


    Don't you just hate it when you hear a new one?
    I mean until the new eastern countries were accepted into the EU a few years back, Dublin was the smallest capital city in Europe. How could we have the biggest this and that if we were the smallest?
    I mean the one about the lion is just stupid. It's not even a real lion. It's an animation. :)

    Please add any others you've heard.


    Apparently one of them was! Slats the lion

    http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Leo-the-Lion-(MGM)


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    AnonoBoy
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    Jumpy wrote: »
    No, the Dublin Lion was silent. It was him in the image though.

    Ah crap. I got it backwards.

    So our lion was the pretty one then.

    Wonder where the ugly but talented lion came from?


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    TheZohanS
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    segaBOY wrote: »
    There's nothing wrong with quoting Wikipedia as fact once you took the time and effort to log in and change the content yourself :D
    Leo the Lion (real name Mary) is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and one of its predecessors, Goldwyn Pictures, featured in the studio's production logo, which was created by the Paramount Studios art director Lionel S. Reiss.[1]

    He he. :D


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    star.chaser
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    Just remembered a few more:

    Port tunnel the longest tunnel in Europe :D

    the giant knitting needle on O Connel street, the largest free standing sculpture in Europe :D

    Although the following one which i made up is probably true:

    The Luas: the most crashed tram system in Europe :D


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    Theta
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Just remembered a few more:

    Port tunnel the longest tunnel in Europe :D

    the giant knitting needle on O Connel street, the largest free standing sculpture in Europe :D

    Although the following one which i made up is probably true:

    The Luas: the most crashed tram system in Europe :D

    Its the longest tunnel in Ireland. hehe Maybe its the longest road tunnel. Deffo not the longest rail tunnel.


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    chakotha
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Dublin Bullsh!t

    Can anyone back up the following statements:

    The MGM lion was from Dublin Zoo? :D

    McDonalds in Rathfarnham was the first drive thru in Europe? :D

    Smithfield is the largest urban plaza in Europe? :D

    Tesco in Clarehall is the biggest in Europe? :D

    The M50 is the longest motorway in Europe? :D

    Dublin airport is the busiest airport in Europe? :D


    Don't you just hate it when you hear a new one?
    I mean until the new eastern countries were accepted into the EU a few years back, Dublin was the smallest capital city in Europe. How could we have the biggest this and that if we were the smallest?
    I mean the one about the lion is just stupid. It's not even a real lion. It's an animation. :)

    Please add any others you've heard.

    Fixed that for you. :D


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    fizzynicenice
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    Donaghmede is the largest country in Ireland.


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    sir snackbox
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    star.chaser wrote: »
    Can anyone back up the following statements:

    The MGM lion was from Dublin Zoo? :D

    McDonalds in Rathfarnham was the first drive thru in Europe? :D

    Smithfield is the largest urban plaza in Europe? :D

    Tesco in Clarehall is the biggest in Europe? :D

    The M50 is the longest motorway in Europe? :D

    Dublin airport is the busiest airport in Europe? :D


    Don't you just hate it when you hear a new one?
    I mean until the new eastern countries were accepted into the EU a few years back, Dublin was the smallest capital city in Europe. How could we have the biggest this and that if we were the smallest?
    I mean the one about the lion is just stupid. It's not even a real lion. It's an animation. :)

    Please add any others you've heard.

    ah now thats just messin ha ha ha
    i could go look for figures to show how untrue this is but just think about it ha ha how big and important is the city of London.... and Paris..... and many other cities in Europe ha


    but ive never heard the one about the lion :) it pretty deadly that its true :) ha ha ha


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    --Kaiser--
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    M50 the longest Motorway in Europe?
    My Hole

    Phoenix Park is the largest inner-city park in the world, I believe that one


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