Middle Class Area= No Bonfire, Working Class Area= Burn The Whole Thing Down

Voltex · 31-10-2009 9:19pm #1

I wanted to bring my son to see a bonfire ( his first) and drove around our area (considered a middle class area) for ages looking for one...but just couldnt seem to find one.

I then found myself in a working class part of Tallaght that seemed to have a bonfire on every street corner and with groups of people seeminly set up to be there for the long haul...

Im just curious now as to why that would be...

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-10-2009 9:23pm

because they know how to have a party

brummytom · 31-10-2009 9:26pm

They'e unemployed and have nothing better to do than build bonfires.

I can't wait until bonfire night

Voltex · 31-10-2009 9:28pm

brummytom wrote: »

They'e unemployed and have nothing better to do than build bonfires.

I can't wait until bonfire night

*yikes*..awaiting the wrath of pinko liberals!!

Four-Percent · 31-10-2009 9:28pm

They're burning the evidence.

Voltex · 31-10-2009 9:29pm

Alot of un-sold bintags in Tallaght this week i would also think!

NothingMan · 31-10-2009 9:30pm

I live in Tallaght and we threw our old wooden garden table on the field this morning assuming it would be gone pretty quick. Still there now though. I think Tallaght may be coming up in the world.

heavyballs · 31-10-2009 9:33pm

Voltex wrote: »

I then found myself in a working class part of Tallaght that seemed to have a bonfire on every street corner and with groups of people seeminly set up to be there for the long haul...

Im just curious now as to why that would be...

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a no brainer,the cops are scared sheitless to go into any of those dodgy estates,it's a free for all tonight,imagine a cop trying to stop the boys in Neilstown building their fire up

Voltex · 31-10-2009 9:33pm

...the bonfire I was at a group of women just appeared carrying a set of Bunkbeds and just fecked them on the fire...Ifelt it was time to go when kids started throwing fire works on...

dreamers75 · 31-10-2009 9:34pm

heavyballs wrote: »

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a no brainer,the cops are scared sheitless to go into any of those dodgy estates,it's a free for all tonight,imagine a cop trying to stop the boys in Neilstown building their fire up

They just across the road watching atm

Mr. Presentable · 31-10-2009 9:36pm

Voltex wrote: »

I wanted to bring my son to see a bonfire ( his first) and drove around our area (considered a middle class area) for ages looking for one...but just couldnt seem to find one.

I then found myself in a working class part of Tallaght that seemed to have a bonfire on every street corner and with groups of people seeminly set up to be there for the long haul...

Im just curious now as to why that would be...

Surely you mean welfare class ......:D

tedstriker · 31-10-2009 9:36pm

I wonder is there any correlation between the amount of bangers, bonfires and fireworks around the ****holes of north/south Dublin and the amount of dirty scabby scumbag druggies in Dublin city centre. If there is then it will be the busiest ever Halloween for the emergency services. I wouldn't shed too many tears if most of the inner city slums burnt to the ground tonight.

partyatmygaff · 31-10-2009 9:37pm

nipplenuts wrote: »

Surely you mean welfare class ......:D

That would be the entire country

Mr. Presentable · 31-10-2009 9:39pm

partyatmygaff wrote: »

That would be the entire country

Touché

super_furry · 31-10-2009 9:39pm

tedstriker wrote: »

I wouldn't shed too many tears if most of the inner city slums burnt to the ground tonight.

Yeah that'd be great. It'd be even better if they were full of working class people and immigrants. :rolleyes:

partyatmygaff · 31-10-2009 9:41pm

super_furry wrote: »

Yeah that'd be great. It'd be even better if they were full of working class people and immigrants. :rolleyes:

And the government too.

tedstriker · 31-10-2009 9:44pm

super_furry wrote: »

Yeah that'd be great. It'd be even better if they were full of working class people and immigrants. :rolleyes:

I said nothing about the people??

InkSlinger67 · 31-10-2009 9:47pm

Green belts and the working class don't mix!

Gran Hermano · 31-10-2009 9:50pm

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Green belts and the working class don't mix!

Only because they graze their horses on them.

TheCardHolder · 31-10-2009 9:51pm

I lived in a working class area until around the age of 12. There was always a range of bonfires going on around this time of year.

Since then I've lived out in a suburban area and the only bonfire here every year goes on in the one council estate.

tedstriker · 31-10-2009 9:51pm

Harse, these guys had a great time in Ballymun and didn't want to leave at all:
http://www.paveepoint.ie/news/roma-photos.html

pebbles21 · 31-10-2009 10:02pm

In Finglas today i seen a garda van and a crowd of people ,so me not being nosey or anything drove past to see what the problem was

Turned out the corpo had turned up to take away all the contents of the bonfire the local lads had collected over a period of time and were setting it up,and the kids parents were not impressed what was going on and this is why the gardai were called

TBH i think they should have left them to it because now they will have a very big bee in their bonnet and might or probably will take it out on somebody else and give the ES a lot more to do

Sheeps · 31-10-2009 10:04pm

In middle and upper class areas the people actually take pride in their communities.

tedstriker · 31-10-2009 10:07pm

pebbles21 wrote: »

In Finglas today i seen a garda van and a crowd of people ,so me not being nosey or anything drove past to see what the problem was

Turned out the corpo had turned up to take away all the contents of the bonfire the local lads had collected over a period of time and were setting it up,and the kids parents were not impressed what was going on and this is why the gardai were called

TBH i think they should have left them to it because now they will have a very big bee in their bonnet and might or probably will take it out on somebody else and give the ES a lot more to do

There was a report about this on the news there. The corporation spend 150,000 cleaning up bonfires so they prefer to nip it in the bud. They burn their first borns instead now, which is cheaper to clean up.

Happy Monday · 31-10-2009 10:08pm

Voltex wrote: »

I wanted to bring my son to see a bonfire ( his first) and drove around our area (considered a middle class area) for ages looking for one...but just couldnt seem to find one.

Interesting - don't want to hijack this thread but you will notice a trend - bonfires, tracksuits, Ireland flags during world cups all there in working class areas and not at all in middle class areas.

January · 31-10-2009 10:12pm

heavyballs wrote: »

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a no brainer,the cops are scared sheitless to go into any of those dodgy estates,it's a free for all tonight,imagine a cop trying to stop the boys in Neilstown building their fire up

Does it surprise you with the way the little scumbags act around the Emergency Services??? It's a sad world when a ten year old hits a fire fighter in the face with a brick...

Voltex · 31-10-2009 10:13pm

Im actually surprised by how blunt boardies are...
I was trying to be tactile in how I titled this thread....looks like I neddnt have bothered

Agent Smith · 31-10-2009 10:16pm

Knackers are like Moths, Attracted by the open flame...

tedstriker · 31-10-2009 10:16pm

Voltex wrote: »

Im actually surprised by how blunt boardies are...
I was trying to be tactile in how I titled this thread....looks like I neddnt have bothered

All the PC boarders are out dressed up as gardeners and yoked off their faces on some sort of natural cocktail.

whadabouchasir · 31-10-2009 10:18pm

I don't get this thread,do people have a problem with bonfires?And if so why don't you actually do something about it insted of moaning on boards? Now I'm off to set fire to a pile of wooden pallets.

pebbles21 · 31-10-2009 10:19pm

tedstriker wrote: »

There was a report about this on the news there. The corporation spend 150,000 cleaning up bonfires so they prefer to nip it in the bud.

Dublin Corporation should look into their own malpractices before they start spouting off about spending money

How many times have you seen six men looking into a hole while one is digging and three other ones sitting in three trucks reading the Sun

TheZohanS · 31-10-2009 10:19pm

Sheeps wrote: »

In middle and upper class areas the people actually take pride in their communities.

As do a lot of working class people. It's the small minority that don't care and give their community a bad name.

Voltex · 31-10-2009 10:20pm

whadabouchasir wrote: »

I don't get this thread,do people have a problem with bonfires?And if so why don't you actually do something about it insted of moaning on boards? Now I'm off to set fire to a pile of wooden pallets.

Obviousley I dont...seeing as i set out to find one...

whadabouchasir · 31-10-2009 10:26pm

Voltex wrote: »

Obviousley I dont...seeing as i set out to find one...

And I wish you well in your search. Maybe you could even start one your self.

brummytom · 31-10-2009 10:29pm

[Ignorant Foreigner] Do the council stage official, safe bonfires and firework displays in local parks over there? [/Ignorant Foreigner]

NothingMan · 31-10-2009 10:31pm

brummytom wrote: »

[Ignorant Foreigner] Do the council stage official, safe bonfires and firework displays in local parks over there? [/Ignorant Foreigner]

Some neighbourhoods have been known to organise a safe controlled bon fire, but mostly the kids just collect or steal whatever they can throughout October and set it on fire in a field.

Some adults let off fireworks for the kids, but again mostly it's just kids blowing stuff up.

NothingMan · 31-10-2009 10:32pm

NothingMan wrote: »

I live in Tallaght and we threw our old wooden garden table on the field this morning assuming it would be gone pretty quick. Still there now though. I think Tallaght may be coming up in the world.

Obviously except for scummers like me throwing tables into fields.

brummytom · 31-10-2009 10:33pm

NothingMan wrote: »

Some neighbourhoods have been known to organise a safe controlled bon fire, but mostly the kids just collect or steal whatever they can throughout October and set it on fire in a field.

Some adults let off fireworks for the kids, but again mostly it's just kids blowing stuff up.

Oh right, cheers.
For once I'm actually quite grateful for our local councils :P

Voltex · 31-10-2009 10:34pm

NothingMan wrote: »

Some neighbourhoods have been known to organise a safe controlled bon fire, but mostly the kids just collect or steal whatever they can throughout October and set it on fire in a field.

Some adults let off fireworks for the kids, but again mostly it's just kids blowing stuff up.

Throughout October!!!...in some areas they steal all year long.
I remember being at at a council organised bonfire when I was at Uni in Manchester...very well done...brilliant bonfire. I remeber i couldnt stand within 100ft it was sooooo hot!!

NothingMan · 31-10-2009 10:36pm

Voltex wrote: »

Throughout October!!!...in some areas they steal all year long.

Oh they definitely steal all year long, but they get impatient and light smaller fires with their loot.

CCCP^ · 31-10-2009 10:36pm

I came from a middle class housing estate and we had bonfires almost every year, right up until we lost all the ditches and green areas we used to stage our bonfire on and cull wood from when the building started for houses during the Celtic Tiger.

Come to think of it, the Celtic Tiger killed it off.

asdasd · 31-10-2009 10:38pm

Halloween in Ireland is pretty much a contained riot, a chav uprising. The police cede areas of the city unless people are actually getting burned to death. And even then, there is a certain reluctance.

Ireland flags during world cups all there in working class areas and not at all in middle class areas.

We should merge patriotism and bonfirism like the English on bonfire day. Instead of burning the guy and the Pope we need to get the chavs burning the Queen. Well, effigies of. That would add a certain patriotic frission to the lumpen takeover of the city.

b28 · 31-10-2009 10:40pm

super_furry wrote: »

Yeah that'd be great. It'd be even better if they were full of working class people and immigrants. :rolleyes:

I can't believe how you can get away with saying that!
Its OTT!!!:mad:

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 31-10-2009 10:41pm

tedstriker wrote: »

All the PC boarders are out dressed up as gardeners and yoked off their faces on some sort of natural cocktail.

Damn, well someone has to step up and fill the void.
I'll give it a go.

...ahem...

The level of ignorance in this thread is astounding.
Not all working class people have bonfires and enjoy tracksuits.
Do you have any links to back up these vile claims?
Try moving out of your mammys basement and go see some of the world... you think it's bad here? Try walking the streets of Hanajuju on Halloween night, you small-minded, sheltered, bigots would shít your pants.
Why don't you go out and actually help these people instead of looking down on them? I do voluntary work for six different outreach programs. What do any of you do?
You all sicken me.

That should tide us over for now.

asdasd · 31-10-2009 10:42pm

Hanajuju

Goggle has no clue. I say you made it up.

stovelid · 31-10-2009 10:46pm

Voltex wrote: »

Im actually surprised by how blunt boardies are...
I was trying to be tactile in how I titled this thread....looks like I neddnt have bothered

A lot of people need to vent because they're shaking in their houses over the suffering they've endured tonight: kids hanging around outside, speaking in loud voices and letting off fireworks. Imagine!

Bitching on here beats going out and getting owned by some 16 year old.

asdasd · 31-10-2009 10:47pm

I was chased by two 11 year olds two years ago. Left the country in shame.

stovelid · 31-10-2009 10:48pm

asdasd wrote: »

I was chased by two 11 year olds two years ago. Left the country in shame.

Are you sure you didn't leave in shame because you were chasing them?

asdasd · 31-10-2009 10:52pm

I wish,dude. I wish.

They were tough feckers. I fled like a ...scared.. fleer.. from...stuff.

KungPao · 31-10-2009 10:58pm

Wow.

So working class equals knacker/scumbag/chav etc.

(I could use some strong words here, but I shall not)

Lets just I am not best pleased about the usual lazy stereotypes being rolled out here.

Maybe there are bonfires in these areas because they like having fun.

A side note ---there is scum in all the 'classes'.

brummytom · 31-10-2009 11:00pm

KungPao wrote: »

Wow.

So working class equals knacker/scumbag/chav etc.

No, but vast majority of knacker/scumbag/chav etc = working class

Middle Class Area= No Bonfire, Working Class Area= Burn The Whole Thing Down

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