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Irish men and weight

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭interlocked


    I think what women want (ok what this fickle woman wants, anyway) may be a response to what they have just had. The last guy I dated was kind of fussy about everything: he exercised regularly, was careful about what he ate, and basically spent his whole life never trying to rock the boat. The current guy I'm dating smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish, and doesn't give a **** about what other people think about him or his life choices. It is a blessed relief, and I don't miss the ex's six-pack one bit. :D

    Er, do you have a sister:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I don't have that choice. Never have any credit to ring for takeaway and too far to walk to the takeaway :(

    you can make free calls to landlines via the net. since u on boards you can do that. is the takeaway further than the shop where you need to buy ingredients to cook ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    hahah thats hilarious

    That article could have been a lot shorter; all the author really needed to say was "Stop letting your crazy-ass wife dress you and leave her hair products alone."


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete



    Okay SS, now we'll all calm down!

    You know I haven't lost my temper in over 25 years, but Sharpshooter, you caused a lot of trouble in this here thread tonight.

    I might have got somebody banned, and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth.

    But I won't. I won't.

    The hell I won't!





  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    Er, do you have a sister:D

    Haha, I do, and she's married with four kids (¡qué horror!).

    Given the rate at which I'm consuming massive quantities of beer, cigarettes, and fried pork products with the current guy, the next guy is going to have to be a vegan yogi or something. But if that suits, let me know... ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Haha, I do, and she's married with four kids (¡qué horror!).

    Given the rate at which I'm consuming massive quantities of beer, cigarettes, and fried pork products with the current guy, the next guy is going to have to be a vegan yogi or something. But if that suits, let me know... ;)
    is this (singular) wimminz planning on not lasting with the present beer,ciggy,fried pork product feeding man of which she speaks?

    And no this doesnt suit,i likes my wimminz who likes their foods and likes even mores to burn it off in the bedrooms,kitchens,bathrooms,cars :D

    (jesus that's a lot of plurals i sound like jar jar binks :) )


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    Bonito wrote: »
    is this (singular) wimminz planning on not lasting with the present beer,ciggy,fried pork product feeding man of which she speaks?

    And no this doesnt suit,i likes my wimminz who likes their foods and likes even mores to burn it off in the bedrooms,kitchens,bathrooms,cars :D

    (jesus that's a lot of plurals i sound like jar jar binks :) )

    Hmm, if all were well I would be out consuming said pork and tobacco products rather than at home bitching on the boards with a bottle of cava. :(

    As for liking food (and bringing it back to the original post at least a bit), my philosophy is that life is too short to torture yourself with sugar substitutes, lean beef or fake meat soy products. That said, I don't want to die fat and alone only to be found three weeks later, half-eaten by wild dogs. So while there can be lots of love and other indoor sports to maintain the zexy, lots o' beer = no bread or soda for this south sider.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Hmm, if all were well I would be out consuming said pork and tobacco products rather than at home bitching on the boards with a bottle of cava. :(

    As for liking food (and bringing it back to the original post at least a bit), my philosophy is that life is too short to torture yourself with sugar substitutes, lean beef or fake meat soy products. That said, I don't want to die fat and alone only to be found three weeks later, half-eaten by wild dogs. So while there can be lots of love and other indoor sports to maintain the zexy, lots o' beer = no bread or soda for this south sider.
    there's nothing better than bitching on boards with a bottle of cava :D

    mind you i had a budweiser instead

    who consumes these said pork and tobacco products at this hour :)

    no wonder there be many problems in relation to this thread

    also, i did not understand the last sentance of your comment sooooooo......emmmm.....wasnt i supposed to leave already lol


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    Bonito wrote: »
    there's nothing better than bitching on boards with a bottle of cava :D

    mind you i had a budweiser instead

    who consumes these said pork and tobacco products at this hour :)

    no wonder there be many problems in relation to this thread

    also, i did not understand the last sentance of your comment sooooooo......emmmm.....wasnt i supposed to leave already lol

    Are you sure we are talking about the same south side? I am talking about Cottage Grove and the #6, not Terenure and the 15B. :)

    As for the pork and tobacco products, yeah I think they may explain a lot when it comes to the potbellies mentioned in the OP...especially when washed down with several pints at 1am. not that I would know or anything...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    hahaha haven't heard that one in a long time. Cue lots of wavin references.

    Hmmm I just woke up after sleeping off hangover and chips.
    I think a run is in order :P
    my grandad worked in wavin for 42 years :D

    he's now retired and has the body of a 20-somethin year old as he never drank or smoked or had these "pork products" we've been speaking of

    he's also one of the nicest men you'd ever meet in your whole life :) Pity my c**t of a nanny had an affair with an aul fat bastard

    wait,looks like the fatties are better than the fitties at gettin the wimminz in the end :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    who said anything about south side?

    i think you're deliberately trying to confuse me now :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Mammanabammana


    I'm a slightly larger than average, would be chubby if I was shorter, guy. Form a queue, girls... ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money


    I'm trying to buck the trend of overweight Irish guys by doing my best to get thin. Started back eating right and going to the gym two weeks ago and I've lost 7.4 lbs which is just over half a stone.

    Still a fair bit to go but I'm digging out the six pack and Superman bulletproof chest ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    I'm trying to buck the trend of overweight Irish guys by doing my best to get thin. Started back eating right and going to the gym two weeks ago and I've lost 7.4 lbs which is just over half a stone.

    Still a fair bit to go but I'm digging out the six pack and Superman bulletproof chest ;)

    half a stone in 2 weeks !!!:eek:

    went for my first run in weeks yday......ouch...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Personally I always think sex appeal is about confidence. If a man buys clothes that fit him well and holds his head high then he is sexy even if he is whippet thin or has a massive beer gut. I don't have a preference but I do think a beer gut can be just as sexy as a washboard stomach. What I don't find attractive is someone who is lacking confidence and has to chuck seven beers down his neck before he will talk to me.


    One thing I have noticed is that a lot more men seem to be attending weight management classes so I think Irish men are paying more attention to their bodies but doubt it has anything to do with hotter foreign men invading the country. I will always find an Irish man more attractive than most nationalities anyway.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money



    went for my first run in weeks yday......ouch...

    Been there, done that, know what it's like. I use the cross trainer as it's easier on my joints, then just do brisk walking on the treadmill.

    It's tough at the start alright. I'm only doing it two weeks now and I'm wishing I could skip ahead a month or two to when I've lost more weight. For me the start is the most difficult. Getting into the habit of eating right, getting into the habit of exercising and being patient for the first few weeks as you don't always see the difference it's making.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money


    Lux23 wrote: »
    Personally I always think sex appeal is about confidence. If a man buys clothes that fit him well and holds his head high then he is sexy even if he is whippet thin or has a massive beer gut. I don't have a preference but I do think a beer gut can be just as sexy as a washboard stomach. What I don't find attractive is someone who is lacking confidence and has to chuck seven beers down his neck before he will talk to me.

    Next time you are out, try approaching a guy you fancy and let us know if you find it easy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Next time you are out, try approaching a guy you fancy and let us know if you find it easy.

    I do it all the time. I have no problem doing it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money


    Lux23 wrote: »
    I do it all the time. I have no problem doing it.

    Without drink? Fair enough so.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    Irishmen seem to be obsessed by sports & the vast majority will play sports for fun, hence keeping fit.

    Irishwomen seem to be obsessed by television & the vast majority will spend their nights clued to the box, hence not keeping fit.

    /hides under table :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Without drink? Fair enough so.

    Sometimes but I guess if I am honest I do occasionally have some dutch courage but I have chatted men up in shops, cinema queues, the post office. But I am an unusual case in that I have no shame with strangers but with people I am friendly with I can be very shy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Raekwon wrote: »
    Irishmen seem to be obsessed by sports & the vast majority will play sports for fun, hence keeping fit.

    Irishwomen seem to be obsessed by television & the vast majority will spend their nights clued to the box, hence not keeping fit.

    /hides under table :p

    But the research suggest otherwise more Irish men are overweight than Irish women or did you read it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    Lux23 wrote: »
    But the research suggest otherwise more Irish men are overweight than Irish women or did you read it?

    I read IT actually............but what has that got to do with Irishmen being overweight? :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Lux23 wrote: »
    I do it all the time. I have no problem doing it.

    It's much easier for women to approach men in fairness.

    Fair play though as so many women would never even think about making the first move.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money


    Lux23 wrote: »
    Sometimes but I guess if I am honest I do occasionally have some dutch courage but I have chatted men up in shops, cinema queues, the post office. But I am an unusual case in that I have no shame with strangers but with people I am friendly with I can be very shy.

    I'm a bit of an idiot like that. I was out last night and there were a few girls hanging around and I sort of got the impression they were waiting for me to go talk to them. I was standing with my mate in the club and I seen this girl going to the bar and I seen her looking at me and saying something to her friend.

    A few minutes later her and her friends were all standing near me and my mate, just hanging around and dancing. They ended up going to the dance floor and when they came back they again stood on the other side of us where we could see them better.

    Did I even say hello? Of course not.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Raekwon wrote: »
    I read IT actually............but what has that got to do with Irishmen being overweight? :confused:

    That's genius.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Lux23 wrote: »
    I have chatted men up in shops, cinema queues, the post office.

    I have got chatted up a few times in cinema queues as it goes. Always Cineworld too. Guess there is shag all else to do when your standing there in a queue of a 1000, a dozen tills and only one member of staff on them :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    Raekwon wrote: »
    Irishmen seem to be obsessed by sports & the vast majority will play sports for fun, hence keeping fit.

    Irishwomen seem to be obsessed by television & the vast majority will spend their nights clued to the box, hence not keeping fit.

    /hides under table :p

    Irish mean are obsessed by watching and talking about sports. But few bother to actually play them. Personally I hate watching and discussing sport and prefer to do, but its been a challenge lately what with endless cold/flu and stupid rain


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I have got chatted up a few times in cinema queues as it goes. Always Cineworld too. Guess there is shag all else to do when your standing there in a queue of a 1000, a dozen tills and only one member of staff on them :D

    Theres a difference between being talked to and being chatted up thou.
    Which do you do lux23 ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    It's much easier for women to approach men in fairness.

    Fair play though as so many women would never even think about making the first move.

    Well maybe but the fact that at 27 the longest relationship Ive had is 5 months I should really return to the more retro sitting in a corner looking coy. ;) Or I will be chatting up the other OAPs while queuing for my pension.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    Lux23 wrote: »
    That's genius.

    Thanks :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    Irish mean are obsessed by watching and talking about sports. But few bother to actually play them. Personally I hate watching and discussing sport and prefer to do, but its been a challenge lately what with endless cold/flu and stupid rain

    Indoor footie ftw ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Theres a difference between being talked to and being chatted up thou.
    Which do you do lux23 ?

    Well I consider it chatting up I wouldn't do with someone I didn't fancy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Lux23 wrote: »
    Well maybe but the fact that at 27 the longest relationship Ive had is 5 months I should really return to the more retro sitting in a corner looking coy. ;) Or I will be chatting up the other OAPs while queuing for my pension.

    I love both types of girls. Coy but making eye contact is very sexy. Starting to chat is also very very sexy as the guy then knows he can at least be himself and not have to use some cheesy chatup lines.

    I would much rather a girl who is 5/10 in looks with a knockout friendly presonality than a 10/10 in looks and doesn't she know it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Theres a difference between being talked to and being chatted up thou.

    Yeah, but if I am in cinema queue and a girl says "Jesus, these f*cking queues are a nightmare" - I don't think .. woo haay, "I've still got it" :)

    But, if she starts asking me "What film am I seeing" etc .. then, that to me is 'chatting up'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Bodhidharma


    David Beckham - King of the Metrosexuals? How did he get that title, by having a bare knuckle slap fight with Cristiano Ronaldo in some field surrounded by metros?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    David Beckham - King of the Metrosexuals? How did he get that title, by having a bare knuckle slap fight with Cristiano Ronaldo in some field surrounded by metros?

    LOL!!!

    I think Beckham won it before Ronaldo and his terrifyingly waxed eyebrows (and everything else, apparently) hit the scene...And without an equivalent of Posh by his side, pushing him into black nail polish, sarongs and Armani underwear ads, how can Ronaldo really ever top Becks?

    Oh, wait, maybe he can.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    David Beckham - King of the Metrosexuals? How did he get that title,

    He got it by wearing a dress in public.

    Pic ..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    He got it by wearing a dress in public.

    Pic ..
    No i believe he got it because his wife is more manly and intimidating than him :D

    *sound of whip cracking*


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    LOL!!!

    I think Beckham won it before Ronaldo and his terrifyingly waxed eyebrows (and everything else, apparently) hit the scene...And without an equivalent of Posh by his side, pushing him into black nail polish, sarongs and Armani underwear ads, how can Ronaldo really ever top Becks?

    Oh, wait, maybe he can.
    Didnt rio ferdinand pull of a similar facade :D

    oh look here it is :pac:

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/06/16/article-0-055C377D000005DC-277_468x627.jpg


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    Lux23 wrote: »
    Well I consider it chatting up I wouldn't do with someone I didn't fancy.

    Interesting. Cause I'll do that if I'm bored - irregardless of attraction or not. its just a nicer way to pass time than standing there to me. somteims gets on my nerves when girls assume its a chatup:eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    Bonito wrote: »

    :eek:

    OK, he is tall and very fit but I can't imagine that any woman would find it attractive when her boyfriend's shorts were shorter than hers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    :eek:

    OK, he is tall and very fit but I can't imagine that any woman would find it attractive when her boyfriend's shorts were shorter than hers.
    Yes but had you never seen rio ferdinand like that would you have labeled him a "metro-sexual" :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    Bonito wrote: »
    Yes but had you never seen rio ferdinand like that would you have labeled him a "metro-sexual" :D

    TBH I didn't know who Rio Ferdinand was until just now, but based on a quick Google search, I would categorize him as "tacky" maybe rather than metro.

    I think metrosexual implies someone who is super-high maintenance, not only with their fitness, but with their grooming, diet, clothes, etc. There has to be a happy medium between the guy who shaves twice a month, showers twice a week, and has a gut, and the guy who spends 3 hours a day at the gym and needs 30 minutes to comb his hair.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    TBH I didn't know who Rio Ferdinand was until just now, but based on a quick Google search, I would categorize him as "tacky" maybe rather than metro.

    I think metrosexual implies someone who is super-high maintenance, not only with their fitness, but with their grooming, diet, clothes, etc. There has to be a happy medium between the guy who shaves twice a month, showers twice a week, and has a gut, and the guy who spends 3 hours a day at the gym and needs 30 minutes to comb his hair.
    Apologies, I momentarily neglected the fact you're american and you'd have more of a chance knowing who david beckham was as opposed to knowing rio ferdinand :D

    But none of these are Irish men sooooo does anyone know of an Irish "metro-sexual"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    Being football unconscious I know very little about Ronaldo. But from that photo I would categorise him as 'flaming'. he's even wearing a boob tube! thats not metro, thats just plain cross-dressing


  • Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭TheKells


    Bonito wrote: »
    No i believe he got it because his wife is more manly and intimidating than him :D

    *sound of whip cracking*


    WHAP-PA


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭me_right_one


    I'm 6' 2", 20 stone, and I look like Matthew McConaughey;) I dont give a fuc k what anyone thinks


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    I was once told I look like tray from Home and Away......


    I've never had my hair cut that short again :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    I'm 6' 2", 20 stone, and I look like Matthew McConaughey;) I dont give a fuc k what anyone thinks
    My condolences :(


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