RTE news john cunningham's lovely hat

praiseach

did anybody else see that i wasnt watching the news but i heard my mom burst out laughing, the state of him!!!!!!!

It was a lovely baker's hat/upside down ugg boot.

Pikeman

It was absolutely ridiculous. Why didn't he take it off for the news piece in front of the camera. It looked liked a huge sock on his head or something.

loobylou

Yep, I burst out laughing too, he looked like an Afghan refugee.

dambarude

Eh, it's Paul Cunningham.

And give him a break.
It's cold out you know.

crashplan

Any bets he got that hat as a christmas present from his SO!

Abi

Saw it myself.. what a clown.

fitz213

Ann Doyle was about to burst out laughing! She could barely get the question out!

admiralofthefleet

he looked like yer man off the 'whensa your dolmio day' ads

praiseach

dambarude wrote: »

Eh, it's Paul Cunningham.

And give him a break.
It's cold out you know.

sorry i got my news correspondents mixed up, the other lad was called john and he had no silly hat on him!!!

My name is URL

ha ha hat

billy the squid

no IMG tags allowed here ..

sky88

ok i missed itfrom your replys i need to a pic of this hat

admiralofthefleet

bastard stole my chefs hat

muffy

i thought it was jaunty

sky88

My name is URL wrote: »

ha ha hat

that is honestly the greatest hat ever i want one

Milky Moo

If he was blue he would look like a smurf!

m83

See hat. Want hat.

dambarude

It looks even funnier there than on the TV!

PCPhoto

Dónal wrote: »

It was a lovely baker's hat/upside down ugg boot.

maybe he has a frozen jedward haircut underneath it

Agricola

Why these guys dont wear a simple black beanie ill never know. Its either reporters freezin to death in order to look professional, or a fella like this comes on wearin a giant sock!

Neonjack

praiseach wrote: »

did anybody else see that i wasnt watching the news but i heard my mom burst out laughing, the state of him!!!!!!!

How could we see that you weren't watching the news??

teddy_303

News Flash! Santy has lost one of his elves! He was last seen wearing... WTF?

Fizman

Neonjack wrote: »

How could we see that you weren't watching the news??

Instinct?

Neonjack

Fizman wrote: »

Instinct?

Filthy habit. Couldn't stop myself.

sunnyside

That was so strange, especially when his scarf and the rest of his clothes look perfectly nice and normal. Doesn't look like it would belong to the same person as the scarf. Maybe he just forgot to take it off. It's cold out there so he probably wasn't thinking much about his clothes.

garbanzo

I guess this is the consequence of the pay cuts they've all taken out in RTÉ. Poor man !

redorblack

We all started laughing here too, the hat was more interesting than any more news about grit or the lack of. Papa smurf did come to mind, or the has Israeli military wear, ridiculous.

amdublin

Ha! It was the most ridiculous thing ever.

He's some carazy cat wearing that hat

Mint Sauce

oh dear

jenga-jen

Poor Papa Smurf must be freezing!

Mrmoe

haha he looks like scrooge in that hat.

praiseach

Neonjack wrote: »

How could we see that you weren't watching the news??

you know when you are on your laptop in the sitting room and your mother is watching the news but you aren't, well thats how i did it dude!

Pompey Magnus

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

bastard stole my chefs hat

It looks to me like a chefs hat in need of viagra tbh.

friendface

My name is URL wrote: »

ha ha hat

Haha, that's priceless. Raging I missed it when he was on. He looks a bit like the swedish chef from the muppets. (http://toool.nl/blackbag/images/bump-chef.jpg)

dambarude

friendface wrote: »

Haha, that's priceless. Raging I missed it when he was on. He looks a bit like the swedish chef from the muppets. (http://toool.nl/blackbag/images/bump-chef.jpg)

You can watch it here: http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1063706 !
It's on round 6:40. If you watch carefully you can see the other reporter wiping his nose as well:pac:

4zn76tysfajdxp

I think I've found this week's Great AH Photoshop Competition thread picture...

friendface

Donald Hot Sandal wrote: »

I think I've found this week's Great AH Photoshop Competition thread picture...

That's uncanny. I was literally just coming back on here to suggest that. Ah, that'll be unreal. Can't wait to see that picture photoshopped :D

Elba101

This is absolutely hilarious! That's the first thing i said when i saw him :eek:

Aidric

Had to do a double take myself. It was quite bad.

iguy

It looks like a balaclava! Silly man.

jiltloop

Was watching that too and burst out laughin mid sentence. It wouldn't have looked as bad if he'd pulled it down fully, it looked like it was just sitting on the very top of his head.

ColaBeDamned

Donald Hot Sandal wrote: »

I think I've found this week's Great AH Photoshop Competition thread picture...

I was hoping you'd use Mrs. Robinson. So much scope there!

hmmm

When they told him they were sending him to report from a cold and snowy place, poor guy must have thought they were sending him to Waziristan in Pakistan. Gone all Pashtun on us.

Time Magazine

The Facebook group.

flahavaj

We had some laugh at that here as well. I knew well there'd be a thread on here about it too.

friendface

Time Magazine wrote: »

The Facebook group.

Why must every trivial item have it's own facebook group. These groups are being set up for everything now.

Michelle Heaton falls on apprentice -> FB group
JohnJoe on late late show -> FB group
Paul Cunningham wears funny hat -> FB group

/Goes to rant on Ranting and Raving forum :mad:

dambarude

What Paul says:pac:

Barname

billy the squid wrote: »

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what a gobsheen, that looks tres similar to the headgear preferred by The Taliban

RTE - full of affected statement makers....

(its called a Pakol)

Barname

'I picked it up in Helmand dont you know?'

wicklowgal

Oh dear...:o

But seriously, if he was that cold, surely he'd have pulled it onto his head properly rather than leaving it sitting there like a hobo hat!