Reeling in the Noughties: 2002

WindSock

2002, a palindromalic year. And when we started using these feckin yokes for real:



I was working in a cafe at the time. People were all like 'wtf?' when they got their change back. And I was like 'yeah, I know'

deadhead13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ABR4UpDSU

Ruu_Old

Dot com bubble hits rock bottom. NASDAQ index pic below.

lord lucan

Get in!!:):)

lord lucan

Chechen Rebels lay siege to a theatre in Moscow which ended with the Russians storming the theatre and a bloody end.:(

Agricola

Ya can stick the World Cup up yer bollix Mick!

rainbowtrout

Saipan, Roy Keane... I don't think I need to say anymore

lord lucan

I stopped renting and bought a house!:)

ballsymchugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKw3EO3xpQc

xzanti

Agricola wrote: »

Ya can stick the World Cup up yer bollix Mick!

Feck ya, I was trying to upload that very pic last night but I couldn't get Imageshack to work for me

Grrrrrrrr

Agricola

ballsymchugh wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKw3EO3xpQc

I remember that highlights package! Bill said "hokey-doke we'll leave it there so!" and then played this. Epic!

WindSock

WindSock

A moment no one would ever think would happen: The Queen's Mammy The Queen Mother dies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk2ubAPRC3s

heebusjeebus

The Queen Mother dies

Queenie

heebusjeebus

WindSock wrote: »

A moment no one would ever think would happen: The Queen's Mammy The Queen Mother dies

Ah snap!

WindSock

Ha

2 Queens in a row. What do we win?

Jezzington

I'm a Barcelona supporter through and through (and not from *2009 only* before any smart-arses try to get their 2 cents worth), but I'll always respect Zidane for this stroke of utter genius. The knuts put us out of the Champions League too... Boo hiss...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crDzasp1-60

lord lucan

lord lucan

lord lucan

Love this movie.:):)

Wazdakka

This year the Government said...

"Nah lads... You didn't get it right the first time...
Now go back and vote on it again... Do you want a hint as to what answer we want to hear from you this time??

What do you mean unconstitutional?

Sure of course there's nothing wrong with two national referendums on the same topic within six months..

Would we lie to you?"

deadhead13

E-voting machines got their first and last outing in 2 constituencies in the 2002 general elections.

Cost - 51,000,000 euros and rising.

Wazdakka

Spike Milligan Died..



^^^Click pic for bigger pic^^^

Engraved on his headstone is "Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite",

It means "I told you I was sick"

WindSock

John B.Keane also dies.

deadhead13

Plastic Bag Environmental Levy.

murf313

Armagh win their first all-Ireland SFC title

Georgiana

The murder of the two little girls Holly and Jessica in Soham, UKhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham_murders

Junco Partner

the music world took a big hit when the godfather of british punk died
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/dec/23/artsfeatures.clash


strummer 52-02

mrmemoriesman

- FF and PDs win increased majority in General Election. FG are almost wiped out, and Michael Noonan has to wipe custard pie off his face on the campign trail. Enda Kenny succeeds him as leader later in teh year

- Stormontgate: NI government is suspended amid claims of IRA spy ring operating in parliament buildings

- Ireland's Popstars series is a huge success. The group Six is formed, with Nadine Coyle being expelled for being underage. Their debut single "There's a Whole Lot of Loving" becomes the biggest selling single of all time in Ireland.

- Everybody across Ireland rushes to the bank to set up their SSIA account - demand for the government scheme is huge.

- Al Qaeda bombs nightclub in Bali, killing over 200 holidaymakers

- Chechen rebels seize a Moscow theatre, taking hundreds of hostages. The resultant siege ends with many fatalities.

- George W. Bush invents the "Axis of Evil" in his State of the Union address

- Mick McCarthy stands down as Ireland manager to be replaced by Brian Kerr

ValJester

Slobadan Milosevic brought to justice.Can't wait until that becomes George W Bush.

Nolanger

Those two snipers in America hiding in a van and shooting people dead!

Carroller16

Guess who's world champ again

Elmo

I join Boards.ie, it was the bad jokes that got me to begin with!

MickShamrock