First Holy Commotion

DublinWriter

I've read about people hiring stretch limos etc for their children's First Holy Communion, but what I saw today really amazed and appalled me at the same time.

Driving past a church in Drogheda today at about 1pm I saw parked up, in this order, a white stretch limo, a pink themed playboy stretch limo and wait for it, a Cinderella coach.

I've heard about the whole Cinderella coach thing, but it really has to be seen to be believed. It looks like a large, lacy white confection of a pumpkin drawn by a single white horse.

It's bad enough some parent had thought that a stretch limo emblazoned with the corporate livery of an international porn empire would be an appropriate mode of transport for their seven year old on the day of a major religious sacramental event, but the horse drawn gigantic lace pumpkin brought the kitsch down to a new level of tastelessness.

Forget NAMA, forget the banking crises, if there was any indication for me that we're f*cked as a nation, then it was what I saw today.

ilovecats

No wonder the Priests are how they are

peasant

DublinWriter wrote: »

Drogheda

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(that place is seriously weird)

Prof.Badass

DublinWriter wrote: »

Driving past a church in Drogheda today at about 1pm I saw parked up, in this order, a white stretch limo, a pink themed playboy stretch limo and wait for it, a Cinderella coach.

:D:D:D:D

Cool story bro!

goat2

the parents who hired those things, must be loaded, have good jobs, to waste that kind of cash on these unnecessary things

bluecatmorgana

Theyre usually travellers

pablomakaveli

bluecatmorgana wrote: »

Theyre usually travellers

or crime lords.

goat2

aint i right
both these are rich beyond beleif

lil'bug

it just goes to show you can't buy taste

Biggins

bluecatmorgana wrote: »

Theyre usually travellers

Anyone in a transport is a traveller - like duh!!! :pac:

I agree about the madness though. Pure stupidity.
"fools and their money....easily parted"

FearDark

bluecatmorgana wrote: »

Theyre usually travellers

pablomakaveli wrote: »

or crime lords.

Must not type what I'm thinking...

bryaner

goat2 wrote: »

the parents who hired those things, must be loaded, have good jobs, to waste that kind of cash on these unnecessary things

Loaded with stupidity

Nervous Wreck

bluecatmorgana wrote: »

Theyre usually travellers

pablomakaveli wrote: »

or crime lords.

FearDark wrote: »

Must not type what I'm thinking...

Travelling crime lords? Right there with ya.

WindSock

Back in my day, our communion treat was to get to sit in the front seat of the car. And that was good enough for us! :mad:

shoelaceface

i remember getting 3 pound coins sellotaped to the inside of the card and thinking i was loaded!! yeah.. €50 today is just about acceptable.. brats!

lets start a campaign to bring back the coins sellotaped to the card

Biggins

Folks know how we feel about that superstitious stuff.
Thankfully they don't come around begging.

starbelgrade

Biggins wrote: »

Anyone in a transport is a traveller - like duh!!! :pac:

When my Dad was alive & working, his job was mainly to deliver plants, bulbs, seeds, fertilizer etc., from a warehouse in Dublin to many of the hardware & garden type shops around the towns & villages of Ireland and also to take orders for the next delivery & trying to get shop owners to buy more stuff & new products etc.

In modern parlance, he would be considered a travelling salesman, but back in the day, in Ireland, we didn't have such fancy terms... "human resources" were called "workers" and a spade was called a "yoke for doin' de diggin".

When I was born, the registrar asked my Dad what he did for a living & after explaining his job, the registrar wrote down "traveller".

So now, every time I have to produce a copy of my Birth Cert for any purpose, my Father's occupation is written in as "Traveller". It's not even close to funny.

dvpower

starbelgrade wrote: »

When my Dad was alive & working, his job was mainly to deliver plants, bulbs, seeds, fertilizer etc., from a warehouse in Dublin to many of the hardware & garden type shops around the towns & villages of Ireland and also to take orders for the next delivery & trying to get shop owners to buy more stuff & new products etc.

In modern parlance, he would be considered a travelling salesman, but back in the day, in Ireland, we didn't have such fancy terms... "human resources" were called "workers" and a spade was called a "yoke for doin' de diggin".

When I was born, the registrar asked my Dad what he did for a living & after explaining his job, the registrar wrote down "traveller".

So now, every time I have to produce a copy of my Birth Cert for any purpose, my Father's occupation is written in as "Traveller". It's not even close to funny.

could have been worse. He might have been in the trade of rendering animals that are unfit for human consumption.

Shazanne

All that stuff about stretch limos and Cinderella coaches is bead - but equally so are the parent who get their daughters tanned, made up and manicured for the day! I've even heard of kids being taken to sunbeds for their communion. That to me is the sickest thing of all:mad:

strobe

DublinWriter wrote: »

I've read about people hiring stretch limos etc for their children's First Holy Communion, but what I saw today really amazed and appalled me at the same time.

Driving past a church in Drogheda today at about 1pm I saw parked up, in this order, a white stretch limo, a pink themed playboy stretch limo and wait for it, a Cinderella coach.

I've heard about the whole Cinderella coach thing, but it really has to be seen to be believed. It looks like a large, lacy white confection of a pumpkin drawn by a single white horse.

It's bad enough some parent had thought that a stretch limo emblazoned with the corporate livery of an international porn empire would be an appropriate mode of transport for their seven year old on the day of a major religious sacramental event, but the horse drawn gigantic lace pumpkin brought the kitsch down to a new level of tastelessness.

Forget NAMA, forget the banking crises, if there was any indication for me that we're f*cked as a nation, then it was what I saw today.

Meh....If I had of gotten to have a stretch limo emblazoned with playboy logos for my communion I'm pretty sure I would have loved the fukk out of it. Lucky kids, bet they had a great day, was probably more fun than Christmas for them.

starbelgrade

strobe wrote: »

Meh....If I had of gotten to have a stretch limo emblazoned with playboy logos for my communion I'm pretty sure I would have loved the fukk out of it.

Chav.

ballsymchugh

strobe wrote: »

Meh....If I had of gotten to have a stretch limo emblazoned with playboy logos for my communion I'm pretty sure I would have loved the fukk out of it. Lucky kids, bet they had a great day, was probably more fun than Christmas for them.

the innocence of it all..

a guy in my class wore playboy cufflinks to a ball one year in college. a girl in my class thought they were cute and started aw-ing the bunny rabbit logo until i told her what they really were.

and yeah, what starbelgrade said.

Professey Chin

ballsymchugh wrote: »

the innocence of it all..

a guy in my class wore playboy cufflinks to a ball one year in college. a girl in my class thought they were cute and started aw-ing the bunny rabbit logo until i told her what they really were.

and yeah, what starbelgrade said.

There are so many things wrong with this

El Siglo

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

There are so many things wrong with this

It could have been worse...

EDIT: I want one of these now!:D

ballsymchugh

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

There are so many things wrong with this

hmmm. he was from out foreign if that explains things some more?

bluto63

I got a nice meal out of my First Communion. Even that I thought was excessive. I had that communion every week for 4 years after that. I wanted a nice meal after it each time :mad:

ballsymchugh wrote: »

the innocence of it all..

a guy in my class wore playboy cufflinks to a ball one year in college. a girl in my class thought they were cute and started aw-ing the bunny rabbit logo until i told her what they really were.

and yeah, what starbelgrade said.

Cockblocker! :P

ballsymchugh

bluto63 wrote: »

Cockblocker! :P

she was my girlfriend at the time!!

Steodonn

One of the girls in my sisters class decided to skip the church part because she was getting her hair done :eek:

jd007

The next time most of them will be inside a church again is when they make their confirmation.

jimi_t2

jd007 wrote: »

The next time most of them will be inside a church again is when they make their confirmation.

or praying that daddy's appeal will go well...

(well c'mon now, pink playboy stretch limo's and a Cinderella carriage outside a church in Drogheda?)

MichMich

WindSock wrote: »

Back in my day, our communion treat was to get to sit in the front seat of the car. And that was good enough for us! :mad:

I always remember sitting in the front of the car being the biggest deal...I was so excited. And then after we went for dinner, going to Smyths and buying a Polly Pocket with my communion money, the rest of which went straight into the bank...15 years later its still there...I still have the Polly Pocket somewhere as well, come to think of it...

bluto63

ballsymchugh wrote: »

she was my girlfriend at the time!!

menage a trois?

Demonon

What's funny is that in areas where people actually have money, lots of money, like Blackrock for example, this type of thing is unheard of.

Tar.Aldarion

starbelgrade wrote: »

When my Dad was alive & working, his job was mainly to deliver plants, bulbs, seeds, fertilizer etc., from a warehouse in Dublin to many of the hardware & garden type shops around the towns & villages of Ireland and also to take orders for the next delivery & trying to get shop owners to buy more stuff & new products etc.

In modern parlance, he would be considered a travelling salesman, but back in the day, in Ireland, we didn't have such fancy terms... "human resources" were called "workers" and a spade was called a "yoke for doin' de diggin".

When I was born, the registrar asked my Dad what he did for a living & after explaining his job, the registrar wrote down "traveller".

So now, every time I have to produce a copy of my Birth Cert for any purpose, my Father's occupation is written in as "Traveller". It's not even close to funny.

Sounds pretty funny.

chin_grin

Why aren't we tackling this problem at the root?

Ban Communion, Ban Confirmation. That'll sort the greedy f*ckers out, the kids too.

Rabble rabble rabble rabble church is crap rabble rabble rabble rabble own religion rabble rabble rabble rabble.

walshb

DublinWriter wrote: »

I've read about people hiring stretch limos etc for their children's First Holy Communion, but what I saw today really amazed and appalled me at the same time.

Driving past a church in Drogheda today at about 1pm I saw parked up, in this order, a white stretch limo, a pink themed playboy stretch limo and wait for it, a Cinderella coach.

I've heard about the whole Cinderella coach thing, but it really has to be seen to be believed. It looks like a large, lacy white confection of a pumpkin drawn by a single white horse.

It's bad enough some parent had thought that a stretch limo emblazoned with the corporate livery of an international porn empire would be an appropriate mode of transport for their seven year old on the day of a major religious sacramental event, but the horse drawn gigantic lace pumpkin brought the kitsch down to a new level of tastelessness.

Forget NAMA, forget the banking crises, if there was any indication for me that we're f*cked as a nation, then it was what I saw today.

One word, chavs!

Shazanne

jimi_t2 wrote: »

or praying that daddy's appeal will go well...

(well c'mon now, pink playboy stretch limo's and a Cinderella carriage outside a church in Drogheda?)

A Little too judgemental here don't you think?

thetonynator

WindSock wrote: »

Back in my day, our communion treat was to get to sit in the front seat of the car. And that was good enough for us! :mad:

I didn't get to sit in the front. :mad::mad::mad:

walshb

MichMich wrote: »

I always remember sitting in the front of the car .

How irresponsible your parents were:)

kylith

Around communion time there're so many carriages outside the local church that it looks like 1900.

One of my brother's kids made €800 at his communion. €800! I made enough for a new trousers and jumper at mine.

stovelid

WindSock wrote: »

Back in my day, our communion treat was to get to sit in the front seat of the car. And that was good enough for us! :mad:

The 50s: an altogether more innocent time..





:pac:

Prof.Badass

Steodonn wrote: »

One of the girls in my sisters class decided to skip the church part because she was getting her hair done :eek:

Ah, ye olde communion urban myth. I think i remember hearing this one on the adrian kennedy phone show when i was 12 :rolleyes:*.

*That's not to say it probably hasn't happened multiple times irl since it's inception .

Standard Toaster

I got a scratch card for my communion. Kids nowadays

irishconvert

DublinWriter wrote: »

a pink themed playboy stretch limo.

Unbelieveable. Are parents totally stupid? Do they know anything about their religion?

Saint_Mel

irishconvert wrote: »

Unbelieveable. Are parents totally stupid? Do they know anything about their religion?

No, and why would they ... Communions stopped being about religion years ago. There as bad a weddings, its all about having the most extravagant day!

moonpurple

in reply to op, No, Louth is there to remind us that things countrywide can always be worse,

see bomb factory raid in recent days

n utters s

kylith

Saint_Mel wrote: »

No, and why would they ... Communions stopped being about religion years ago. There as bad a weddings, its all about having the most extravagant day!

Yep. It's all about who can spend the most money.

Hannibal Smith

Holy Communions are like mini weddings nowadays...fancy transport, hotels for the afters, jees I think we had ham sambos in me nanas and dinner in me Aunties afterwards

Slightly off topic, but they should put the Holy Communion age back to 7, it's not as if that year helps them understand the sacrament any better and the girls look ridiculous in the dresses all gangly and tall, they should be small and innocently cute looking

Lemegeton

that is absolutely disgusting

Hannibal Smith

vinylmesh wrote: »

Ah, ye olde communion urban myth. I think i remember hearing this one on the adrian kennedy phone show when i was 12 :rolleyes:*.

*That's not to say it probably hasn't happened multiple times irl since it's inception .

My dad wasn't allowed make his communion because he'd eaten some toast before going to the church and my grandad went up and actually told the priest...so he had to wait till everyone else was gone and get his piece of bread afterwards....no urban myth...it really happened

Lando Griffin

DublinWriter wrote: »

It's bad enough some parent had thought that a stretch limo emblazoned with the corporate livery of an international porn empire would be an appropriate mode of transport for their seven year old on the day of a major religious sacramental event,

He is probably the coolest kid in school today!