When was the last time you were genuinely impressed by something?

El Guapo!

It seems that nowadays everybody is kind of de-sensitised to everything. We've basically seen it all in the movies and nothing really impresses/shocks us anymore. Another gangland murder......meh........water found on mars.....who cares.......HSE fúcks up something........whats new.....

So my question is, when was the last time something genuinely impressed/shocked you?
It can be as serious or as light-hearted as you like.
For me it has to be when I saw this guy for the first time

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcKLCADjjao

starbelgrade

when was the last time something genuinely impressed/shocked you?

Driving through Longford one day... it's the most illiterate town in Ireland & has a large population of African immigrants - not shocking in itself, but what was, is that someone had hung a banner off one of the bridges, saying; "NIGERS OUT".

Sea Sharp

Probably this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_NI_S9C57g

Or this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpD0btOZx8

consultech

Each and every day during my morning whizz.

thebigbiffo

that at the end of prime time the other night they had a rolling list of towns where child porn had been downloaded, and 2 of my closest country towns were on the list. in fact, almost every mid-sized town in the country was on it.

now that's f'uckin shocking

o1s1n

thebigbiffo wrote: »

that at the end of prime time the other night they had a rolling list of towns where child porn had been downloaded, and 2 of my closest country towns were on the list. in fact, almost every mid-sized town in the country was on it.

now that's f'uckin shocking

You were genuinely impressed by the amount of child porn found in mid sized towns?

easyeason3

When I saw Riverdance on the Eurovision I was really impressed. I was only a teenager but I remember thinking that they were going to make bags of money.


And the last time I was in Dingle watching the sun set. Amazing.

starbelgrade

So my question is, when was the last time something genuinely impressed/shocked you

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o1s1n wrote: »

You were genuinely impressed by the amount of child porn found in mid sized towns?

Hmmm.

Indubitable

Yore ma, last night?

Ping pong balls in Amsterdam spring to mind.

brummytom

I was at the regional fleadh a few weeks ago, I had a wander round some of the competitions. Some of the people really impressed me, and I don't impress easily

Sugar Free

There's a guy who trains in the same gym as me who I also recognise from the area I grew up in.

He has a condition - I'm not sure of the name - where his limbs are at odd angles. He needs crutches to walk and even then it's difficult.

Yet every time I'm in there I see him training. Sometimes it takes him five minutes just to get into position before beginning, I dread to think how long a full session takes.

It really has to be seen to fully appreciate it, truly inspirational.

migozarad

Was cycling to Bansha yesterday evening,near the Glen of Aherlow,and the picturesque countryside was a joy to behold.
Despite being a Tipp man,Pat Horgan's 2nd goal (from open play) last Sunday for Cork (hurlers;for you ''palers'' among us) was fantastic.Tipp's response was not.......

Standard Toaster

Georgia Salpa's tits.

mailforkev

Sky+ and the iPhone still impress me.

Also there are little baby ducklings in the lake in Blackrock Park that are cheering me up each lunchtime this week.

Unfortunately I can't think of anything that genuinely shocks me any more.

vodafoneproblem

That's pretty impressive alright, OP. Btw, the guy reminds me of Jason Newsted when he has the mic up to his mouth.

alwaysadub

Every time i see my little niece,who's about a year and a half. I only get to see her maybe once a month,but every time i see her she's totally changed and has learnt loads of new things. She's such a hard little nut-nothing ever phases her!

I know all kids do the same,but i'm biased

AnonoBoy

Bought a pack of ham slices the last day with one of those resealable thingies on it and it actually worked.

I was impressed and that's how sad my life is right now.

Banned Account

The last time I was really impressed was when a group of battle trained soldiers with scant regard for their own saftey and armed only with fully automatic weapons, boarded a boat and confronted a gang of vicious, stick wielding thugs .... (I know, I know - couldn't resist)

Seriously though, watched a programme not so long ago about the people in Haiti and how they are faring out in the aftermath of the earthquake. Despite all the suffering and the fact that they haven't a pot to piss in, there are some truly inspirational stories of man's humanity to man.

For this reason, I have decided not to bawl an moan about our own financial woes for two weeks - admit it or not, we don't have a bad lot in the grand scheme of things.

Wazdakka

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

Yore ma, last night?

My ma?

Ooooohhhh.... Now I get it..

HA HA HA HA HA....

You are saying that you had sex with my mother last night,
and that you were impressed by it...

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA..
Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllll.

That is just so witty and intelligent.
Remind me to nominate you for post of the year.
Seriously,

Where did you hear that joke?
I never knew that using the suggestion of sex with somebody else's mother could be so funny.
Have you ever considered a career in comedy writing?
You could use that post as part of your C.V

Oh wow, a sarcastomete.. BOOOOOM!

anniehoo

A dog donated blood in work today. He lay as still as a board for 20 minutes while a unit of blood was taken from him. Im always impressed how animals put their trust in you even though they havent a rashers if its good or bad for them.He amazed me today.:D

Hopefully that doggys blood will help some other familys pet recover from an op or a road traffic accident quickly!

Michael B

anniehoo wrote: »

A dog donated blood in work today. He lay as still as a board for 20 minutes while a unit of blood was taken from him. Im always impressed how animals put their trust in you even though they havent a rashers if its good or bad for them.He amazed me today.:D

Hopefully that doggys blood will help some other familys pet recover from an op or a road traffic accident quickly!

There's something in my eye...

That's lovely.

keano_afc

Like somebody posted earlier, I always get immpressed by the sheer amount of knowledge toddlers can soak up. My niece on my wifes side in incredible, she's only gone 2 but can count to 20, has a better level of Irish than most junior cert students and can put her own shoes on. Her level of intelligence always impresses me.

PeterIanStaker

anniehoo wrote: »

A dog donated blood in work today. He lay as still as a board for 20 minutes while a unit of blood was taken from him. Im always impressed how animals put their trust in you even though they havent a rashers if its good or bad for them.He amazed me today.:D

Hopefully that doggys blood will help some other familys pet recover from an op or a road traffic accident quickly!

Now that is cool. Wow. And I've made 19 blood donations of my own. What a class dog.

Hank_Jones

consultech wrote: »

Each and every day during my morning whizz.

Just go to a clinic, they should be able to sort that out for you.

AnonoBoy

Wazdakka wrote: »

My ma?

Ooooohhhh.... Now I get it..

HA HA HA HA HA....

You are saying that you had sex with my mother last night,
and that you were impressed by it...

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA..
Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllll.

That is just so witty and intelligent.
Remind me to nominate you for post of the year.
Seriously,

Where did you hear that joke?
I never knew that using the suggestion of sex with somebody else's mother could be so funny.
Have you ever considered a career in comedy writing?
You could use that post as part of your C.V

Oh wow, a sarcastomete.. BOOOOOM!

Maybe your mother just makes really nice cakes or something?

Banned Account

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Maybe your mother just makes really nice cakes or something?

Or maybe she just has nice buns ...

Biggins

Impressed?
The last time I set foot in Crumlin Hospital. The nurses and surrounding staff were excelent despite those above them on their backs daily making cuts.

Shocked?
THe last time I heard of how low a sentence a rapist got.

Paulj

I'm amazed that Bus Eireann actually have real time bus information based on GPS positions now! : http://www.whensmybus.ie/
Wow

green_lizard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTkx3cdO5rM

This blew my mind 'thats one thirsty bird' :pac:

Squiggle

Phil Taylor's two nine dart finishes in the Premier league final last week. Legend.

questionmark?

Impressed at looking at how the human race has progressed so rapidly but shocked at how some can be left so far behind in the intelligence stakes, such as,


http://ted.examiner.ie/archives/images/front_000726.jpg

http://www.xymalf.co.uk/images/chavs/chav4.gif

bonerm

I'm pretty sure Google street-view was the last thing that had me going "wow!". Played on it for hours the first few days after I heard about it.

HalloweenJack

I went to a bullfight last week and I was genuinely impressed with how cool and accurately some of the bullfighters were in stabbing the bull.

These certain guys charge at the bulls at an angle and take a leap before ramming the two little pikes in between the bull's shoulders. Then they run off without getting gored.

It's gruesome but I couldn't help but be impressed with the technique.

monkeyfudge

The time I got a Club Chocolate bar that had no biscuit in it and was just solid chocolate.

snuggles09

Banana bar Amsterdam and one of the women working there wrote me a note telling me to enjoy my stay etc etc with a pen she had inserted (ahem!) and it was better then my hand writing..that was impressive:D

Feeona

I was out for a run one day, and I saw a man stop his car in the middle of the road to let an old woman cross (no, the old woman wasn't me ). I barely notice if someone needs to cross the road, so I was well impressed with his eyesight as well as his kindness

anniehoo

HalloweenJack wrote: »

I went to a bullfight last week and I was genuinely impressed with how cool and accurately some of the bullfighters were in stabbing the bull.

Thats not one bit impressive :mad: stupid, barbaric, cruel yep..not impressive.Idiots!

Feeona

snuggles09 wrote: »

Banana bar Amsterdam and one of the women working there wrote me a note telling me to enjoy my stay etc etc with a pen she had inserted (ahem!) and it was better then my hand writing..that was impressive:D

Ha ha! I wonder did she put that on her cv when she went for the job? I wonder if that's how she wrote her cv? Another question, how did she figure out she could do that?

I never knew pens could be so exciting! (one letter short of penis though, maybe that's the reason!)

storm2811

starbelgrade wrote: »

Driving through Longford one day... it's the most illiterate town in Ireland & has a large population of African immigrants - not shocking in itself, but what was, is that someone had hung a banner off one of the bridges, saying; "NIGERS OUT".

Scumbags,was in Longford one day waiting to cross the road,there was a black woman beside me with her child of about 4 or 5 and some scummer walks by and shouts "WOULD YE GO HOME YE FCUKIN N****RS!"
I was speechless..

Banned Account

anniehoo wrote: »

Thats not one bit impressive :mad: stupid, barbaric, cruel yep..not impressive.Idiots!

What he meant to say was - the last time he witnessed the patience of a Spanish vet helping a Bull donate blood - despite the fact that it hadn't a rashers what was going on, or the fact that it might help the next Bull knocked down by Feeona whilst trying to cross the road, it was intent on not being a nice helper Bull - but the vet stuck with his brief and the units were got in the end ...


... isn't life subjective.

Feeona

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

or the fact that it might help the next Bull knocked down by Feeona whilst trying to cross the road, .

I didn't see him guv, honest

consultech

Squiggle wrote: »

Phil Taylor's two nine dart finishes in the Premier league final last week. Legend.

Actually yeah, this.

That's the most impressive sporting ("sporting") achievement I've seen in a long time. He nearly had a third (7 perfect darts) the very next leg after the second one too... Ridiculous!

snuggles09

Feeona wrote: »

Ha ha! I wonder did she put that on her cv when she went for the job? I wonder if that's how she wrote her cv? Another question, how did she figure out she could do that?

I never knew pens could be so exciting! (one letter short of penis though, maybe that's the reason!)

That and what she could do with a banana and the speed at which she projected other things from it left me well imperssed:D

consultech

HalloweenJack wrote: »

I went to a bullfight last week and I was genuinely impressed with how cool and accurately some of the bullfighters were in stabbing the bull.

These certain guys charge at the bulls at an angle and take a leap before ramming the two little pikes in between the bull's shoulders. Then they run off without getting gored.

It's gruesome but I couldn't help but be impressed with the technique.

I had a new most recent one now just a moment ago. I was genuinely impressed by your disgusting ignorance and stupidity at being impressed by animal cruelty.

Hank_Jones

monkeyfudge wrote: »

The time I got a Club Chocolate bar that had no biscuit in it and was just solid chocolate.

You lucky sod, I always wanted something like that to happen to me.
Got a KitKat once where two of the fingers were made up almost entirely of chocolate, but never have I been as lucky as you.

Herb Powell

In the National Gallery of London. You don't realise how good paintings are until you see them

Shanotheslayer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eIu489GgDA

This kid

Indubitable

consultech wrote: »

I had a new most recent one now just a moment ago. I was genuinely impressed by your disgusting ignorance and stupidity at being impressed by animal cruelty.

Even if it was animal cruelty it must have been fairly impressive. I know I couldn't do it.

Ickle Magoo

My dad helping me with a science essay and still knowing all the formula, laws and rules off by heart 40 odd years after studying it. Hope I inherited his recall! :cool:

Tar.Aldarion

Paulj wrote: »

I'm amazed that Bus Eireann actually have real time bus information based on GPS positions now! : http://www.whensmybus.ie/
Wow

I made one of those this year and they snuck in and opened their own one lol
Although it cost them millions and took years to do