Who are these feckers?

ejmaztec

I'm always seeing these people mentioned on a regular basis, but I haven't a clue who they are. Are they the dregs of some reality tv show gone wrong, or some big band that Louis Walsh is managing?

I'm assuming that they must do something, or there wouldn't be any standing ovations, or holiday extensions.

Can someone enlighten me?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0707/breaking6.html
Standing ovation for Cowen


STEPHEN COLLINS and MARY MINIHAN

Taoiseach Brian Cowen got a standing ovation last night after a “rousing” oration to his parliamentary party in which he defended his leadership of Fianna Fáil and laid down the law to dissident TDs.
Mr Cowen opened the meeting with a 15-minute speech and spoke again at the end.



http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0707/breaking34.html
Dáil heading for three months off, says Cowen


MARIE O'HALLORAN AND MICHAEL O'REGAN
The Dail will take holidays for three months until the end of September, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said.
For several years the House has returned after the summer recess in mid-September, but this year it will have a break of 12 weeks.
During a noisy and lengthy Order of Business, when the business for the day is set, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Dail would resume when it adjourns tomorrow for the summer break.
Mr Cowen said it would ?probably? be the ?end of September, the 29th?.

thebigbiffo

i love biffo. he's so cool

ejmaztec

thebigbiffo wrote: »

i love biffo. he's so cool

Liquid nitrogen would make him a lot cooler.

bonerm

thebigbiffo wrote: »

i love biffo. he's so cool

I'd kick him up the arse if I got half a chance.

genericguy

i don't really understand the first post, but brian cowen is a fat, useless prick.

Wolfe Tone

I dont get the OP either. Cowen is a nice man, but should not be running the country.

starbelgrade

I like cake.

ejmaztec

genericguy wrote: »

i don't really understand the first post, but brian cowen is a fat, useless prick.

Yes, It's probably 4 out of 10 for effort with the post, but at least you've reminded me of what makes Cowen famous. It's just odd that he gets a standing ovation and longer holidays for being a fat useless prick.

jordan..

seriously why cant we force the present government out of office!?

bonerm

starbelgrade wrote: »

I like cake.

Taoiseach?

meditraitor

genericguy wrote: »

i don't really understand the first post, but brian cowen is a fat, useless prick.

Thanks for posting this, first decent laugh all day.......

laugh

genericguy wrote: »

i don't really understand the first post, but brian cowen is a fat, useless prick.

I hope you end up overweight.

Dravokivich

starbelgrade wrote: »

I like cake.

So does Mary Harney... if you weren't already taken... I woulda put a word in for ya!

GavRedKing

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

I dont get the OP either. Cowen is a nice man, but should not be running the country.

You get my vote to run the country :pac:

Aglomerado

starbelgrade wrote: »

I like cake.

Me too.

kmick

So Cowen got a standing ovation for announcing longer summer holidays. That seems reasonable.

bonerm

Did he say if he was going anywhere nice for his holidays?

Wolfe Tone

bonerm wrote: »

Did he say if he was going anywhere nice for his holidays?

People scorn him for getting paid so much money, then scorn him for going on a caravan holiday.

Hank_Jones

He got a standing ovation from people at a meeting for FF...

So...basically he got a standing ovation from a bunch of minions who have to follow him, for fear of their jobs etc...

I wouldn't count that as any sort of triumph.

Shock horror, FF supporters support FF!!!

Sanjuro

These morons give that fat fuck so many standing ovations, I'm beginning to think Fianna Fail installed electrodes underneath each seat in the Dail.

My name is URL

jordan.. wrote: »

seriously why cant we force the present government out of office!?

Because they'll be replaced by an even more inept bunch of idiots

genericguy

laugh wrote: »

I hope you end up overweight.

well i won't, because fatness is predominantly caused by a combination of laziness and greed, and I suffer from neither of these afflictions.

Thanks for your thoughts though, I don't wish you any specific harm.

ricero

starbelgrade wrote: »

I like cake.

biffo like cake

humanji

My name is URL wrote: »

Because they'll be replaced by an even more inept bunch of idiots

Better the devil you don't know.

Fizman

kmick wrote: »

So Cowen got a standing ovation for announcing longer summer holidays. That seems reasonable.

There was a standing ovation because the crowd thought they were looking at a seal on stage, out of its natural environment, speaking in broken English.