Spraying Tug Boats on the Liffey

pampers1

Anyone know what's going on with the tug boats spraying water at Samuel Beckett Bridge? Its been going on all morning and some people going to work are getting drenched! Just wondering what the point of it is!

WindSock

Might be something to do with the docklands French week? Perhaps it is an old custom.

easyeason3

Could they be washing it?

Black Swan

When ye gotta go, ye gotta go!

pickarooney

WindSock wrote: »

Might be something to do with the docklands French week? Perhaps it is an old custom.

It's probably just to keep the seagulls from following the trawler whiel they throw fish into the sea.

Brendog

pampers1 wrote: »

Its been going on all morning and some people going to work are getting drenched!

Could they not go over a different bridge?

Yawns

They wanna see how many people will cross it knowing they may get drenched...

pampers1

Brendog wrote: »

Could they not go over a different bridge?

I'm sure they could... I just wanted to know why it was happening... that is all!

Brendog

They are probably just cleaning it....I go to college nearby and The top of it can get dirty from car fumes and such..

dr.bollocko

Moved from after hours.

WindSock

pickarooney wrote: »

It's probably just to keep the seagulls from following the trawler whiel they throw fish into the sea.

Those crazy French! What will they do next?

Paulyh

They are filming an advert for Lotto, i can only presume that the theme of the ad will be something like, if you win the Lotto you can buy good weather or stop rain or something like that :rolleyes:

Tabnabs

Was the spraying kind like this?



Either for a special event or testing the gear. Won't be for washing, who'd wash a boat in Liffey water?! :eek:

Paulyh

Dyflin wrote: »

Was the spraying kind like this?



Either for a special event or testing the gear. Won't be for washing, who'd wash a boat in Liffey water?! :eek:

yes exactly like that, i'm looking at them now, from my office window
anyway, as i said, they filming an ad, and creating rain

Yawns

Paulyh wrote: »

They are filming an advert for Lotto, i can only presume that the theme of the ad will be something like, if you win the Lotto you can buy good weather or stop rain or something like that :rolleyes:

The theme will be when your're rich in Ireland you can do whatever the **** you want and get away with it. That includes pissing on the average joe soap. In fact it's frowned upon if you don't

ethernet

Paulyh wrote: »

They are filming an advert for Lotto, i can only presume that the theme of the ad will be something like, if you win the Lotto you can buy good weather or stop rain or something like that :rolleyes:

That's what I also heard. €160 for standing around for a while - not bad!

dubtom

I'd wondered myself what they were up to,the boats have been there since before 8am this morning, not cheap I suspect. I've often seen them docked at the eastlink and wondered what their for,apart from spraying water nicely I assume their tugboats yes?

xzanti

I've seen them do it with new boats down in the port.. some kind of opening/christening ritual I think?

Has it had an official opening ceremony yet?

high heels

for a film I think..

Ultach

I was in the area and asked one of the security guards at the French week thing.
Apparently it was nothing to do with them, but the Lotto were filming a new ad, and the tugboats were trying to make a rainbow by spraying the water. The weather was pretty grim that day though, so thats why they were at it all day - i doubt they got the desired effect on film!

lord lucan

Ultach wrote: »

I was in the area and asked one of the security guards at the French week thing.
Apparently it was nothing to do with them, but the Lotto were filming a new ad, and the tugboats were trying to make a rainbow by spraying the water. The weather was pretty grim that day though, so thats why they were at it all day - i doubt they got the desired effect on film!

Surely it would be easier and cheaper to create a CGI rainbow?!

Ultach

You kids and your new new fangled CGI rainbows!

But yeah, probably. Did anyone else notice that a lot of people were sitting on the new bridge with coffees and umbrellas though? I'm assuming they were extras and were to play up to the camera once there was an actual rainbow??

Rented Mule

pampers1 wrote: »

Its been going on all morning and some people going to work are getting drenched!

So people see the water being sprayed on the bridge and they are still walking over it ?

dubtom

They did manage a bit of a rainbow

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spider_pig

half way there with that rainbow only half the gold as well

sir_brunno

The last photo saying half a rainbow was viewed from the wrong bank. I got closer and took these with a crappy camera... I'm sure it looks waaaay better on the big cameras they had!

sir_brunno

And there's more!

sir_brunno

tommyhaas

dubtom wrote: »

I've often seen them docked at the eastlink and wondered what their for,apart from spraying water nicely I assume their tugboats yes?

Yea they're the Dublin Port Tugs. The green/white one's in the photo are the new ones, Shackleton & Beaufort. The yellow & black one's you see tied up all the time at the east link are the old ones, Cluain Tarbh & Deilginis

xia

Sorry for reanimating this thread.

But just came across this . And as it's the explanation and complete result I thought, I share it.

neris

crap ad. youd swear those people never saw water before

phasers

All I kept thinking when I saw the ad was "feckin twats getting people soaked on their way to work :mad:"

dubtom

Those twats were paid I believe, I would have laughed and got wet if they'd paid me.

phasers

They paid actors, not people who happened to go that way to work.

John_Rambo

I'm in a minority here, I like it, Beckett bridge looks great. Well directed, I like the "waking up" feel to it. Better than the furry puppets.

(I don't work for DDFH&B)

phasers

I like the furry guys

lord lucan

phasers wrote: »

I like the furry guys

Me too,the green one is a legend!:)

John_Rambo

I vaguely remember some controversy over the puppet fella's. Some sort of copyright infringement with a London artist that had very similar characters.

Sundew

Saw the ad last night on RTE for the first time.
Great ad..........better then seeing junkies shooting up on
the boardwalk ,thats for sure!

tfak85

i think it's a great add, my OH got a little damp on his way to work while they shot it but he was on a bike and didn't mind...

i just don't like advertising for the lotto but that's a story for a different thread altogether!

copacetic

John_Rambo wrote: »

I'm in a minority here, I like it, Beckett bridge looks great. Well directed, I like the "waking up" feel to it. Better than the furry puppets.

(I don't work for DDFH&B)

it's a good ad and a nice idea. There appears to be nothing anyone can do that people won't take a cynical 'it's crap, sure everything is crap' attitude to.

amdublin

I liked these the first few times. I absolutely DETEST it now. They have it on every single ad break as far as I can see.

Stupid stupid stupid ad.

So there.