Don't go far.....Your dinner is nearly ready

MardiB

Saw this article in the irish times today. I thought it was magic, especially asking the cop the way into town.:)

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0820/1224277229539.html

Collie D

Jesus, I know that guy and never heard that story before.

jake is right

Listen to the documentary at:


http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dont-go-far.html

Mr. Manager

Epic journey

dreamers75

i thought cycling from Clondalkin to Rathcoole was hardcore at that age

MardiB

Collie D wrote: »

Jesus, I know that guy and never heard that story before.

You know him, you will have to ask him about it so! it's a cracking story:D

jake is right

jake is right wrote: »

Listen to the documentary at:


http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dont-go-far.html

Listenin to it now in the background.. It's good.

Earthday

What a Epic journey.

This would actually make a cool movie, cheers for posting op.

Collie D

MardiB wrote: »

You know him, you will have to ask him about it so! it's a cracking story:D

Wouldn't know him well enough to ask but I'm from same area and see him around. He's a mate of one of my neighbours. Cracking story indeed.

MardiB

Collie D wrote: »

Wouldn't know him well enough to ask but I'm from same area and see him around. He's a mate of one of my neighbours. Cracking story indeed.

Sure he is probably sick being asked about it, he certainly will be following the article plus rte radio are broadcasting it again tomorrow. Wouldn;t we all love to have a story like that.

starbelgrade

Is it just me or does yer man look a lot like Paul Heaton from The Beautiful South / Housemartins?

MardiB

starbelgrade wrote: »

Is it just me or does yer man look a lot like Paul Heaton from The Beautiful South / Housemartins?[/QUO

He does a bit actually, albeit a more working class version.

Overheal

The Irish didn't stop them, The English didn't stop them, The Americans stopped them. Oh yes.

But then again I should brag about our security...

MardiB

Overheal wrote: »

The Irish didn't stop them, The English didn't stop them, The Americans stopped them. Oh yes.

But then again I should brag about our security...

Sure they had cleared security in JFK....

r3nu4l

Overheal wrote: »

The Irish didn't stop them, The English didn't stop them, The Americans stopped them. Oh yes.

But then again I should brag about our security...

MardiB wrote: »

Sure they had cleared security in JFK....

Aye, it was a cop in New York who stopped them...we all know that the NYPD are all Irish So, in fact...the Irish stopped them

MardiB

r3nu4l wrote: »

It was a cop in New York who stopped them...we all know that the NYPD are all Irish So, in fact...the Irish stopped them

Can't you just imagine ' here mister, how do you get into town' Thats such a dublin saying..:)

--LOS--

He said he had never lost his sense of adventure. “I love travelling to different places and me and my partner go off on drives to Kilkenny and Carlow

I beg to differ

I laughed at the same thing..

noinc

Hi guy's just thought I put a word in here that if anyone misses this great documentary, it will be available as a podcasts at www.podcasts.ie for the foreseeable, there are over 100 podcasts from Ireland on the site from Irish writers of poetry, prose and song as well as mythical tales and human interest stories. To go directly to the documentary at the centre of this thread http://www.podcasts.ie/2010/08/dont-go-far/

RMD

This sounds like better version of Micky-Bo and Me, albeit without the whole Northern Ireland stuff :pac:

Jesus Wept

Pity they were rewarded for their exploits.

jackiebaron

Overheal wrote: »

The Irish didn't stop them, The English didn't stop them, The Americans stopped them. Oh yes.

But then again I should brag about our security...

US Customs and Immigration didn't stop them. Only a beat cop got suspicious when 2 kids asked him the "way into town". A cop outside any airport in the world would get suspicious if a 10 year old with a foreign accent asked for "the way into town".

jackiebaron

The-Rigger wrote: »

Pity they were rewarded for their exploits.

What would you do? Jail them?

hamchops

great story

bonerm

Amateurs tbh.

Now there's a guy who knew how to get free flights.

Brendog

quite an amazing story.





I'm shocked he was able to tell the press, being grounded and all.....

WindSock

...yet had anything bad happened to them, their mothers parenting would have come into question and she would have been torn apart.

Jesus Wept

jackiebaron wrote: »

What would you do? Jail them?

I said it's a pity they were rewarded. What has that got do to with jail?
They shop lifted their whole way there.

CrazyRabbit

And I thought I was bad ending up on Cork after 'a night camping in my mates back garden in Dublin'!

I don't think I would have had the guts to try go that far.

minxsy

That's actually my eldest brother Keith, though he'd go mad if he knew I was saying that on a forum!!!

Classic so it is.

He was actually supposed to be minding me in the front garden when he went on his little journey!!!

The documentary itself won another award in 2011, its second.

M.

Frosty McSnowballs

Oh I loved 2010

Eathrin

Can somebody grab the article and post it here?

Banjo String

Seconded

I don't care how old it is, it's still a cracking story!