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So I can't fare dodge on the DART, but kitty gets rewarded? No fair!

sdanseo · 2010-08-27 22:18:54

Something a tad on the lighter side: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0827/cat.html Pity Irish Rail's new free smart card policy doesn't apply to humans. :( :P

27-08-2010 10:18pm

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Something a tad on the lighter side:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0827/cat.html

Pity Irish Rail's new free smart card policy doesn't apply to humans. :P

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#2 27-08-2010 10:23pm

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irelands breaking news they just had to copy england didnt they with a cat story

Probably a reporter threw the cat on at malahide

Im embarrassed to be irish tonight

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#3 27-08-2010 10:24pm

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If Jesus were to come back from the dead tomorrow and parade himself through Dublin, it would be difficult for Newstalk to give it a sense of occasion after their hyperbole about this bloody cat.

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#4 27-08-2010 10:26pm

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Fee + Line. First dodgy pun arriving in 5,4,3....

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#5 27-08-2010 10:29pm

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Get in the bin. Now.

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#6 27-08-2010 10:32pm

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Do you think the traditional media are trying to win back users of new media by focusing on stories relating to the internet's favourite animal? It makes sense to me... keyboard cat, lolcats, etc...

Next they'll have headlines like:

'Epic win for Greens in general election'

'Harney lols @ healthcare crisis'

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#7 27-08-2010 10:38pm

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pity it didnt continue on its journey down to grand canal dock, there is a canal there that kitty would look lovely floating in

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#8 27-08-2010 10:39pm

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Puss in Booterstown.

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#9 27-08-2010 10:48pm

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Why all the blame towards cats? to be honest the fat bitch's excuses ranged from "I did it as a joke", "I don't know why I did it", "It was a split second decision" etc and if it was a fluffy puppy or even worse a kid this wouldn't be happening. You all have the "Cats are evil" opinion but the fact remains that she trapped an animal in a plastic bin it couldn't escape from and was there for over 20 hours and nearly died from dehydration, so what if you don't like cats it still didn't deserve that

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#10 27-08-2010 10:53pm

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Good to see the CIE top brass addressing the serious issues as usual today.

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#11 27-08-2010 10:59pm

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Eric has very feminine hands.

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#12 27-08-2010 11:00pm

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King Felix wrote: »

Puss in Booterstown.

So that's what that smell is!

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#13 27-08-2010 11:09pm

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feckin DoleCat sponger....

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#14 27-08-2010 11:12pm

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There's a certain irony right now, killing cats is fine but this isn't http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056014055

they are related species so what makes it different to kill a cat and be ok with it but killing a tiger isn't? how is stuffing a tiger in a suitcase any different right now than putting a cat in a wheeliebin?

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#15 27-08-2010 11:14pm

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Miss Ogyne wrote: »

Why all the blame towards cats? to be honest the fat bitch's excuses ranged from "I did it as a joke", "I don't know why I did it", "It was a split second decision" etc and if it was a fluffy puppy or even worse a kid this wouldn't be happening. You all have the "Cats are evil" opinion but the fact remains that she trapped an animal in a plastic bin it couldn't escape from and was there for over 20 hours and nearly died from dehydration, so what if you don't like cats it still didn't deserve that

Oooh... Miaow!

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#16 27-08-2010 11:40pm

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Am I missing something, I didn't see anything in the RTÉ article about a cat being tortured/killed.

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#17 27-08-2010 11:42pm

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evercloserunion wrote: »

Am I missing something, I didn't see anything in the RTÉ article about a cat being tortured/killed.

Nah, you've just been living under a rock since last week.

Hint: http://tinyurl.com/2w3mnkx

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#18 28-08-2010 12:40am

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Miss Ogyne wrote: »

There's a certain irony right now, killing cats is fine but this isn't http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056014055

they are related species so what makes it different to kill a cat and be ok with it but killing a tiger isn't? how is stuffing a tiger in a suitcase any different right now than putting a cat in a wheeliebin?

Tigers are becoming an endangered species whos existence is under threat from poachers and black market traders. But cats are bloody everywhere

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#19 28-08-2010 2:19pm

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LordChessington wrote: »

Tigers are becoming an endangered species whos existence is under threat from poachers and black market traders. But cats are bloody everywhere

So then you believe that the more there are of a certain species the more they deserve to die? Fox hunters would use that same mentality to justify their sick little sport and I'm sure at some point in the pass if someone hadn't thought "But Tigers are bloody everywhere" they wouldn't be at as much risk of extinction now either would they.

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