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Gyalist · 31-10-2010 3:22pm #1

This is what Angela Merkel told reporters after the European summit last week. "I think it is important to create a clear culture of stability in Europe. Europe makes us strong but Europe needs rules. It must be successful."

I'm saying nothing. But does it not make you nervous to a German talk in such, ahem, forceful terms, about Europe making us strong, and the need for rules and even a clear culture of stability. Stick a moustache on her, put that all in a German accent, have her bang the lectern a few times and it would make you a bit nervous. Of course, I'm joking.

Brian Cowen is apparently happy to follow the rules. While it was thought he might tell Adolf, I mean Angela (joking again, of course), that we would need a new Lisbon referendum, he basically told her it would probably be OK, danke. Of course, if he is like most Irish people, he will have slightly welcomed a matron with a German accent telling him about the need for rules and punishment.

LINK

Offensive, unfunny, and the height of ingratitude. It would be interesting to see what the German press make of this. He even later in the "article" likens the Germans to Vampires.

It seems that it is okay to be offensive as long as you say "just joking".

MagicMarker · 31-10-2010 3:29pm

Why didn't you warn us that it was Brendan O'Connor?! I wouldn't have clicked on the link and it would have been unlikely that I would have opened this thread in the first place.

tommyboy2222 · 31-10-2010 3:33pm

Yeah the German public really care what BOC writes.

Well apart from the smart and ballsy ones.

Mr Benevolent · 31-10-2010 3:33pm

In the game of "Who's the Biggest Troll?" O'Connor's got me beat.

Pompey Magnus · 31-10-2010 3:50pm

Gyalist wrote: »

Offensive, unfunny, and the height of ingratitude. It would be interesting to see what the German press make of this.

They'd probably call for him to improve his journalism skills, maybe by being sent to some kind of camp, perhaps a kind of camp where he can learn to concentrate on what he really should be doing...ah I'm only joking.

marcsignal · 31-10-2010 3:54pm

As if anyone gave a tupenny shit what Brendan O Connor thought about anything, never mind European Politics..... :rolleyes:

ejmaztec · 31-10-2010 3:58pm

Brendan O'Connor expected everyone to be rolling in the aisles with laughter when he came out with the cringe-worthy lines, and he seemed surprised that he was the only one who thought they were funny.

*Is there no beginning to his talent?

*suitable phrase stolen from Jeffrey Archer.

starbelgrade · 31-10-2010 4:02pm

Brendan O'Connor

Latchy · 31-10-2010 4:12pm

Save for the likes of Comedians, Basil Faulty ( dont mention the war ) and Stan Boardman ( the germans bombed our chippy ) even the British dropped the cringe-worthy lines and not so funny jokes about ze Germans/Nazis long ago . B O C is about 30 years out of date ...

m@cc@ · 31-10-2010 4:16pm

Ah ha ha ha, Nazis. Classic!

marcsignal · 31-10-2010 4:17pm

Hey Brendan ! If you're looking for a nice little cliche to shove up your hole?

Try this :pac:

ejmaztec · 31-10-2010 4:24pm

marcsignal wrote: »

Hey Brendan ! If you're looking for a nice little cliche to shove up your hole?

Try this :pac:

Turning a crock o'gold into a crock o'sh1t could be his new motto, or Fianna Fail's.

policarp · 31-10-2010 4:25pm

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

Yeah the German public really care what BOC writes.

Well apart from the smart and ballsy ones.

Bollix ON Coke...

mikemac · 31-10-2010 4:27pm

The same guy who told us in 2007 ago the smart and ballsy people were buying up property?
Yeah, a right insightful journalist

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/the-smart-ballsy-guys-are-buying-up-property-right-now-1047118.html

Tell you what, I think I know what I'd be doing if I had money, and if I wasn't already massively over-exposed to the property market by virtue of owning a reasonable home. I'd be buying property. In fact, I might do it anyway. You don't even need money to buy property these days.

So why would I be buying property right now if I could? Well, for starters, property is good value these days. It's certainly cheaper than it was six months ago.

Poor Alison must have been talking and taking advice from Brendan

Sadly, I wish he right here

Unemployment is going to grow too - from 4.5 per cent to 4.75 per cent. It's hardly the bad old days, is it? Four or 5 per cent unemployment constitutes practically full employment

I wish it was only 4.75 per cent

entropi · 31-10-2010 4:35pm

Aaah another wonderful load of sh**e from the good aul Sindo...morons!

ValJester · 31-10-2010 5:18pm

while the Germans aren't supposed to invade countries any more, it seems that like vampires, as long as you invite them in, it's OK. And we're inviting, as long as they'll keep paying the bills. If the price of that is a bit more discipline and logic and rules, who are we to argue?

I'd love to hear Mr O Connor's alternative solution to the economic crisis.

futonic · 31-10-2010 5:18pm

I like Magic, wished you'd told us it was Brendan O'Connor in the original post. I shudder to think of him boasting what a stir his drivel has caused as evidenced by the hit count of his article, to which I inadvertently contributed.

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