Taiwanese making fun of us now

ei.sdraob

woot! Ireland is famous now the laughing stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHUyCUPb8QU

RedXIV

......it is kinda funny though

staker

Cowan doing his Homer impression-brilliant!!:pac:

danbohan

RedXIV wrote: »

......it is kinda funny though

and kinda true !

Kintarō Hattori

Hmnn is it really done by some Taiwanese people? I ask it as the word Feck is in there as is a sign for 'Down with this sort of thing', which I wouldn't have thought most foreigners would have understood.

Wibbs

To be fair to them they got a helluva lot of the cultural references correct

Father Ted did pretty well internationally. You see those popping up all around the world; if I remember correctly, some people had placards with it on them at that Rally to Restore Sanity in America.

jayteecork

"Feck" EU lol. There's obviously Irish people involved in that production.

Don't know what they're laughing at though, the Chinese military do yearly drills to blow the place to smithereens.

orourkeda

bleedin' foreigners

ei.sdraob

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Hmnn is it really done by some Taiwanese people? I ask as it the word Feck is in there as is a sign for 'Down with this sort of thing', which I wouldn't have thought most foreigners would have understood.

well its taken from here

Japer

Wibbs wrote: »

To be fair to them they got a helluva lot of the cultural references correct

+1. If forgot to show how Cowen + his cronies pay themselves far more that other politicians worldwide, and how the government also pay their employees ( the public service ) so well, both compared to the private sector + other public sectors internationally (or even just across the border.)

SkepticOne

Like the bit with Cowen knocking back a pint with the words "Biffo's office" behind him.

Interesting that an expensive car turns into a cart pulled by a water buffalo rather than a horse towards the end of the animation. I would say guess they got Irish people to script it but it was animated by Taiwanese.

MGMTea

Finally, someone explains it in clear engrish

orourkeda

sore finger

sore finger

Duggy747

Aren't these the same gang that did the Tiger Woods "dramatisation"?

I thought that was pretty funny and was amazed at how many cultural references they got right, especially Father Ted and Dougal chasing Cowen down the road

I would have thought "meh" if they did a shìt, stereotypical joke but I thought it was pretty good satire.

jayteecork

Anyone think that guy in the car is based on Alan Cantwell from TV3?

MGMTea

MGMTea wrote: »

Finally, someone explains it in clear engrish

It's a bad sign when the Chinese are explaining how screwed our country is better than our own country.

ei.sdraob

Deleted User wrote: »

It's a bad sign when the Chinese are explaining how screwed our country is better than our own country.

yep why do we need RTE?

maninasia

Deleted User wrote: »

It's a bad sign when the Chinese are explaining how screwed our country is better than our own country.

Except they are not Chinese as much as you're not British.

Japer

maninasia wrote: »

Except they are not Chinese as much as you're not British.

pity we are not British, the country would not be ground to a halt after a light dusting of snow and we would not have an economy thats f*****d and borrowing another 7 billion from the British. Interesting to see the effect on history that Britain had on China : the part of China which was British was actually the part that paved the way for Chinas econmic miracle, and after the British left China in the late ninetines mainland China economically wanted to turn itself into a big version of Hong Kong, which it is doing.

Kintarō Hattori

Japer wrote: »

pity we are not British, the country would not be ground to a halt after a light dusting of snow and we would not have an economy thats f*****d and borrowing another 7 billion from the British. Interesting to see the effect on history that Britain had on China : the part of China which was British was actually the part that paved the way for Chinas econmic miracle, and after the British left China in the late ninetines mainland China economically wanted to turn itself into a big version of Hong Kong, which it is doing.

Oooh. Never thought I'd have a chance to say this but....... ***puts on the popcorn***.

maninasia

maninasia wrote: »

Except they are not Chinese as much as you're not British.

Regardless, those Chinese are a great bunch of lads.

maninasia

You can take 'em out of the bog but....

maninasia

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Oooh. Never thought I'd have a chance to say this but....... ***puts on the popcorn***.

Actually HK is a financial center. It is Taiwan and Japan that have had the greatest influence on China.

I.S.T.

ei.sdraob wrote: »

woot! Ireland is famous now the laughing stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHUyCUPb8QU

That is not making fun. That is telling people what actually happened.

Wompa1

Why are the beating up the Leprachaun? It wasn't his fault really. Surely solving our financial crisis is as simple as getting the Tiger out of the stockades...

Japer

maninasia wrote: »

Actually HK is a financial center. It is Taiwan and Japan that have had the greatest influence on China.

in the 60's, 70's 80's etc Hong Kong was a manufacturing centre. From the nineties on it became so successful it ourtsourced more + more of its production across the border to the much poorer communist China, and when the lease the British had on Hong Kong expired in the late nineties China saw that Hong Kong was so successful that they basically copied it economically. Hong Kong is much closer to China than Taiwan or Japan.The Chinese are generally very grateful for the infrastructure that the British left them, and in fact gnp per head of population in Hong Kong is one and a half times what it is in the UK, who are the ones lending us the 7 billion now.

triple-M

I actually learned more about irelands financial situation from that clip than i did from watching the news and reading the papers over the last 2 years!

maninasia

Japer wrote: »

in the 60's, 70's 80's etc Hong Kong was a manufacturing centre. From the nineties on it became so successful it ourtsourced more + more of its production across the border to the much poorer communist China, and when the lease the British had on Hong Kong expired in the late nineties China saw that Hong Kong was so successful that they basically copied it economically. Hong Kong is much closer to China than Taiwan or Japan.The Chinese are generally very grateful for the infrastructure that the British left them, and in fact gnp per head of population in Hong Kong is one and a half times what it is in the UK, who are the ones lending us the 7 billion now.

I don't agree as I'm very familiar with the economy there. The real boost in Chinese development happened after a bunch of countries, including Taiwan, HK, Japan and the US started investing in China. China has not really copied ANYTHING from HK to be honest, there is almost no crossover. HK is a small citystate and didn't have much economic power. HK people are also quite different than mainland Chinese. In fact when HK was taken over by China many wealthy and professional HKers had no confidence in China and ran off to other countries. China started it's economic experiment with Shenzhen eight years in advance of when the British left.

If you check who actually owns most of the export companies in China until recently they were predominantly Taiwanese businessmen who moved their operations there in the 80s and 90s. Their Chinese staff learned quickly and then setup their own operations. The Chinese export economy was a copy of Japan and Taiwan in the main.

Japer

maninasia wrote: »

I don't agree as I'm very familiar with the economy there. The real boost in Chinese development happened after a bunch of countries, including Taiwan, HK, Japan and the US started investing in China. China has not really copied ANYTHING from HK to be honest, there is almost no crossover. HK is a small citystate and didn't have much economic power. HK people are also quite different than mainland Chinese. In fact when HK was taken over by China many wealthy and professional HKers had no confidence in China and ran off to other countries.

If you check who actually owns most of the export companies in China until recently they were predominantly Taiwanese businessmen who moved their operations there in the 80s and 90s. Their Chinese staff learned quickly and then setup their own operations. The Chinese export economy was a copy of Japan and Taiwan in the main.

I respect your opinion but do not agree. Many HK business people moved aheir operations to China as labour was cheaper there. Yes many business owners in China are Taiwanese but these people are not liked by the Chinese and they often make life tough for them. The Chinese , when they took over HK, copied it economically, rather than turning it in to an old fashioned communist state. Direct US investment in China is very small, though of course much of what the US consumes is made / outsourced there..

maninasia

Yes many HKers invested in China but what made China boom initially was Taiwanese moving their massive traditional industry base 'en-masse' to mainland China starting from the late 1980s and later on moving most of their electronics production to the mainland. It doesn't matter if they were liked or not, they were the key to China's rapid growth until recently. Then the Japanese, Koreans, Americans all jumped in. You should check your timelines. Shenzhen economic zone was started in 1987 or so. HK was handed over in 1997. I travel to China often, I don't see any HK influence except in some of the design of Shenzhen (no surprise as it right across the border from HK).

I.S.T.

Japer wrote: »

pity we are not British, the country would not be ground to a halt after a light dusting of snow

The UK did grind to a halt, and the event was totally overhyped with 24 hour coverage on BBC and SKY.

Japer wrote: »

and we would not have an economy thats f*****d and borrowing another 7 billion from the British.

The UK economy is ****ed, they are 4 trillion in debt. It's only a matter of time before it crumbles.

Japer

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

The UK did grind to a halt,

Not really, most schools etc are open. Life continues as normal. Schools up north are open. Here south of the border they are closed. You have a better chance of winning the lotto than seeing a snow plough in Ireland .;)

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

The UK economy is ****ed, they are 4 trillion in debt.

Not surprising as they and Germany have bankrolled us since we joined the EC, through structural funds, CAP, etc. If they are so ****ed, how come Cowen had to beg 7 the loan of billion off them a week ago, and more money off the bank of last resort, the IMF, just to be able to continue to pay the budget defecit next year?
I would say we can worry about our own economy , rather than the UK economy. The money markets are worried about the break up of the euro, not stg.

Chairman Meow

That video is literally the best thing about the budget crisis. It was pretty much worth it all just for that

Angron

When somewhere like say.. Zimbabwe starts making fun of us, then I'll really be worried.

dfx-

The best bit is where the Fianna Fáil lad gets punched in the face..:pac:

Japer

At least Zimbabwe is not spending 5 yoyos for every 3 yoyos it takes in tax. At at least the government + their colleagues in Zimbabwe are not as overpaid as our lot. And Zimbabwe is not having to borrow 85 billion to help prevent a collapse of the currency of the Eurozone. They are not borrowing tens of billions from their childrens future to prop up the pensionable elite. So Zimbabwe does have some redeeming features compared to us. Cowen + Ahern could teach Mugabe a lot. That will be on the next Taiwanese video. Ahern + Cowen on their worldwide "consultancy" tour lol.

I.S.T.

Japer wrote: »

Not really, most schools etc are open.

Erm no, many schools in London were closed last week.

Japer wrote: »

Life continues as normal.

Where are you getting this info from?

Japer

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

no, many schools in London were closed last week.

Actually most were open, and most people were able to travel to work and do their business in London last week, even though their snow was worse than in most places in Ireland. They have heard of things like equipment to clear the snow off roads over there, you know, and they do have other means of transport too.

If you ever travelled from the North to down here in the republic in dodgy weather, you will see the extra money the UK spends on taking care of its roads. Not that the North or Britain is perfect, far from it. If you want to see how a country does not shut down after a light dusting of snow, go to the scandanavian countries.

I.S.T.

Japer wrote: »

Actually most were open, and most people were able to travel to work and do their business in London last week, even though their snow was worse than in most places in Ireland. They have heard of things like equipment to clear the snow off roads over there, you know, and they do have other means of transport too.

Erm, I was in London all last week. Have family in school in London and all their schools were closed. Trains were not running. Lots of people didn't go to work.

Japer

all the shops and business were closed there and the underground was not working. it was awful.

lawhec

Japer wrote: »

Not really, most schools etc are open. Life continues as normal. Schools up north are open. Here south of the border they are closed. You have a better chance of winning the lotto than seeing a snow plough in Ireland .;)

Over half of schools in Northern Ireland closed today.

List of schools already deciding not to open tomorrow...

Monsieur Folie

Japer wrote: »

Actually most were open, and most people were able to travel to work and do their business in London last week, even though their snow was worse than in most places in Ireland.

You're talking out your arse, you are.. I have friends over there, all of them were off when the snow first fell and most were off for a good while following that.