Is there really anything funny about a heroin addict??

amdublin

Anyone see the ad/promo/trailer for the next series of the Savage Eye from our good friend Dave McSavage?

red menace

Mcsavage was never ever funny, a one trick pony that doesn't even have a trick

AnonoBoy

I laughed a lot at Trainspotting myself.

TeddyTedson

His skits often seem kind of insulting more than funny.
He doesn't have a good judge of humor and just hits and misses.

phasers

Just ignore him and maybe he'll go away.

That goes for McSavage and heroin addicts.

Badgermonkey

"I'm not wiping meself with a Tayto bag"

Tragi-comic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Ja6k12Zzc

strokemyclover

If you ask them to smile for a family photo, that's kinda funny tbh!

Oh_Noes

Anything can be funny if it's done in the right way I think.

Dave McSavage on the other hand, can't be funny about anything at all. He's complete and utter sh1te.

It sounds horribly obvious and most likely isn't true but I think only a "comedian" as rubbish as him could get a prime time show and a regular spot on the Frontline because he has a government minister for a brother.

starviewadams

McSavage is too close to Ryan Tubridy,Pat Kenny and Fianna Fail(or the axis of evil as I like to call them)for my liking!

starviewadams

starviewadams wrote: »

McSavage is too close to Ryan Tubridy,Pat Kenny and Fianna Fail(or the axis of evil as I like to call them)for my liking!

Axis of Evil

Coffee , nose...

latenia

In work I have had junkies think they could get one over me by putting on an accent and pretending to be English tourists. This is funny enough in itself given that I walked past them squabbling on the boardwalk an hour earlier but their idea of a typical English accent is the Queen addressing the opening of Parliament mixed with their usual yowling.

OutlawPete

Badgermonkey wrote: »

"I'm not wiping meself with a Tayto bag"

Tragi-comic

Tom died just a couple of years later from MRSA while being treated for Cancer.

starbelgrade

OutlawPete wrote: »

Tom died just a couple of years later from MRSA while being treated for Cancer.

That's hilarious.

Odysseus

God taking the p!ss out of addicts, yeah sounds really funny to me. I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug. Or is this a case of it could never happen in my family.

starbelgrade

Odysseus wrote: »

God taking the p!ss out of addicts, yeah sounds really funny to me. I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug. Or is this a case of it could never happen in my family.

Someone had to go pull the "family member" card.

As someone already pointed out - anything can be turned into a joke... death, cancer, AIDS, motor accidents... whatever. As long as it's funny, it's humour.

If comedians had to tip toe around every issue, there'd be no comedy.

AntiMatter

Heroin addicts can be funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljuR1-z9N78

latenia

Odysseus wrote: »

God taking the p!ss out of addicts, yeah sounds really funny to me. I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug. Or is this a case of it could never happen in my family.

You hassle me as I go about my business and I reserve the right to slag you. Is dumping used syringes on the street a symptom of addiction or of someone who doesn't give a fck about the rest of society?

Homer

Odysseus wrote: »

God taking the p!ss out of addicts, yeah sounds really funny to me. I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug. Or is this a case of it could never happen in my family.

It's a case of AH did you get lost and end up here by accident? Anyway, back on topic.. I find the antics of some if dublins smack heads hilarious. Off to YouTube for visual backup..

Ah yes here go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_s1uPheEY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Conor108

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljuR1-z9N78

Edit: DAMMIT ANTIMATTER

stovelid

Odysseus wrote: »

I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug.

Pretty poultry attempt to whip up hysteria...

Most things can be funny in the right context. It's not really nice but there you go.

Like most people, I can hate junkies; be filled with compassion for them or laugh at them depending on the situation.

Odysseus

Odysseus wrote: »

God taking the p!ss out of addicts, yeah sounds really funny to me. I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug. Or is this a case of it could never happen in my family.

As long as some of my taxes are paying for the methadone, Ill laugh at junkies all I want thanks very much.
:P

OutlawPete

starbelgrade wrote: »

That's hilarious.

Wasn't meant to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Murphy_%28actor%29

Sardonicat

Odysseus wrote: »

God taking the p!ss out of addicts, yeah sounds really funny to me. I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug. Or is this a case of it could never happen in my family.

Yokes?

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Odysseus wrote: »

God taking the p!ss out of addicts, yeah sounds really funny to me. I wonder how funny it will be when soneones son/daughter etc falls fowl of drug. Or is this a case of it could never happen in my family.

bleeding heart alert.

ya, i laugh at junkies, they're a disgrace and i'd disown any family member stupid enough to do the stuff.

telekon

How ever did David Andrews Jr. get his own prime time show on RTE? Seriously?

Saw that promo earlier. It was very well done as I couldnt decide was it real or not...but when I saw it was an attempt at comedy, I wasnt that impressed with the subject matter. He's sooo outrageous!!:rolleyes:

I'd ring into Liveline tomorrow but they'd never let me say anything untoward about Todd Andrews' grandson...he's RTE royalty dontcha-know!!

Odysseus

Homer wrote: »

It's a case of AH did you get lost and end up here by accident? Anyway, back on topic.. I find the antics of some if dublins smack heads hilarious. Off to YouTube for visual backup..

Ah yes here go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_s1uPheEY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

No I know my way around here. Find the topic a pathetic one and the posts are crap tbh.

Odysseus

Jake1 wrote: »

As long as some of my taxes are paying for the methadone, Ill laugh at junkies all I want thanks very much.
:P

Based on that post that sounds like a sad life, hope you enjoy, your taxes not pay for meth, they go to the excequer, not your local clinic.

Odysseus

latenia wrote: »

You hassle me as I go about my business and I reserve the right to slag you. Is dumping used syringes on the street a symptom of addiction or of someone who doesn't give a fck about the rest of society?

All addicts hassle you? God that is some life you have there.

Odysseus

Odysseus wrote: »

Based on that post that sounds like a sad life, hope you enjoy, your taxes not pay for meth, they go to the excequer, not your local clinic.

Sorry I was wrong obviously the clinics and their staff, they pay for it from their own pockets...and just kindly give it it out.

Odysseus

starbelgrade wrote: »

Someone had to go pull the "family member" card.

As someone already pointed out - anything can be turned into a joke... death, cancer, AIDS, motor accidents... whatever. As long as it's funny, it's humour.

If comedians had to tip toe around every issue, there'd be no comedy.

I fully agree, and use black humor to get me through my working day, this thread though, it is hardly comdey is it?

Odysseus

Jake1 wrote: »

Sorry I was wrong obviously the clinics and their staff, they pay for it from their own pockets...and just kindly give it it out.

Your taxes could go anywhere, so claiming you pay my wages is a joke, unless of course you actually get a report on where your taxes are spent.

Oh_Noes

Odysseus wrote: »

I fully agree, and use black humor to get me through my working day, this thread though, it is hardly comdey is it?

I haven't seen the McSavage clip but Adam and Paul is a favorite of mine and I think it's both funny and tragically sad. I think addicts can be the subject of humour if it's in the right context.

Looks like people in the thread have mistook the OP and are answering the question: Is it funny to laugh at Heroin addicts because of their predicament.

Laughing at someone else' misfortune is a whole other kettle of fish and I don't understand how it can ever truly be humorous.

jesmed

latenia wrote: »

yowling.

Never heard the term yowling before....fits well....yowl right bud.

Odysseus

Odysseus wrote: »

Your taxes could go anywhere, so claiming you pay my wages is a joke, unless of course you actually get a report on where your taxes are spent.

you are talking in riddles, I never said I paid your wages.

SO who do you think pays the bill at the end of the day for Methadone? What report did YOU get to say that the State does not pay for methadone??


Actually you need not reply to it. Because when the bleeding heart brigade come in, I leave the thread.
:P

telekon

Is there really anything funny about a heroin addict??

...their Dublin accent?

starbelgrade

Odysseus wrote: »

I fully agree, and use black humor to get me through my working day, this thread though, it is hardly comdey is it?

Like "The Savage Eye", no, it sadly isn't.

Leeg17

Homer wrote: »

It's a case of AH did you get lost and end up here by accident? Anyway, back on topic.. I find the antics of some if dublins smack heads hilarious. Off to YouTube for visual backup..

Ah yes here go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_s1uPheEY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thought of that vid when I read the thread title

stovelid

Jake1 wrote: »

Because when the bleeding heart brigade come in, I leave the thread.

I've been here since the first page.

Shut the door on the way out.

Odysseus

Jake1 wrote: »

you are talking in riddles, I never said I paid your wages.

SO who do you think pays the bill at the end of the day for Methadone? What report did YOU get to say that the State does not pay for methadone??


Actually you need not reply to it. Because when the bleeding heart brigade come in, I leave the thread.
:P

Hopefully you have left, but just in case you made reference to clinics and staff paying for it out of the own pocket. I work in a clinic, so I have 13yrs of clinical experience rather than a beeeding heart.

Mr Benevolent

From Wikipedia:

Audiences all over Dublin the same day (during the Dublin Theatre Festival) gave Murphy a standing ovation following the announcement of his death.[2]

Eh?

AnonoBoy

Confab wrote: »

Eh?

In tribute to his great talent as an actor I presume.

Craebear

Oh jaysus help those poor poor heroin addicts! People making fun of them? What next, large numbers of people losing their minds and going into the streets to rape and murder each other?

OH NO!

Homer

Odysseus wrote: »

No I know my way around here. Find the topic a pathetic one and the posts are crap tbh.

Well then politely GTFO? Why are you here!

Killer Pigeon

amdublin wrote: »

Anyone see the ad/promo/trailer for the next series of the Savage Eye from our good friend Dave McSavage?

Russell Brand makes it funny ...

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-big-drugs-debate/4od#2931531

Odysseus

Homer wrote: »

Well then politely GTFO? Why are you here!

I go where I like, if you have a problem with that take your own advise, politely of course.

Dudess

Finding humour in relation to a particular group and also being compassionate towards them aren't mutually exclusive. Sometimes humour is great for alleviating the awfulness of something. I don't agree being serious and "respectful" at all times is always beneficial.