Politics comes to ART

ecoli

Bit of light humour here hopefully

Basically this is a hypothetical arena to get your own back on the people who continually single handedly are the bane of most peoples existence. So basically set up a training session which you would drag a politician/ politicians to make them suffer to get your own back.

It can be anything from PosNeg or Raighne taking Biffo up to the mountains for a hill run to Tunguska putting Mary Harney through hell with some mile reps on the track

Rather than fly completely off the handles there is one stipulation; you will have to complete the session yourself.

You decide and let the torture begin:D:D:D

rainbow kirby

Charlie O'Connor, fartlek session through Tallaght, just to remind him what the place looks like :pac:

elvis jones

Do any sort of work out with Moan Burton. All that matters is that she is too fcuked to talk at any time during it or for a loooooooong time afterwards:D

Also just in case she can mutter something i'll wear my ipod and crack a tiny smile when i see the look of pain on her face:cool:

PositiveNegativ

Here goes. Mary Coughlan who didn't know what Orienteering was came out to the IOC2009 in Donegal to present the winners prizes for both the long and middle distance races. The one time I managed to win my IOC class and I couldn't bring myself to go collect the medals.

I'd make the silly cow follow me around the two courses again. If she fell over or off the crags I skirted during the hale storm that hit me mid way around the long course, so much the better.

woodchopper

Have them all walk a three hour marathon.

ocnoc

Get the full cabinet to take part in a GAA weekend training camp. Congratulate them on giving the GAA such massive funding and send them on there way.

Then, a month later (I want to make sure they are all fully recovered), I would take them on an orienteering training camp. Only for a weekend. Any that survived the first session, I would allow them to go home.

The following month, I'd bring those that were still alive around the Circuit of Avonbeg.

If any survived that, I'd bring them down to any athletics club/any non GAA club and show them how much is been achieved on just volunteers - and the potential for so much to be achieved if they actually funded other sports apart from GAA, Horse Racing, Soccer and Rugby.

Aimman

How about send them all on a marathon at their own pace from Galway Bay to Inishmore wearing Lead boots?

gerard65

Or a very slow walk across a shooting range:eek:

donothoponpop

Bring Brian Lenihan out to the slops around Lough Firrib in the mist, without a map, in the dark, twirl him around blindfold three times, just to hear him say, "We are where we are".

Krusty_Clown

Tie Bertie Ahearn to a tree on Coilte land....
Walk away.

sleapy235

I see the usual anti GAA begrudgery is getting another airing...yawn

ocnoc

sleapy235 wrote: »

I see the usual anti GAA begrudgery is getting another airing...yawn

I believed this thread is a thread for taking the mike... if not, i am most mistaken and shall delete it

donothoponpop

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Tie Bertie Ahearn to a tree on Coilte land....
Walk away.

<ubermoderator>Misspelled Coillte- that's a paddlin'...

But otherwise can you supply me with matches, petrol, and directions to said tree?

ocnoc

donothoponpop wrote: »

But otherwise can you supply me with matches, petrol, and directions to said tree?

What did the tree ever do to you???

Oryx

Introduce Brian Cowen to the concept of 'exercise' which given his multiple chins hes clearly never heard of. How about instead of an election we send all candidates around the WAR course. May the best ones win and the fatties who cop a heart attack get to experience the raw end of the health service. On a trolley.

BeepBeep67

I think I'd bring the FG party on an orienteering course, where they have to find Enda.
Then take Gilmore on some repeats 'tell me specifically what your policies are' no, no Eamonn not what you will do, how will you do it?
Following that it would be the FF relay where they'd pass the 'buck' rather than the 'batton'.

mithril

http://irishpoliticalpopcorn.blogspot.com/2010/10/politicians-on-run.html

Fine Gael Health Spokesman Doctor James O' Reilly claims to have finished the Dublin Marathon last year but does not appear on the finishers list and has no official time.

Krusty_Clown

donothoponpop wrote: »

<ubermoderator>Misspelled Coillte- that's a paddlin'...

But otherwise can you supply me with matches, petrol, and directions to said tree?

That's ok, I misspelled Ahearn too and as we all know: two wrongs make a right, right?!

donothoponpop

mithril wrote: »

http://irishpoliticalpopcorn.blogspot.com/2010/10/politicians-on-run.html

Fine Gael Health Spokesman Doctor James O' Reilly claims to have finished the Dublin Marathon last year but does not appear on the finishers list and has no official time.

I can take the massive job losses. I can take the ministerial pensions. I can take the IMF coming in.

But running a race... without... an... official... race... number....:eek::eek::eek:

mithril

donothoponpop wrote: »

I can take the massive job losses. I can take the ministerial pensions. I can take the IMF coming in.

But running a race... without... an... official... race... number....:eek::eek::eek:

No, i think the allegation is that Doctor James colelcted lots of money in sponsorship and then did not turn up on the day. If he can lie about this, he will lie about a lot of more important things.

TFBubendorfer

mithril wrote: »

No, i think the allegation is that Doctor James collected lots of money in sponsorship and then did not turn up on the day. If he can lie about this, he is perfectly suited to the job of politician.

FYP

Hard Worker

mithril wrote: »

No, i think the allegation is that Doctor James colelcted lots of money in sponsorship and then did not turn up on the day. If he can lie about this, he will lie about a lot of more important things.

He did run, and he did finish.
"Run" might be stretching it a bit, but in fairness to him, he did complete the course.

Hard Worker

I'd invite Joan Burton to the next South African Cup Final where she should feel at home. After all, she is a one person vuvuzela orchestra.

Fi H

I reckon they should all do the runamuck race would be funny to see them trying to haul themselves out of the muck pits!

donothoponpop

Just had two Labour canvessers come to the door. Told them I was voting as left-wing as I could. "Well when you're finished with them will you come back to us?" No attempt to sway me with policies at all, turned and fled. When did Labour give up all pretense they were a party of the left?

BeepBeep67

donothoponpop wrote: »

Just had two Labour canvessers come to the door. Told them I was voting as left-wing as I could. "Well when you're finished with them will you come back to us?" No attempt to sway me with policies at all, turned and fled. When did Labour give up all pretense they were a party of the left?

Left of center, not left-wing!

donothoponpop

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Left of center, not left-wing!

Ah, dammit, there's never going to be a revolution in this country. Would have thought they might have overlapped in some ethos. Anyway, I'll still vote for left-wing, on the basis that I don't know their policies, ergo they don't disgust me.:D

BeepBeep67

donothoponpop wrote: »

Ah, dammit, there's never going to be a revolution in this country. Would have thought they might have overlapped in some ethos. Anyway, I'll still vote for left-wing, on the basis that I don't know their policies, ergo they don't disgust me.:D

I love the defeatist approach from the canvassers, are they that confident?

donothoponpop

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

I love the defeatist approach from the canvassers, are they that confident?

One of these two boys was going for the Council elections a couple of years back. I asked him what his policies were-
-Well, we're not like the shower that are in there!(wink)
-Can you tell me how you're different?
-Well, we couldn't be much worse!(nudged me and chortled)
-Can you tell me what you'd do if elected then?
-Ah sure, what can ya do!(big smile)

Think that's around the same time I stopped reading newspapers and watching Irish media. There's a lot more use by individuals getting involved locally.

Gringo78

I'd have a variation of the Man v's Horse race but it would be politician v monkey. They both get a chance to run the country. Same way Horse pretty much always wins I would expect the monkey to do a better job 9 times out of 10

Chartsengrafs

elvis jones wrote: »

Do any sort of work out with Moan Burton. All that matters is that she is too fcuked to talk at any time during it or for a loooooooong time afterwards:D

Also just in case she can mutter something i'll wear my ipod and crack a tiny smile when i see the look of pain on her face:cool:

I can't believe I'm defending Joan Burton but.. doesn't she do a lot of swimming? Or did I just imagine that?

BeepBeep67

Basster wrote: »

I can't believe I'm defending Joan Burton but.. doesn't she do a lot of swimming? Or did I just imagine that?

I think she's about to be thrown into the deep end - so I bloody hope so!...or maybe not!

plodder

ecoli wrote: »

there is one stipulation; you will have to complete the session yourself.

I believe Ivor (the engine) Callely is into running. So, I'd challenge him to a race into work from our normal place of residence (according to Dept. of Finance rules). :rolleyes:

BornToRun88

Get Tommy Broughan(Labour) to do a hill session in the St Annes Park. Might help him lose the pounds;)

christeb

BornToRun88 wrote: »

Get Tommy Broughan(Labour) to do a hill session in the St Annes Park. Might help him lose the pounds;)

Howth through the village, there are no hills in the Anne's big enough for Tommy!

BornToRun88

christeb wrote: »

Howth through the village, there are no hills in the Anne's big enough for Tommy!

Even tougher:D