Hategate

Pighead

Pighead is generally a fan of suffixes but this whole 'gate' phenomomonomomomon sensation has gotten way out of hand in recent years.

The gate suffix used to be used exclusively for massively controversial incidents or big scandals but in recent years you can't fart without some spanner dubbing it "Fartgate".

Pighead has no problem with the major scandals of modern years (eg Bumsexgate, Degsy V Savagegate, DJ Spidergate) using the gate but when people start reminiscing over Sachsgate (Ross and Brand leaving racy messages on Manuels answering machine about his granddaughter) Ketchupgate (Controversy during the Reagan administration about a proposal that would have reclassified ketchup as a vegetable.)and Biscuitgate (Gordon Browns refusal to divulge what his favourite type of biscuit was) that's when this posters ears start to steam.

This is a genuine grievance of Pighead's but he has absolutely no problem admitting that the thread is mainly borne out of frustration at the situatin he currently finds himself in ie watching the late late show on a Friday night. You're better than this Pighead.

squod

Late late gate?

Cheap Thrills!

I concur.

Laura_lolly87

or 'jumpergate' over the christmas toy show.Adding a 'gate' to the end of a word does not make it suddenly newsworthy, i hate it.

Senna

Was there not a thread on this last week?

Pighead

squod wrote: »

Late late gate?

Very good squod! Still hate them though. Yeah these gates should be pulled off their hinges and left to rust in the bin marked "Rubbish stories don't need gates"

Lumen

Senna wrote: »

Was there not a thread on this last week?

Last month.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056149381

Daegerty

Pighead wrote: »

Biscuitgate

Sounds tasty !

LambsEye

I'm going to start vomiting with frustration at this bullsh*t.

Lazy, Lazy journalism. "Watergate" was the name of the F*CKING building, it does NOT make ANY sense to add "gate," to ANYTHING.

Rage vom commences.

LambsEye

Gategate: When a TRAVLAH steals your gates and tries to sell 'em backcha boss.

Snakeblood

LambsEye wrote: »

Gategate: When a TRAVLAH steals your gates and tries to sell 'em backcha boss.

Gaitgate: When someone imitates your distinctive walk.

Pighead

Senna wrote: »

Was there not a thread on this last week?

If there was, Pighead's in grave danger of spawning a "Repeatgate" scandal. That's the last thing a man who hates gates needs. Creating the very thing that you hate. That's gotta be ironic in an Alanis Morrissette kinda way. What was the consensus of the last gate thread Senna? Where they haters too? Must have been. Who in their right mind could be a fan.

PandyAndy

Senna wrote: »

Was there not a thread on this last week?

That was Threadgate. This is New Threadgate.

squod

LambsEye wrote: »

I'm going to start vomiting with frustration at this bullsh*t.

Lazy, Lazy journalism. "Watergate" was the name of the F*CKING building, it does NOT make ANY sense to add "gate," to ANYTHING.

Rage vom commences.

LambsEye in rage-gate shocker

LambsEye

Snakeblood wrote: »

Gaitgate: When someone imitates your distinctive walk.

Gaietygate: When something scandalous happens at the Gaiety.

lil'bug

its like peolpe addng ".com" to their facebook status's .......I'm wrecked.com

ARGH!!!!

KeithM89_old

Congregate - a big group meeting up
negate - ruling something out
gareth gates - that stuttering knob from some talent show.

Am i doing it right??:o:o

Snakeblood

LambsEye wrote: »

Gaietygate: When something scandalous happens at the Gaiety.

GatelyGate:
Writing a poisonous article about Stephen Gately in the daily mail and reaping the whirlwind.

LambsEye

Pighead wrote: »

If there was, Pighead's in grave danger of spawning a "Repeatgate" scandal. That's the last thing a man who hates gates needs. Creating the very thing that you hate. That's gotta be ironic in an Alanis Morrissette kinda way. What was the consensus of the last gate thread Senna? Where they haters too? Must have been. Who in their right mind could be a fan.

Alanis Morrisette has no idea what irony is. Thick b*tch.

LambsEye

Gatorgate: When an alligator has intercourse with a suspected underage escort in a seedy hotel room while on a cocaine bender.

Pighead

KeithM89 wrote: »

Congregate - a big group meeting up
negate - ruling something out
gareth gates - that stuttering knob from some talent show.

Am i doing it right??:o:o

You're from Dundalk. Of course you're doing it right. We do everything right.
Back on topic.
http://www.standishsawmills.ie/timber_gates/images/6bar_stud_gate.jpg

Sergeant

Beersgate is only 3 weeks away. A scandal will brew when a balding midget who attends the AH beers tries to make inappropiate advances towards everyone, before ruining every photograph taken on the evening by insisting in appearing in all of them.

dr gonzo

I was only thinking about this recently and its been driving me nuts. Also since we're talking about watergate does anyone else think "Deep Throat" is the worst code name a person could possibly think of?

4zn76tysfajdxp

What will they call it if there's another scandal at the Watergate complex?

Pighead

Sergeant wrote: »

Beersgate is only 3 weeks away. A scandal will brew when a balding midget who attends the AH beers tries to make inappropiate advances towards everyone, before ruining every photograph taken on the evening by insisting in appearing in all of them.

This post will forever more be known as "Serngate" in remembrance of the time Pighead jumbled up the letters in Sergeant's name.

LambsEye

Finn Substantial Gray wrote: »

What will they call it if there's another scandal at the Watergate complex?

They're so stupid that it will be: Watergategate.

I don't know who "they" are, but I hate them.

grrrrrrrrrr

LambsEye wrote: »

I'm going to start vomiting with frustration at this bullsh*t.

Lazy, Lazy journalism. "Watergate" was the name of the F*CKING building, it does NOT make ANY sense to add "gate," to ANYTHING.

Rage vom commences.

So if theres ever a crash we can call it 'something twin tower'?

Eg. Irish indo 'Man bumps head in Cork car accident'. The Star 'Cork Twin Tower'...

LambsEye

grrrrrrrrrr wrote: »

So if theres ever a crash we can call it 'something twin tower'?

Eg. Irish indo 'Man bumps head in Cork car accident'. The Star 'Cork Twin Tower'...

No, that would be 9/11

E.G. Daily Mail: "Drunk Driver 9/11'd Elderly Cyclist."

Duggy747

Finn Substantial Gray wrote: »

What will they call it if there's another scandal at the Watergate complex?

WaterGate 2: This time it's personal!

Blondini

Thirdpersonnarrativegate

im invisible

Senna wrote: »

Was there not a thread on this last week?

that was Watergate-gate, i think this is 'Watergate-gate'-gate

Finn Substantial Gray wrote: »

What will they call it if there's another scandal at the Watergate complex?

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