I know this sounds weird but.....

Frank Black

I was just outside in my back garden in Palmerstown having a smoke and I saw these 6 orange lights in the sky. They moved more like helicopters than airplanes and just drifted around before dissapearing in clouds.
Anyone else see anything like this or knows what they were?

Obviously I'm aware this sounds like I'm stoned out of my head.

El Weirdo

black francis wrote: »

I was just outside in my back garden in Palmerstown having a smoke and I saw these 6 orange lights in the sky. They moved more like helicopters than airplanes and just drifted around before dissapearing in clouds.
Anyone else see anything like this or knows what they were?

Obviously I'm aware this sounds like I'm stoned out of my head.

Probably chinese lanterns.

That or you're stoned out of your head.

strokemyclover

Stay off the Black Francis kids!

cml387

black francis wrote: »

I was just outside in my back garden in Palmerstown having a smoke and I saw these 6 orange lights in the sky. They moved more like helicopters than airplanes and just drifted around before dissapearing in clouds.
Anyone else see anything like this or knows what they were?

Obviously I'm aware this sounds like I'm stoned out of my head.

Having a smoke,or having a secret pee? Marking out your territory?

EarlERizer

El Weirdo wrote: »

Probably chinese lanterns.

That or you're stoned out of your head.

or both

Aishae

yep - was wondering - what was in that cigarette (and where can i get some? jk)?!

Frank Black

I'm begining to think posting in after hours was a mistake.

Ok I admit I am stoned - but I saw what I saw.

And I'm not saying I saw UFO's I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation - I'm just wondering.

admiralofthefleet

stay away from the calpol op

landsleaving

Those are called streetlights.

I'll have what you're having.

Larianne

Looks like we need a sticky in AH as well as Dublin city forum.

Every bloody weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

Frank Black

Larianne wrote: »

Looks like we need a sticky in AH as well as Dublin city forum.

Every bloody weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a relative newbie - I didn't understand any of that post?

Badgermonkey

Ocular tumour seems far fetched, so it's most likely a localised aurora borealis in the Palmerstown area.

SeaFields

Ze Germans!!! :eek: They are here to take our corporate tax rate. :eek:

stovelid

A dragnet of police helicopters.

Hank_Jones

The lights in the sky are called stars.

OutlawPete

You clown, that's the reflection of your six cans of Royal Dutch in your neighbours conservatory.

W.Shakes-Beer

Many airplanes are up!

Larianne

black francis wrote: »

I'm a relative newbie - I didn't understand any of that post?

Every weekend on boards, usually in the Dublin City forum, a poster starts a thread thinking we're being invaded by UFOs or the Chinese or whatever when it turns out to be Chinese Lanterns floating in the sky. It's a relatively new thing done in Ireland, usually at parties. People set them off to go up in the sky.

A 'sticky' is a thread that is 'stuck' at the top of the forum. Put there so people will read them first before posting. Like charters..

So to quickly defuse someone's panic that we're being invaded or the poster is losing their mind, a sticky would put them at ease straight away. And save other poster clicking on a crap thread.

landsleaving

Larianne wrote: »

Every weekend on boards, usually in the Dublin City forum, a poster starts a thread thinking we're being invaded by UFOs or the Chinese or whatever when it turns out to be Chinese Lanterns floating in the sky. It's a relatively new thing done in Ireland, usually at parties. People set them off to go up in the sky.

A 'sticky' is a thread that is 'stuck' at the top of the forum. Put there so people will read them first before posting. Like charters..

So to quickly defuse someone's panic that we're being invaded or the poster is losing their mind, a sticky would put them at ease straight away. And save other poster clicking on a crap thread.

WE'RE BEING INVADED!!

PANIC!

Frank Black

Hank_Jones wrote: »

The lights in the sky are called stars.

They were orange.

landsleaving

black francis wrote: »

They were orange.

Possibly the 'stars' of Fade Street then.

Frank Black

Larianne wrote: »

Every weekend on boards, usually in the Dublin City forum, a poster starts a thread thinking we're being invaded by UFOs or the Chinese or whatever when it turns out to be Chinese Lanterns floating in the sky. It's a relatively new thing done in Ireland, usually at parties. People set them off to go up in the sky.

A 'sticky' is a thread that is 'stuck' at the top of the forum. Put there so people will read them first before posting. Like charters..

So to quickly defuse someone's panic that we're being invaded or the poster is losing their mind, a sticky would put them at ease straight away. And save other poster clicking on a crap thread.

Ok - that make perfect sense now.

I honestly don't think they were chinese lanterns though.

El Horseboxo

I seen them too. But granted i am high.

Badgermonkey

black francis wrote: »

They were orange.

Perhaps it was KeithAFC in his sleigh, delivering sashes to all the wee kids in advance of Her Maj's visit.

Frank Black

El Horseboxo wrote: »

I seen them too. But granted i am high.

El Horseboxo thanks. But I need more reputable witnesees.

EarlERizer

Hank_Jones wrote: »

The lights in the sky are called stars.

Orange stars??? looks like a few stoners around tonight!

In all seriousness though,these are more than likely chinesse lanterns,these things are becoming very popular at parties these days.

landsleaving

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

Many airplanes are up!

I'm going out on a limb here, but do you have anything to do with this screw I found in my tuna?

Frank Black

EarlERizer wrote: »

Orange stars??? looks like a few stoners around tonight!

In all seriousness though,these are more than likely chinesse lanterns,these things are becoming very popular at parties these days.

Ok Ok I'm going to go with the chinese lanterns - ye're probably right.

I knew posting here was a great idea.

landsleaving

black francis wrote: »

I knew posting here was a great idea.

I've had my fun, and that's all that matters.

Donal Og O Baelach

The Chinese are distressing the normal folk with their lanterns. Someone should say something.

Super-Rush

Why did the chicken cross the Garvaghy Road?

Because his father done it before him, and his father before him and his father before him.

AlkalineAcid

Can you buy these lanterns in Dublin? If so, where?

gigawatt

i was at a wedding last week and 300 chinese lanterns were released..... I bet theres a thread about wierd lights in the sky over dublin from that event alone. and they are available in pound shops/eurosaver shops for next to nothing