Funny posts from the past

El_Dangeroso

I was messing around with the boards search and came across a few posts at the height of the boom that were either eerily predictive like this one:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1164421&postcount=11

I think whats more interesting about this issue is the social context.

I'm 25(soon 26), I live in London, no kids and an ok job. I know that I will never own property in this city. For two reasons, I always see myself as going home and thus(stupidly) won't purchase here(also no credit history). But at home(small town an hour from Dublin in the North East), people are buying houses like they are peanuts. Nearly all members of my family(some younger and cousins) are purchasing houses. I'm getting pressured by my mother to buy something, even cousins living as aliens in New York(who haven't been home in years)are sending home money to buy houses in estates. Doesn't it all stink? doesn't something sound wrong? Considering everybody has a lot less to spend, car insurance/food/drink costing more.

I think that Ireland will learn what the term 'negative equity' means, just like this country did.

I believe it will come, but I dare not say a thing, not a single word about what I think, because so many have made purchases. I hope I'm wrong for their sake, but right for my sake.

Reminds me of an interview I read about a stockbroker who pulled everything out of stock exchange days before the crash(that started the first great depression). The reason was, as he explained. "When I left my apartment the lift operator was asking me for stock tips, when I left my building the doorman was wasking me for stock tips, when I got in my car, my driver was asking for stock tips. So I went to work and sold everything because too many people were winning and nobody was losing, and this time would come"

I can't help but feel if everybody is telling me to invest in Land and houses then its already too late.

Or hilariously illustrative of the 'get on the ladder' attitude of the time:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1172202&postcount=26

Not even close to the end of financing options available to Irish House buyers.
How about 50 year mortgages, nothing wrong with that - hell, people move after 7 years (average) anyway. Interest only loans could be more common. 100% financing isnt here yet really.

Glad I didnt listen to the people prediciting the crash three years ago when I bought my house at the "top end" of the market. This year I bought my second house (thanks to a proper american credit card I was able to put the downpayment of 8% on two credit cards.).

Who says the housing market HAS to crash anyway. Its cyclical sure, it will ease up and become a BUYERS market for a while (signs it already has in some areas) and when I mean a while we are talking 10 years or so. The housing market is slow to change either direction normally.

Anyone else know of any threads that are funny/weird with the benefit of hindsight?

slavetothegrind

first post very good, wish i had sold at the top but i didn't have the sense to.
if i had i would be renting now with over 150k in the bank
hindsight is a bitch.

second posat is scary.

PK2008

Internet forums allow us to record peoples opinions/predictions in a way he didn't have before do I guess in time if you looked hard and long enough you would be able to find predictions for a lot of things and both sides of most arguments

Hell we can all play it......in 2025 we'll have cars that drive themselves and road accidents will be a thing of the past..

hatrickpatrick

There was a thread a while ago about farting in a taxi, the OP used somewhat colourful language to describe his experience.

The highlight of the post was "A butcher's pocketful of gas escaped my chickencoop" or something to that effect.

mcmoustache

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

There was a thread a while ago about farting in a taxi, the OP used somewhat colourful language to describe his experience.

The highlight of the post was "A butcher's pocketful of gas escaped my chickencoop" or something to that effect.

Sounds like the Flutt...

Ev84

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Anyone else know of any threads that are weird with the benefit of hindsight?

Found this a few days after Libya was bombed. Look at whiteboy's post :eek:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056191541

Dman001

I don't think I've laughed as much in my life as I did when reading about Trent. Comedy Gold!!

A man in a hat entered the room. He took off the hat. “It's you!” They all said. At the same time like a class speaking to a teacher. “Hahaha Hello gentleman”, the man in the hat said, putting the hat on the table. “And hello ladies he said. Turning to the ladies and lifting his hat politely. “Leave us alone Trent!” The women said. Perhaps it was because the were angry at him for something he had done in the past, a long, long time ago. Or perhaps it was because he was holding a gun at them! The gun came from nowhere. He had got it out of his pocket and now both bullets were aimed at the people.”Say your prayers!” The man said but one of the men grabbed the gun, knocking the table with the hat on it and some other things on the floor. A vase got broken. Now the gun was in the other hands and we would have to wait and see if it was the right hands.

Origianl post here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716814

Funny discussion here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63885656

smellslikeshoes

That's an interesting thread as a whole OP nice find.

liah

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69709763 is 2010's prediction thread for 2011, none of them were anything spectacular though..

Conor108

While not a 'funny' thread this is really interesting.

Thread in After Hours from September 11th 2001.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30985

GrizzlyMan

Conor108 wrote: »

While not a 'funny' thread this is really interesting.

Thread in After Hours from September 11th 2001.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30985

wow really touching tread:(

Hail 2 Da Thief

In before Facekicker!

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

I recently found an old newspaper with an article on how times were tough and the celtic tiger might be coming to an end. From 2002.

sunflower27

The morning of the tsunami in Japan I woke really early and couldn't get back to sleep for hours. I posted one of my first ever threads in AH:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71106832

I actually say 'there has to be a reason why I am awake' as I normally have no problem going back to sleep. It was just a weird feeling. I was awake obviously when I first read about the tsunami when it was posted in AH.

thetonynator

liah wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69709763 is 2010's prediction thread for 2011, none of them were anything spectacular though..

Was lookign through this thread and look what i found . . .

dolanbaker wrote: »

Global warmingClimate change is finally declared a scam but carbon taxes are retained as a nice little earner.
An (currently) unknown party win the general election.
QE2,3...X finally start to create growth............. in inflation.
Petrol exceeds €2.10 a litre.
The last new road ever to be built is opened.
The sun will shine in the summer, but next winter will be a rerun of this one, the Liffey freezes over.
The euro goes phut!
A referendum is held and the IMF & banks are told to "stuff it".
The Irish cricket team beat England.
China invades North Korea before it starts WWIII with the south, and then withdraw to leave S Korea to clean up the mess.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

mconigol

Conor108 wrote: »

While not a 'funny' thread this is really interesting.

Thread in After Hours from September 11th 2001.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30985

Pretty accurate assessment of what was going to happen after.

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sunflower27 wrote: »

The morning of the tsunami in Japan I woke really early and couldn't get back to sleep for hours. I posted one of my first ever threads in AH:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71106832

I actually say 'there has to be a reason why I am awake' as I normally have no problem going back to sleep. It was just a weird feeling. I was awake obviously when I first read about the tsunami when it was posted in AH.

So the reason you woke up was because there was going to be tsunami in Japan or there was a tsunami in Japan because you woke up early?

WhiteRussian

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054848088 Sarah** is a slut!

Bertser

Dman001 wrote: »

I don't think I've laughed as much in my life as I did when reading about Trent. Comedy Gold!!



Origianl post here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716814

Funny discussion here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63885656

'Trent could well remember that noise from the time he was in the army. "I can well remember that noise from the time I was in the army" Trent thought.'

Bloody brilliant