Letter in The Irish Times Today

Moflojo

Eh, I know it's not quite Friday yet, but how about this for a bit of bait, from today's IT:

Sir, – I refer to Conor Lally’s two reports (Home News, September 13th) of the efforts of the Garda to thwart bicycle-mounted iPhone snatchers. Rather than Garda sources trying to lay part of the responsibility on female iPhone users “wearing high heels coming from the office”, surely our Inspector Clouseaus should look for part of the solution closer to home. After all, the Garda has wilfully ignored the significant number of cyclists in Dublin who cycle on paths, barge through pedestrians at approved crossing points and cycle recklessly the wrong way up our streets. Maybe if the force enforced the laws designed to protect pedestrians in the first place, then criminals wouldn’t be able to target “women in high heels” so easily. – Yours, etc,
K MARTIN,
Bayside Walk,
Bayside, Dublin 13.


Not only do cyclists ride on footpaths, break red lights, barge pedestrians and rape Andrex puppies but they are now targeting defenceless women in high heels and stealing their beloved iPhones.



What has the world come to?

mikemac

Stealing and mugging is far more serious then a few road traffic offenses
The gardaí know this and that's where they are putting their efforts

When we have tens of thousands more gardaí we'll see everything get attention but for now the most serious issues are looked at

Stupid letter

Lumen

Similarly, if we kill all the ginger people, then there can be no robberies committed by ginger people, and no robberies committed on ginger people, so the streets will be safer.

Vélo

Lumen wrote: »

Similarly, if we kill all the ginger people, then there can be no robberies committed by ginger people, and no robberies committed on ginger people, so the streets will be safer.

That's actually a very good idea.

shaungil

When does the ginger rampage begin? I would like to also subscribe to your newsletter.

Tenzor07

Confiscate their pedals! That ill teach those 2 wheeled marauders!!

manwithaplan

Lumen wrote: »

Similarly, if we kill all the ginger people, then there can be no robberies committed by ginger people, and no robberies committed on ginger people, so the streets will be safer.

But then there'd be no-one to get off with in the chipper at 3 am when all else has failed.

Dermot Illogical

Lumen wrote: »

Similarly, if we kill all the ginger people, then there can be no robberies committed by ginger people, and no robberies committed on ginger people, so the streets will be safer.

Can we set up squadrons of DublinBikes to mow them down at pedestrian crossings?

Surveyor11

Ban cars and two problems sorted - ram raids and bank robberies. K Martin needs to get a bike, there's lovely tracks out his way

Mucco

Let's ignore the trolling letters and focus on the positive, also from today's IT:
2.5 million trips taken on city bikes

BTH

Lumen wrote: »

Similarly, if we kill all the ginger people, then there can be no robberies committed by ginger people, and no robberies committed on ginger people, so the streets will be safer.

Hey, no fair...

Moflojo

manwithaplan wrote: »

But then there'd be no-one to get off with in the chipper at 3 am when all else has failed.

Buy ya a bag o' chips luv?

BTH

manwithaplan wrote: »

But then there'd be no-one to get off with in the chipper at 3 am when all else has failed.

Hey, thats worse.

Hi handsome

Raam

Cyclists are ridiculous, I mean: I can't even walk through my own kitchen without tripping over 3 different bikes!

Slideshowbob

The same Conor Lally is an ex-international cyclist and from the Lally cycling dynasty - he definately has an agenda!! :rolleyes:

manwithaplan

Luv? Handsome?

That's the great thing about gingers - they're always grateful.

Moflojo

manwithaplan wrote: »

Luv? Handsome?

That's the great thing about gingers - they're always grateful.

Just like yer ma...

Beasty

Slideshowbob wrote: »

The same Conor Lally is an ex-international cyclist and from the Lally cycling dynasty - he definately has an agenda!! :rolleyes:

Conor Lally wrote the original article, which had a separate thread dedicated to it earlier in the week. I have no idea what "Agenda" you could be referring to in the context of that article - perhaps that is something for the Conspiracy Theories forum ....

This thread is about the letter printed in today's issue and quoted above;)

Vélo

Moflojo wrote: »

Buy ya a bag o' chips luv?

be gorra ya do? how bout a sausage to go with that?;)

elduggo

its ok to cycle the wrong way up a one-way street, right? Just so long as you don't do it recklessly like?

Raam

elduggo wrote: »

its ok to cycle the wrong way up a one-way street, right? Just so long as you don't do it recklessly like?

Yup, just don't be nicking phones off the ladies.

Bunnyhopper

elduggo wrote: »

its ok to cycle the wrong way up a one-way street, right? Just so long as you don't do it recklessly like?

Hah :rolleyes: Just when I thought this thread couldn't get any dafter.

bad2dabone

elduggo wrote: »

its ok to cycle the wrong way up a one-way street, right? Just so long as you don't do it recklessly like?

if you can't beat the salmon, join them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NcJ_63z-mA

"for every salmon that gets caught, hundreds make it past the bears"

good odds!

pmcd22

Gingers got word about this thread.. they seek revenge

Doctor Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw

Rochester

Mucco wrote: »

Let's ignore the trolling letters and focus on the positive, also from today's IT:
2.5 million trips taken on city bikes

Many of them on the pavement

tomasrojo

Where did the use of ginger to describe red hair come from? Ginger isn't red.

(That lady is exquisitely attractive.)

BTH

tomasrojo wrote: »

Where did the use of ginger to describe red hair come from? Ginger isn't red.

(That lady is exquisitely attractive.)

Ginger isn't red. But then neither is my hair. It's more an auburn anyway!!!

tomasrojo

My sister's hair is auburn too. Nice colour.

el tel

I know a girl with ginger hair
Deep beneath her underwear
How do I know?
I've been there
And now have scampi fingers


:pac:

Doctor Bob

tomasrojo wrote: »

Where did the use of ginger to describe red hair come from? Ginger isn't red.

I've no idea about the source - ginger ale? ginger snaps? ginger beer? none convinces - but I've noticed that it seems to be a lot more prevalent in recent years. I do remember it from my childhood, not least due to the legendary Gerry 'Ginger' McLoughlin, Irish rugby international and now Limerick City Councillor, but it was much less common than names like carrot, redser, copper or Duracell.

I've always thought of it as quite an English term, and I suspect that its latterday visibility here dates from the mid-'90s new lad culture, when Chris Evans embraced it.

Anyway, I hear the Sociology/Popular Culture forum is thataway...>>>

tomasrojo wrote: »

(That lady is exquisitely attractive.)

And just when you thought she couldn't get any better, they went and slapped an accordion on her!

*swoon*

(Only me? Oh well.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QN4NyD6l8A (Can't embed this one, alas.)