Should we put a naval blockade on Germany?

hoorsmelt

The Germans are trying to take our sovereignty and force us into a fiscal union where we would be no more than a mere province. I think this is intolerable, and think we should play hardball. Ireland is an Island, and as such we are a naval power and alot more prepared for a naval war than Germany. Accordingly, I hereby call on Enda Kenny to order the Irish Navy and Air Corps to impose a naval blockade on Germany and her ports, until the Germans back down and agree to write off all our debts and pay reparations.

galwayrush

You'll scare the Germans talking like that....:pac:

TwoShedsJackson

According to wikipedia:

Irish Navy = 8 ships

Meanwhile the Germans have 47 surface ships, 4 submarines, and 55 aircraft.

Another well thought out plan is doomed.

Frank Black

Can we not wait til the Euros are on in June. The weather will be nicer and we can reverse invade Germany from Poland - the irony will not be lost on our European friends.

Ellis Dee

hoorsmelt wrote: »

The Germans are trying to take our sovereignty and force us into a fiscal union where we would be no more than a mere province. I think this is intolerable, and think we should play hardball. Ireland is an Island, and as such we are a naval power and alot more prepared for a naval war than Germany. Accordingly, I hereby call on Enda Kenny to order the Irish Navy and Air Corps to impose a naval blockade on Germany and her ports, until the Germans back down and agree to write off all our debts and pay reparations.

Yes, let's show that elephant that this mouse is not to be fucked with!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

hoorsmelt

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

According to wikipedia:

Irish Navy = 8 ships

Meanwhile the Germans have 47 surface ships, 4 submarines, and 55 aircraft.

Another well thought out plan is doomed.

I said the Navy and Air Corps. We can put the government jet to good use for a change by using it to enforce the blockade.

hoorsmelt

Ellis Dee wrote: »

Yes, let's show that elephant that this mouse is not to be fucked with!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Ever hear of the Fighting Irish? We may have lost that reputation recently, but this is the perfect way to win it back.

padd b1975

How many miles of coastline do Germany have?

some random drunk

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

According to wikipedia:

Irish Navy = 8 ships

Meanwhile the Germans have 47 surface ships, 4 submarines, and 55 aircraft.

Another well thought out plan is doomed.

Sure we could just enlist the help of the Swiss Navy?

OneArt

Just as long as I can still get a cheap flight back to Ireland see me mates every now then.

cock robin

hoorsmelt wrote: »

Irish Navy and Air Corps to impose a naval blockade on Germany QUOTE]

We should do this for sure, but which street do we blockade thats the real question.

GavRedKing

Might aswell, I can only see this ending well if we do.

Kasabian

black francis wrote: »

Can we not wait til the Euros are on in June. The weather will be nicer and we can reverse invade Germany from Poland - the irony will not be lost on our European friends.

You sir are a tactical genius, who will be put up front, I suggest the army of camper vans that will be trundling their way across Europe, anything is better than Kevin Doyle.

munchkin_utd

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

According to wikipedia:

Irish Navy = 8 ships

Meanwhile the Germans have 47 surface ships, 4 submarines, and 55 aircraft.

errrr, if youre blockading germany on home soil then the Luftwaffe comes into the equation too which have :
35,559 personnel, 427 aircraft

vs .
the 8 piddly little Irish ships?

Biggins

hoorsmelt wrote: »

...I hereby call on Enda Kenny to order the Irish Navy and Air Corps to impose a naval blockade on Germany and her ports...

:pac:

Yea, that will work! :pac:
Thanks for giving me a good morning laugh hoorsmelt! :pac:

Duggy747

Might as well just hop on a plane to Germany and start hitting their buildings with our hurleys.

im invisible

padd b1975 wrote: »

How many miles of coastline do Germany have?

about three fiddy

Guy:Incognito

We could always not take their money and go completely bankrupt instead. That'll show them.

D1stant

munchkin_utd wrote: »

errrr, if youre blockading germany on home soil then the Luftwaffe comes into the equation too which have :
35,559 personnel, 427 aircraft

vs .
the 8 piddly little Irish ships?

9 piddly ships. We are just about to launch the L.E. Negative Equity. That will cause mass chaos amongst the krauts

The frontal camper vans will batter the Huns with dutch gold cans pinning them back. Our Airforce will then bombard them with armour piercing sliotars, leaving the Rangers a clear route to Berlin

What could possibly go wrong?

HeidiHeidi

padd b1975 wrote: »

How many miles of coastline do Germany have?

According to the sainted Wiki - 2389 (Ger) vs 1448 (Irl). Hmmmm.
Who knew???

jester77

Don't make me take sides!

Fratton Fred

You might just find a few (around 60 million) allies on the island to the east. They have a few boats as well.

force eleven

We'll just send all of our ships. Position them just off their coast. And stare at them. Naval gazing they call it.

im invisible

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

According to the sainted Wiki - 2389 (Ger) vs 1448 (Irl). Hmmmm.
Who knew???

thats km, 1484 miles vs 900 miles,
but yeah...

humanji

hoorsmelt wrote: »

Ever hear of the Fighting Irish? We may have lost that reputation recently, but this is the perfect way to win it back.

Isn't that just the nickname of an American football team? Or else it refers to fighting for hundreds of years and not really achieving much. Then pissing away what little was achieved. Not really a phrase to be regarded well.

I say we need a new phrase: The Irish Ninja Pirates! Nobody f*cks with ninjas except pirates. And nobody f*cks with pirates except ninjas. So who's going to **** with ninja pirates? No one, that's who!

Scarlet42

why don't we just invade them ... slowly .. by building "Irish Pubs" on every street corner ...oh .. wait a minute ...

prinz

humanji wrote: »

Isn't that just the nickname of an American football team? Or else it refers to fighting for hundreds of years and not really achieving much.

Refers to the Irish Brigade in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Irish made up a sizeable chunk of the Confederate Army too. So your second explanation fits nicely.

Son Of A Vidic

hoorsmelt wrote: »

The Germans are trying to take our sovereignty and force us into a fiscal union where we would be no more than a mere province.

It's a case of trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted I'm afraid.

paul the great

We could wait until we get another bailout and spend the money on warships instead of the banking black hole

Coriolanus

humanji wrote: »

hoorsmelt wrote: »

Ever hear of the Fighting Irish? We may have lost that reputation recently, but this is the perfect way to win it back.

Isn't that just the nickname of an American football team? Or else it refers to fighting for hundreds of years and not really achieving much. Then pissing away what little was achieved. Not really a phrase to be regarded well.

I say we need a new phrase: The Irish Ninja Pirates! Nobody f*cks with ninjas except pirates. And nobody f*cks with pirates except ninjas. So who's going to **** with ninja pirates? No one, that's who!

Lumberjacks. COMMANDO lumberjacks.

neil_hosey

seriously lads, germany have a population of 80 million or so, ireland is tiny....

where would we keep all the POW's??

HeidiHeidi

neil_hosey wrote: »

seriously lads, germany have a population of 80 million or so, ireland is tiny....

where would we keep all the POW's??

There's all those ghost estates and NAMAd hotel rooms....

Frank Black

Refuse entry to all west of Ireland campsites to all Germans - lets see how long they survive without their yearly trip to Doolan.

The feckers bring most of their own food and drink with them as well so the local economy will barely notice.

paul the great

neil_hosey wrote: »

seriously lads, germany have a population of 80 million or so, ireland is tiny....

where would we keep all the POW's??

Give it another 6 months and Australia will be ours. The population must be at least 50% Irish by now. We can just drop them in camps in the desert.

hoorsmelt

neil_hosey wrote: »

seriously lads, germany have a population of 80 million or so, ireland is tiny....

where would we keep all the POW's??

Inisboffin

Jumpy

hoorsmelt wrote: »

Ever hear of the Fighting Irish? We may have lost that reputation recently, but this is the perfect way to win it back.

You know thats because you have a reputation for being violent drunks right?

Sofiztikated

Jumpy wrote: »

You know thats because you have a reputation for being violent drunks right?

Wha'd yew say bout me mudder?

I'll cut you up.

Mmmmm, whiskey. No wait, poitin. Mmmmm poitin. Begorrah.

Tazz T

Naval blockade, me bum!

What we have to do is put a blockade on Enda giving our money to the Germans in the first place.

syklops

munchkin_utd wrote: »

errrr, if youre blockading germany on home soil then the Luftwaffe comes into the equation too which have :
35,559 personnel, 427 aircraft

vs .
the 8 piddly little Irish ships?

Hang on, your forgetting the 4 batteries of the Air Defence Regiment who will come into play surely. Better lube up the Bofors.

prinz

Tazz T wrote: »

Naval blockade, me bum!
What we have to do is put a blockade on Enda giving our money to the Germans in the first place.

A cavity blockade

hidinginthebush

Fratton Fred wrote: »

You might just find a few (around 60 million) allies on the island to the east. They have a few boats as well.

I would LOVE to see that happen, purely to piss off all the Sinn Fein anti-Europe trolls.

"Ok lads, we're gonna invade Germany!", cue tremendous applause, "But... eh, we're gettign help from England to do it"

bijapos

Enda, Baldy & Co. have already started to infiltrate the enemy in advance. We have sent Kevin Cardiff over as chief sabotage agent. I'll give him 6 months max to bring the Euro and the Germans to their knees.


*rubs hands and cackles*

EGAR

We can easily bankrupt Germany by sending the boys over to tarmac all their driveways.

Deeno37

Brilliant!

johngalway

I've seen the two opposing forces together. Salthill airshow, one of our glorious warships, anchored in the bay...

...German Tornado jet would turn it into a very nice reef for local divers

When do we set sail?

Logical Fallacy

hoorsmelt wrote: »

Ever hear of the Fighting Irish? We may have lost that reputation recently, but this is the perfect way to win it back.

We also all forgot how to play American Football.

Snowie

Hey clearly the Irish can't. Run ireland mayb the Germans can do a better job public transport health roads peop de snowing Garda having a swift kick up the ass I'm all for germany sorting out the mess we cal Sovrenty because it's not it's a giant toy box these days

SeaFields

Snowie wrote: »

Hey clearly the Irish can't. Run ireland mayb the Germans can do a better job public transport health roads peop de snowing Garda having a swift kick up the ass I'm all for germany sorting out the mess we cal Sovrenty because it's not it's a giant toy box these days

eh...what?

Mr Trade In

Why don't we get on a boat sail to a German harbour and dress up like some near eastern fellows and dump some booze in the sea.we can call it Beerfest .

Nodin

SeaFields wrote: »

eh...what?

Frau Merkels english isn't great.

Fratton Fred

Mr Trade In wrote: »

Why don't we get on a boat sail to a German harbour and dress up like some near eastern fellows and dump some booze in the sea.we can call it Beerfest .

Aah, the old Baltic tea party trick.

Seriously though, dumping beer in the sea is going a bit far isn't it?