St Patrick's Day trainers.

ejmaztec

I wonder if they come with an 800 year guarantee?:pac:

I wouldn't buy them because they look like sh1t.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0310/1224313106315.html?via=mr

WITH ST Patrick’s Day around the corner, the giant footwear company Nike is releasing two beer-themed sneakers or runners to mark the date.
The first runner is known as “The Guinness” and the second is known as “The Black and Tan”.

stovelid

Quite accurate as the black and tan will no doubt be heavily involved in the robbery and killing of innocent Irish citizens.

Latchy

Spilling (precious) Guinness all over your trainers will have a whole new meaning now .

ejmaztec

They could throw some of these in as well, to make a set

KeithAFC

ejmaztec wrote: »

They could throw some of these in as well, to make a set

Nice. Can you buy them online?

ejmaztec

KeithAFC wrote: »

Nice. Can you buy them online?

Yes, you can go to Amazon and put in an orange order.:P

Mickey H

Chavtastic!

micropig

Sure every one knows that Pikes Nikes symbol is a slash hook;)

KTRIC

They're not a patch on my Nike Holocaust's I bought in Germany. They're sort of an ash colour with some nice red and black accents on them.

Sonics2k

This is fantastic. I wonder if they did any research in to the name what-so-ever.

Poor Uncle Tom

What about the Easter Sunday Nikes,
Jesus used them when he cleared the temple....:pac:

fullstop

Not a patch on these...http://only-sneakers.ru/vans-slip-on-ireland/

WindSock

They'll go well with my blue shirts.

drunkmonkey

Top off the day with some Ben&Jerry Ice cream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXgN5AhBDWM

HalloweenJack

Connolly's should make a special runner to celebrate the Fourth of July and call them Al-Qaeeda's.

Would love to see what the Yanks'd make of that.

Babybuff

fullstop wrote: »

Not a patch on these...http://only-sneakers.ru/vans-slip-on-ireland/

want

ejmaztec

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Connolly's should make a special runner to celebrate the Fourth of July and call them Al-Qaeeda's.

Would love to see what the Yanks'd make of that.

Only available in two sizes, 9 and 11.

Micky Dolenz

Shur, it's only a bit of craic.

theteal

they're runners ffs

micropig

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Shur, it's only a bit of craic.

Craic Shoes

fullstop

Babybuff wrote: »

want

Saw the leprechaun ones in Cape Town a couple of years ago for €20, no idea why I didn't buy them!

Owen_S

They won't be any competition for the sea of brown brogues that will be witnessed this Saturday night.

booboo88

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/nike-slammed-over-black-and-tan-trainer-to-mark-st-patricks-day-3047045.html


Not the wisest thing to do when they have such a large Irish following.

Outkast_IRE

its two colours i dont see the problem,

JustAddWater

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

its two colours i dont see the problem,

it's the specific 2 colours and the timing that counts

Might as well have a ****ing orange sash across it

TreesAreCrowd

Yes, like the skangers in the Nike's are going to know who the Black and Tans were, beyond being featured in some 'RA songs they might know.

galwayrush

Big ****ing deal.

booboo88

TreesAreCrowd wrote: »

Yes, like the skangers in the Nike's are going to know who the Black and Tans were, beyond being featured in some 'RA songs they might know.

Wow, gotta love the generalisation, not everyone who wears nikes are skangers:rolleyes:
And Im sure we all studied history at least to junior cert level so thats a bit harsh!

the groutch

may as well have made them the colours of the French and German flags, as a tribute to our new overlords.

TreesAreCrowd

booboo88 wrote: »

Wow, gotta love the generalisation, not everyone who wears nikes are skangers:rolleyes:
And Im sure we all studied history at least to junior cert level so thats a bit harsh!

No but you can be sure every skanger has worn, wears or wants to wear Nikes

lcrcboy

So Apparently we are all really angry about the new Nike's, what do you think.
Story taken from Yahoo News:

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The name of a new Nike sneaker has people upset in Ireland. The footwear giant accidentally insulted the Irish while trying to honor the country leading up to St. Patrick's Day.
The Nike SB Black and Tan Quickstrike is named after a black and tan colored alcoholic beverage made by mixing stout and lager--usually Guinness and Harp or Bass--in a pint glass. Even though Guinness and Harp are Irish, it is not a drink that is commonly requested in bars in Ireland. In the 1920s, a British paramilitary group, known as the "Black & Tans," used brutality to suppress an armed Irish Revolution, and it was known for its ruthless attacks against Irish civilians.
The president of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, Ciaran Staunton, said the name of the shoe "would be the American equivalent of calling a sneaker 'the Al Qaeda.'" Staunton added, "Is there no one at Nike able to Google Black and Tan?"
Nike issued an apology for inadvertently upsetting people in Ireland, saying "no offense was intended." Nike officials also told FoxNews.com that the official name of the sneakers is 'Nike SB Dunk Low' and that the shoes were "unofficially named by some using a phrase that can be viewed as inappropriate and insensitive."
Many people on social media are echoing Staunton, saying that Nike should have simply put the name "black and tan" in an Internet search engine to figure out the sinister connotation behind it. Even Atlanta news anchor Mark Hayes tweeted that "Nike put its foot in its mouth and now they are scrambling to do some damage control!"


Link: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/nike-black-tans-sneaker-accidentally-incites-outrage-among-160904943.html

Mickey H

Damn Black & Tans.

Damn them to hell.

Birneybau

Welcome to last week...

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Well if the auld boys have no trouble drinking "Black and Tans" in the pub, I doubt they'll give a shíte about runners.

Hande hoche!

Dubarry Movement for the National Liberation of Palestine has a nice ring to it.

The King of Moo

"Nike Black & Tans, for when you really want to you run like hell away from the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra."

senorwipesalot

Just got me a pair of Adidas kukluxklans.

Cantona's Collars

senorwipesalot wrote: »

Just got me a pair of Adidas kukluxklans.

As worn by Luis Suarez.

seanin4711

the yanks call their porter black and tan,
talk about over the top PC on our side!

GalwayKiefer

I've never heard of mixing Guinness with Harp/Bass, it sounds rotten. Didn't Orange Telecom have to scrap their motto when they branched out into N.I. because they realised "The future's bright, the future's Orange." might not be well received by half the community, shame Nike couldn't have tried a quick Google just to be sure.

lcrcboy

GalKiefer wrote: »

I've never heard of mixing Guinness with Harp/Bass, it sounds rotten. Didn't Orange Telecom have to scrap their motto when they branched out into N.I. because they realised "The future's bright, the future's Orange." might not be well received by half the community, shame Nike couldn't have tried a quick Google just to be sure.

more than likely a Irish American drink rather than something that is drunk often here.

benway

Nike Black & Tans incites thirty seconds of cheap publicity in the morkeshing community.

The King of Moo

Yet no-one seems that bothered that "Irish car bomb" is a pretty common cocktail in America.

Popeleo

KTRIC wrote: »

They're not a patch on my Nike Holocaust's I bought in Germany. They're sort of an ash colour with some nice red and black accents on them.

They're just a copy of the Umbro Zyklons - now that was an idiotic name!