Unluckiest couple in Ireland.

Bullseye1

Anyone watching Frontline? Guy approved by banks to buy a house. He goes on to explain that he and his partner (both public sector workers) have been trying to buy a house without success. They keep getting gazumpted. He goes on to say "We are the unluckiest couple in Ireland". I really feel sorry for them.:rolleyes:


Dan O'Brien on the panel replied, "your far from the unluckiest couple in Ireland", to which there was an uneasy outburst of laughter.:pac:

It says it all really.

Kevwoody

I'd like to see how unlucky they would feel if they bought in the boom

hmmm

First PS world problems.

Logical Fallacy

So he has the money to buy a house, but people won't sell there houses to him?

Poor bastard. We should start a collection...everyone throw in their spare houses to help sort this poor couple out.

IM0

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Anyone watching Frontline?

no, it'd rather be kicked in the balls repeatedly for an hour than watch that

slowmoe

So he and his partner both have public sector jobs and are mortgage approved during a recession with a flooded property market........

...ask him to trade places, i wouldn't mind knowing what it feels like to be that 'unlucky'...:rolleyes:

amacca

IM0 wrote: »

no, it'd rather be kicked in the balls repeatedly for an hour than watch that

it used to be harder to organise a good ball kicking session than watch an hour of telly during the boom/bubble what with everyone so busy poring concrete, doing nixers and filling out mortgage applications etc

but luckily for you (and now that I know your preference) ill drop over to yours next monday round 10ish with a couple of the lads and a few tins and our old workboots with the steel toecaps.

Mickey Dazzler

I'm only just back from a ban so I will not repeat what I said about public sector workers but suffice to say that I was so vocal about my distain for them that I received a ban.

Logical Fallacy

Mickey Dazzler wrote: »

I'm only just back from a ban so I will not repeat what I said about public sector workers but suffice to say that I was so vocal about my distain for them that I received a ban.

Ya rebel ya!

Phill Ewinn

Aren't they great. Two of them complaining about not being able to buy in Lucan, the northside equivalent of Bray. Crazy b*stards.

IM0

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Aren't they great. Two of them complaining about not being able to buy in Lucan, the northside equivalent of Bray. Crazy b*stards.

whats the other side of the equivilant

lucan is to the northside as bray is to ________ ???

Paparazzo

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Aren't they great. Two of them complaining about not being able to buy in Lucan, the northside equivalent of Bray. Crazy b*stards.

Lucan is southside technically. Really westside.

TeddyTedson

IM0 wrote: »

whats the other side of the equivilant

lucan is to the northside as bray is to ________ ???

Dublin?

ChunkyLover_53

Ah Public Sector Workers; The Untermenschen of Ireland.

If only it was still the 1940s, it would be acceptable to mark their clothing so they could be easily identified and singled out by mobs.

Dravokivich

Theres actually a lot more to it then it seems. If there was such a comment from the panel, it's fúcking stupid. The amount of shíte a mate of mine had to go through recently to buy a house once he got his mortgage approved was nuts. They kept on lowering the amount they were going to loan him as well...

oppenheimer1

Dravokivich wrote: »

Theres actually a lot more to it then it seems. If there was such a comment from the panel, it's fúcking stupid. The amount of shíte a mate of mine had to go through recently to buy a house once he got his mortgage approved was nuts. They kept on lowering the amount they were going to loan him as well...

When ever did facts get in the way of an angry mob with torches and pitchforks?

Dravokivich

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

When ever did facts get in the way of an angry mob with torches and pitchforks?

Never unfortunately.

Dam mobs, once they have their torches lit and the pitchforks ready to prod there's no stopping'em.

Dubit10

The divide between the have's and have not's is vast and growing by the day it seems.

BizzyC

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Dublin?

Bray is north Wicklow

kincsem

Yeah, that was a real WTF moment. I was so shocked I nearly watched the rest of the programme.

biko

No I didn't see it.

galwayrush

biko wrote: »

No I didn't see it.

Neither did i, guess we didn't miss anything....

Father Damo

Bullseye1 wrote: »

He goes on to say "We are the unluckiest couple in Ireland". I really feel sorry for them.:rolleyes:

Obviously they didnt hear about that pair last year who realised they were half siblings after she was already pregnant. Now that is bad luck :pac:

smash

Bullseye1 wrote: »

They keep getting gazumpted.

Sounds kinky.

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Aren't they great. Two of them complaining about not being able to buy in Lucan, the northside equivalent of Bray. Crazy b*stards.

You mean Shankill?

sbsquarepants

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Aren't they great. Two of them complaining about not being able to buy in Lucan, the northside equivalent of Bray. Crazy b*stards.

Is that a good or a bad thing? I have no idea what you mean, but lucan is southside:)

antodeco

Bray is in South Dublin/North Wicklow

Lucan is in West Dublin

'Lucan, the northside equivalent of Laos, East Germany'

frag420

IM0 wrote: »

no, it'd rather be kicked in the balls repeatedly for an hour than watch that

PM Sent......................

Unluckiest couple my arse. They think they have problems - they should talk to Tsutomu Yamaguchi.

A resident of Nagasaki, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business for his employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the city was bombed at 8:15 am, on August 6, 1945. The following day, he returned to Nagasaki and, despite his wounds, also returned to work on August 9, the day of the second atomic bombing.

Yup, the guy survived a nuclear bomb, a freakin' nuclear bomb, and returned to work the next day, despite being pretty injured too. And then ended up surviving the second one.

Now that's class.

xzanti

I didn't see it but to be fair, it probably just rolled off his tongue.. it's just a figure of speech isn't it?

I doubt these people actually believe they're the unluckiest couple in this country.. That is a title which I, and I think many, would reserve for people with sick children or who have lost a child.. not for those with financial problems, however hard that must be for people..

I guess it's a sign of the times that it has gotten peoples backs up so much.

Paparazzo

xzanti wrote: »

I didn't see it but to be fair, it probably just rolled off his tongue.. it's just a figure of speech isn't it?

I doubt these people actually believe they're the unluckiest couple in this country.. That is a title which I, and I think many, would reserve for people with sick children or who have lost a child.. not for those with financial problems, however hard that must be for people..

I guess it's a sign of the times that it has gotten peoples backs up so much.

But on After Hours all a public sector worker needs to do is say the wrong phrase for the mob to demand they're strung up by the balls. If this couple had any decency, they'd quit their jobs and save the state some cash.

ElGrunt

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Anyone watching Frontline? Guy approved by banks to buy a house. He goes on to explain that he and his partner (both public sector workers) have been trying to buy a house without success. They keep getting gazumpted. He goes on to say "We are the unluckiest couple in Ireland". I really feel sorry for them.:rolleyes:


Dan O'Brien on the panel replied, "your far from the unluckiest couple in Ireland", to which there was an uneasy outburst of laughter.:pac:

It says it all really.

I think it was quite obvious that this comment was made in relation to the guys experience in the property market. I dont think he was literally saying he was the unluckiest couple in Ireland. A figure of speech is all it was.

Sappa

I think the poor lad was just a little nervous on the show and did not put much thought into this comment,they most certainly are not the unluckiest couple in Ireland both being overpaid public sector workers and I think they know that.