Love Locks?

davet82

I was walking over the ha'penny bridge last week with a friend and i noticed lots of pad locks attached to the bridge. So I mentioned it to my friend saying what the fcuk is that all about. She looks at me a bit weird (as if i asked something really stupid); 'eh love locks?'

wft is a love lock? well apparently whenever you are in love with somebody and you are visiting a city you should vandalise monuments, particularly bridges, with a symbol of your love represented by an engraved pad lock...

i have a feeling this is some desperate attempt by the pad lock companies to cash in on valentines day maybe but i googled and apparently this is quite common all around the world...

Am I the only one noticing the weird craze now and agree with how stupid it is?

Slattsy

I read the thread title too fast.

Im out.

1ZRed

How ghey

Czarcasm

I know AH threads are cyclical, but this was only done about two weeks ago?

First i've heard of it. So what cult movie does this act come from?

donvito99

Might go down with one of them big lock cutters and ruin some relationships.

davet82

Czarcasm wrote: »

I know AH threads are cyclical, but this was only done about two weeks ago?

really? i searched for love locks and no results, pass the link on if you can find it please

who_me

Saw the locks, but never heard of "love locks" before. Thought this was from the Rugby forums..

hardCopy

I believe it's pretty common on the continent but have never seen it here.

I blame the Troika.

gobnaitolunacy

Yes OP it is stupid.

What do they do? Buy a Yale or a Tri Circle from the local hardware and engrave it?

Dravokivich

Saw'em over the last couple of months there alright. Didn't take much notice of'em. Don't see the point in it at all really.

davet82

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Yes OP it is stupid.

What do they do? Buy a Yale or a Tri Circle from the local hardware and engrave it?

thats what i've been told

Czarcasm

davet82 wrote: »

really? i searched for love locks and no results, pass the link on if you can find it please

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056846787?page=1#post_82516924


Always a pleasure to help out a polite poster!

gobnaitolunacy

davet82 wrote: »

thats what i've been told

Ah Jaysus, that is sad.
The Corporation will snip them off anyway I'm guessing.

Lumbo

donvito99 wrote: »

Might go down with one of them big lock cutters and ruin some relationships.

SNIP, SNIP. Mr. Burgess.

davet82

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Ah Jaysus, that is sad.
The Corporation will snip them off anyway I'm guessing.

or if you see an angry women on the ha'penny with a bolt cutters ye know some poor fcuker has been caught out

RobbieTheRobber

who_me wrote: »

Saw the locks, but never heard of "love locks" before. Thought this was from the Rugby forums..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_padlocks

BUBBLE WRAP

I remember being locked on the Ha’penny bridge before…

scdublin

Lots of them on the Brooklyn bridge and bridges in Paris, never really noticed them over here before though

Rippy

I thought this was going to be about chastity belts.....

davet82

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I remember being locked on the Ha’penny bridge before…

the type of locked is usually symbolised with puke on the Ha'penny...

Rhinocharge

davet82 wrote: »

really? i searched for love locks and no results, pass the link on if you can find it please

http://www.locks-of-love.com/

https://www.google.ie/search?q=love+padlocks&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=gnH1UKOBBJKzhAeZ9YCwCg&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=576

donvito99

Lumbo wrote: »

SNIP, SNIP. Mr. Burgess.

Ah here, Colm Meaney was holding gardening shears!

anncoates

Load of bollocks.

I'd rather see the bridge.

If you want to tell the world you're in love, get a fucking blog or annoy people on Facebook.

daveyeh

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Ah Jaysus, that is sad.
The Corporation will snip them off anyway I'm guessing.

Better hurry up before the added weight of the locks brings the whole shakey thing crashing down into the liffey.

curlzy

I think they're sweet and would rather see them than trees getting carved up with "wacker hearts jacinta 4 eva", at the very least they're easily removed with little damage done.

anncoates

curlzy wrote: »

I think they're sweet and would rather see them than trees getting carved up with "wacker hearts jacinta 4 eva", at the very least they're easily removed with little damage done.

There are not millions of city landmarks and you can't grow another Ha'penny Bridge.

tan11ie

How utterly ridiculous, such a waste of a lock.

steddyeddy

I'm a bit of an aul rosemantic but I rather the old carving our names on trees.

Jimoslimos

Couldn't we persuade some of the more criminally-minded citizens of our fair city to indulge in a spot of lock-picking?

Cleaner bridge and the scumbags develop some important career skills. Win-win!

Morag

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/05/14/stop-doing-this/

UCDVet

I figure this sort of thing has to be great for the economy...

Each lock represents a ~20% donation to our great country in the form of VAT....plus the purchase helps support the local shop and it's employees (who also pay taxes).

Then they put them on some landmark/bridge/whatever where the city can pay someone to cut them down. I'd have to imagine they'd be worth something as scrap metal. It wouldn't take very long to cut down a lot of locks.

If we've learned anything from the tiger, it's that wasteful spending creates jobs and prosperity!