What people laugh at & get a kick from these days is preposterous

Its All Wright

I was taking my weekly shop out of the car yesterday evening & a gang of youths drove by & shouted "Aldi W@nker" at me! I didnt see the funny side of it. Its not something you expect when your bringing in your shopping from the car. I could hear them laughing and sniggering as they drove away.

I was under the impression this kind of snobbery in our society was a thing of the past. Yes i shop at Aldi and i do so simply because im on a budget and i cannot afford the big brand names like McVities or Kellogs.

In my opinion the Aldi brands are as good as anything you can get in your Superquinns or your Marks & Spencers. I was horrified at this incident that occured. I was telling my son about it this morning and he found it rather comical. Is this what the youth of today get a kick from? Mocking good honest hard working people about where they shop? Its shameful and wrong and how is calling someone an "Aldi w@nker" funny?

I have always shopped at Aldi & will continue to do so!

People seem to laugh at anything now a days. From tv to stupid videos on youtube of someone being hit with a ball in the groin. Honestly is this what we laugh at? And i think i have a fine sense of humour , i love a laugh and joke but not at utter sillyness

jimgoose

Oh those scamps, Oisín and J.P. Obviously this is the new "Offluence!!"

Grayditch

It's a gag from the Inbetweeners. Best left to the Inbetweeners.

FearDark

Watch "The Inbetweeners".... You'll get the "joke" then.

Chet T16

Were they in a yellow fiat?

tosspot15

haha, Aldi Wanker!

Savoir.Faire

Ah, the feckless exuberance of youth.

Fighting Irish

funny enough

RichardoKhan

Watch the film Idiocracy. Give you a pretty good idea of potentially where were heading.............

Vurnon San Benito

Its All Wright wrote: »

I was taking my weekly shop out of the car yesterday evening & a gang of youths drove by & shouted "Aldi W@nker" at me! I didnt see the funny side of it. Its not something you expect when your bringing in your shopping from the car. I could hear them laughing and sniggering as they drove away.

I was under the impression this kind of snobbery in our society was a thing of the past. Yes i shop at Aldi and i do so simply because im on a budget and i cannot afford the big brand names like McVities or Kellogs.

In my opinion the Aldi brands are as good as anything you can get in your Superquinns or your Marks & Spencers. I was horrified at this incident that occured. I was telling my son about it this morning and he found it rather comical. Is this what the youth of today get a kick from? Mocking good honest hard working people about where they shop? Its shameful and wrong and how is calling someone an "Aldi w@nker" funny?

I have always shopped at Aldi & will continue to do so!

People seem to laugh at anything now a days. From tv to stupid videos on youtube of someone being hit with a ball in the groin. Honestly is this what we laugh at? And i think i have a fine sense of humour , i love a laugh and joke but not at utter sillyness

Ah now, horrified, really? :pac:

Spring Onion

Its All Wright wrote: »

I was horrified at this incident that occured.

You need to get out less.

Stereomaniac

I can see the original poster's point, I mean, that is pretty embarrassing for someone to experience.

Banjo String

I give the Mrs a cream pie all the time.

Not aldis though.

hardCopy

These guys are on a rampage, here's CCTV footage of an earlier incident:

I concur with your male offspring.

AnonoBoy

Its All Wright wrote: »

I was taking my weekly shop out of the car yesterday evening & a gang of youths drove by & shouted "Aldi W@nker" at me! I didnt see the funny side of it. Its not something you expect when your bringing in your shopping from the car. I could hear them laughing and sniggering as they drove away.

I was under the impression this kind of snobbery in our society was a thing of the past. Yes i shop at Aldi and i do so simply because im on a budget and i cannot afford the big brand names like McVities or Kellogs.

In my opinion the Aldi brands are as good as anything you can get in your Superquinns or your Marks & Spencers. I was horrified at this incident that occured. I was telling my son about it this morning and he found it rather comical. Is this what the youth of today get a kick from? Mocking good honest hard working people about where they shop? Its shameful and wrong and how is calling someone an "Aldi w@nker" funny?

I have always shopped at Aldi & will continue to do so!

People seem to laugh at anything now a days. From tv to stupid videos on youtube of someone being hit with a ball in the groin. Honestly is this what we laugh at? And i think i have a fine sense of humour , i love a laugh and joke but not at utter sillyness

When you explained all that to the gang of passing youths what was their considered response?

Its All Wright

I admit Ive never seen The Inbeteeners but from what ive heard its just more of this sillyness that is shown on tv and considered to be funny. Comedy isnt funny anymore! Classics like Only Fools & Horses,Fawlty Towers or blackadder are no more, now its lets make a video of slapping people in the face and put it on youtube or shout something and put w@nker after it..not very funny

Tiddlypeeps

Its All Wright wrote: »

I admit Ive never seen The Inbeteeners but from what ive heard its just more of this sillyness that is shown on tv and considered to be funny. Comedy isnt funny anymore! Classics like Only Fools & Horses,Fawlty Towers or blackadder are no more, now its lets make a video of slapping people in the face and put it on youtube or shout something and put w@nker after it..not very funny

Comedy is incredibly subjective. Just because you don't find something funny does not mean nobody else will.

I could easily look back at classics like Monty Python and say what's funny about that, it's just "lol so random"*. You can pull apart any comedy and list a million reasons why it shouldn't be funny.

Also you say comedy today is just about slapping people in the face and putting it on youtube. Fawlty Towers is almost entirely slapstick humour.


*before anyone kills me, I actually like monty python. Twas just an example.

aaakev

Its All Wright wrote: »

Classics like Only Fools & Horses,Fawlty Towers or blackadder are no more

imo they are not funny shows but my other halfs grandad will sit there all day sniggering at them.....

now its lets make a video of slapping people in the face and put it on youtube or shout something and put w@nker after it..

That sounds like good TV:D

different strokes for different folks and all that.... we dont all have to like the same things!

Knight who says Meh

Its All Wright wrote: »

I was taking my weekly shop out of the car yesterday evening & a gang of youths drove by & shouted "Aldi W@nker" at me! I didnt see the funny side of it. Its not something you expect when your bringing in your shopping from the car. I could hear them laughing and sniggering as they drove away.

I was under the impression this kind of snobbery in our society was a thing of the past. Yes i shop at Aldi and i do so simply because im on a budget and i cannot afford the big brand names like McVities or Kellogs.

In my opinion the Aldi brands are as good as anything you can get in your Superquinns or your Marks & Spencers. I was horrified at this incident that occured. I was telling my son about it this morning and he found it rather comical. Is this what the youth of today get a kick from? Mocking good honest hard working people about where they shop? Its shameful and wrong and how is calling someone an "Aldi w@nker" funny?

I have always shopped at Aldi & will continue to do so!

People seem to laugh at anything now a days. From tv to stupid videos on youtube of someone being hit with a ball in the groin. Honestly is this what we laugh at? And i think i have a fine sense of humour , i love a laugh and joke but not at utter sillyness

Perhaps you are reading a little bit too much into it..

soap1978

aaakev wrote: »

imo they are not funny shows but my other halfs grandad will sit there all day sniggering at them.....


That sounds like good TV:D

different strokes for different folks and all that.... we dont all have to like the same things!

I didnt think different strokes was funny

The Pheasant2

Didn't have anything to do with snobbery, they were copying the inbetweeners whilst being **** themselves

Its All Wright

I do like some of comedy on tv these days. Last weekend i watched a film called Superbad which was very very funny.

What is wrong with Aldi? If i was carrying Superquinn bags I doubt i would have been called a Superquinn w@nker. Such snobbery is sickening

Ghost Buster

In my day it was bear baiting, torture, hangings and bare knuckle fighting to entertain the masses. Todays stuff is outrageous. Shouting out of cars and copying telly!!!!!!!!:eek:

Ghost Buster

Its All Wright wrote: »

I do like some of comedy on tv these days. Last weekend i watched a film called Superbad which was very very funny.

What is wrong with Aldi? If i was carrying Superquinn bags I doubt i would have been called a Superquinn w@nker. Such snobbery is sickening

You must be trolling. Are you?

pundy

Its All Wright wrote: »

I was taking my weekly shop out of the car yesterday evening & a gang of youths drove by & shouted "Aldi W@nker" at me! I didnt see the funny side of it. Its not something you expect when your bringing in your shopping from the car. I could hear them laughing and sniggering as they drove away.

I was under the impression this kind of snobbery in our society was a thing of the past. Yes i shop at Aldi and i do so simply because im on a budget and i cannot afford the big brand names like McVities or Kellogs.

In my opinion the Aldi brands are as good as anything you can get in your Superquinns or your Marks & Spencers. I was horrified at this incident that occured. I was telling my son about it this morning and he found it rather comical. Is this what the youth of today get a kick from? Mocking good honest hard working people about where they shop? Its shameful and wrong and how is calling someone an "Aldi w@nker" funny?

I have always shopped at Aldi & will continue to do so!

People seem to laugh at anything now a days. From tv to stupid videos on youtube of someone being hit with a ball in the groin. Honestly is this what we laugh at? And i think i have a fine sense of humour , i love a laugh and joke but not at utter sillyness

im not trolling, but seriously? by reading your post, you really sound like someone who DOES NOT have a sense of humour. why would it bother you, also what's wrong with laughing at funny videos on youtube or the tv?

tell us a joke, prove you've a superior sense of humour to the lads who called you an aldi w*nker.....

go on, you said you've a sense of humour, so out with it - your best joke:

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Yes you would have been called a Superquinn wanker. If you had sunglasses on you'd be a sunglasses wanker etc. The yooths don't particularly give a toss where you shop, they'll pick random surroundings or features, stick wanker after it and laugh. You could have been walking out of a Rolex shop and you'd be Rolex wanker.

The Pheasant2

Its All Wright wrote: »

I do like some of comedy on tv these days. Last weekend i watched a film called Superbad which was very very funny.

What is wrong with Aldi? If i was carrying Superquinn bags I doubt i would have been called a Superquinn w@nker. Such snobbery is sickening

It had nothing to do with snobbery or Aldi! The joke is that you call someone a wanker prefixed with whatever they're doing

aaakev

Its All Wright wrote: »

I do like some of comedy on tv these days. Last weekend i watched a film called Superbad which was very very funny.

What is wrong with Aldi? If i was carrying Superquinn bags I doubt i would have been called a Superquinn w@nker. Such snobbery is sickening

poor lads, there joke (Not snobbery) was well and truely lost on you.......

No sense of humor w@nker!!!!

hardCopy

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Yes you would have been called a Superquinn wanker. If you had sunglasses on you'd be a sunglasses wanker etc. The yooths don't particularly give a toss where you shop, they'll pick random surroundings or features, stick wanker after it and laugh. You could have been walking out of a Rolex shop and you'd be Rolex wanker.

E.g. Briefcase W4nker, straight out of Inbetweeners.

Agricola

OP, their parents probably shop at Aldi too and they themselves might even have had a look at Aldi's nice line in padded cycling shorts once or twice.

It's just a funny double reference to your perceived poverty and the Inbetweeners. Nothing to get worked up about in fairness.
You should just smirk and say "Oh those young scallywags" before getting back into your 97 1 litre Corsa and heading home for your Aldi microwave lasagne.

Its All Wright

So let me get this straight..by simply saying any word in the dictionary and putting the word w@nker after it, it suddenly becomes hilarious? Ive lost all faith in the human race, really. Thats the creativity people show to be funny?

stoneill

They were probably pointing out that the Aldi W@anker is on special and is about half the price of the Tesco W@nker.

Eponymous

Its All Wright wrote: »

Comedy isnt funny anymore!

Its All Wright wrote: »

Ed Byrne is a top top comedian. Very very underated.

Turtyturd

Sometimes it's funny op. I remember waiting at the bus stop in Maynooth a few years back when two students in a car decided to shout 'bus ****' at everyone. It was hilarious.....when the driver of the car proceeded to rear end the car in frontt of him when he was too busy looking for peoples reactions than paying attention to the road.

Plazaman

Hehe. I find it amusing and if it happened to me I'd chuckle. Still I find the Irish version of it just as amusing via The Republic of Telly.

"Look at yer man with the scarf - DICK!!!"
"Look at yer man with the shirt off - DICK!!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALqG8UbS78

DeanAustin

Turtyturd wrote: »

Sometimes it's funny op. I remember waiting at the bus stop in Maynooth a few years back when two students in a car decided to shout 'bus ****' at everyone. It was hilarious.....when the driver of the car proceeded to rear end the car in frontt of him when he was too busy looking for peoples reactions than paying attention to the road.

Please tell me this is a true story.

pundy

Its All Wright wrote: »

So let me get this straight..by simply saying any word in the dictionary and putting the word w@nker after it, it suddenly becomes hilarious? Ive lost all faith in the human race, really. Thats the creativity people show to be funny?

so where's that joke then??? tell us a joke!!!

ballsymchugh

i agree with the OP. i went to a comedy gig last weekend and andrew maxwell was one of the comedians on. people were laughing at his jokes. it was all very strange!

Its All Wright

Eponymous wrote: »

Ed Byrne would be a funny man, but hey thats my opinion. If a comedian went on stage on a cracked an Aldi w@nker type joke, me and my wife would up in leave

Let me just say something, i have a sense of humour, i enjoy stand up comedy and i love a good funny film. I like a laugh as much as the next person but lets not diminish the art of comedy with this sillyness. Its utter poppycock

pundy

Its All Wright wrote: »

Ed Byrne would be a funny man, but hey thats my opinion. If a comedian went on stage on a cracked an Aldi w@nker type joke, me and my wife would up in leave

Let me just say something, i have a sense of humour, i enjoy stand up comedy and i love a good funny film. I like a laugh as much as the next person but lets not diminish the art of comedy with this sillyness. Its utter poppycock

where's your joke???????

hardCopy

Its All Wright wrote: »

So let me get this straight..by simply saying any word in the dictionary and putting the word w@nker after it, it suddenly becomes hilarious? Ive lost all faith in the human race, really. Thats the creativity people show to be funny?

Now you're catching on.

Boards-W4nker!

old hippy

Its All Wright wrote: »

So let me get this straight..by simply saying any word in the dictionary and putting the word w@nker after it, it suddenly becomes hilarious? Ive lost all faith in the human race, really. Thats the creativity people show to be funny?

Don't tell him, Pike!

razorblunt

Low count poster, first post about Aldi?
Mods bring the banhammer down, blatant advertising.

Its All Wright

pundy wrote: »

so where's that joke then??? tell us a joke!!!

Gambling has brought our family together. We had to move to a smaller house

Thats something i have said at functions and got a laugh from anyway

peadar76

shouldn't they have shouted "taking your shopping out of the car W*nker" rather than "ALdi wanker"? clearly.
This a very serious incident and should not be tolerated

RoboRat

pov

lahalane

Its All Wright wrote: »

So let me get this straight..by simply saying any word in the dictionary and putting the word w@nker after it, it suddenly becomes hilarious? Ive lost all faith in the human race, really. Thats the creativity people show to be funny?

People like to use bits from their favourite comedies to extract humour in certain situations. Not very creative at times but it can still be funny. Its hardly a new phenomenon either.

Comedy is like music and movies, everyone likes different types of things. Just because you dont find something funny doesnt mean its unfunny.

gammygils

I'm a Lidl wanker!!

Ed Winchester

I'm a "the wife does the shopping Wanker"

Sigourney

Its All Wright wrote: »

Ed Byrne would be a funny man, but hey thats my opinion. If a comedian went on stage on a cracked an Aldi w@nker type joke, me and my wife would up in leave

If Ed Byrne shouted '@ldi wanker!', I'd just faint.