Election Time Idiocy

jasonbourne.cs

was awoken at 2 a.m. this morning to the sounds of election posters being attached to telephone poles along my street . the particular bunch of goons were hauling an extending ladder up the street stopping at every lamp post making huge racket .

woke up as initially thought I was being burgled :mad:

I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !

bumper234

jasonbourne.cs wrote: »

was awoken at 2 a.m. this morning to the sounds of election posters being attached to telephone poles along my street . the particular bunch of goons were hauling an extending ladder up the street stopping at every lamp post making huge racket .

woke up as initially thought I was being burgled :mad:

I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !

Wait till you are sitting down to dinner and the gob****es ring the bell.

MagicIRL

jasonbourne.cs wrote: »

I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

This is the most middle-class thing I've ever read!

Sir Arthur Daley

jasonbourne.cs wrote: »

I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !

They were grabbing the best poles for publicity, 2am was taking the piss though.

Plazaman

bumper234 wrote: »

Wait till you are sitting down to dinner and the gob****es ring the bell.

My "No Canvassers" notice on my door is working surprisingly well as for years I was annoyed at all hours of the evening by them calling and spouting the same old same old. Still get their junk mail flyers in the door though.

Davarus Walrus

jasonbourne.cs wrote: »

was awoken at 2 a.m. this morning to the sounds of election posters being attached to telephone poles along my street . the particular bunch of goons were hauling an extending ladder up the street stopping at every lamp post making huge racket .

woke up as initially thought I was being burgled :mad:

I angrily tweeted the politician in question on the posters but have yet to get a response .

I know they were only supposed to put up posters as of today but 2a.m. ffs !

I was out until 5am this morning putting up posters. If it didn't happen last night then all the premium poster positions would be gone. The only time you'll see a member of the socialist party do any real work is when he's running up a ladder with a poster of Joe Higgins under the oxter.

Sir Arthur Daley

Plazaman wrote: »

Still get their junk mail flyers in the door though.

Why dont you get a no junk notice for your door too, works a treat. No more takeaway menus being thrown in the letter box.

Realt Dearg Sec

Plazaman wrote: »

My "No Canvassers" notice on my door is working surprisingly well as for years I was annoyed at all hours of the evening by them calling and spouting the same old same old. Still get their junk mail flyers in the door though.

Just put up a "no election materials" sign as well.

kneemos

I always examine each poster carefully and vote for the candidate with the best picture framework and lighting.

suicide_circus

Luckily all my neighbours are of the non voting variety (foreigners, council/sheltered housing) so I dont get canvassers.

Southern Belle

Speaking of idiocy, poor ole Fine Gael have a bit of mixed messaging in Waterford-every lampost has any one of all 3 European candidates with a vote number 1 sign! If they cant decide, how do they expect the electorate to?!

jester77

Some of the posters that are going up here are unbelievable, like this one that says "Have a good trip home"

Dan_Solo

Oh, it's don't answer the door season again.

godtabh

was out cycling this morning at 5:30 and some retard in a ladder in black walked across the road. Only that I saw the ladder tilt I would have cycled straight into him.

Banjo String

Cycling at fcuking half five in the morning is a bit retarded too though in fairness.

/rolling over for second sleep time for Christ sake. :eek:

godtabh

Banjo String wrote: »

Cycling at fcuking half five in the morning is a bit retarded too though in fairness.

/rolling over for second sleep time for Christ sake. :eek:

we arent all lazy ****ers

mfceiling

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

I was out until 5am this morning putting up posters. If it didn't happen last night then all the premium poster positions would be gone. The only time you'll see a member of the socialist party do any real work is when he's running up a ladder with a poster of Joe Higgins under the oxter.

Not being smart but why?

Do you think anyone has ever cast their vote based on someones picture they saw on a lamp post?

Lenin Skynard

I just got home from driving through my town, stuck behind a guy in a van reading from a megaphone and driving at around 20kph. He wouldn't pull in at all to let people pass and what he was saying was completely inaudible. By the time I got home and opened the windows, here's yer man with his inaudible murmur like as if he had followed me home.

The posters are a disaster too. I'm not one for banning everything but the posters should be banned outright as soon as possible.

kneemos

mfceiling wrote: »

Not being smart but why?

Do you think anyone has ever cast their vote based on someones picture they saw on a lamp post?

If you're voting for a party you'll want to know the candidates.Some people vote as a matter of course no matter what so awareness probably creates a few number ones.

mfceiling

kneemos wrote: »

If you're voting for a party you'll want to know the candidates.Some people vote as a matter of course no matter what so awareness probably creates a few number ones.

If you are voting for a party you will probably be well aware of the candidates, and who do you give your first preference to based on their pictures looking at you from a lamp post?

wendell borton

mfceiling wrote: »

Not being smart but why?

Do you think anyone has ever cast their vote based on someones picture they saw on a lamp post?

They really should be banned, they're nothin but visual pollution.

mfceiling

wendell borton wrote: »

They really should be banned, they're nothin but visual pollution.

I agree....pictures of people to help you to remember who to vote for.

Sheep...

Dan_Solo

Anybody else notice how small the Labour and Fine Gael logos are on their elections posters? Actually, they're so small you probably didn't.

Dan_Solo

mfceiling wrote: »

If you are voting for a party you will probably be well aware of the candidates, and who do you give your first preference to based on their pictures looking at you from a lamp post?

I don't know about the blokes, but I wouldn't be voting for any of the female candidates based on their looks either if that was the intention...