the bally-go-backward days

fryup

take a look at this..30sec in, its toe curling embarrassing:o

now you know where the creators of Father Ted got their idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcYsMlvr5zk

hairyprincess

What do you find do embarrassing about it?

The Backwards Man

26 pence for a stamp in 1985? Nothing backwards about that.

Sunglasses Ron

hairyprincess wrote: »

What do you find do embarrassing about it?

That a reporter who clearly leans towards believing this stuff is allowed airtime on the news to propagate it?

BTW what is that part at the start about the undisturbed body of Mary Collins about?

fryup

hairyprincess wrote: »

What do you find do embarrassing about it?

eh? "moving statues".....people in this country actually believed that a lump of plastercine could move of its own accord, i mean ffs:rolleyes: talk about delusional

Sunglasses Ron

fryup wrote: »

eh? "moving statues".....people in this country actually believed that a lump of plastercine could move of its own accord, i mean ffs:rolleyes: talk about delusional

In fairness though to this day people believe in all sorts of nonsense. I die a little inside any time someone mentions good and bad karma, for example.

The Backwards Man

fryup wrote: »

eh? "moving statues".....people in this country actually believed that a lump of plastercine could move of its own accord, i mean ffs:rolleyes: talk about delusional

And this is exclusive to Ireland and makes us backward how?

Agricola

Ann Doyle, even 30 years ago..................... still don't see it tbh.

The Backwards Man

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

In fairness though to this day people believe in all sorts of nonsense. I die a little inside any time someone mentions good and bad karma, for example.

Careful. .

What goes around comes around.

bumper234

fryup wrote: »

eh? "moving statues".....people in this country actually believed that a lump of plastercine could move of its own accord, i mean ffs:rolleyes: talk about delusional

Lol you think it's just this country?

Millions travel to Lourdes every year since 1858 in the belief that the virgin mother of a carpenter from 2000 years ago will appear there.

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

Medjugorje

Millions visit this place under the same delusion as above since 1981

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

Nothing wrong with the people of Ballinspittle wanting some of those catholic tourist dollars imo. People were/are stupid enough to believe in this ****e then fleece em i say.

Legs.Eleven

fryup wrote: »

eh? "moving statues".....people in this country actually believed that a lump of plastercine could move of its own accord, i mean ffs:rolleyes: talk about delusional

What makes you think they don't anymore?

fryup

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

What makes you think they don't anymore?

ah come on, they don't do they??

hairyprincess

fryup wrote: »

eh? "moving statues".....people in this country actually believed that a lump of plastercine could move of its own accord, i mean ffs:rolleyes: talk about delusional

It's their belief. I hardly think it's something for anyone to get embarrassed about.
And as The Backwards Man suggested, it is not just 'people in this country', people all over the world have beliefs, there's no need to sneer at them.

Legs.Eleven

fryup wrote: »

ah jaysus, they don't do they??

Probably! People still visit those places.

People from all around the world believe in all kinds of madness, so I wouldn't put it past them; Ireland is not the only country at it. I would bet my liver that you'd find people from every single country in the world who believe in something off the wall.


The moving statues thing is particularly gas though, I'll give you that!

kneemos

RTE along with the rest of the country was steeped in Catholicism.They were dark and repressive days for sure.

whupdedo

fryup wrote: »

take a look at this..30sec in, its toe curling embarrassing:o

now you know where the creators of Father Ted got their idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcYsMlvr5zk

Ya it is embarrassing for you alright, it must be tough being you and bearing the weight of the national conscience,

It would probably make the news even today, big deal
as threads go you are scraping the bottom of the barrell, what next ? A thread about bailing out the banks or paedophile priests ?

kylith

I'm more amazed by the price of oil going down.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

That a reporter who clearly leans towards believing this stuff is allowed airtime on the news to propagate it?

So you'd prefer today's stifled bull**** approach where you can say absolutely nothing for fear of offending some arsehole extremist who then takes an action against the TV station or newspaper because of the distress and hurt someone having a view different to theirs has caused them. I'd take the attitudes of 20-30 years ago over the namby pamby PC horse**** that we're inundated with nowadays.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Agricola wrote: »

Ann Doyle, even 30 years ago..................... still don't see it tbh.

I'd ride the glam rockers arse off her.

Boombastic

fryup wrote: »

take a look at this..30sec in, its toe curling embarrassing:o...

u ok hon? h8ters gona h8
scarleh for ya

Gokei

hairyprincess wrote: »

What do you find do embarrassing about it?

Absolutely. Every. Single. Thing.

Son Of A Vidic

kneemos wrote: »

RTE along with the rest of the country was steeped in Catholicism.They were dark and repressive days for sure.

Repressive? Speak for yourself.

I'll never forget Sr. Catriona in that blouse. Happy times.

maguic24

fryup wrote: »

take a look at this..30sec in, its toe curling embarrassing:o

now you know where the creators of Father Ted got their idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcYsMlvr5zk

Is that Ann Doyle? :eek: She was some looker back in the day!!

Slicemeister

Who in their right mind would eat a fry up? Disgusting.Pieces of pig and offal all thrashed up on a plate with chicken **** on the side. Wouldn't wish it on my own worst enemy.

pconn062

kneemos wrote: »

RTE along with the rest of the country was steeped in Catholicism.They were dark and repressive days for sure.

Were? Still are, RTE still play the fecking Angelus everyday.

Cantona's Collars

Not as bad as the clowns who were staring into the sun up at Knock not so long ago.:D

Boombastic

Slicemeister wrote: »

Who in their right mind would eat a fry up? Disgusting.Pieces of pig and offal all thrashed up on a plate with chicken **** on the side. Wouldn't wish it on my own worst enemy.

I'm hanging here for a good fry with proper rashers and sausages and toast, mmm and pudding (think homer Simpson when he wanted the Venus jelly)


in reality I have cheese and salami with bread

why did you mention fry ups?

maguic24

The weather bit is hilarious!!!

Sunglasses Ron

CJC999 wrote: »

So you'd prefer today's stifled bull**** approach where you can say absolutely nothing for fear of offending some arsehole extremist who then takes an action against the TV station or newspaper because of the distress and hurt someone having a view different to theirs has caused them. I'd take the attitudes of 20-30 years ago over the namby pamby PC horse**** that we're inundated with nowadays.

So would I. The PC mob are semi retarded vermin. It's just that I don't think allowing a mouthpiece to a journalist who believes in floating statues says a lot for the credibility of our national broadcaster.

Slicemeister

Boombastic wrote: »

I'm hanging here for a good fry with proper rashers and sausages and toast, mmm and pudding (think homer Simpson when he wanted the Venus jelly)


in reality I have cheese and salami with bread

why did you mention fry ups?

OP's username.
I had a big fry up myself this morning, must get a bottle of club orange those rashers were a bit too salty. ;-)

carlmango11

hairyprincess wrote: »

It's their belief. I hardly think it's something for anyone to get embarrassed about.
And as The Backwards Man suggested, it is not just 'people in this country', people all over the world have beliefs, there's no need to sneer at them.

I love this one. You shouldn't sneer at people's beliefs. Unless of course they're not supported by large international belief groups.

• Scientology
• UFOs
• Ghosts
• Illuminati
• Witchcraft
• Ouji Boards
• Homeopathy

The list goes on. If it's a well-known religion we shouldn't judge. But if it's some equally ludicrous suggestion that no one has heard of then the believer is deluded.

Hell Ram

pconn062 wrote: »

Were? Still are, RTE still play the fecking Angelus everyday.

Oh yes, how repressed you must be, what with the freedom to do and go where you choose and believe in what you want without fear of retribution everyday of your life.

You can vote, you can buy property, there are no limits to what you can do in this country, but yeah, the Angelus is keeping us down.

Dumbest post I've read in a while.

Shakespeare's Sister

carlmango11 wrote: »

I love this one. You shouldn't sneer at people's beliefs. Unless of course they're not supported by large international belief groups.

• Scientology
• UFOs
• Ghosts
• Illuminati
• Witchcraft
• Ouji Boards
• Homeopathy

The list goes on. If it's a well-known religion we shouldn't judge. But if it's some equally ludicrous suggestion that no one has heard of then the believer is deluded.

That's true. I've known people to defend religious belief to the last, but question people who are into e.g. astrology. Personally I can't see a difference.

philstar

Hell Ram wrote: »

You can vote, you can buy property, there are no limits to what you can do in this country, but yeah, the Angelus is keeping us down.

it makes the news come on a minute late for one thing:mad:

but seriously isn't the state broadcaster for everyone not just catholics

imagine if UTV broadcast a protestant prayer everyday there would be uproar amongst the catholics in the north,

WesternZulu

philstar wrote: »

imagine if UTV broadcast a protestant prayer everyday there would be uproar amongst the catholics in the north,

When you consider that Northern Ireland's national anthem is still GSTQ, a protestant prayer would be down in the list of things to cause outrage.

philstar

WesternZulu wrote: »

When you consider that Northern Ireland's national anthem is still GSTQ, a protestant prayer would be down in the list of things to cause outrage.

and ours is an IRA song

WilyCoyote

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Probably! People still visit those places.

People from all around the world believe in all kinds of madness, so I wouldn't put it past them; Ireland is not the only country at it. I would bet my liver that you'd find people from every single country in the world who believe in something off the wall.

The moving statues thing is particularly gas though, I'll give you that!

Could you please forward weekly alcohol intake. I know a butcher that may take you up on that

Cee-Jay-Cee

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

So would I. The PC mob are semi retarded vermin. It's just that I don't think allowing a mouthpiece to a journalist who believes in floating statues says a lot for the credibility of our national broadcaster.

But who cares if he believes in them, people ultimately make up their own minds on issues like this. If the same news article was ran today on RTE we'd have a bunch of minority arseholes who have so little going on in their lives that TV programmes upset them complaining that it was biased towards the Catholic Church yet if they were offered a slot if their own to express their own religious/atheist views they'd run a mile.

This country is slowly being destroyed by minority groups expecting the rest of the country to respect their cultures and religions while having absolutely no regard for the culture and views of the vast majority.

We need to adopt the attitude that if you live in this country then you either behave or accept the behaviour of this countries citizens or else fcuk off to where ever your views and beliefs are acceptable.

Zed Bank

Cyaaa later Anne Doyle

KungPao

maguic24 wrote: »

The weather bit is hilarious!!!

Why? Nothing wrong with a few printouts stuck on a wall and using a knitting needle to point at the incoming cold front!

maguic24

KungPao wrote: »

Why? Nothing wrong with a few printouts stuck on a wall and using a knitting needle to point at the incoming cold front!

Never said it was wrong, I just found it funny.

Karl Stein

fryup wrote: »

people in this country actually believed that a lump of plastercine could move of its own accord

Em..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpQFKJhMMf4