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Father Ted.... Far-ted

  • 20-11-2018 10:04pm
    #1
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,708 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering...

    1) Did they call him Ted because it makes the title sound like Farted

    2) Did anyone else ever notice that hilarious oddity before me

    3) Maybe that's what made the show so initially funny before a ball was kicked?


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  • #2
    Breaston Plants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭Breaston Plants


    No.


  • #3
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Just wondering...

    1) Did they call him Ted because it makes the title sound like Farted

    2) Did anyone else ever notice that hilarious oddity before me

    3) Maybe that's what made the show so initially funny before a ball was kicked?

    1. No
    2. No
    3. Unlikely


  • #4
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Fcuk no.


  • #5
    DellyBelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    I never noticed that before. That's very funny


  • #6
    punisher5112
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    Jaysus.........



    Op please go and keep banging your head against a wall.


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  • #7
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Father Flatulence just didn't have the same ring to it.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    Father Ted does not sound like Farted. Unless....

    No. Doesn’t sound like it at all.

    Time to dewax your ear canals or sober up.


  • #9
    Pero_Bueno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Pero_Bueno


    The ants are back Ted


  • #10
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    veryangryman wrote: »
    1) Did they call him Ted because it makes the title sound like Farted

    Get your bollocks out of my face.


  • #11
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    When did Father sound like Far?

    Some strange accent you have there.


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  • #12
    Aglomerado
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    Ted, my tanktop is turning into some sort of woman's bra.


  • #13
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    a pair of feckin womens knickers


  • #14
    Jessie Belle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Jessie Belle


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Just wondering...

    1) Did they call him Ted because it makes the title sound like Farted

    2) Did anyone else ever notice that hilarious oddity before me

    3) Maybe that's what made the show so initially funny before a ball was kicked?

    I think it was called Fr Ted because he was a priest. And priests are called Father and his name was Ted.
    I had never noticed.


  • #15
    branie2
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    Small - far away


  • #16
    topper75
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    We don't live in the midlands and don't use glottal stops, so the joke fails for everyone else I'm afraid OP.
    But you enjoyed it, eh?


  • #17
    The Crowman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭The Crowman


    Here's another fun Fr Ted fact. Linehan and Matthews didn't come up with that "small, far away" joke. Go to 0.29.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ciHpT4WuM


  • #18
    blade1
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQAci92fIEM


  • #19
    KungPao
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    Reminds me of Wall Street. I read that Charlie Sheen or a producer was worried the characters name “Bud Fox” sounds like Butt ****s. Nah, even with an exaggerated American accent it does not sound like Butt ****s.

    Butt ****s, for want of better words, is good.


  • #20
    Hammer89
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    Here's another fun Fr Ted fact. Linehan and Matthews didn't come up with that "small, far away" joke. Go to 0.29.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ciHpT4WuM

    Not convinced at all. Pure coincidence.


  • #21
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    I'd still do Ginger....


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  • #22
    New Home
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Just wondering...

    1) Did they call him Ted because it makes the title sound like Farted


    That's gas.


  • #23
    Hannibal_Smith
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    JayZeus wrote: »
    Father Ted does not sound like Farted. Unless....

    No. Doesn’t sound like it at all.

    Time to dewax your ear canals or sober up.

    Unless you have one of those strong Devon type accents Fah'er Ted...then it does :D


  • #24
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Just wondering...

    1) Did they call him Ted because it makes the title sound like Farted

    2) Did anyone else ever notice that hilarious oddity before me

    3) Maybe that's what made the show so initially funny before a ball was kicked?

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  • #25
    The Crowman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭The Crowman


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    Not convinced at all. Pure coincidence.

    Or perhaps Amy Schumer type parallel thinking.


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