People others cannot stand but you love for some inexplicable reason

its_steve116

Hard Republicans hate him, but I think Joe Biden is a brilliant choice for a president of the United States.

its_steve116

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Daithí Ó'Sé. A lot of people can't stand him, and he's an awful eejit...but that's what I like about him. He can be very funny.

He seems really nice.

Hangdogroad

touts wrote: »

Boris Johnson. I mean the guy is ****ed up in so many ways but you still look at him and think yea he isn't that bad compared to othera. Take the other Prime Ministers, Taoiseachs, First Ministers we've had on these islands recently

Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Treasa May
Bertie Ahern
Brian Cowen
Enda Kenny
Leo Varadkar
Ian Paisley
Peter Robinson
Arlene Foster
Boris Johnson

Seriously if you had to pick one leader to be your mate and hang out with it would probably be Boris. He looks like he's be a bit of craic on a night out, would pay his fair share and wouldn't make a show of you at the end by vomiting in the back of the taxi. And as for running a country. Well most of that list utterly ****ed up the economy of what they were in charge of and the ones that didn't kept the economy going by either war or blatant corruption.

Boris ain't the worst.

This has aged well.

Mad_maxx

vriesmays wrote: »

Liz Hurley - attractive, sexy, cool, tomboyish and always happy. Exactly the type other women dislike.

How is she " Tomboyish " ?

poisonated

Probably already said but bono

its_steve116

poisonated wrote: »

Probably already said but bono

What's the difference between God and Bono?...

RandomViewer

its_steve116 wrote: »

What's the difference between God and Bono?...

God doesn't think he's Bono?

its_steve116

Oh, I love reading and waiting for what Carla Belucci has to say next...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/13484138/spending-8k-myself-christmas-three-kids-nothing-fuming/amp/
Absolute grinch, but I find her interviews amusing

EmmetSpiceland

James Corden. Never watched ‘Gavin and Stacey’ but in that sports quiz he’s got on Sky and the talk show in the States he seems fine.

AllForIt

Peter Hitchens (he's actually gas craic imo)

Donald Trump (I really don't like his son though)

Jordon Peterson ( much maligned, you hate him before you ever heard him open his mouth)

Boris Johnson ( Initially I didn't like him, but later I think there is more to him I initially thought)

Maggie Thatcher ( some mis-steps along the way but I still think she was a total gem)

Ricky Gervais

Vogue Williams, Gwyneth Paltrow and erm the British Royal family.

completedit

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Putin brought down Soviet Russia, didn't you know?

Did he?

He always talks about how it's the worst thing that happened Russia

its_steve116

completedit wrote: »

Did he?

He always talks about how it's the worst thing that happened Russia

In Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia regrets Putin.

its_steve116

Jenna Ryan. Not as a person, but I find her tweets amusing. She is a real try-hard!

randd1

AllForIt wrote: »

Jordon Peterson ( much maligned, you hate him before you ever heard him open his mouth)

Can't understand the dislike for him. He's not the right wing nut he's made out to be (he clearly leans left on most issues), and he readily backs ups his arguments with well founded research from multiple viewpoints.

All he does is basically just speak common sense.

Your Face

Jonny Wilkinson

its_steve116

Your Face wrote: »

Jonny Wilkinson

As in the rugby player?

Wanderer2010

Gordon Ramsay. A lot of people think hes a vile nasty pr!ck but he actually seems a decent guy who knows his stuff and pretty funny too.

McGinniesta

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Gordon Ramsay. A lot of people think hes a vile nasty pr!ck but he actually seems a decent guy who knows his stuff and pretty funny too.

He is.

Wanderer2010

McGinniesta wrote: »

He is.

How do you know that? You are just reacting to a carefully edited persona of his kitchen shows on tv.

its_steve116

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

How do you know that? You are just reacting to a carefully edited persona of his kitchen shows on tv.

I wonder how good the editing was.

Sgt Hartman

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Gordon Ramsay. A lot of people think hes a vile nasty pr!ck but he actually seems a decent guy who knows his stuff and pretty funny too.

Check out Gordon Ramsay's Boiling Point from the late 90's. The way he treats his kitchen staff in that show is utterly appalling.

https://youtu.be/Mz_01tjBwAE

its_steve116

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Check out Gordon Ramsay's Boiling Point from the late 90's. The way he treats his kitchen staff in that show is utterly appalling.

https://youtu.be/Mz_01tjBwAE

I'm sure a lot of bosses are like that.

ohnonotgmail

its_steve116 wrote: »

I'm sure a lot of bosses are like that.

I'm sure they're not. He picked up that arsehole behaviour from working for Marco Pierre White.

its_steve116

Dunno how unpopular Taio Cruz is (I'm sure a lot of people were sick of hearing "Break Your Heart" or "Dynamite" on the radio ad nauseam, back in his heyday) but I really like some of his "after he was famous" stuff, such as "Signs" with HUGEL.

It's a pity his newer stuff hasn't been as successful. It's quite good.

horseofstone

Jeremy Clarkson, funny, clever individual who doesn't take himself too seriously.

pgj2015

its_steve116 wrote: »

I'm sure a lot of bosses are like that.

Bad ones are. You don't have to be a dick to your staff as a head chef, restaurant owner or any other business owner. treat you staff like dirt and it wont end well for you.

its_steve116

horseofstone wrote: »

Jeremy Clarkson, funny, clever individual who doesn't take himself too seriously.

James May was my favourite of the three Top Gear (2002-2015)/Grand Tour hosts.

its_steve116

pgj2015 wrote: »

Bad ones are. You don't have to be a dick to your staff as a head chef, restaurant owner or any other business owner. treat you staff like dirt and it wont end well for you.

I've had to quit work experience placements because I've had to work with uncompromising people.

its_steve116

Mark McCabe (and his "Maniac 2000").

its_steve116

Kind of come to the conclusion that Addison Rae (of TikTok fame) isn't really that bad. She's a good dancer and really in-sync with her routines.

AdrianBalboa

horseofstone wrote: »

Jeremy Clarkson, funny, clever individual who doesn't take himself too seriously.

Who punched his producer when he wasn’t able to get Clarkson a hot meal, and called him an Irish **** in the process. How clever and funny.

suicide_circus

AdrianBalboa wrote: »

Who punched his producer when he wasn’t able to get Clarkson a hot meal, and called him an Irish **** in the process. How clever and funny.

Its almost as if people can make mistakes...

its_steve116

suicide_circus wrote: »

Its almost as if people can make mistakes...

Yeah, for example Caroline Flack made one really serious mistake and she didn't live to fully regret it. Really sad how her career ended and that she saw this as her only solution.

its_steve116

AdrianBalboa wrote: »

Who punched his producer when he wasn’t able to get Clarkson a hot meal, and called him an Irish **** in the process. How clever and funny.

I remember years ago reading on an old Teletext/Ceefax forum about TV shows, someone asked was someone on the Apprentice asked were they "too Irish" or "too irate". In actuality it was "too orange".

its_steve116

Turns out it was Katie Hopkins who said it. Skip to 6:43

Airyfairy12

Jedward and blindboy boatclub! They just come across as really empathetic, emotionally aware, decent people!

External Association

Napoleon

its_steve116

External Association wrote: »

Napoleon

Did you know that he never came to Ireland?

External Association

its_steve116 wrote: »

Did you know that he never came to Ireland?

Yes. I think that's fairly common knowledge

its_steve116

External Association wrote: »

Yes. I think that's fairly common knowledge

And yet we have Martello towers along the east of the country, a wasted effort, so much time put into something pointless

Purple_Bear

Damien Hirst. He gets a bad rap from some people in the art world. But, I've met him a couple of times and even got an impromptu guided tour from him of an exhibition at his Newport Street Gallery a few years ago. He's such an approachable guy, one of the least pretentious people in the art world. He's also a great artist. I used to own one of his spot paintings. His work from the early 90s has ensured he will have a significant place in art history.

its_steve116

Purple_Bear wrote: »

Damien Hirst. He gets a bad rap from some people in the art world. But, I've met him a couple of times and even got an impromptu guided tour from him of an exhibition at his Newport Street Gallery a few years ago. He's such an approachable guy, one of the least pretentious people in the art world. He's also a great artist. I used to own one of his spot paintings. His work from the early 90s has ensured he will have a significant place in art history.

I like his shiny skull. Not sure about the preserved animals though.

its_steve116

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Jedward and blindboy boatclub! They just come across as really empathetic, emotionally aware, decent people!

Better them than Versatile...

Joe brolly


I dont get the absolute hatred sone,have for him

spacetweek

Leo Varadkar.

I thought he was exactly what you wanted from a Taoiseach, so professional and no gombeenism from him. I really like that he was from Dublin. (I know Bertie was too, but he was culturally rural and 100% gombeen.)

Speeches were always perfect and he knew how to use social media.

(His star has fallen now as Taniste though.)

YellowLead

I LOVE Pat Kenny.

Hint of Sarcasm

spacetweek wrote: »

Leo Varadkar.

I thought he was exactly what you wanted from a Taoiseach, so professional and no gombeenism from him. I really like that he was from Dublin. (I know Bertie was too, but he was culturally rural and 100% gombeen.)

Speeches were always perfect and he knew how to use social media.

(His star has fallen now as Taniste though.)

You don't think he's an attention seeker? He seems kind of like an under the radar attention seeker. I feel I know this because he reminds me of myself. Scary how obvious I must be!

My father calls him a geek. I think this is because he doesn't come across as the most relaxed... he wants to get it right too badly.

biddyearley

James Blunt