Should we bring back House Wife of the year?

magic_murph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF5V7jNXgzk

Good wholesome fun for all the family and a day out for the wives.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

magic_murph wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF5V7jNXgzk

Good wholesome fun for all the family and a day out for the wives.

Some men just want to watch the world burn...

magic_murph

Burn with Calor Gas....?

cml387

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
L.P. Hartley - The Go-Between

freshpopcorn

Yes and the public should nominate women.
Everybody should nominate Louise O’ Neil and Roisin Ingle so we could see them have a cook/Hoover off.

Seamai

In these WOKE days it couldn't be called that, house husbands would have to be included too.

Sardonicat

Seamai wrote: »

In these WOKE days it couldn't be called that, house husbands would have to be included too.

Home managers/runners/directors. Who can bake.

KungPao

We’ve moved on from those days, as a society. But how about Calor Full-time Mammy (who graduated from the School of Hard Knocks) of the year?

See who can go to the local lidl in a dressing gown the quickest.

Who can nuke a ready meal in timely fashion for Jayden and Hayden.

Maybe a bonus questions round on what happened this week on Judge Rinder.

Probably something similar on Channel 4 already though.

Canis Lupus

KungPao wrote: »

Probably something similar on Channel 4 already though.

Except no clothes allowed.

dalyboy

Contest should include high tech products like RFID to ensure kitchen proximity is adhered to at optimal times. (e.g 7am - 7pm)

A separate “beauty” section could be added to see which housewife can exude the most elegance whilst wearing an 8 foot metal chain connected to the cooking appliances.

Church on Tuesday

Seamai wrote: »

In these WOKE days it couldn't be called that, house husbands would have to be included too.

And so they should.

Captain Havoc

Sardonicat wrote: »

Home managers/runners/directors. Who can bake.

I don't mind if you call it housewife of the year, I am definitely the wife in my marriage.

Sardonicat

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Except no clothes allowed.

Oooh, nudey house husbands hoovering. I'd watch that, I wont lie.

Leg End Reject

Despite what the media would like us to believe there are still plenty of women who aspire to be housewives and mothers. The only difference now is there's a choice for those who don't want that life.

A modern version of Homemaker of The Year could work in theory with both genders allowed to enter.

I think it would get the militant feminists foaming at the mouth, and despite the veneer of equality, I think any male contestants would get mocked from some quarters.

Competitive cooking and baking programmes are popular, but the idea of other household chores being involved changes the dynamic.

It would take a very brave production company to resurrect this.

whisky_galore

Should be brought back, if only to piss off the blue hair/nose ring ensemble brigade.

dalyboy

Pleeeeze bring back “house wife of the year”
The outrage from the Louise o neill types would be the greatest entertainment imaginable.
Gas lighting heaven

Omackeral

Seamai wrote: »

In these WOKE days it couldn't be called that, house husbands would have to be included too.

A housewife of colour would have to win.

whisky_galore

dalyboy wrote: »

Gas lighting heaven

And now a word from our sponsors..

Seamai

Omackeral wrote: »

A housewife of colour would have to win.

One with a wife and not a husband.

Omackeral

Omackeral wrote: »

A housewife of colour would have to win.

Can’t believe I missed a housewife of calor gag here.

Dempo1

O dear God Noooooooooooooooooo!, we've quite enough S**** on Irish TV already

maudgonner

Sardonicat wrote: »

Oooh, nudey house husbands hoovering. I'd watch that, I wont lie.

Dangly bits on show, in close proximity to a hoover nozzle? Sure it would only be a matter of minutes before they would be abusing the appliance in an ungodly manner :eek:

(It would make for a good spin-off, 999 Emergency/Embarassing Bodies kinda thing though)

Sardonicat

maudgonner wrote: »

Dangly bits on show, in close proximity to a hoover nozzle? Sure it would only be a matter of minutes before they would be abusing the appliance in an ungodly manner :eek:

It's precisely for the nozzle work I'd tune in. How well do they get that nozzle into the nooks, crannies and tight corners? Do they get right in there and give it it a good going over? Compelling viewing.

Had a discussion about this in work once and the younger employees couldn't believe it was a thing.

The prize was a new cooker.

eviltwin

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Despite what the media would like us to believe there are still plenty of women who aspire to be housewives and mothers. The only difference now is there's a choice for those who don't want that life.

A modern version of Homemaker of The Year could work in theory with both genders allowed to enter.

I think it would get the militant feminists foaming at the mouth, and despite the veneer of equality, I think any male contestants would get mocked from some quarters.

Competitive cooking and baking programmes are popular, but the idea of other household chores being involved changes the dynamic.

It would take a very brave production company to resurrect this.

Suppose it depends how you market it. You have shows like Bake Off and Sewing Bee showcasing traditional skills but in a non patronising way. They do well.

looksee

Going back maybe 40 years I personally knew a 'housewife of the year'. Nice person, friend of mine though we lost touch, could talk the talk...but housewife she was not. God knows what the criteria were but taking a quick look at their house obviously was not part of them.

Leg End Reject

eviltwin wrote: »

Suppose it depends how you market it. You have shows like Bake Off and Sewing Bee showcasing traditional skills but in a non patronising way. They do well.

RTE though ...

whisky_galore

Divorcees or "loose women" need not apply.

Seamai

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Had a discussion about this in work once and the younger employees couldn't believe it was a thing.

The prize was a new cooker.

Oh the glamour of it.

KaneToad

People scoff and insist we've moved on...but forget about The Rose of Tralee...

whisky_galore

KaneToad wrote: »

People scoff and insist we've moved on...but forget about The Rose of Tralee...

"Reaching out" to the diaspora and crowbarring in something something empowering women.

Lol.

Gregor Samsa

House Wife Of The Year was nothing. Wang Laboratories in Limerick used to have an official "Miss Wang" competition among the staff in the 80s.



You can see a partial reference to it in this page from the Limerick Leader (1988)



http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/moyross067.pdf

3d4life

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

House Wife Of The Year was nothing. Wang Laboratories in Limerick used to have an official "Miss Wang" competition among the staff in the 80s......

Looking back, Wang were pretty good when it came to staff social activities. I have a vague recollection that the ( I think it was called ) 'John Player TOPS' was theirs one year. ( final broadcast by The RTE )

These days that sponsor wouldnt be allowed and I very much doubt that HR would encourage similar shenanigans. Of course it was very tame compared with what went on in Sun Micro.:D

As for the prize of a cooker - turn the clock back 40 odd years and there were still quite a number of rural homes cooking on open fires - not much fancy stuff back then

fonecrusher1

magic_murph wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF5V7jNXgzk

Good wholesome fun for all the family and a day out for the wives.

They're all lovely girls.


Well somebody had to....

Capt'n Midnight

Omackeral wrote: »

A housewife of colour would have to win.

Did you misread the title

BattleCorp

If yiz are bringing this back, yiz may bring back the John Player Tops of the Town. Great stuff altogether.

thejuggler

I have a childhood memory of seeing the final edition of this (renamed homemaker of the year including male contestants for the first time) and a male entrant won. Wokeism years before the phrase was coined. Anyone else remember this? Late 80s, early 90s I think....

Rubberchikken

Tops of the town was actually enjoyable, what I remember of it.
Better than the costly crap that rte seem to be churning out these days.

Tg for Netflix and DVDs.

Montage of Feck

Was it a requirement to dress like hyacinth bucket?

Montage of Feck

3d4life wrote: »

Looking back, Wang were pretty good when it came to staff social activities. I have a vague recollection that the ( I think it was called ) 'John Player TOPS' was theirs one year. ( final broadcast by The RTE )

These days that sponsor wouldnt be allowed and I very much doubt that HR would encourage similar shenanigans. Of course it was very tame compared with what went on in Sun Micro.:D

As for the prize of a cooker - turn the clock back 40 odd years and there were still quite a number of rural homes cooking on open fires - not much fancy stuff back then

Cooking on open fires in the 1970's! Oh come on now, maybe a few cooked on ranges but there's been rural electrification and calour gas since the 50's.

skooterblue2

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Yes and the public should nominate women.
Everybody should nominate Louise O’ Neil and Roisin Ingle so we could see them have a cook/Hoover off.

Louise O'Neill is a single lady, think Rosin Ingle is divorced? Both high potential cat ladies.

freshpopcorn

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Louise O'Neill is a single lady, think Rosin Ingle is divorced? Both high potential cat ladies.

If they were Tom cats they’d certainly be neutered!

skooterblue2

freshpopcorn wrote: »

If they were Tom cats they’d certainly be neutered!

It would probably be best for all involved.

3d4life

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Cooking on open fires in the 1970's! Oh come on now, maybe a few cooked on ranges but there's been rural electrification and calour gas since the 50's.

True that there was bottled gas and that the rural electrification scheme had been going for many years.

Nevertheless there were many who cooked on open fires. I have seen this. It was part of the eco system of large families & having your own turf ( minimal income had to be matched with minimal outgoings ) that still existed back then.

SVI40

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Cooking on open fires in the 1970's! Oh come on now, maybe a few cooked on ranges but there's been rural electrification and calour gas since the 50's.

In 1977 I spent the last term of 6th class in Camus, in Connemara. I stayed in a house with no electricity. They could not afford the £150 the ESB wanted to bring the cable to their home. Their brother lived the next house up the road, and he didn't have electricity either.

There were two gas lights in the house, one in the kitchen, and one in the parent's bedroom. All other lighting was torch, or candles.

They were subsistence framers, yet the nicest people ever. They put me, a 12 year old at the time, into the bedroom with the gas light.

This was organised by Gael Linn back in the day, and the 3 months I spent there cost my parents £15.

It was a different world back then.

Edgware

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I don't mind if you call it housewife of the year, I am definitely the wife in my marriage.

Ooooh Vicar!

Edgware

3d4life wrote: »

True that there was bottled gas and that the rural electrification scheme had been going for many years.

Nevertheless there were many who cooked on open fires. I have seen this. It was part of the eco system of large families & having your own turf ( minimal income had to be matched with minimal outgoings ) that still existed back then.

I agree with you. Down our way in Roscommon we had electricity, running water but we still did a lot of the cooking over an open fire ( and didnt feel under priveledged) The turf fire was kept going late in the night and first up in the morning got a fire going from the embers. The advantages of Donnacha O Malleys free secondary education was beginning to take effect but even before that we had people from our village who emigrated to the U.S. and their children rose to elected office.

Mad_maxx

magic_murph wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF5V7jNXgzk

Good wholesome fun for all the family and a day out for the wives.

were enough kathleens and bridies born in the past twenty five years ?

Mad_maxx

freshpopcorn wrote: »

If they were Tom cats they’d certainly be neutered!

no " toxic masculinity " there

3d4life

Edgware wrote: »

... The advantages of Donnacha O Malleys free secondary education ....

If I had to pick just one thing that changed the country for the better in my lifetime it is this

Itssoeasy

Was the final of this held in Neptune stadium in cork one year or was that another thing. I know gay Byrne was at something here in cork but I couldn’t remember if is was this or something else.