Anyone ever been to an Irish Car-Key party?

Romo

A while back I was driving past an estate in a suburb of Cork. The person next to me in the car said 'Oh, that's F*** your neighbour street'. I asked why was it called that and he said because it was notorious for Car-Key parties.

Then a few months ago the Irish Independent ran a story to coincide with the start of "Desperate Housewives". I think they interviewed a bunch of housewives in Kildare. They all said they were all sleeping around like mad with younger men, car salesmen, married politicians etc.

Just wondering, is Ireland really like this below the surface? Any experiences/anecdotes?

Gordon

Why's it called a car key party?

dudara

Where all present place their car keys in a bowl and then fish out another pair to see who they're going home with (to put it politely)

mike65

Me sets clock running to see how long till this is locked or moved to PI (or Cuckoos Nest!)

Mike.

Romo

mike65 wrote:

Me sets clock running to see how long till this is locked or moved to PI (or Cuckoos Nest!)

Mike.

Not looking for anything graphic-just any odd experiences anyone may have had that casts Ireland in a different light.

Romo

Romo wrote:

Not looking for anything graphic-just any odd experiences anyone may have had that casts Ireland in a different light.

I was at one and had secks.

Hope this helps

DarkPassage

yeah, car key parties are way cool, so happening right now, i usually go as a mercedes key, that way i get a ride off the gold diggers

Blitzkrieger

I'd never hand over my car keys.....

Long story short - I once saw a video of one and have seen the stars together in the pub fairly often.

Lord Nikon

Cool, where in Kildare?

samo

neuromancer wrote:

Cool, where in Kildare?

I dunno if someone was just winding me up as I moved to Celbridge a coupla years ago but they was told it was rampant in Celbridge....

Not that I would know....

Lord Nikon

What area in Celbridge?

Tom Dunne

I think they are more commonly known as swinger parties.

What's the name of that estate near Tesco in Celbridge? Look for the houses with loads of cars outside them on a Saturday night, erm, I am told.

nedoo

Sligo is also a big swinging area. You will find them in areas with golf clubs etc. A load of auld ones getting pissed and having it off. Good if you always fancied your friends ma! :eek:

Shabadu

I was catering for a dinner party recently and the Host came into the kitchen and started rubbing his courgette on my melons.

Plunky

Interesting combo there shabadu!..

D-Generate

What street of what suburb in Cork are you talking about?

mp3guy

tom dunne wrote:

I think they are more commonly known as swinger parties.

What's the name of that estate near Tesco in Celbridge? Look for the houses with loads of cars outside them on a Saturday night, erm, I am told.

Beatty Park or Vannessa Lawns?
Whats with celbridge, its suppose to be this crazy place, but i never notice anything strange... maybe because i'm on here so often...

Dr. Dre

mp3guy wrote:

..Vannessa Lawns...

Has a sort of pornstar ring to it

passive

heehee... i know someone from that part of celbridge. *Amusement...*

I think i'll edge slowly away from this thread though...not my cup of tea

Tar.Aldarion

nedoo wrote:

Sligo is also a big swinging area. You will find them in areas with golf clubs etc. A load of auld ones getting pissed and having it off. Good if you always fancied your friends ma! :eek:

oh god i have! im from sligo and use the golf clubs.methinks a plan?

Tom Dunne

Christ, a gang from my father's golf club regularly go to Sligo to "play golf" (my father included). :eek:

I don't feel well. I knew I should have looked at this thread.

Tha Gopher

Romo wrote:

Then a few months ago the Irish Independent ran a story to coincide with the start of "Desperate Housewives". I think they interviewed a bunch of housewives in Kildare. They all said they were all sleeping around like mad with younger men, car salesmen, married politicians etc.

You do know that these Indo interviews with unamed people are always works of fiction? With a bit of common sense they can often be worked out. Like a little story they had on drug addiction a few years ago which went along these lines

“James is 24 and from a working class Dublin family. He first started smoking when he was seven,stealing cigarettes off his parents. At 10 he was inhaling gas,at 11 he was a regular drinker and at 13 regularly smoked cannabis. At 14 he was using ecstasy and before his 18th birthday he had become a user of cocaine, crack and heroin”
I swear that is basically the wording of the article. Now think about it this way. If this guy was 24 in 2002 or 2003 he was born in the late 1970s. From what Ive been told by lads in their late 20s cocaine was the rich mans drug until the late 90s. Expensive stuff. Basically stuff that northside howiyas got to do once in a blue moon if they were lucky. So a skanger had easy access to it before he was 18? As for crack cocaine,its only starting to take off with junkies lately. In the early 90s in Ireland it was virtually non existant. So this reporter either struck it lucky by finding Irelands first working class coke abuser and our first crack addict,or they were talking out of their arse to make their point. The Indo is as much of a rag as any Sunday tabloid.



Anyway ive went off topic.....
As for the key thing, I believe that bit in that ad with everyone going "ummm", its for one of the banks, Irish Life i think, is a reference to it (yer one isnt too pleased with the oul lad shes ended up with)
Personally i wouldnt mind playing the key game with the blondie in the ad whos unsure whether to get engaged or not........


As for its popularity, Ive barely ever heard of it. Im more of a dogging man myself
And besides, I dont even have a ****in car

Winters

All you need to do is give me your car keys and your woman. I take care of the rest.

simu

I don't like this - it discrimintates against people who don't have cars. Could you put a pair of Bus Éireann tickets in the bowl instead?

Beruthiel

samo wrote:

I dunno if someone was just winding me up as I moved to Celbridge a coupla years ago but they was told it was rampant in Celbridge....

ah
the real reason for me moving to Celbridge in the next few weeks!
now all I need are some car keys, I presume actually having a car is optional?

Winters

Can we have a Public Transport Ticket party?

Beruthiel

Winters wrote:

Can we have a Public Transport Ticket party?

only if you're not invited

Winters

Zapho

Its kinda funny, I was watching an episode of That 70s show, where Red and Kitty accidentily ended up at a key part. What were the odds of having a thread about it the next day?

Shabadu

Zapho wrote:

Its kinda funny, I was watching an episode of That 70s show, where Red and Kitty accidentily ended up at a key part. What were the odds of having a thread about it the next day?

Well, i've not really great at statistical analysis, but i'd reckon it's 1 in 999999999999999999999 billion.

quarryman

you're right. you're not that great.

also i was just looking at my car keys before i started reading this thread.
i think you'll agree, that coincidence is cosmic man.

Shabadu

What are the odds? I'd say it's highly unusual for any person to be in any sort of proximity to their keys.

dudara

simu wrote:

I don't like this - it discrimintates against people who don't have cars. Could you put a pair of Bus Éireann tickets in the bowl instead?

Class, ROFL

quarryman

Shabadu wrote:

What are the odds? I'd say it's highly unusual for any person to be in any sort of proximity to their keys.

true. as soon as i get home and put my keys on the table they will vanish. usually i'll track them down with the remote control somewhere.

Interceptor

quarryman wrote:

true. as soon as i get home and put my keys on the table they will vanish. usually i'll track them down with the remote control somewhere.

Yer missus will have taken the lot to a remote control party in Celbridge and they'll show up in the morning with a nasty rubbery smell off them.

Shabadu

Interceptor wrote:

Yer missus will have taken the lot to a remote control party in Celbridge and they'll show up in the morning with a nasty rubbery smell off them.

Oh, the imagery.

Sherifu

simu wrote:

I don't like this - it discrimintates against people who don't have cars. Could you put a pair of Bus Éireann tickets in the bowl instead?

You get to ride the red setter though.

mike65

Interceptor wrote:

Yer missus will have taken the lot to a remote control party in Celbridge and they'll show up in the morning with a nasty rubbery smell off them.

That'll be from the cheap black shiny leatherete furnishings so popular in Celbridge (so I hear).

Mike.

Zapho

Shabadu wrote:

Well, i've not really great at statistical analysis, but i'd reckon it's 1 in 999999999999999999999 billion.

If only I bet........

Winters

Welcome thread to the Cuckoo's...

I'm organising a 'Public Transport Tickets Party'. If you are interested in putting your used tickets into a pot and taking another one out add your name to the list. Who knows, maybe you shall get a refund ticket and make 5c.

Santa Claus

What about taxi receipts ?

Winters

I suppose they shall count. They are public transport.

My party will allow the following sort of tickets: Taxi, Bus (all forms), Train and Luas.

mike65

mike65 wrote:

Me sets clock running to see how long till this is locked or moved to PI (or Cuckoos Nest!)

Mike.

Hmmm clock says 23 hours.

Mike.

Hello shíty thread.

Welcome

amp

Typical, irish car keys are getting more sex than I am. :rolleyes:

NotMe

Can you put multiple tickets in and take multiple peoples home?

Also, do you get more for a 5-day rambler than you would for a 90 minute one?

Winters

Each ticket is worth one ride.

You can only put in one at a time to ensure everyone gets a 'seat'.

simu

Or a pole to hang onto.

Sarky

Ah, the celebration of the day your Car key is all grown up...


Round our way we call them Car Mitvahs.

Chad ghostal

when did i subscribe to this thread?

Sarky

You didn't, God did, after you blew up that bus full of crippled orphans.