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  • #9602
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    and this isn't a Waterford Whispers headline?

    https://twitter.com/MichaelPDeacon/status/743030179904299009

    https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/743025898937548800


  • #9603
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    geeza


  • #9604
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    I don't like this new touch site.


  • #9605
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    I don't like this new touch site.

    You mean the new boards site?


  • #9606
    Scythica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Scythica


    Has there ever been a better chant than Will Griggs on Fire?

    Been laughing a lot at both sides of the border in the videos from the Euros so far, seem to be loving life and getting on really well with locals for most part.


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  • #9607
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Scythica wrote: »
    Has there ever been a better chant than Will Griggs on Fire?

    Been laughing a lot at both sides of the border in the videos from the Euros so far, seem to be loving life and getting on really well with locals for most part.

    I used to quite like when Villa fans sang " Gabby, Gabby Gabby, Gabby Agbonlahor, hew fast as f**k, he's fast as f***********k" to the tune of Karma Chameleon by Culture Club.


  • #9608
    Greta Massive Saliva
    Posts: 0 ✭ Greta Massive Saliva


    "There's only Two Andy Gorams"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goram
    After it was reported in the press that Goram had a mild form of schizophrenia, fans responded with a chorus of "Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams". This chant quickly gained popularity, and became the title of a book documenting humorous football chants.


  • #9609
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    It is crazy how soccer fans just rob each others' chants, change them around a tiny bit and then shamelessly claim them as their own.

    Imagine if Irish rugby fans started singing "Swing low sweet Charleville, coming forth to cheddar my scone", or Scottish fans, "Low lie the fields of Aberdeen" (and at least in the case of their seabed oil fields, this would be accurate)...


  • #9610
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,000 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Always loved the one when Wayne Rooney was caught doing the dirt on his missus...

    *to the tune of Bob Marley's no woman*

    "No woman no Kai, no woman no Kai"


    Kai is his kid!!


  • #9611
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Always loved the one when Wayne Rooney was caught doing the dirt on his missus...

    *to the tune of Bob Marley's no woman*

    "No woman no Kai, no woman no Kai"


    Kai is his kid!!

    Doesn't really make sense though?


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  • #9612
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,468 ✭✭✭kuang1


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Doesn't really make sense though?

    Apparently the best ones don't have to.

    May I bring your attention to:

    OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉÉÉÉÉ...
    OLÉÉÉ...
    OLÉ.

    #passthevomitbagplease


  • #9613
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    kuang1 wrote: »
    Apparently the best ones don't have to.

    May I bring your attention to:

    OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉÉÉÉÉ...
    OLÉÉÉ...
    OLÉ.

    #passthevomitbagplease

    Olé is just a cheer word, how does that not make sense? Other than being Spanish?


  • #9614
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,468 ✭✭✭kuang1


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Olé is just a cheer word, how does that not make sense? Other than being Spanish?

    You're right of course. Literal translation being "bravo".

    I was attempting (and failing) to seize an opportunity to slag off my least favourite chant of all time.

    Had to laugh when I saw this in the dictionary under "olé":

    Origin:
    < Spanish (h)ole, probably of expressive orig

    New chant:
    Holé Holé Holéééé
    Me hooooole,
    Me hairy hoooole.

    (Admittedly I'm squeezing in an extra syllable to the last line.)


  • #9615
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Someone mentioned Waterford Whispers above....they delivered one of their best today:

    Irish Fans Rescue Kidnapped Schoolgirls From Boko Haram


  • #9616
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Buer wrote: »
    Someone mentioned Waterford Whispers above....they delivered one of their best today:

    Irish Fans Rescue Kidnapped Schoolgirls From Boko Haram

    This is up there with their best alright, but my personal favourite was always:

    "Bribe not a bribe", confirm FAI.


  • #9617
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Buer wrote: »
    Someone mentioned Waterford Whispers above....they delivered one of their best today:

    Irish Fans Rescue Kidnapped Schoolgirls From Boko Haram

    Brilliant.

    Nice that they're going to sort out Palestine too before the Belgium match. :D


  • #9618
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,000 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Doesn't really make sense though?

    It did at the time as they had "split up" and he wasn't allowed to see his son.

    Funny that she decided to give the multi millionaire a second chance!!


  • #9619
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    mfceiling wrote: »
    It did at the time as they had "split up" and he wasn't allowed to see his son.

    Funny that she decided to give the multi millionaire a second chance!!

    What will Swiwi say when he reads this?!


  • #9620
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    My One Plus 3 arrived yesterday..
    ..but the "dash charger" came with a 2 pin US plug :(


  • #9621
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    My One Plus 3 arrived yesterday..
    ..but the "dash charger" came with a 2 pin US plug :(

    Dealz or Boots for a 2-3 pin adapter will sort you out
    The charger is 110-240v so no need to worry about anything else


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  • #9622
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    Felix Jones is God wrote: »
    Dealz or Boots for a 2-3 pin adapter will sort you out
    The charger is 110-240v so no need to worry about anything else

    That's true, the input is pretty standard, it's the output where the juice is so any adapter should be graaaaand
    Thanks


  • #9623
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    My One Plus 3 arrived yesterday..
    ..but the "dash charger" came with a 2 pin US plug :(

    Is it a big phone? Worth getting?


  • #9624
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    It really really annoys me when people call our soccer team the Republic of Ireland. Just thought I'd put that out there


  • #9625
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    It really really annoys me when people call our soccer team the Republic of Ireland. Just thought I'd put that out there

    That's it's official name for over 60 years


  • #9626
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Felix Jones is God wrote: »
    That's it's official name for over 60 years

    Because of a strange arbitrary decision. But it doesn't make any sense as a name.

    I vote that we rename all teams similarly. The Constitutional Monarchy of England has a nice ring to it!


  • #9627
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Because of a strange arbitrary decision. But it doesn't make any sense as a name.

    I vote that we rename all teams similarly. The Constitutional Monarchy of England has a nice ring to it!

    It could have been changed in the intervening years, people like it, the match going fans like it, it's a total non issue really


  • #9628
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Felix Jones is God wrote: »
    It could have been changed in the intervening years, people like it, the match going fans like it, it's a total non issue really

    They're all wrong to like it

    My main problem is that a surprising number of people's entire knowledge of geography is based on international soccer, and this is just miseducating those people. And they have a hard enough time as it is.


  • #9629
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    They're all wrong to like it

    My main problem is that a surprising number of people's entire knowledge of geography is based on international soccer, and this is just miseducating those people. And they have a hard enough time as it is.

    That's basically my only problem with it. It's the official name of the team and so people calling them that doesn't bother me - people calling Ireland ROI as a matter of course does annoy me however (the BBC in particular drive me mad on this front).


  • #9630
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    They're all wrong to like it

    My main problem is that a surprising number of people's entire knowledge of geography is based on international soccer, and this is just miseducating those people. And they have a hard enough time as it is.

    You'd be surprised how many people can't find this whole island on a map of the world, the name of a football team has nothing to do with that reality


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  • #9631
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    That's basically my only problem with it. It's the official name of the team and so people calling them that doesn't bother me - people calling Ireland ROI as a matter of course does annoy me however (the BBC in particular drive me mad on this front).

    Nah you're wrong as well. It should bother you that the name is wrong, I'd prefer a typo. Everyone is wrong!


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