O'Donovan brothers humour do ya get it?

bigpink · 03-09-2016 12:47AM #1

Seems there interviews and humour getting more news than the actual prize of the medals and the hard work and journey to get it

timthumbni · 03-09-2016 12:48AM

bigpink wrote: »

Seems there interviews and humour getting more news than the actual prize of the medals and the hard work and journey to get it

That remind me of the jedward twins.... Only good at rowing..

The_Valeyard · 03-09-2016 12:48AM

They just seem like genuinely nice lads and good humour about themselves. So all power to them. Good luck in the future.

Giacomo McGubbin · 03-09-2016 12:49AM

Funny dudes taking the piss out of the Olympics. They remind me of Jedward.
Pity they didn't take the Olympics a bit more seriously, then they might have won gold.
They'll probably regret they didn't when they are older and a bit wiser.

03-09-2016 12:54AM

It all sounds a bit...put on.

But bet it goes down great with millenials. They said "shteak and shpuds and pull like dogs".

We should cheer their talent, but unfortunately Joe.ie and their ilk will also insist that they are "gas craic" too.

bigpink · 03-09-2016 12:57AM

Oh i no doubt think they seem like nice guys and the parents too

mynamejeff · 03-09-2016 12:59AM

west cork people bottom of the genetic pool

so no

fair play for the medals though

03-09-2016 01:00AM

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Funny dudes taking the piss out of the Olympics. They remind me of Jedward.
Pity they didn't take the Olympics a bit more seriously, then they might have won gold.
They'll probably regret they didn't when they are older and a bit wiser.

You make it sound so easy :rolleyes: They pushed the race all the way and were caught the last 10m or so. So determined to succeed they are it may have escaped your notice that Paul won a world singles gold last saturday?

bigpink · 03-09-2016 01:00AM

They will rake in it anyway fair play

Rothko · 03-09-2016 01:00AM

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Funny dudes taking the piss out of the Olympics. They remind me of Jedward.
Pity they didn't take the Olympics a bit more seriously, then they might have won gold.
They'll probably regret they didn't when they are older and a bit wiser.

Do you honestly think that they didn't take the Olympics seriously?

Giacomo McGubbin · 03-09-2016 01:01AM

Deleted User wrote: »

You make it sound so easy :rolleyes: They pushed the race all the way and were caught the last 10m or so. So determined to succeed they are it may have escaped your notice that Paul won a world singles gold last saturday?

was dit daa shteak and daa shpuds like ?

Sir Osis of Liver. · 03-09-2016 01:02AM

They have a Nanny fetish.

I'm sure there's a name for it.

bigpink · 03-09-2016 01:03AM

The commitment and the medals is the great part

timthumbni · 03-09-2016 01:04AM

Like the first 2 series of The Wire I found them impossible to understand...

03-09-2016 01:05AM

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

was dit daa shteak and daa shpuds like ?

What are you on about? So what if they are a bit of craic and have a personality. Give me that over the dull PC drones that flood the airwaves with meaningless rhetoric.

Do you know how hard it is to qualify for an olympics let alone win a medal at one? Have you ever rowed a boat? I imagine it takes unbelievable strength and endurance.

Water John · 03-09-2016 01:05AM

McGubbin, they gave it all. Emptied the tank, you clown. Did you see them afterwards unable to get out of the boat. Crawled out, it's one of the toughest sports.
They take themselves seriously, as do all in Inniscarra.
They are not fooled by the glam.

maudgonner · 03-09-2016 01:08AM

timthumbni wrote: »

Like the first 2 series of The Wire I found them impossible to understand...

They were on the Late Late earlier and said that Gary and Michael Conlan were having serious communication issues - neither could understand the other. Paul would have to act as an interpreter for Gary and Paddy Barnes would have to interpret for Conlan.

_Whimsical_ · 03-09-2016 01:11AM

It's actually a novelty now for the Irish media to happen across people who aren't the cookie cutter Dublin 4 set. Ordinary Irish people talking as though they don't have a PR agent that has carefully scripted each word to sell a cookbook is the equivalent of an alien visit in RTE these day's I'd imagine.
I think the lads are benefiting from that current state of play.

Also they seem like genuinely lovely lads, equally so did the athletics guy who came 4th in some race. Fair play to them, hope they've every success in the future.

timthumbni · 03-09-2016 01:12AM

maudgonner wrote: »

They were on the Late Late earlier and said that Gary and Michael Conlan were having serious communication issues - neither could understand the other. Paul would have to act as an interpreter for Gary and Paddy Barnes would have to interpret for Conlan.

I can normally understand any British/Irish accent but I struggled with the jedward rowers tbh. Paddy Barnes would probably struggle with an accent from the other side of Belfast tbh..

Laphroaig52 · 03-09-2016 01:13AM

Deleted User wrote: »

It all sounds a bit...put on.

But bet it goes down great with millenials. They said "shteak and shpuds and pull like dogs".

We should cheer their talent, but unfortunately Joe.ie and their ilk will also insist that they are "gas craic" too.

I saw them on the Late Late tonight and I still don't know what it is all about. Apparently they can row, but other than that....I don't know.

Still, if either one of them were to get together with Annalise in Copper's tonight, we're surely guaranteed some kind of aquatic medal in the 2036 Olympics.....

I'd say go for it lads.

Giacomo McGubbin · 03-09-2016 01:16AM

Water John wrote: »

McGubbin, they gave it all. Emptied the tank, you clown. Did you see them afterwards unable to get out of the boat. Crawled out, it's one of the toughest sports.
They take themselves seriously, as do all in Inniscarra.
They are not fooled by the glam.

calm down shure dey needed da pizza after de schteak and da spuds

_Whimsical_ · 03-09-2016 01:17AM

Laphroaig52 wrote: »

I saw them on the Late Late tonight and I still don't know what it is all about. Apparently they can row, but other than that....I don't know.

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I thought they seemed pretty genuine, liked the way the blond guy gave it back to Ryan Tubriddy when he asked if they were nervous and he said "oh like you were yourself before the show tonight you mean??"
And then when Ryan said they were checking out the American girls he was quickly in with "so were you!!" too.

Water John · 03-09-2016 01:18AM

Difference is, I celebrate them, not mock them.
I do have a sense of humour.

GLaDOS · 03-09-2016 01:22AM

Win silver medal at the Olympics, criticised for their accents.

Oh Ireland.

endacl · 03-09-2016 01:39AM

Cheeky feckers, working hard and winning medals.

Time to tear them down.

:mad:

Robsweezie · 03-09-2016 02:04AM

in the public eye, irish and successful?

full hatred achieved.

do i have do break out the B word?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 03-09-2016 02:10AM

They're probably playing up to the stereotype of the big thick Cork gobsh1te to an extent.

I don't think they're anything as such in reality.

Two driven dedicated guys, they were one of the very few competitors we put out there in Rio who achieved their potential and did us proud.

Look at Paul going out and winning a World Championship gold medal the week after the games.

These guys are winners, look out for them again in Tokyo.

bigpink · 03-09-2016 02:17AM

Seems brillant at the sport and the passion just wish that talked about more than people going on about humour

freshpopcorn · 03-09-2016 02:22AM

There funny enough sometimes I think their trying a bit to get a laugh but that's just them. There good role models for their sport tough and will encourage young people to take it up with the attitude they have towards the sport. They seem to love their sport as well as being successful at it.
One thing about them tough whilst they can be full of jokes and laughs on TV they take their sport really seriously and wouldn't be successful if they were messers all the time!

Wigglepuppy · 03-09-2016 03:21AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

in the public eye, irish and successful?

full hatred achieved.

do i have do break out the B word?

They're absolutely adored.

I dislike all the shpuds and shteak s(h)tuff too. But good on them for winning silver. Not something as deserving of ALL the excitement to be honest (in my opinion) but of course a great achievement.

Surreptitious · 03-09-2016 03:27AM

mynamejeff wrote: »

west cork people bottom of the genetic pool

so no

fair play for the medals though

Oh really? How medals have you won incidentally?

O'Donovan brothers humour do ya get it?

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