O'Donovan brothers humour do ya get it?

Wigglepuppy · 03-09-2016 04:26AM

Surreptitious wrote: »

Oh really? How medals have you won incidentally?

Provocative comment aside, he did give them credit for the medals to be fair.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 03-09-2016 07:11AM

They seem like nice lads and all but they only won silver in a sport nobody really gives a shoite about if we are tbh. Come back when ye win Gold then we all will be cheering on ye gombeens...

03-09-2016 07:49AM

GLaDOS wrote: »

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

Oh Ireland.

Thread title, did you miss it?

It asks about their humour and whether you get it, not their rowing talent.

03-09-2016 07:50AM

Surreptitious wrote: »

Oh really? How medals have you won incidentally?

Eamon Coughlan won gold at a World Championship.

Does that mean he's "gas craic"?

Surreptitious · 03-09-2016 07:53AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Eamon Coughlan won gold at a World Championship.

Does that mean he's "gas craic"?

So you agree they are bottom of the genetic pool then.

Surreptitious · 03-09-2016 07:55AM

Wigglepuppy wrote: »

Provocative comment aside, he did give them credit for the medals to be fair.

So it's ok what he said then? Cos in my book it isn't.

Special Circumstances · 03-09-2016 07:59AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Thread title, did you miss it?

It asks about their humour and whether you get it, not their rowing talent.

Posts. From posters. In the thread. To which Glados is referring. Did you miss them? Because you haven't rounded on them and reminded them of the thread title.

On topic, I do think the boys get a kick out of upsetting certain types with their good natured lack of reverence/deference. I didn't realise just how much psychological distress they were causing people outside of Cork until this thread!

Special Circumstances · 03-09-2016 08:04AM

Surreptitious wrote: »

So you agree they are bottom of the genetic pool then.

They hate us cos they ain't us!

The boys are having the last laugh in this anyway, as is anyone else who is fascinated by the psychology of haters boiling in their own p1ss over these guys !

Surreptitious · 03-09-2016 08:06AM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

They hate us cos they ain't us!

The boys are having the last laugh in this anyway, as is anyone else who is fascinated by the psychology of haters boiling in their own p1ss over these guys !

I was never bothered by them until I came in here and saw the disgusting comments.

Bazzo · 03-09-2016 08:06AM

I'm not sure if half of ye are taking the piss when ye seem to be suggesting that the "sh" sound they use in words with an s is to get a laugh or something. It's a common part of regional accents in the south and west of Ireland. Get out more lads.

Anyways, fair play to them. One of only 2 medals we brought home this year so they should be proud.

03-09-2016 08:09AM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

...the psychology of haters boiling in their own p1ss over these guys !

I'm sure a psychologist might observe that the person using the strongest language is you.

I just don't find them funny. As per the topic. Does this really equate to hate and "boiling in p1ss"?

If it's any consolation, your posts amuse me.

SILVAMAN · 03-09-2016 08:12AM

bigpink wrote: »

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

Seem like a couple of grounded country lads, with their feet on the ground and a clear idea of what they want in life and where they are going.
They've only just started to show their potential-Look at Steve Redgrave.
A far cry from the wheeling dealing gombeen bolloxology mentality of of the head of the Irish Olympic Committee.

03-09-2016 08:15AM

Best of luck to them. They won medals for the country, that's good enough for me. If you don't like their interviews switch them off.

EllieK2 · 03-09-2016 08:19AM

Yeah, I sort of do. That was my (and my classmates') type of humour back in High School.

Special Circumstances · 03-09-2016 08:23AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm sure a psychologist might observe that the person using the strongest language is you.

I just don't find them funny. As per the topic. Does this really equate to hate and "boiling in p1ss"?

If it's any consolation, your posts amuse me.

"I know you are but what am I?"
I'm devastated at your rebuttal and most of all your disapproval Conor. Devastated.

To make it clear how devastated I am, maybe I should put it in terms that are relevant to some of the people who seem to be most upset by the success of two hard working cork men.

So, I can honestly say that your disapproval of my post has me even more devastated than learning bressie and roz broke up. Seriously.

poitinstill · 03-09-2016 08:34AM

if they had posher accents maybe the silver medals might look a bit shinier.
or is it a case of the commoners dragging the elitist sport of rowing into the mud

they are west cork lads. thats how they talk in that part of west cork. maybe some on here could do a trip outside their bubbles

vkid · 03-09-2016 08:35AM

Fair play for winning the medal, but I do find this shteak and shpuds stuff on a par with Daithi o Se. Shure amn't I great craic with the mammy cookin the shpuds and shpeakin the cupla focal..wahey lads..I'm gas so I am.

Although in Daithi's case it is completely exaggerated so he can be the country lad doing well on the telly

osarusan · 03-09-2016 08:37AM

I don't know if thats how they speak or if its an act, and don't care either.

The only thing that grated with me were the comments about 'beating the Brits' and 'tiocfaidh ar la', both of which I thought were a bit sad.

timthumbni · 03-09-2016 08:42AM

Sure it's a great oul thing to be baiting te Brits and all, after the year it's in etc etc

Not word for word maybe but I thought coming out with that ****e was n poor taste and just trying to play up to the audience at home.

If they hadn't been jedward lookalikes they wouldn't have got away with that one so easily imo.

Surreptitious · 03-09-2016 08:45AM

I never saw any of their interviews and know nothing about them but they are just human beings and just because they are on a larger stage now people think they can pick them apart. It's not on. If everybody analysed everyone else constantly where would that leave us all.

timthumbni · 03-09-2016 08:50AM

Surreptitious wrote: »

I never saw any of their interviews and know nothing about them but they are just human beings and just because they are on a larger stage now people think they can pick them apart. It's not on. If everybody analysed everyone else constantly where would that leave us all.

If a Northern Irish athlete beat someone from the republic in a heat and then said sure it's the 12th of July. It's a great day to be beating the Irish on the day it is then they would be crucified.

Their acheivement at the Olympics was fantastic. Their comments were juvenile and I didn't even hear the chalky arla one. If they said that then it's even more pathetic.

Surreptitious · 03-09-2016 08:53AM

timthumbni wrote: »

If a Northern Irish athlete beat someone from the republic in a heat and then said sure it's the 12th of July. It's a great day to be beating the Irish on the day it is then they would be crucified.

Their acheivement at the Olympics was fantastic. Their comments were juvenile and I didn't even hear the chalky arla one. If they said that then it's even more pathetic.

I can't comment as I never saw any of it. But saying people from West Cork are bottom of the gene pool is not right.

S. Goodspeed · 03-09-2016 08:54AM

They seem like very genuine guys and winning a medal in the Olympics (especially in rowing which is incredibly competitive and takes years of sickening training) is a phenom one'll achievement but... I think it's the usual Irish media trick of over exposure and over hype that's kicking into play here. The media gets a sniff of something that the public like and they just beat it to death.

I think there's also a bit of a Ronnie O'Sullivan factor going on here. Everyone thinks Ronnie is hilarious, has a great personality etc when in actual fact he's fairly dour, he literally just has to make a fake fart noise to get belly laughs from the crowd because all the other snooker players are robots. Compared to most of the other Olympians you hear interviewed these guys are definitely more light hearted and are rightly playing up to it now

S. Goodspeed · 03-09-2016 08:58AM

osarusan wrote: »

I don't know if thats how they speak or if its an act, and don't care either.

The only thing that grated with me were the comments about 'beating the Brits' and 'tiocfaidh ar la', both of which I thought were a bit sad.

Beating the Brits was harmless Irish "banter" in fairness. The "tiocfaidh ar la" one was definitely OTT but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was just them getting carried away with things. It's a very strange thing to come out with in 2016 though

Balmed Out · 03-09-2016 09:00AM

mynamejeff wrote:

west cork people bottom of the genetic pool

I don't know you but speaking like that I would guarantee that if there is such a thing as the bottom of the genetic pool you are bound to be a lot closer.

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.

They didn't take the piss out of the Olympics, plenty of fantastic athletes have a sense of humour.

Deleted User wrote:

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

It all sounds a bit...put on.

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

Everyone here has an accent and I would doubtlessly prefer theirs versus most of them. The media etc loved their expression's, their not put on just over reported. Nothing wrong with being talented and having other positive attributes too.

Heckler · 03-09-2016 09:02AM

I think they're genuine enough and fair play to them.

Its the irish media that pick up on this "shteak and shpuds" paddywackery and try to make a meal out of every irish achievment and of course every wanker with a twitter or facebook account has an opinion.

And every wanker with a boards account has to......

03-09-2016 09:03AM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

"I know you are but what am I?"
I'm devastated at your rebuttal and most of all your disapproval Conor. Devastated.

To make it clear how devastated I am, maybe I should put it in terms that are relevant to some of the people who seem to be most upset by the success of two hard working cork men.

So, I can honestly say that your disapproval of my post has me even more devastated than learning bressie and roz broke up. Seriously.

I'd say not one poster is upset by their success.

They are outstanding athletes. That should be lauded.

Some just don't find them funny. Judging by the language and reaction, this seems to annoy some others. But they could say "shteak" 50 times and I'm afraid I still won't find it funny.

Some people do get upset when they laugh and others say "...but it's just not funny". I guess that's why the language is a bit strong. Now, I find that reaction funny...it's all subjective.

Alf Veedersane · 03-09-2016 09:04AM

Two quiet, exceptionally hard working and talented lads from the back arse of nowhere win an Olympic silver and now they're being thrust into the media spotlight because we have fúck-all else to put on the likes of the LLS.

So no, I'm not sick of them. I'm sick of the media latching onto them and wringing as much out of them as possible.

Wigglepuppy · 03-09-2016 09:05AM

Surreptitious wrote: »

So it's ok what he said then? Cos in my book it isn't.

Well clearly I didn't say it's ok. And I said it was provocative.

Special Circumstances wrote: »

They hate us cos they ain't us!

The boys are having the last laugh in this anyway, as is anyone else who is fascinated by the psychology of haters boiling in their own p1ss over these guys !

Nah nobody is getting as angry as that about them. The "gas craic" stuff and the hype of it (moreso the hype actually, in my opinion) is just not everyone's cup of tea, just an opinion.

Balmed Out · 03-09-2016 09:08AM

timthumbni wrote:

If a Northern Irish athlete beat someone from the republic in a heat and then said sure it's the 12th of July. It's a great day to be beating the Irish on the day it is then they would be crucified.

timthumbni wrote:

Their acheivement at the Olympics was fantastic. Their comments were juvenile and I didn't even hear the chalky arla one. If they said that then it's even more pathetic.

Don't think there was any comment other then saying it's great to beat the brits given the year thats in it. They said that with a smile and a laugh giving an impression they were quite pally with the British crew and we're making a joke.

What I would find pathetic is calling q group of people to be the bottom of a genetic pool and what's equally pathetic is thanking that post.

O'Donovan brothers humour do ya get it?

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