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  • 12-01-2017 12:54AM
    #1
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭


    Johnny Vegas.

    Fat f*ck. You have to Google him everytime you think of him to see if he's dead yet. Drinks, smokes and has the bants. Doesn't give a sh*t and he's dead right.

    Total inspiration.


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  • #2
    gitzy16v
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭gitzy16v


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Johnny Vegas.

    Fat f*ck. You have to Google him everytime you think of him to see if he's dead yet. Drinks, smokes and has the bants. Doesn't give a sh*t and he's dead right.

    Total inspiration.

    Married an Irish girl too


  • #3
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,311 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    Aretha Franklin.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0


  • #4
    Clarebelly
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 250 ✭✭Clarebelly


    My Missus.
    Hard worker and the patience of a saint.
    I don't know how she keeps going.


  • #5
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,417 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Omar Little.


  • #6
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    My auld lad. Taught me you don't need the finer things in life to be happy, just appreciate what you have and make improvements if they're needed.


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  • #7
    learn_more
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭learn_more


    The creator of battered mars bars. He did more for obesity than anyone on the planet.


  • #8
    Depp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Depp


    the mainstream media


  • #9
    team_actimel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 785 ✭✭✭team_actimel


    Rickshaw drivers.


  • #10
    Andrewf20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,280 ✭✭✭Andrewf20


    John Lydon
    Christopher Hitchens
    Alain Prost
    Noam Chomsky


  • #11
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    Clarebelly wrote: »
    My Missus.
    Hard worker and the patience of a saint.
    I don't know how she keeps going.

    She reads your posts ya? ;)


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  • #12
    DontThankMe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭DontThankMe


    Donald Trump


  • #13
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    katie hopkins. tells it like it is.


  • #14
    DrPhilG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,451 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    team_actimel wrote: »
    Rickshaw drivers.

    Particularly the rickshaw driver who transported myself and a fellow portly gentleman to a Dominos branch in India at 11pm one evening when we were gasping for a taste of normal grub.

    That poor wee motor probably never worked again after dragging about 35 stone of tubby Irishmen up steep wee roads in search of pizza.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,174 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My mam.


  • #16
    casscass4444
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭casscass4444


    Chris Eubank.mad as a hatter but couldn't give a monkeys.
    Morgan freeman.
    Joey Dunlop for dominating his sport despite the risk and never quitting while paying the ultimate price in the end.also all the charity work he did without advertising it.if a sportsman did that charity work today you wouldn't hear the end of it through social media


  • #17
    Ferrari3600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 617 ✭✭✭Ferrari3600


    Enzo Ferrari.


  • #18
    9or10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 663 ✭✭✭9or10


    Erich von Falkenhayn


  • #19
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I was brought up to respect everybody.


  • #20
    Parchment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Parchment


    Ernest Shackleton - put the lives of his men before his own ego.


  • #21
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    John Lydon
    Christopher Hitchens
    Alain Prost
    Noam Chomsky

    Johnny Rotten? - That's slightly unusual company for the others!

    I find it hard to narrow it down but I suppose Bill Gates + Warren Buffet would have to be up there, both made and unimaginable amount of money and then done the almost unheard of by putting it to good use. The gates foundation vaccinates more dirt poor kids against horrible but easily preventable diseases than the world health organisation does - that's the kind of impact the super wealthy few could have, but most of them just want to exploit those same kids just to hoard ever bigger mountains of money for god knows what reason!


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  • #22
    5rtytry56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    Richard Bruton. Not that much of a pandering type.


  • #23
    topper75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    Johnny is a little odd but I respect him as a truth-teller.

    Called out Jimmy Saville long before everyone knew.


  • #24
    Ciaran_B
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭Ciaran_B


    Arsene Wenger.


  • #25
    NickNickleby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭NickNickleby


    Like Srameen above, I too believe EVERYONE is deserving of my respect, with my own caveat of - until they prove otherwise.

    It makes me despair when the usual suspects come on to say "such and such a person (Garda/Doctor/Priest/Politician/Motorist/Cyclist etc) has to earn my respect".


  • #26
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Tommy Flowers. Humble post office engineer who saw something that needed building and by crikey built it.

    Dwight Eisenhower.

    Kenneth Lane Thompson. Can't talk, hacking, go away...

    Mick Doohan. The Mighty Ocker. Quick Mick. Doohan OK. Hardness personified.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bubblypop wrote: »
    My mam.

    bubblypop's mam.



    Oh, and Stalin.


  • #28
    dar100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭dar100


    Dar100 smashing guy


  • #29
    whiterob81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭whiterob81


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Johnny Vegas.

    Fat f*ck. You have to Google him everytime you think of him to see if he's dead yet. Drinks, smokes and has the bants. Doesn't give a sh*t and he's dead right.

    Total inspiration.

    He also sold his wedding photos to viz for £1. If for nothing else, he deserves respect for that.


  • #30
    Parchment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Parchment


    whiterob81 wrote: »
    He also sold his wedding photos to viz for £1. If for nothing else, he deserves respect for that.

    I like him a lot too - he is a smart guy. Jarlath Regan interviewed hm on the Irish Man Abraod podcast and he was fascinating, really honest and charming.


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  • #31
    zjflikeIrish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭zjflikeIrish


    Glen Hansard!

    He is so genuine in his songs.


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