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Lahvlahn: The "Snow Show Like a Joe Show" Edition - 01/03 two-eighteen so to speak

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Ireland is scheduled to be buried under snow at 4pm tomorrow, so here's one last Liveline thread for the road. Enjoy.

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RobertKK

Simon Harris doesn't know how to run a health system, it got worse under him, irrespective of the cervical cancer scandal.

Roger_007

The biggest obstacle to honest disclosure in the health service is the compo culture in this country. People say they just want the truth when in fact all they want is the money!

[Deleted User]

All those peole who sue the state/hse etc, just so 'no one else has to go through this'

Where does their multi million payout go?
To charity?

Because sure arent they just doing it to make the process change?????

BarryD2

RobertKK wrote: »

Simon Harris doesn't know how to run a health system, it got worse under him, irrespective of the cervical cancer scandal.

Who does? Can you name anyone who would oversee it satisfaction of all?

Dan Jaman

Roger_007 wrote: »

The biggest obstacle to honest disclosure in the health service is the compo culture in this country. People say they just want the truth when in fact all they want is the money!

That's not true in all cases.
In many instances, the truth would satisfy people, but when the State digs its heels in and refuses to divulge information or concede fault, that's when people start getting bloody-minded and realise the only way open to them is go all the way and sue the bast4ards.
The legal firms employed by the State (and its own legal team) are of the mindset that nothing must be admitted, lest it lead to legal action - ironically, their position usually does. Totally self-defeating, really.

RobertKK

BarryD2 wrote: »

Who does? Can you name anyone who would oversee it satisfaction of all?

I am not saying I know who does, I know who isn't.

BarryD2

Dan Jaman wrote: »

That's not true in all cases.
In many instances, the truth would satisfy people, but when the State digs its heels in and refuses to divulge information or concede fault, that's when people start getting bloody-minded and realise the only way open to them is go all the way and sue the bast4ards.
The legal firms employed by the State (and its own legal team) are of the mindset that nothing must be admitted, lest it lead to legal action - ironically, their position usually does. Totally self-defeating, really.

Yeah but the other side of that coin is that state claims agency would just bend at every claim and pay out. If that happened, we'd see an avalanche of claims.

The real threat in this case is the suspension of testing schemes. Why would the taxpayer fund a free system of checks that is wide open to multi million claims whenever a mistake is made? Easier to just shut them down.

Dan Jaman

BarryD2 wrote: »

Yeah but the other side of that coin is that state claims agency would just bend at every claim and pay out. If that happened, we'd see an avalanche of claims.

The real threat in this case is the suspension of testing schemes. Why would the taxpayer fund a free system of checks that is wide open to multi million claims whenever a mistake is made? Easier to just shut them down.

Well, yes. Even with a totally open and honest system it doesn't reduce the number of chancers in the country. There's the rub.
If only there was some method of ensuring that everybody involved was sworn to uphold the highest ethical standards, and that everyone was assured of genuine best efforts being made.

Roger_007

RobertKK wrote: »

I am not saying I know who does, I know who isn't.

Are you a taxi driver?

BarryD2

RobertKK wrote: »

I am not saying I know who does, I know who isn't.

Yes but we do know that there are too many vested interests all looking after their corner and milking the system.

The only hope I see is to shut down the whole lot or as much as practical and start again. A whole raft of people would suffer in the short term but it would surely be to the better long term benefit of all.

Dan Jaman

Will we see the rest of the week given over to milking and tear-jerking?

Prace bets now!

withless

BarryD2 wrote: »

Yes but we do know that there are too many vested interests all looking after their corner and milking the system.

The only hope I see is to shut down the whole lot or as much as practical and start again. A whole raft of people would suffer in the short term but it would surely be to the better long term benefit of all.

Good luck with that.

[Deleted User]

Missed most of de show an dat. Going by thread I see he didn’t reach the babes in arms at hotels nor de bipolar trying to donate bludd at dracula’s clinic an dat.

Brendan Bendar

Roger_007 wrote: »

The biggest obstacle to honest disclosure in the health service is the compo culture in this country. People say they just want the truth when in fact all they want is the money!

Well spotted Sherlock......:rolleyes:

Brendan Bendar

BarryD2 wrote: »

Yes but we do know that there are too many vested interests all looking after their corner and milking the system.

The only hope I see is to shut down the whole lot or as much as practical and start again. A whole raft of people would suffer in the short term but it would surely be to the better long term benefit of all.

Correct, Barry.

ButtersSuki

Another quiet day I see.....he must have been in full-on misery mode then today I guess?

Roger_007

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Well spotted Sherlock......:rolleyes:

Elementary, my dear Watson!;)

sligojoek

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Another quiet day I see.....he must have been in full-on misery mode then today I guess?

Looks like it. I've seen more posts on a bad funny friday.

Odyssey 2005

Dan Jaman wrote: »

We're not getting the whole picture here.

I don't even know what your talking about,didn't listen to the tranny today at all

But I have to ask

ARE YOU NEW HERE

:):)

ButtersSuki

sligojoek wrote: »

Looks like it. I've seen more posts on a bad funny friday.

As opposed to caller????!!! :pac:

sligojoek

ButtersSuki wrote: »

As opposed to caller????!!! :pac:

A bad bad bad funny friday

Mena Mitty

somesoldiers wrote: »

where is everyone, are yisser all at a party I don't know about...has there been a bomb scare again today

No Eir signal all day across the Midlands. I was in Athlone when it came back around 7pm. Perhaps that's one explanation.

DoctorEdgeWild

I turned on, two minutes later turned off.

ButtersSuki

Mena Mitty wrote: »

No Eir signal all day across the Midlands. I was in Athlone when it came back around 7pm. Perhaps that's one explanation.

Joe: Wat colour was de Eir signal?

ButtersSuki

Was deleting my bookmarks last night and found this from 2-15 so to speak....great to see things have improved so much since then :rolleyes:

"Esteemed" author, actor, journalist, broadcaster, amateur detective, amateur psychologist, amateur doctor, artist, con man and self-proclaimed voice of the nation Joe Duffy announces he will be running for President in 2018 under the Fianna Fail banner if the people of Ireland will agree to a referendum in the interim to increase the Presidential salary to one befitting a man of Joe's undoubted expertise in every area imaginable - approx. €1m per month. After all, who is he to say to what is right to pay a nurse?

As Joe seeks to solidify his own reputation in his own head and secure his lasting legacy in the role he was born to play, his All Star team of advisors and their areas of responsibility include:

Bertie Ahern (Accounting)
Bertie Ahern and Jack O'Connor (Industrial Relations)
Brian Cowen (Finance & Food)
Mary Harney (Health)
Micheal Martin (Apologies)
Michael Fingelton, Richie Boucher, Seanie Fitzpatrick (Expenses and Remuneration Committee Fees)
Sean Gallagher (Stationery)
Ivor Callelly (Painting & Decorating and general accommodation advice, Telecommunications Device Procurement, garish tie advisor)
Liam Lawlor (Investment Portfolio Manager)
Ray Burke (North County Dublin Arborist and Prison Conditions Advisor)
Willie O'Dea (Weapons Czar)
Dr. Bill Cullen (Enterprise, Head Coddle Chef in Residence, and Special Advisor to the Liberties which will be granted independence and recognised as a sovereign state within a state so to speak under Joe's leadership)
Aubrey McCarthy (Transport)

Lahv Lahn Thread Response:
I don't think anyone laughs at suicide RayM. What people express here through a variety of emotions (humour and anger included) is Joe Duffy's handling of this topic in a completely unhelpful, unprofessional, untrained and non-medical based manner.

HSE:

I'm not saying it shouldn't, just not on Lahv Lahn with Joe promulgating propaganda to the uneducated masses about the wider issues surrounding the medical card. He has deliberately and selectively picked the most extreme cases this week to drive his own anti-Govt. Agenda. If he was a little more balanced and responsible he would go out of his way to reassure this woman and give her some degree of hope saying this is an administrative error rather than a deliberate and personal attack on this woman and her child and that upon talking this issue out with the HSE it will undoubtedly be resolved. But instead he is profiting from her understandable anguish and pain, and praying on her emotional vulnerability at this time.

He is truly a horrible and nasty little man.

Dr. Duffy in de house:

"an anorexic episode" - Joe's command of the medical dictionary is on a par with his command of d'english language.

Now he's asking her does she have a fear of food or a fear of anoxeria? THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE AIR. DUFFY IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL IN THIS AREA AND SHOULD NOT BE DISHING OUT HIS WITCH-DOCTOR "ADVICE" TO THE UNWELL.

Joe could drop his salary to say €100k (still overpaid btw) and give €300k per annum to the HSE to fund the Joe Duffy School for Chislers if he feels so strongly about this, but instead all he can give to these calls is mock-outrage, heavy sighs, some mutterings under his breath and an unlimited supply of "My God"s and "why?"s.

"Anorexia is a bully."

No, it's not. I've not divulged this until now but I have a sister and an ex who both suffered with this. Joe and his "I'm a Witch Doctor, have a cup of tea" advice should be culled and he either drops this subject completely or get a professionally qualified therapist on to discuss this.

Complaint and dat:
Originally Posted by Big C
SUKI difference between complaining and a cheap laugh, how often have you written to rte complaining, if u think joe is such a tool why do you listen .

PS Not new to any of this

I have actually written to RTE on more than one occasion to complain about the standard of journalism/broadcasting on this show and the bias shown by the host who seems to seems to see the show as some sort of vehicle to promote himself, his cronies and his agenda. On each occasion I have received a standard, generic reply to which I have subsequently replied asking for specific replies to each of the points I raised in my original letter - to which I have not received any replies. I will even try and find a copy of one such generic reply for you if I still have them.

Why do I listen? Honestly? For the comedic value of the thread - not for Joe. From a timing perspective, I drop in and out, but I only ever listen when I have access to the Internet and can post. I couldn't listen to Lahv Lahn without the sanity of boardsies to remind me that I'm not the only one who thinks he's an overpaid talentless tool.

Edit: Found one in email:

Dear

Thank you for your e.mail and your interest in our programmes.

Your comments about Liveline with Joe Duffy will be included in the Audience Log of calls and e-mails which is circulated for information to senior RTÉ programme management and is reviewed at the weekly meeting of the Editorial Board.

We thank you for making your views known.

With every good wish.

there was a name given here but I've deleted it as it's unfair on the individual to name them publicly
RTÉ Information

As you can see - generic fare.

Guff:

After the last Olympics when the Irish team were returning to Dubalin Aeropuerto someone related to one of the athletes called Joe to say they couldn't gain access to the arrivals section of the airport - to the main public area, the area where people disembark the plane itself behind security lines. This one relative attracted other relatives and supporters onto the call and soon enough there was a mini mob asking to get through to see the athletes. Joe asked to be put on to the young female airport worker who was holding them back and gave out yards to her for ages in his usual faux-outraged way. He berated her and she didn't really know how to handle him.

A couple of weeks later, he had to read out an apology to her and Dubalin Aeropuerto which he did in his usual incredibly sarcastic tone.

Balance and dat:

I sympathise with the plight of the majority of these people but this show needs some balance (again). Duffy is a disgrace, sensationalising pretty much everything these days whilst ignoring the facts at will and/or the individual circumstances of the caller. Next week (as predicted by a previous poster) will be war on the air with the OAPs up in arms and Joe egging them on whilst getting his Pro-FF Agenda out on the airwaves.

Professional technique and dat:

That "professional technique" is actually hilarious.

What we, the Lahv Lahn listeners have for years mistaken for the rants of an arrogant, ignorant, biased egomaniac with many agendas was really a professional technique honed after years of training and practice by a master interviewer who at all times remains subjective, dealing only in facts and skilfully hiding any bias he may hold.

Radio Award:

Heard the ad for the first time just there. Wow, a new level of self-congratulation has been reached by RTE.

RTE Guide and dat:

I've told this story before but I have a friend who works in RTE who told me an allegedly true story about Emperor Duffy before and it goes a little something like this:

So Joe was being featured in the RTE Guy-id and the feature included a few pics of the great one on his throne in his office. The office was pretty much wall papered with "Thank You" cards - they were everywhere, on the shelves, on the window sil, on his majesty's desk etc. Obviously one would assume these were from salt a dee irths the length and breath of the country Liberties, but alas no..........they were all blank, the Emperor had purchased them himself for "decorations” for his photo "chute". Allegedly.

Could be just a bit of back-biting in RTE.....but knowing Joe, I believe it!

Entrepreneur so to speak:

Joe probably sees himself as an entrepreneur.....in his eyes he's a working-class "buy" with the odds stacked against him who put himself through the fabled halls of Tinners and is now a self-made author, broadcaster, celebrity psychologist, prison officer and the voice of the unheard, ordinary salt-a-dee-irths the length and breath of the country. All for a (very large) fee.

Topics (not de bar a chocalit):

Joe decides what he doesn't like on a daily basis and chops and changes his opinions and views depending on his mood and the situation. Alcohol is bad for the general public but not for Joe when he's sipping on a Bollinger 57 over lunch in L'Ecrivain with Tubs. You see Joe is an educated man and an artist and is therefore able to think in a way that common folk like you and I couldn't possibly understand. As one of Joe's fellow Fianna Failers and great thinkers Martin Manseragh shouted with rage when losing an argument on radio once "LISTEN TO YOUR BETTERS!". Don't ever question Joe neris, he knows what's best for you, me, all of us actually. And he cares so passionately about his vocation and calling in life he preaches this gospel 24/7 365 and gave up a profitable career in whatever walk of life he could have chosen to undertake to make this self-sacrifice at great personal financial cost to himself. It's not like he's some rabble-rousing, sensationalist, agenda-driven, scaremongering, misery-porn peddling, amateur psychologist, telephonist buffoon working just over 5 hours a week for more money than Barack Obama earns for arguably the most difficult job in the world. Oh, wait…..

Puff Pieve

Prepare yourselves…..you have been warned!
From today's Sindo:

'Sometimes I emerge staggering from the studio'
Joe Duffy manages to be two things at once: the most popular voice on Irish radio and the most derided. But being on the side of the little guy is what still drives the Liveline presenter and he says he has no plans to change anytime soon

Joe Duffy, the nation's favourite radio broadcaster and a man who regards himself as a voice for the oppressed, rises at 6.10am every weekday morning, goes to the gym and then does a few lengths of the pool.

This, he says, relaxes him for the day ahead.

Later, dressed in a fresh shirt, tie and smart suit, he heads to the RTE Radio Centre, puts on the headphones to do what he does best - connect with a daily audience of nearly 400,000 on Liveline, many of whom desperately want to talk to Joe. These are people who feel they have no voice and are loyal to him because he offers them one. They love him. He loves them right back.

It's an onerous responsibility and one he takes very seriously.

He often emerges drained, he says, sometimes ''staggering'' after hearing harrowing stories. But he does it all over again the next day and can't imagine himself doing anything else, or anywhere else for that matter.

Duffy, now in his late 50s, has long been a popular staple on radio and he has also dipped his toe into television, but he had a life before that, too, first coming to public notice as a radical Trinity College student officer. His first serious choice of career was as a probation officer.

Maybe it was that job that honed his bull****-ometer, but Joe seems to have an instinct for knowing when someone is genuine. In talk radio such an innate skill is crucial.

Joe's instincts told him that the water charges would prove to be the tipping point with the public earlier this year. He believes that the Government has underestimated the depth of people's feelings on the subject.

On the day in April when the Irish Independent revealed that the average water bill would be €248 for a family of four, the Liveline phones went crazy with angry callers.

"People are very angry," he shrugs. "The protest last week was huge. I went in to watch it, and it was good-natured and wasn't led by trade unions or political parties. There were mothers pushing prams, old-age pensioners, and all kinds of people, because it wasn't just about water. It was the straw that broke the camel's back.

''Maybe if the Government listened to Liveline, they would learn a bit more about how people are really feeling."

But while tapping into the public mood has won him listeners, admirers and friends, it has also earned him enemies, often powerful ones.

He says: "Liveline in general has a lot of enemies, although they are usually PR companies and corporates. I get annoyed when banks and Revenue Commissioners won't come on to interact with the public who pay their wages. One PR guru who was giving advice actually had a slide that said, 'Whatever you do, don't talk to Joe', which I think is a disgrace.

"There is nothing to be afraid of and you can learn from coming on the air. After all, the callers are your customers. If I am unfair to people on the radio, everyone knows it and they can go to the BAI."

While the media landscape is changing, and some colleagues have jumped ship, Joe sees his future at RTE. He admits to being surprised when Pat Kenny moved to Newstalk, but says the competitor is a formidable station with a good energy.

"I've been at RTE since 1989 and I see myself staying there," he says. "I have a real emotional attachment to the Liveline audience, and a great belief in the show, and I would find it very hard to leave that audience behind. I love the programme and have been known to send emails to the producer at 12 o'clock on a Friday night for Monday morning.

"Having said that, we presenters are mostly self-employed, which means they can get rid of us tomorrow if they wanted to."

Joe's perspective on UTV Ireland coming in is that the greater colour out there will make the media tapestry richer. He thinks that RTE is holding its own, but which other presenters does he admire?

"I love Gay, obviously, and think Pat is brilliant," he says. "I like Sean, and think Chris and Ivan are a great team on Newstalk - they are very bubbly. I love Derek Mooney, and think he is the closest we have to Gay at the minute. I also love Tubs' take on stuff and his turn of phrase."

Agreed, but poor Ryan gets a lot of grief, doesn't he? "Ah, it comes with the business to get stick, and Ryan is well able to take it on.

"Dave Fanning also does a great programme, and he is so knowledgeable."

To mix things up, Joe is hoping to start up Spirit Levels again, the television discussion programme he used to do around spiritual and ethical issues. Interestingly, he has a few other Liveline ideas in the pipeline, like adding a TV element to it, but that is only at an early stage.

But while he likes to be - and stay - busy, he knows that home is where the heart is... and a busy home it is too. Raising triplets with his wife June, it couldn't have been any other way.

"I look at all of the big venues you hear about, like Lillie's Bordello, and I have never been in any of them because we haven't been out in 19 years," he says.

"This kept me very grounded at a time where my radio career was really taking off, which in turn kept Liveline very grounded. I told the kids recently that I was making a will and asked if any of them want my model fire engine collection or anything like that. The three of them said that all they want is a full fridge, so I'll leave them with that."

Joe suffered a broken leg in 2009, when a learner driver struck him as he took library books from the boot of his parked car. Coincidentally, his wife June broke her leg when she fell down the stairs of their house over the summer, while carrying a chair.

"We have two gammy right legs between us," he jokes. "It was a savage break, but June's a typical woman with her high pain threshold, and she didn't think it was bad enough to go to the hospital. She ended up in hospital for two weeks, but she's on the mend. My leg is fantastic now. It was bad for about a year, but I had a second operation and it doesn't give me any trouble."

Given that Joe is king of his castle at work, how does June deal with him when he comes home?

"She ignores me a lot of the time, so I guess that's how she puts up with me," he smiles. "June is always telling me to stop shouting at the radio, because I get very worked up. I constantly monitor it and go to sleep with an earphone in my ear and wake up to put it back in. I enjoy comedy on radio, and love when we do Funny Friday on the show."

Joe says that one of the main differences between the issues that the show deals with now, compared with the Celtic Tiger, is that people used to phone the show wondering if they should buy that apartment in Bulgaria?

"Then other people would ring in and say, 'Do it, I just bought three', he says, incredulously. "We also did loads around pyramid schemes, and a lot of them collapsed because of Liveline. I have such an aversion to them because they are just criminal."

While the show gets accused of having a tabloid tone at times, Joe feels that its unique appeal is giving a platform to people who wouldn't usually have one, and also that it's not predictable.

"I won't let any national news editor produce Liveline by doing the stories in the paper," he says. "We produce it and that's a hard job. The Irish Times slags the show off every second week, yet they regularly lift stories from us without saying where they came from."

Would it be fair to say that the radical young man of his youth is still lurking inside that nice suit and tie?

"Ah,I still have generally the same beliefs but as you get older, you gain a lot more respect for people who create jobs," he says. "I have such admiration for people who open shops and come up with ideas, and this is where the Fiver Friday idea comes from.

''I know it's really tough at the moment out there for businesses, and I have heard from so many people who are working for practically no wages, but I admire how they keep going. Pulling down the shutters every evening is an easy thing to do, but pulling them back up the next morning can be very hard."
Now in its fifth year, Fiver Friday is designed to be a win-win situation for everyone. The idea is that local businesses come together and make an effort to offer a few bargain deals for €5, and the listeners go out, support the businesses and create a buzz.

"It's a simple idea that helps everyone," says Joe. "Community, parish and family will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no community or family, and I think people are realising that."

After his pre-breakfast trip to the gym and working day in a suit, Joe likes to dress down at home.

"When I come home, I'm in shorts, a T-shirt, and bare feet," he admits. "I dress like that on Christmas Day and I wear my shorts even when I go out walking. I think I came second, after Brian O'Driscoll, for the nicest legs in Clontarf."

If BOD wants to take issue with Joe on that point, he only has to ring Liveline.

Fiver Friday takes place on October 24. For details, tune in to Liveline on RTE Radio 1, weekdays from 1.45pm - 3 pm

Listen to Joe

...ON the triplets

"I have three 19-year-old prisoners (Sean, Ronan and Ellen) who believe they are living in a penal colony in north Dublin. It has a full fridge, which is all they care about. They come and go and they're great fun. Two of them work part-time in busy city-centre stores, and they all usually hide the fact that they're related to me. One of them works on the customer service desk, and when people tell him that they are going to ring Joe Duffy, he says, 'Well, here's his mobile number.'"

...ON city violence

"We get a lot of stories in about unprovoked violence in the city centre. I try to tell my own kids never to lift their hand, because the consequences these days can be catastrophic. It's a terrible worry for parents, and I still stay up when my kids go on nights out. Times were rough when I was growing up, and I saw guys getting their heads kicked in and it made me sick to my stomach. I get the bus into town every Saturday - because I love the city centre, but I'm baffled by the lack of gardai there.''

...ON Ryanair

"The budget airline with the controversial boss has given the show a wealth of stories over the years. Fair play to Michael O'Leary because whenever an issue came up, he would come on the air to talk it out, but he has turned into Mary Poppins now so he's no use as a source."

Modest as ever.

De rich peeple and dat:

Just listened back to the first ten minutes of yesterday's show. Lol. First caller calling Joe's bluff on the 1% was hilarious, then Joe repeatedly returning to it with "you're throwing out figures like 99 and 1, let's hear some facts". Duffy is is the 1% of the 1%.

Then his all-time classic delivery of "let's not reduce this show to pub talk". And he was actually serious. Pub talk? Pub talk?!!! You wish Duffy, that would be ambitious! The level of debate, logic and discourse on Lahv Lahn some days would make pub talk seem like a conversation between a group of nuclear physicists discussing why the predicted mass of the quantum vacuum has little effect on the expansion of the universe?

Pub talk? WTF do you think Funny Friday is?

Balance and dat:

Joe must be having some horn saying Sinn Fein, cartridges and corruption in the same sentence today. It's likely he's won the Provo Bingo Buzzword Lotto.

Mahon Tribunal release eminent......move along folks, nothing to see here….

Joe doesn't worry about medical costs as he makes more than 20 Nurses (combined) do in an average year.

Swedish House Mafia so to speak:

Gutted I'll miss this today (shame I have to work!). There will be no balance on today's show whatsoever - it will be filled with elderly local residents talking about the loud noise, litter etc., fueled on by Joe's sensationalism, rabble rousing, sweeping statements, bingo buzzwords, calls for banning and gross innaccuracies.

I can imagine some of the quotes:
"The Swedish House Mafia, not to be confused with the EYE-talian Mafia listeners"

"And when you say dance music caller, do you mean like Irish Dancing music, like Riverdance?"

"And you saw people openly dealing drugs? And did you not call the Gardai?"

"MCD, that fine fine organisation are not responsible for the gougers who buy tickets" (which roughly translates as "I'm not going to say anything to jeopardise my champagne filled FREE VIP booth at any of their gigs")

Matty Matticks:

Joe once again shows his prowess with de matt-uh-maticks.

Joe: How much is the scooter?
Caller: 1,000 Euro Joe
Joe: How much is d'electrick byke?
Caller: It's 100Euro cheaper Joe?
Joe: How much is dat?

Love of de dogs:

There was also an elderly man on last year who said he was basically living on bread and water and had no companionship except for his loyal dog. He said on very rare occasions he's get a chicken, cook it and share it with the dog. It was a very heartwarming story and obvious how much he cared for his beloved pet. Joe asked him "would you not get rid of the dog and save a few bob?". The man reacted with understandable horror at this to which Joe came out with "sure it's only a dog?".

Wonder would he have felt that way had the old man a fibre brigade or a model train set as his only companion. CÜnt.

Bias and dat:

How he continually gets away with this kind of thing is disgraceful. I'd have a problem with an intelligent person with similar political views and perspectives on life to my own being given uncensored access to the national airwaves without the opposing view(a) being allowed a right of reply, yet this buffoon is allowed to peddle his biased political views and various agendas unchecked or unchallenged in the most primitive, sensationalist and tabloid form whilst at the same time "earning" more in fees than Barack Obama earns for being the President of (arguably) the most powerful and important nation on the planet. How duz dat make you feel caller?

Irish Royalty:
Joe using "proceed" to his subjects when allowing them to speak, very regal.

Dr. Duffy Part Deux:

What's appalling to me is Duffy being allowed to conduct on-air interviews with clearly vulnerable people who need professional medical help, not his useless at best and potentially damaging at worst intervention.

ButtersSuki

Ronan playing French songs again - will we get Fateen to say a koople fockle en francais in his Allo! Allo! accent so to speak? We should be so lucky as to wish for such comedy gold.

Twoday's show is pretty much guaranteed to be entirely dedicated to CANCER but on the offchance he's telling porkies here's what's POSSIBLY coming up on twoday's show:

CANCER first wurd outta his mouth and dat so to speak :rolleyes: Wat a surprise...
Of course no screening system in infallible" sez he and dat so to speak, but dat didn't matter for the last 3 days of scaremongering"
Playing de audio from yesterday's show and dat so to speak
Joe making a bollix of de years and dat so to speak - dem numbers are very complicated

Camp voyis outro? Of course! Of course!

ButtersSuki

De Brand NEW & IMPROVED so to speak 2-18 Joe Duffy Wurkday Calculator and dat:

Wurkdays in 2-18 and dat: 85
Joe Shows: 71
No Show Joe Shows: 14
Breakeens 4 Joe: 14
PBH (de full-time host of de show) Shows: 9
PBH guest appearances and dat: 1
D'Omen Shows: 4
AN Udder Shows: 0
Good Fryday No Show by nobody at all at all: 1

NEW FEATURE SO TO SPEAK:
Fateen's Estimated Fees (De FEF Matrix so to speak) to date dis year: €177,500*
(not including de EXTRA FEES for 3 days of De Beast From De East TV + Radio Simulcast Xtravaganza + likely "Danger Money" for travelling to and from wurk in de snow and dat).

*de fees are calculated at €2,500 per show x days dat Fateen is in so to speak. Dose fees are likely conservative and outdated as day are 2 years old so to speak.
I'm including Good Fryday as a Wurkday as it is not an official Bank Holiday/Holiday Day. Even Pat Kenny is in Newstalk FFS, but no-one in RTE of course of course.

ButtersSuki

Won't be listening twoday again callers. You have my sympathies.

VinLieger

whats a cervycaal check now joe?

Dan Jaman

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Will we see the rest of the week given over to milking and tear-jerking?

Prace bets now!

House wins!