Man went to gardaí to complain over quality of his drugs

Crusty Jocks · 03-06-2019 08:16PM #1

I’m guessing it was because the completion and consumer protection office was closed.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/pictured-man-who-went-to-garda-to-complain-over-quality-of-his-drugs-38173180.html

DelaneyIn · 03-06-2019 08:18PM

Not the sharpest knife. Probably for the best that he’s a former student nurse.

TheValeyard · 03-06-2019 08:18PM

Take it he was stoned at the time?

Crusty Jocks · 03-06-2019 08:20PM

TheValeyard wrote: »

Take it he was stoned at the time?

That was part of the judges conclusion.

Alrigghtythen · 03-06-2019 08:20PM

The drugs were stronger than he thought

Timberrrrrrrr · 03-06-2019 08:21PM

Junkies.

Not really known for their high IQ.

branie2 · 03-06-2019 08:24PM

Big mistake!

Beechwoodspark · 03-06-2019 08:24PM

What a clown

King of Kings · 03-06-2019 08:24PM

A man of integrity.
I applaud him

TheValeyard · 03-06-2019 08:26PM

Alrigghtythen wrote: »

The drugs were stronger than he thought

So.......probably were of a good quality

Jupiter Mulligan · 03-06-2019 08:30PM

"Separately, Liwembe admitted repeatedly trespassing at an address where he used to live and work at Inchicore. He was under the "misapprehension that he still lived there".

A curious case right enough. I see he's down for deportation. Seems a pity, as he's exactly the sort of intelligent, civic spirited chap we should be trying to retain in the country!

enricoh · 03-06-2019 08:35PM

An asset to the country, now lets stick him on the disability allowance n housing list til he gets to pension age.

Always Tired · 03-06-2019 08:35PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Junkies.

Not really known for their high IQ.

Calling a cannabis user a junkie is pretty dumb too. It's like calling someone who plays the lotto each week a degenerate gambler.

The term junkie comes from the slang term for heroin (junk).

Crusty Jocks · 03-06-2019 08:43PM

DelaneyIn wrote: »

Not the sharpest knife. Probably for the best that he’s a former student nurse.

I’m guessing this formed part of his defence. I’d like some further details on his nursing studies. You can be in front of an Irish court and have made a paper airplane in 2nd class and present yourself as an aeronautical engineer and it gets reported in the papers.

Timberrrrrrrr · 03-06-2019 08:52PM

Always Tired wrote: »

Calling a cannabis user a junkie is pretty dumb too. It's like calling someone who plays the lotto each week a degenerate gambler.

The term junkie comes from the slang term for heroin (junk).

You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. In my opinion he is a junkie.

fleet · 03-06-2019 09:00PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. In my opinion he is a junkie.

Eh... that's not how language works. If we all use random words to describe something then I'm going to go ahead and descibe myself as a doctor. I'm not, but I've got a lab coat, and rather like the ring the term lends my given name.

Birneybau · 03-06-2019 09:16PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Always Tired wrote: »

Calling a cannabis user a junkie is pretty dumb too. It's like calling someone who plays the lotto each week a degenerate gambler.

The term junkie comes from the slang term for heroin (junk).

You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. In my opinion he is a junkie.

Just a bad case of reefer madness

Timberrrrrrrr · 03-06-2019 09:16PM

fleet wrote: »

Eh... that's not how language works. If we all use random words to describe something then I'm going to go ahead and descibe myself as a doctor. I'm not, but I've got a lab coat, and rather like the ring the term lends my given name.

Ah so all of the zombies walking around Dublin city center off their heads are not junkies cos they are not on heroin? Ok chief :rolleyes:

As i said, you can have your opinion and i can have mine.

the_syco · 03-06-2019 09:17PM

I'm assuming he doesn't quite get sarcasm?

Also, it seems he smoked most of it (€10 can't be that much), so I'm guessing he tried to get a refund for the full amount, and when refused, the dealer told him to complain to the police?

myshirt · 03-06-2019 09:21PM

You might laugh at this, but consumer protection legislation applies as much to illegal drugs as it does to anything else.

Equally, if you are a drug dealer you can get taxed on the profits. And I don't mean taxed in the brick in the face sense for all you familiar with the street term. I mean taxed in the regular way. Tax credits, standard rate cut off point, interest and penalities, the lot.

dxhound2005 · 03-06-2019 09:58PM

myshirt wrote: »

You might laugh at this, but consumer protection legislation applies as much to illegal drugs as it does to anything else.

How do you enforce your rights under this legislation, if for instance you were given sugar instead of cocaine by a dealer? Different jurisdiction but this happened to a woman in the North. She complained to the PSNI.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2019/0222/1032250-psni-cocaine-armagh/

Sonny noggs · 03-06-2019 10:01PM

His asylum application was denied and he is due to be deported later this month. Good riddance. Let him earn his inevitable Darwin Award back in Malawi.

Always Tired · 03-06-2019 10:02PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. In my opinion he is a junkie.

Using the wrong word to describe something is an opinion?

I know a guy who drinks a lot of coffee, in my opinion he is an alcoholic. I also know a guy who drinks a lot of beer. In my opinion, he's a tweaker. I also know a guy who does meth, in my opinion he is cokehead.

This is basically what you're doing. You can call him a pothead if you want. Or you could use the word addict (though weed is not physically addictive it is still habit forming mentally). But the reason you won't use that word instead is because you want to put people down. And it doesn't make you look very smart, I'm afraid. It's like something Donald Trump would say.

Weed junkies lol

Sonny noggs · 03-06-2019 10:03PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. In my opinion he is a junkie.

More of a stoner. It probably killed the few brain cells he was born with.

Amirani · 03-06-2019 10:05PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Ah so all of the zombies walking around Dublin city center off their heads are not junkies cos they are not on heroin? Ok chief :rolleyes:

As i said, you can have your opinion and i can have mine.

The zombies aren't like that from smoking cannabis.

Nobody is going to stop you from having your opinion, it's still wrong though.

Crusty Jocks · 03-06-2019 10:08PM

There were two comparisons made

- junkie
- no different to someone who plays lotto once a week

Both extreme and equally retarded.

He's somewhere in the middle, either way, good riddance to the useless c*nt.

Effects · 03-06-2019 10:10PM

myshirt wrote: »

You might laugh at this, but consumer protection legislation applies as much to illegal drugs as it does to anything else.

No it doesn't. What drugs are you on?

Equally, if you are a drug dealer you can get taxed on the profits. I mean taxed in the regular way. Tax credits, standard rate cut off point, interest and penalties, the lot.

Complete BS.

dxhound2005 · 03-06-2019 10:11PM

I just checked some online dictionaries. Junkie can be specific to heroin, but is used for drug addicts/users in general as well. And it has also expanded to non drug related areas e.g. adrenalin junkie.

dxhound2005 · 03-06-2019 10:22PM

Effects wrote: »

No it doesn't. What drugs are you on?

Complete BS.

I don't think they are right about consumer protection, but they are right about taxation. Very common in other countries as well.

http://www.cab.ie/

Always Tired · 04-06-2019 03:10AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I just checked some online dictionaries. Junkie can be specific to heroin, but is used for drug addicts/users in general as well. And it has also expanded to non drug related areas e.g. adrenalin junkie.

Yeah, pretty sure everyone knows that without having to google it. Just like ppl with anger issues started being called 'rageaholics'.

It comes from junk the slang term for H, and is not used to refer to people who smoke marijuana, unless you want to sound like a completely out of touch eejit.

Timberrrrrrrr · 04-06-2019 06:57AM

Amirani wrote: »

The zombies aren't like that from smoking cannabis.

Nobody is going to stop you from having your opinion, it's still wrong though.

They are still collectively called junkies, imo all users of illegal drugs are junkies. I get it, you don't like me using that word because you probably do/have smoked some yourself and believe that because you use at recreational level it makes you better than the poor saps who are off their faces everyday around the city from either heroin or prescription pills.

Man went to gardaí to complain over quality of his drugs

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