Pighead

Dog Man Star · 13-06-2019 06:30PM #1

What ever happened to him? Last time I heard, he'd been sectioned. I hope he's doing better now. He was quite the wit of Boards back in the 1990s. He lived in Dundalk and knew a little bit about local football and, just like Henry's Cat, "he knew everything about nothing, and not too much about that".

yermandan · 13-06-2019 06:32PM

I'm sure I saw him posting recently on the Snooker World Championship Thread

TuringBot47 · 13-06-2019 06:32PM

Hi Pighead.

Sugar Free · 13-06-2019 06:33PM

Dog Man Star wrote: »

What ever happened to him? Last time I heard, he'd been sectioned. I hope he's doing better now. He was quite the wit of Boards back in the 1990s. He lived in Dundalk and knew a little bit about local football and, just like Henry's Cat, "he knew everything about nothing, and not too much about that".

2000s from what I recall. The earliest accounts seemed to be 97/98.

Jurgen Klopp · 13-06-2019 06:33PM

He's still posting

Dog Man Star · 13-06-2019 06:33PM

yermandan wrote: »

I'm sure I saw him posting recently on the Snooker World Championship Thread

Yep, that proves he was, indeed, sectioned.

He was very much the Freddie Starr of his day. Considered himself hilarious, but everyone thought him a tragic figure. I am glad to hear he is still alive but no longer active. That's probably his best state.

Lawlesz · 13-06-2019 06:36PM

The glory days...

Pighead, the other one, was he facekicker? ... Who could forget Trent!

tuxy · 13-06-2019 06:38PM

Dog Man Star wrote: »

What ever happened to him? Last time I heard, he'd been sectioned. I hope he's doing better now. He was quite the wit of Boards back in the 1990s. He lived in Dundalk and knew a little bit about local football and, just like Henry's Cat, "he knew everything about nothing, and not too much about that".

He joined boards in May 2002 but was quite the wit of boards back in the 1990s?
The only people using boards.ie in the late 90s were quake players.
Also as stated Pighead still posts on boards.ie, do better research next time.

Bobblehats · 13-06-2019 06:40PM

Dog Man Star wrote: »

Yep, that proves he was, indeed, sectioned.

We all go a little snooker loopy once in a while. Sat there, staring into deathly silence for hours on end like something’s going to give. Nobody likes to break first.

Dog Man Star · 13-06-2019 06:40PM

Many years ago, there was a couple here, who considered themselves models. They would post endless pictures of each other. I think they thought they were bound for fame, but alas, I have not heard of either of them since.

They posted their Facebook profiles and everything. Quite a lot of posters did that innocently, not realising what they were doing.

I know one Cork girl who posts quite regularly who posted her full Facebook page. I even know where she works, which is scary.

Let me stress, I don't want to know, but I do. Everything is here for all to see.

recyclops · 13-06-2019 06:41PM

Lawlesz wrote: »

The glory days...

Pighead, the other one, was he facekicker? ... Who could forget Trent!

Trent was a boards highlight

Dog Man Star · 13-06-2019 06:42PM

tuxy wrote: »

He joined boards in May 2002 but was quite the wit of boards back in the 1990s?
The only people using boards.ie in the late 90s were quake players.
Also as stated Pighead still posts on boards.ie, do better research next time.

Whatever, it feels like the 90s. I'm not researching the bloke, I couldn't care less. What the hell is quake

tuxy · 13-06-2019 06:44PM

Dog Man Star wrote: »

Whatever, it feels like the 90s. I'm not researching the bloke, I couldn't care less. What the hell is quake

You may not care but obviously someone did to start a thread on it.

Quake was the reason boards.ie started.

Dog Man Star · 13-06-2019 06:44PM

tuxy wrote: »

You may not care but obviously someone did to start a thread on it.
Quake was the reason boards.ie started.

As Erik B and Rakim said, "it ain't where you're from, it's where you're at"

Cool_CM · 13-06-2019 06:46PM

Wonder if R.Rated ever recovered

Dog Man Star · 13-06-2019 06:47PM

I miss old Piggo, he was an interesting fellow, much like the Elephant Man. An aberration of human form, yet still a human. Obviously, his mental capacity WAS that of an animal, but he could feed himself, yes sir. Oh boy, could he feed himself.

He could somewhat operate a keyboard, with limited success, and he was as angry as a sunburnt hornet, yet we all loved him, in the same way we cry when we see what happens to young J.Merrick.

The demise of Pighead coincides with the rise of the white supremacists in After Hours, it is no coincidence. When a man with the pig of a face is crushed with an enormous boulder, chaos will ensure. That's a good analogy, someone should write a book about a situation like that. Throw in some buxom 17 year olds, it will be a blockbuster.

I would name that book "(Pretty Fly for a) Lord of the Fly Boys"

....done already? what are you talking about?

tuxy · 13-06-2019 06:50PM

Dog Man Star wrote: »

As Erik B and Rakim said, "it ain't where you're from, it's where you're at"

If that's the case then I can reliably inform you that Pighead currently spends his time on here talking about the French Open Tennis. I hope this info answers your original question.

corner of hells · 13-06-2019 06:56PM

Was Pighead not Mary Harney ?

vriesmays · 13-06-2019 06:57PM

Dog Man Star wrote: »

As Erik B and Rakim said, "it ain't where you're from, it's where you're at"

Rakim said that, Eric B was the DJ.

Bobblehats · 13-06-2019 07:30PM

vriesmays wrote: »

Rakim said that, Eric B was the DJ.

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-06-2019 07:33PM

He loved a bit of the aul Suede

RIP

13-06-2019 07:35PM

Some say, his head was shaped like ....a pig.

Who'd have guessed.

Dog Man Star · 13-06-2019 07:45PM

vriesmays wrote: »

Rakim said that, Eric B was the DJ.

True, but without the beats of Eric B, Rakim's words were without accentuation.

Derek B, the late UK rapper, just invented his own DJ called EZ Q. Both him. I think the workload took it's toll, he didn't reach 50. On his debut album, there are full on conversations between him and his DJ, both the same person.

If he'd have been sectioned in time, he may still have been a successful rapper (unlikely).

Bobblehats · 13-06-2019 07:47PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

He loved a bit of the aul Suede

RIP

And bret loved a bit of the old afrika bambaata

Bateman · 13-06-2019 11:59PM

he was a good auld skin

s8n · 14-06-2019 12:03AM

Remember angelwhore who became Karl Hungus and then retired ?

Pero_Bueno · 14-06-2019 12:08AM

Didn't he used to post about himself in the 3rd person ?

14-06-2019 12:25AM

Pighead commented on the French Open tennis only days ago. Shelve your obituary.

kowloon · 14-06-2019 01:30AM

tuxy wrote: »

He joined boards in May 2002 but was quite the wit of boards back in the 1990s?
The only people using boards.ie in the late 90s were quake players.
Also as stated Pighead still posts on boards.ie, do better research next time.

I don't think there are any join dates from when the forum was first set up, the earliest join date you'll see is from some time after that..

oneilla · 14-06-2019 02:18AM

Dog Man Star wrote: »

Whatever, it feels like the 90s. I'm not researching the bloke, I couldn't care less. What the hell is quake

A video game people played online in the 90s. This site started out has a way for players to connect.

kowloon wrote: »

I don't think there are any join dates from when the forum was first set up, the earliest join date you'll see is from some time after that..

I think gandalf's join date is 1998 and he occasionally posts here. The site proper started circa 2000 afaik and I think some pre-2000 accounts were ported from whatever the pre-boards.ie site was. The old Quake board threads used to be archived in the Gaming section.

Cookie_Monster · 14-06-2019 03:35AM

This thread needs links to those glory day posts...

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