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Walter Mitty thread

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  • #32
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    FanadMan wrote: »
    There's seriously funny Walter Mitty stories in here

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1008

    The foreign legion one is brilliant!

    My wife's younger sister separated from her husband years ago and started dating again turning up some real clangers.
    One that springs to mind was a character who said he was an Irish American US marine visiting his grandparents while on leave. His story was plausible enough till he announced he had to return back to his unit in America for a secret mission and couldn't give any contact details saying he would get in touch. Her sister wasn't particularly upset just surprised the way he vanished.
    A few months later , he reappeared announcing he had left the marines and joined the French Foreign Legion, same story applied , he had to rush off on a secret mission and would be uncontactable.
    Her sister didnt give a fcuk just acknowledging him as a spoofer.
    We still see him around occasionally, home on leave from some secret mission, buys his groceries in Tesco though.


  • #33
    Capt'n Midnight
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    What’s Walter Mitty? I thought it was a film.
    Yes that's the Danny Kaye film.

    There was something released more recently to defraud unsuspecting punters. Apart from the use of the names it bore no relation whatsoever to the original story.

    Original story here - pocketa-pocketa-pocketa
    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/03/18/the-secret-life-of-walter-james-thurber


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Yes that's the Danny Kaye film.

    There was something released more recently to defraud unsuspecting punters. Apart from the use of the names it bore no relation whatsoever to the original story.

    Original story here - pocketa-pocketa-pocketa
    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/03/18/the-secret-life-of-walter-james-thurber

    World have to be the new one for me, can’t watch them old ones. Bad modern acting is still better than all that old hammy acting.


  • #35
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    This lad was such a waffler that his ma would just agree with him any time he wanted anything validated just to have some peace and quiet. So me, and the brother of another Irish international, are in his kitchen and he's going on about Zinedine being his cousin and asking his ma to tell us it's true, we're laughing at him calling him a waffler and full of shit. Next thing as if the Gods planned it, he blurts out "He fookin is my cousin, he's from Achill island", TV cuts to an interview with Kilbane, very strong London accent from him and me and the other mate rolling round the kitchen laughing "Achill, fcuking Achill, some Achill accent on him". The bluffer mate just brushed it off called us muppets as if we'd been making up stories, and moved onto the next fairytale he was making up.

    Kilbane's dad is from Achill Island.


  • #36
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    Kilbane's dad is from Achill Island.
    And Kevin Kilbane most definitely does not have a London accent.


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  • #37
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    Kilbane's dad is from Achill Island.
    El Weirdo wrote: »
    And Kevin Kilbane most definitely does not have a London accent.

    It would appear the spoofee has become the spoofer.


  • #38
    Hoop66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,273 ✭✭✭Hoop66


    Knew a guy in London, back in the day, who claimed to have met extra-terrestrials while travelling in Peru.

    Turned out he'd never been to South America at all, so I'm a bit dubious about the aliens tbh.

    It also turned out he was smoking a *lot* of crack.


  • #39
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    Kilbane's dad is from Achill Island.

    That's as maybe, but my friend didn't know that. He's just a spoofer.


  • #40
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    And Kevin Kilbane most definitely does not have a London accent.

    What would you call it?? It's an english accent, i placed it in London.


  • #41
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    What would you call it?? It's an english accent, i placed it in London.

    He was born and bred oop north in Preston.
    weldoninhio wrote: »
    That's as maybe, but my friend didn't know that. He's just a spoofer.

    It's quite the guess from your friend to say he's from Achill island and his Dad is actually from there.


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  • #42
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    He was born and bred oop north in Preston.



    It's quite the guess from your friend to say he's from Achill island and his Dad is actually from there.

    It may have been, doesn't take away from the fact that it was a hail mary guess, he is absolutely no relation to him, and the aforementioned friend will now deny ever saying that they were cousins. :D:D:D


  • #43
    HildaOgdenx
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Yes that's the Danny Kaye film.

    There was something released more recently to defraud unsuspecting punters. Apart from the use of the names it bore no relation whatsoever to the original story.

    Original story here - pocketa-pocketa-pocketa
    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/03/18/the-secret-life-of-walter-james-thurber

    Enjoyed reading that.
    The Walter Mitty story was in our English book in secondary school.


  • #44
    the purple tin
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    I worked with an absolute Walt years ago. He was middle-aged, short and you would not call him attractive by a long shot. But, according to him he was getting more women than Hugh Hefner.
    Ludicrous stories about women just throwing themselves at him, like his life was a blue movie or something.


    One I remember; he went to a party one night in a friend of a friends house, full of people having fun, he had a few drinks and then went out to the back garden for a smoke and some peace and quiet. He was sitting on a bench minding his own business when this absolute stunner of a woman comes out of the house, walks right over to him and without saying a word unzipped his trousers and proceeded to suck his cock! After she had finished she stood up, said 'thanks for that' and walked back into the house :rolleyes:


  • #45
    ManOfMystery
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    I work with a Walter Mitty character. He's on an average wage but has tried to convince us he bought a supercar a while back (I'm talking a £150k car). Of course, no-one ever saw it because it's kept at his family's other home in a different country - the roads are better there apparently. Strangely, this seems to also have negated his ability to even take a photo of it.

    He has also had some wonderful life experiences, including (but not limited to) direct contact and business meetings with A-list American celebs for a hobby/side venture he's involved in, being sought after by a very famous global corporation for a 6 figure contract, and more.

    I sometimes don't know if he's actually the most convincing troll that ever lived, or genuinely believes his own BS.


  • #46
    Graces7
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    ManOfMystery wrote: »
    I work with a Walter Mitty character. He's on an average wage but has tried to convince us he bought a supercar a while back (I'm talking a £150k car). Of course, no-one ever saw it because it's kept at his family's other home in a different country - the roads are better there apparently. Strangely, this seems to also have negated his ability to even take a photo of it.

    He has also had some wonderful life experiences, including (but not limited to) direct contact and business meetings with A-list American celebs for a hobby/side venture he's involved in, being sought after by a very famous global corporation for a 6 figure contract, and more.

    I sometimes don't know if he's actually the most convincing troll that ever lived, or genuinely believes his own BS.

    Interesting question...


  • #47
    TomSweeney
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    I worked with an absolute Walt years ago. He was middle-aged, short and you would not call him attractive by a long shot. But, according to him he was getting more women than Hugh Hefner.
    Ludicrous stories about women just throwing themselves at him, like his life was a blue movie or something.


    One I remember; he went to a party one night in a friend of a friends house, full of people having fun, he had a few drinks and then went out to the back garden for a smoke and some peace and quiet. He was sitting on a bench minding his own business when this absolute stunner of a woman comes out of the house, walks right over to him and without saying a word unzipped his trousers and proceeded to suck his cock! After she had finished she stood up, said 'thanks for that' and walked back into the house :rolleyes:
    Sounds like something pintman paddy losty would post ! :D


  • #48
    the purple tin
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    TomSweeney wrote: »
    Sounds like something pintman paddy losty would post ! :D


    Thinking back about it I think he was in the closet.

    He never married or had a girlfriend and nobody ever saw him with any of his countless conquests as they were always one night stands. Any work parties he always came on his own.

    I reckon he was throwing up a smokescreen, people weren't so open minded back then, but he really overdid it.
    Every monday morning he would be telling everyone on the floor about the latest ride he got over the weekend, he sounded like a adolescent boy making up stories about getting off with a girl to his schoolfriends. I honestly think he was never near a woman in his life.


  • #49
    JohnnyFlash
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    TomSweeney wrote: »
    Sounds like something pintman paddy losty would post ! :D

    Pintman is a hideous looking individual. Would never get the ride if he wasn’t paying for it.

    Think you’re getting him mixed up with myself. I’m a bit of a ‘swordsman’ alright.


  • #50
    the purple tin
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    Pintman is a hideous looking individual. Would never get the ride if he wasn’t paying for it.

    Think you’re getting him mixed up with myself. I’m a bit of a ‘swordsman’ alright.
    But Paddy was married with kids wasn't he?
    The wife used to throw on a bit of a fry for him when he came back from the pub sick of eating 'packets of crips'.


  • #51
    TheAnalyst_
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    The United People thread was textbook Mitty.


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  • #52
    RWCNT
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    After I graduated uni in the UK I worked in a dreadful call centre for a fee weeks that was essentially outbound cold calling trying to scam people. Dreadful place, I shudder to think there were some that worked there for years.

    One lad that worked there claimed to be an engineer, although when I asked where he'd trained or got his degree he claimed to be "self taught". He'd tell us all often how Mercedes, Audi, Rolls Royce etc. were sending him job offers but he couldn't make his mind up, when I asked how he'd got in contact with them he said "They've been following my work very closely for years".

    Saw him again 6 months later and he was stoll working in the scam call centre, but "Lamborghini have been in touch". God knows what was going on inside his head.


  • #53
    Leg End Reject
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    Has anyone any insight to why people do this? In general life is mundane as an adult, with flashes of levity and breaks from reality. Why do some need to invent an exciting alter ego?

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #54
    Ubbquittious
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Has anyone any insight to why people do this? In general life is mundane as an adult, with flashes of levity and breaks from reality. Why do some need to invent an exciting alter ego?

    I presume it is less effort than actually sprucing up your own life and once they start Mittying people seem interested and give them more attention, then they get hooked the same way people get hooked on Facebook likes


  • #55
    Ush1
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    I worked with an absolute Walt years ago. He was middle-aged, short and you would not call him attractive by a long shot. But, according to him he was getting more women than Hugh Hefner.
    Ludicrous stories about women just throwing themselves at him, like his life was a blue movie or something.


    One I remember; he went to a party one night in a friend of a friends house, full of people having fun, he had a few drinks and then went out to the back garden for a smoke and some peace and quiet. He was sitting on a bench minding his own business when this absolute stunner of a woman comes out of the house, walks right over to him and without saying a word unzipped his trousers and proceeded to suck his cock! After she had finished she stood up, said 'thanks for that' and walked back into the house :rolleyes:

    I told you that in confidence.


  • #56
    L1011
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    Encountered one such who initially claimed *he* was an FF Councillor in Meath, which I was able to disprove as I actually knew the name of the only FF councillor in his area (happened to know someone who was mates with them; and it was nearby). Then claimed his dad was one. All this through general superiority complex crap.

    Eventually found out his grandad had been and had lost his seat in like 1999 or 2004.

    Christ, imagine thinking being an FF councillor was a boasting point.


  • #57
    sinjin_smythe
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    I know a lad who claims to have beaten deep blue at chess.


  • #58
    Mysterypunter
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    Bob Harris wrote: »
    Kilbane's dad is from Achill Island.

    Kilbane has loads of cousins from Achill, they are the Kilbane and McGinty family's, I know a few of them, lovely people. Very plausible, and many of them live or have lived in England. But they are regular visitors home for social occasions.


  • #59
    Widdershins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    I know 2 Walters.
    1 told the most incredible lies. His false claims include: that he lost a leg in Afghanistan, owns an Aston Martin, is the descendant of an Irish chieftain and speaks fluent Irish.
    Walter number 2 had delusions of all the lives he might live and all the women he might 'have'. He'd blurt his imaginings aloud, not quite directed at me but as if he wasn't fully aware of my presence, not long after I arrived after a 4 hour journey to stay with him (I was his victim, sorry, I mean girlfriend). Number 2 seemed proud of what he self described as his own Walter Mitty imagination. I suppose he saw the film and interpreted it as a benign, sweet quality (one which endears you to the ladies, of course).
    He identified with (or as???) Louis XIV. Mainly for the hedonism. He implied he experienced the Oedipus complex.

    My fiance seems very sane and logical, but I'm kind of just waiting for the nuttyness to show. My best friend says I like the odd ones, "us normal ones don't stand a chance". Unfortunately its true, Im subconsciously drawn to weirdos.


  • #60
    Capt'n Midnight
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    sinjin_smythe wrote: »
    I know a lad who claims to have beaten deep blue at chess.

    A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

    - Emo Philips


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  • #61
    Huawei Gallagher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭Huawei Gallagher


    Widdershins wrote: »
    I know 2 Walters.
    His false claims include: .... is the descendant of an Irish chieftain

    Apparently 1 in 12 Irishmen are descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and it rises to 1 in 5 in some parts of the northwest, so he may not be Bullsharting on that one.

    I am descended from Noel of the Nine Sausages, whose coat of arms is a Breakfast Roll and a Defibrillator :D


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