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    #1052
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,280 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    awec wrote: »
    Every pub in the country will be serving ham sandwiches this time next month :D

    they will have to apply through the courts for a restaurant licence to get around the "pint with food" angle

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/rush-of-applications-expected-as-pubs-can-apply-for-licences-to-open-as-restaurants-999309.html


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    #1053
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,972 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    molloyjh wrote: »
    Leo quoting Samwise Gamgee is probably the oddest part of this whole thing.

    What did he say?


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    #1054
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,197 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    What did he say?

    “Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.”

    I didn't understand it either but that's Leo for you.


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    #1055
    Bazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    What did he say?

    "If I take one more step, it'll be the farthest from home I've been [since lockdown began]"


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    #1056
    [Deleted User]
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    Buer wrote: »
    “Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.”

    I didn't understand it either but that's Leo for you.

    It's a good idea to be honest, people who don't listen to the speech will hear about the reference from social media and pick up on some of the rest from there. He's done it a few times now so it's not an accident.


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    #1057
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    The next time I see a bunch of teenagers congregating I'm going to think "Sneaky little hobbitses".


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    #1058
    Clegg
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    Will anyone be braving the pubs come the 29th?


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    #1059
    [Deleted User]
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    The next time I see a bunch of munster teenagers congregating I'm going to think "filthy little hobbitses".

    Agreed !


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    #1060
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,057 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    I had to Google who Samwise Gamgee is.

    Sounded like a poet you might see in the Bernard Shaw.


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    #1061
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Neil3030 wrote: »
    I had to Google who Samwise Gamgee is.

    Sounded like a poet you might see in the Bernard Shaw.

    You never saw Lord of the Rings?

    Sort this out immediately.


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    #1062
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    What did he say?

    "But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer."

    Thomonds idea is basically the perfect follow up to it. Personally I camt stop seeing this dialogue now:

    Simon Harris: I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales.

    Leo Varadker: What?

    SH: I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Leo and the Virus.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Leo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of politicians. And that's saying a lot.'

    LV: You've left out one of the chief characters - Simon the Brave. I want to hear more about Simon. Leo wouldn't have got far without Simon.

    SH: Now Mr. Taoiseach, you shouldn't make fun; I was being serious.

    LV: So was I.

    SH: Simon the Brave...


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    #1063
    Neil3030
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    You never saw Lord of the Rings?

    Sort this out immediately.

    Read the books ages ago... at least the first one... think maybe also the second.

    Same with the movies. Definitely saw the first two, around the time they came out on DVD. Never bothered with the third.

    I remember now there being a Sam character, just forgot his full name.

    To be honest, that entire genre, super hero movies, oh and the whole game of thrones thing... giant "meh" from me, I'm afraid.


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    #1064
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Whenever I hear Varadkar quoting in these things I just think... imagine if Ireland had ever produced a great writer or poet that might be worth a mention from our taoiseach


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    #1065
    stephen_n
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Whenever I hear Varadkar quoting in these things I just think... imagine if Ireland had ever produced a great writer or poet that might be worth a mention from our taoiseach

    I somehow doubt he is writing his own speeches. If he is, someone should tell him to stop.


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    #1066
    the baby bull elephant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭the baby bull elephant


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Whenever I hear Varadkar quoting in these things I just think... imagine if Ireland had ever produced a great writer or poet that might be worth a mention from our taoiseach

    Would be a decent tonal shift to say something like 'mere anarchy is loosed upon the world'.


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    #1067
    Neil3030
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Whenever I hear Varadkar quoting in these things I just think... imagine if Ireland had ever produced a great writer or poet that might be worth a mention from our taoiseach

    "Death must be so beautiful..." nah, probably not the right message

    "If I was dead, I wouldn't know..." nope, can't use that one

    "To lose one parent is tragedy to lose both...." nah, may not go down well

    "A four foot box, a foot for every..." DEFINITELY not

    F*** this

    <Opens a Marvel Comic>


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    #1068
    Panda Killa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭Panda Killa


    Aleksandar Katai, a Serbian footballer playing for LA Galaxy has been sacked because of his wife's racist insta posts during the week.
    I'm not sure how I feel about this .. losing your job because of someone elses opinions....LA Galaxy being seen to be doing the right thing


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    #1069
    troyzer
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    Panda Killa wrote: »
    Aleksandar Katai, a Serbian footballer playing for LA Galaxy has been sacked because of his wife's racist insta posts during the week.
    I'm not sure how I feel about this .. losing your job because of someone elses opinions....LA Galaxy being seen to be doing the right thing

    Yeah, that's a bit much.

    If it was him, fair enough. But his wife?


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    #1070
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,972 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Panda Killa wrote: »
    Aleksandar Katai, a Serbian footballer playing for LA Galaxy has been sacked because of his wife's racist insta posts during the week.
    I'm not sure how I feel about this .. losing your job because of someone elses opinions....LA Galaxy being seen to be doing the right thing

    He needs to Jake the Muss that woman!


    In all honesty, I agree. I'm glad that the LA Galaxy are taking a stand against racism but its harsh to fire a guy for what his wife did. If they'd said to him that she wasnt welcome team events or property, I would have said fair enough.


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    #1071
    Buer
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    A bit more context...he wasn't fired as such. They released him by mutual consent after reaching a financial settlement. There was a major backlash from their supporters; Katai knew his place at the club was untenable. I'm sure he'll be p*ssed off with his wife but the outcome isn't too bad for him overall. His biggest problem will now be finding a club willing to take him.


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    #1072
    pickarooney
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Whenever I hear Varadkar quoting in these things I just think... imagine if Ireland had ever produced a great writer or poet that might be worth a mention from our taoiseach

    I sometimes think Trump is quoting Finnegan's wake but the abridged version that was translated through Armenian and back to English


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    #1073
    prawnsambo
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    stephen_n wrote: »
    I somehow doubt he is writing his own speeches. If he is, someone should tell him to stop.
    Patrick Geoghegan is his speech writer. History professor and broadcaster. And fan of 'The Lord of the Rings' apparently. :)


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    #1074
    Stheno
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    Buer wrote: »
    A bit more context...he wasn't fired as such. They released him by mutual consent after reaching a financial settlement. There was a major backlash from their supporters; Katai knew his place at the club was untenable. I'm sure he'll be p*ssed off with his wife but the outcome isn't too bad for him overall. His biggest problem will now be finding a club willing to take him.

    Didnt the head of the group that manages the NFL (sorry not too familiar with their setup, but the equivalent of the head of the IRFU?) come out this week and say he was wrong to oppose the kneeling?

    As for pubs, I'll leave it a couple of weeks at least

    Most looking forward to the broader travel tbh


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    #1075
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,922 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    Neil3030 wrote: »
    "Death must be so beautiful..." nah, probably not the right message

    "If I was dead, I wouldn't know..." nope, can't use that one

    "To lose one parent is tragedy to lose both...." nah, may not go down well

    "A four foot box, a foot for every..." DEFINITELY not

    F*** this

    <Opens a Marvel Comic>


    "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé tinn"


    Spike Milligan's tombstone epitaph.


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    #1076
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,375 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    Stheno wrote: »
    Didnt the head of the group that manages the NFL (sorry not too familiar with their setup, but the equivalent of the head of the IRFU?) come out this week and say he was wrong to oppose the kneeling?

    As for pubs, I'll leave it a couple of weeks at least

    Most looking forward to the broader travel tbh
    Yeah. Goodell is his name. Same guy who castigated them from a height. Wouldn't be paying him much heed tbh. Let's see what the NFL actually do. Words are cheap and all that.


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    #1077
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,057 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    jacothelad wrote: »
    "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé tinn"


    Spike Milligan's tombstone epitaph.

    The little grovelling bastard!


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    #1078
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    A decent sized crowd are at the US Embassy.

    I really really hope we don't regret this in a few weeks.


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    #1079
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    A decent sized crowd are at the US Embassy.

    I really really hope we don't regret this in a few weeks.

    Seemed to be a strong attempt to keep it socially distant this time.


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    #1080
    [Deleted User]
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    Protests right now is really boiling my blood


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    #1081
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,773 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Protests right now is really boiling my blood

    If you raise your head above the parapet on Twitter and say this you will probably face accusations of racism from some quarters.


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