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  • 22-05-2007 04:32PM
    #1
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,721 ✭✭✭✭


    Irish women covering up arms, despite warm weather

    This is on the Google home page as 'breaking news'. Its even less news than the legendary 'small earthquake, nobody killed' headline.
    Are we in the silly season already? Is there nothing else happening (apart from the election)?
    Have you seen any other totally inconsequential headlines recently?


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  • #2
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,825 ✭✭✭Archeron


    I remember a couple of years ago Sky News' "breaking news" was that DNA was discovered 20 years ago on that day. They even cut to a female reporter standing in the rain while loads of anorak clad scienticians were going into the conference centre behind her. It was also drizzle-raining which added nicely to the overall effect.

    How about the paper on Sunday just gone (mirror I think) that had exclusive first pictures of that budgie siezed in Portlaoise prison. Did anyone really care what it looked like?


  • #3
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


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  • #4
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Ah, it's obviously just a slow news day. But if that's making the news today, imagine tomorrow when there will be a moratorium on election reporting.

    Some great page 1 lead headlines in The Simpsons:
    "Man marries woman in wedding ceremony"
    "Dog kills cat, self"

    And my favourite (when Homer faked his death): "Local man loses pants, life"


  • #5
    BigTommyBomb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭BigTommyBomb


    Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy Maddy.
    Its Mads now or even Mad. Thats how well she is known.


  • #6
    Tha Gopher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Tha Gopher


    Dudess wrote:
    Ah, it's obviously just a slow news day. But if that's making the news today, imagine tomorrow when there will be a moratorium on election reporting.

    Some great page 1 lead headlines in The Simpsons:
    "Man marries woman in wedding ceremony"
    "Dog kills cat, self"

    And my favourite (when Homer faked his death): "Local man loses pants, life"

    Or "Local Man Has Same Name" from Max Power ep :)


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  • #7
    bug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭bug


    why are Irish women covering up their arms?
    Is this a take on skin cancer or something? Or did some reporter just not see enough armage wandering round on his permanent coffee break?


  • #8
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    am I the only one that finds elbows arousing?


  • #9
    Fremen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Fremen


    I remember a couple of years ago Sky News' "breaking news" was that DNA was discovered 20 years ago on that day. They even cut to a female reporter standing in the rain while loads of anorak clad scienticians were going into the conference centre behind her. It was also drizzle-raining which added nicely to the overall effect.

    Yeah, they cover some mad stuff sometimes if they don't have anything else to talk about. I saw them cover a star trek convention once :D


  • #10
    bug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭bug


    Mordeth wrote:
    am I the only one that finds elbows arousing?

    yes?

    /they remind me of elephants.


  • #11
    Scarinae
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    I remember when some character on a soap called Deirdre got a new pair of glasses, one of the tabloids dedicated a whole page to how viewers had voted for the new style blah blah.... (last time I'll pick up a tabloid on a Dart) I think this was the same Deirdre who was put in jail on the soap and people started a campaign to 'Free Deirdre' - I mean really, it's not like she's even a real person, she's fictional!


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  • #12
    Healio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,832 ✭✭✭Healio


    Fishie wrote:
    I remember when some character on a soap called Deirdre got a new pair of glasses, one of the tabloids dedicated a whole page to how viewers had voted for the new style blah blah.... (last time I'll pick up a tabloid on a Dart) I think this was the same Deirdre who was put in jail on the soap and people started a campaign to 'Free Deirdre' - I mean really, it's not like she's even a real person, she's fictional!

    The fella who plays her is a great actor. Although he is losing the feminine sound in his voice.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 36,733 CMod ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    No Dirty Laundry? Poor Don Henley!


  • #14
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,930 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    looksee wrote:
    Irish women covering up arms, despite warm weather
    You mean they are just pretending and not actually going through with the full decommissioning lark?


  • #15
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Healio wrote:
    The fella who plays her is a great actor. Although he is losing the feminine sound in his voice.

    I think he sounds more like a darlek from Dr Who now :D


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