We are not poor.

16-02-2009 07:12PM #1

I heard a good quote on the news about a year ago. The interviewer asked a guy how he was gonna cope with having less money. He said "I'm not poor now, we were just excessively rich for the last few years"
Which is kinda true. Maybe in reality we're just not meant to have 2-3 holidays a year and live in mansions. When there's people who can't afford to eat, do you not feel bad about complaining like we're in Rwanda?

abi2007 · 16-02-2009 07:15PM

I agree, I have a house, clothes, love and food. what more do I need.

Professey Chin · 16-02-2009 07:16PM

abi2007 wrote: »

I agree, I have a house, clothes, love and food. what more do I need.

Butt secks?

16-02-2009 07:16PM

I think the correct term for irish people is "Financially retarded."

minidazzler · 16-02-2009 07:20PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I think the correct term for irish people is "Financially retarded."

I agree, Irish people have no problem going out spending €100 in one night on a session, yet complain about paying a high mortgage in a big house where they don't need all the rooms.

IvaBigWun · 16-02-2009 07:20PM

abi2007 wrote: »

I agree, I have a house, clothes, love and food. what more do I need.

Cake.

abi2007 · 16-02-2009 07:21PM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Cake.

comes under FOOD:D

SoWatchaWant · 16-02-2009 07:22PM

How dare you, OP. I am in dire poverty, I can no longer afford a Frappucino to go with my stuffed bagel. The Africans have it too good tbh

minidazzler · 16-02-2009 07:23PM

abi2007 wrote: »

comes under FOOD:D

And is non-taxable!!! (I think)

16-02-2009 07:23PM

SoWatchaWant wrote: »

How dare you, OP. I am in dire poverty, I can no longer afford a Frappucino to go with my stuffed bagel. The Africans have it too good tbh

At least their countries are hot. Saves a bomb on the heating.

16-02-2009 07:27PM

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

At least their countries are hot. Saves a bomb on the heating.

Sure they spend a fortune on aircon in those shanty towns,thats why they can't fix them up.

IvaBigWun · 16-02-2009 07:28PM

abi2007 wrote: »

comes under FOOD:D

Cake is not just "Food", its God's way of telling us we're deadly and that we should all ride each other silly.

abi2007 · 16-02-2009 07:41PM

nope thats chocolate.. mmmm

phasers · 16-02-2009 07:43PM

2-3 holidays a year? where are you living? Some of us are genuinely, cannot afford food poor.

abi2007 · 16-02-2009 07:46PM

phasers wrote: »

2-3 holidays a year? where are you living? Some of us are genuinely, cannot afford food poor.

I actually can't actually afford to do a food shop this week cause I spent my money on drink. seriously.

Turd Ferguson · 16-02-2009 07:49PM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Cake.

You'll be wanting to eat it next :rolleyes:

S.I.R · 16-02-2009 07:58PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

You'll be wanting to eat it next :rolleyes:

indeed, what about the waist though ? :rolleyes:

K-9 · 16-02-2009 07:59PM

abi2007 wrote: »

I actually can't actually afford to do a food shop this week cause I spent my money on drink. seriously.

I'd keep an eye on that if I where you.

midlandsmissus · 16-02-2009 08:16PM

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

I heard a good quote on the news about a year ago. The interviewer asked a guy how he was gonna cope with having less money. He said "I'm not poor now, we were just excessively rich for the last few years"
Which is kinda true. Maybe in reality we're just not meant to have 2-3 holidays a year and live in mansions. When there's people who can't afford to eat, do you not feel bad about complaining like we're in Rwanda?

Due to my father deserting us and not paying us any maintenence, we were never the richest family in the village, but we weren't poor at all. We had plenty, we just didnt have the absolutely ridiculous attitude to life alot of people around us had.
I remember I was going out with a lad from the next county to me, and we went to a wedding, and they were splashing out to the tune of 400 euro each in one night. I remember one guy (an electrician) saying to me he would quote something for 500 euro to old women who needed work done when in reality it would come to 50 euro. He prided himself in ripping off these old women. People were losing all sense of reality. I never had much, and after I worked myself through my degree, I now have quite alot of money, I still never EVER spend beyond my means. I don't have a loan, credit card, anything. I save up for something and buy it. I am happy in a way about the recession because it hasnt affected much of my family, as they were never going ridiculous with money. It HAS brought down to earth alot of the electricians/plumbers/plasterers living near me who were ripping everyone off and spending it all on drink. Who cares about them? Not me.
I know a girl who has lost her job, and she went out and bought a new bed for 400 euro on her store card.(She had a perfectly good bed) Priorities straght? I said i thought you were broke. She said its not money its my store card ??? People just need to have some sense when spending. I have no time for people who whine about the recession when they were ripping off people during the good days. What comes around goes around.

dfx- · 16-02-2009 08:38PM

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

I heard a good quote on the news about a year ago. The interviewer asked a guy how he was gonna cope with having less money. He said "I'm not poor now, we were just excessively rich for the last few years"
Which is kinda true. Maybe in reality we're just not meant to have 2-3 holidays a year and live in mansions. When there's people who can't afford to eat, do you not feel bad about complaining like we're in Rwanda?

A few observations...Why didn't you tell us all about this quote a year ago before Sean Fitzpatrick was outed and we'd all have lived happily ever after in positivity. Also we weren't excessively rich, because we never actually had the money that we were getting stuff on credit with

abi2007 wrote: »

I agree, I have a house, clothes, love and food. what more do I need.

A Zombie Survival plan, of course :eek:

Terry · 16-02-2009 08:52PM

dfx- wrote: »

A few observations...Why didn't you tell us all about this quote a year ago before Sean Fitzpatrick was outed and we'd all have lived happily ever after in positivity. Also we weren't excessively rich, because we never actually had the money that we were getting stuff on credit with

A Zombie Survival plan, of course :eek:

Some people were excessively rich.

I've a friend who was earning €1,500 a week after tax at the height of the good times.
He went out and paid cash for a jeep (He sold it shortly afterwards when he realised how much it cost to run. The job was an hour away).
He's a tiler, but he wasn't ripping anyone off. This was the money he was offered to do the job and it was for a large tile importer. Not all tradesmen are rip off merchants.

He was quite foolish with his money though. He didn't save a penny and is fairly ****ed now.

stakey · 16-02-2009 08:54PM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Cake.

The cake is a lie!

Tom65 · 16-02-2009 09:35PM

SoWatchaWant wrote: »

How dare you, OP. I am in dire poverty, I can no longer afford a Frappucino to go with my stuffed bagel. The Africans have it too good tbh

Jaysus, I'd murder a bagel right now.

16-02-2009 09:59PM

Tom65 wrote: »

Jaysus, I'd murder a bagel right now.

recession leading to murder, look where our money crazed ways have led us

TheIrishGrover · 16-02-2009 10:58PM

stakey wrote: »

The cake is a lie!

+1 This was a triumph!

Tech3 · 16-02-2009 11:09PM

The problem with Irish people is we have the mentality to spend on something we simply cannot afford. I have never taken a loan out in my life and will continue not to do so. I simply save up to buy a car or whatever that needs be.

Fair enough considering the prices of propertys in this country i will have to take out a mortgage in the future but i would have enough saved up to keep me tied over in case of a so called rainy day like this current recession. Banks are partly to blame but people today dont seem to have any economical sense.

SV · 16-02-2009 11:49PM

I'ma buy a ferrari or something.

I feel left out not being in debt.

cooperguy · 16-02-2009 11:55PM

tech2 wrote: »

The problem with Irish people is we have the mentality to spend on something we simply cannot afford. I have never taken a loan out in my life and will continue not to do so. I simply save up to buy a car or whatever that needs be.

Fair enough considering the prices of propertys in this country i will have to take out a mortgage in the future but i would have enough saved up to keep me tied over in case of a so called rainy day like this current recession. Banks are partly to blame but people today dont seem to have any economical sense.

Fair enough be careful with your money but that is going the whole other extreme. There is no problem with having a loan. The problem is when you have 5 loans, 3 credit cards, 4 store cards, 2 mortgages and an overdraft.

Tech3 · 17-02-2009 12:11AM

cooperguy wrote: »

Fair enough be careful with your money but that is going the whole other extreme. There is no problem with having a loan. The problem is when you have 5 loans, 3 credit cards, 4 store cards, 2 mortgages and an overdraft.

Yep that would be really OTT. I just find it a good incentive to save with interest given as it seems to make sense to me instead of losing interest to the bank with a loan. All the same a lot of dosh has been wasted

Scarinae · 17-02-2009 01:13AM

S.I.R wrote: »

indeed, what about the waist though ? :rolleyes:

That's where IvaBigWun's suggestion of riding each other silly comes in - exercise is the best way to burn off excess calories

Nehaxak · 17-02-2009 03:11AM

What annoys me though is the amount of pity being given toward people who have a big mortgage but can no longer pay it due to being out of a job and unable to get another one. Seems an awful lot of support in the media and government for these people also.
Why ?
They got themselves the big mortgage, their debt, their fault.
If they now have no job and having trouble meeting the bills, well surely they knew they would have to hold down a good job for 30 years and this "economic boom" was all bullshít, didn't they ? No ?
Why do I have to feel sympathy for their stupidity and/or greed ?

That and the government bailing out their friends/cronies and criminals in the banking sector, disgusting carry-on and in any other country heads would roll for it but no, this is Ireland, where corruption is almost expected of you as a politician.

...and next election we'll have the other bunch of muppets from Fine Gael elected to shout their mouths off but really do nothing at all about it, same shít, different party.

Might seem horrible to say but I really don't care, I'm glad this recession is happening and I'm glad rotten business and greedy people are being knocked back down to earth.
You get what you vote for, you voted in shít, you get shít - welcome to you're shít, you helped create it. Now eat it until you get sick enough never to vote for shít again.

Ps., Wake me up when it's all over, I can't be arsed to even care about these neuvo poor people, political criminals and their pissant banking cronies anymore.

We are not poor.

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