Hard not to be smug about the UK today just a smidgeon

darkman2 · 22-04-2009 04:47PM #1

For all our difficulties, having spent the last few weeks as an Irish person having to listen to and read the hysterical, sensationalist, stupidity and paddywhackery coming from almost ALL UK media outlets about Ireland and our situation (if you saw Primetime last night you will have had a flavour)....it's hard for me not to get some element of satisfaction as to the facts emerging today about their own economy.

Well, they had their budget today and they ain't exactly in a good way either

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5uk_p20kmQ

We thought we were bad (and we are) - we were being hammered by the tory UK press in particular about being "alcholics that came across money" and "going back to the potatoe" etc etc - bet they will be a little quiter now having to borrow 12% of GDP just to keep them going. We are "only" borrowing just over 10%..........

I expect vindictive columns in all Irish papers tomorrow with some Brit whackery........revenge!

"No shame in going to the IMF" - that's right lads, no shame.

Pighead · 22-04-2009 04:50PM

Ah excellent news. The UK is in dire financial trouble. That'll help us to get out of this God forsaken mess! The more we laugh and point at them the better chance we have of returning to the glory days. Get pointing people.

thelordofcheese · 22-04-2009 04:51PM

I expect vindictive columns in all Irish papers tomorrow with some Brit whackery........revenge!

or we could grow the fuck up?

No? not likely? ok. Back to the pointing.

Ponster · 22-04-2009 04:52PM

Can you like to those "quotes" please?

prinz · 22-04-2009 04:55PM

Makes me think of someone clinging onto a deckchair feeling smug about watching the Titanic going down beside them.

Stercus Accidit · 22-04-2009 04:55PM

Pighead wrote: »

Ah excellent news. The UK is in dire financial trouble. That'll help us to get out of this God forsaken mess! The more we laugh and point at them the better chance we have of returning to the glory days. Get pointing people.

A pighead post slating the OP in the coveted #2 spot just after the first post, my my, won't this be a thank fest!

MoominPapa · 22-04-2009 04:56PM

One thing they can be smug about is their level of parliamentary debate
Also don't we still export 50% or so of our stuff to the UK? UK in the toilet <> good for us

RATM · 22-04-2009 04:57PM

I'm smelling schadenfreude from the OP:pac:

The way I heard it today is that the IMF said Ireland will need €25bn to pull itself out of this hole and the UK €125bn. Considering we've only got a tenth of their population yet a fifth of their debt I'd say we're the ones truly in the soup.

You can laugh away OP but at least politicians in the UK are forced to resign when they are found guilty of corruption or incompetence, unlike here where they tend to become poll toppers as a result.

CountingCrows · 22-04-2009 04:59PM

Karma is alive and well, hopefully they'll all end up working for African overlords.

Dudess · 22-04-2009 05:00PM

darkman2 wrote: »

For all our difficulties, having spent the last few weeks as an Irish person having to listen to and read the hysterical, sensationalist, stupidity and paddywhackery coming from almost ALL UK media outlets about Ireland and our situation

Reporting the facts is not hysterical, sensationalist, stupid or paddywackery - that is only how you interpret it... because you are Irish and the defences go up (and paranoia kicks in) when it comes to anything British people have to say on any matter concerning Ireland. I'm sure the occasional report was poking fun at us (haven't read any myself) but I think it's preferable to not give a sh1t/laugh at ourselves rather than get all outraged and insulted.
Just because of our history, doesn't mean Britain is "out to get us" - it could be just good-natured teasing, no historical/political agenda whatsoever. This notion Irish people have in their heads that the "Brits" still look down on us implies they actually give a major sh1t about us - they don't.
And "hysterical" would imply reports on the situation here are exaggerated - I don't think it's possible to exaggerate just how awesomely ****ed we are, so "hysterical" is not really appropriate...

Do you have links to the reports about "alcoholics finding money" and "return to the potato" etc?

Pighead · 22-04-2009 05:03PM

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

A pighead post slating the OP in the coveted #2 spot just after the first post, my my, won't this be a thank fest!

What do you mean the coveted 2nd post just after the first post! Of course it's just after the first post otherwise it wouldn't be the 2nd post! You can't have teh coveted 2nd post after the third post! There was absolutely no need for the words "just after the first post" in your sentence. You overcooked the egg Stercus. You sat in the bath too long resulting in a wrinkly and hard boiled post.

ejmaztec · 22-04-2009 05:03PM

I think that any country laying into another one is a bit premature. Every one seems to be experimenting to try and get out of the sh1t but nobody seems to know for sure whether their method is going to work.

I think that we should all keep looking at our watches, whistling nonchalantly, until it's all over.

The first country to shout "Yay - fuck you bankrupt twats!" after that will be the winner.

I wonder which country is going to get the big cup?

darkman2 · 22-04-2009 05:04PM

Im not going to go and dig up the articles now (will do later) but, here, make use of RTE's introduction to the internet and watch last nights Primetime

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1046179

Second part of the program.

In fairness, they started the hysteria about us, we only started the problems.

niceirishfella · 22-04-2009 05:06PM

thelordofcheese wrote: »

or we could grow the fuck up?

No? not likely? ok. Back to the pointing.

Back on topic more like.
I don't see the advance of gloating of the UK financial ruin today or any other day as we could use their economy being in good shape, then they coould firm up their sterling rate lessening the pressure on us for exports to the uk as well as slow down the cross border spending into NI.
It's not about growing up, but using your noodle and realising we need them to recover in order for us to recover.

Stercus Accidit · 22-04-2009 05:07PM

Pighead wrote: »

What do you mean the coveted 2nd post just after the first post! Of course it's just after the first post otherwise it wouldn't be the 2nd post! You can't have teh coveted 2nd post after the third post! There was absolutely no need for the words "just after the first post" in your sentence. You overcooked the egg Stercus. You sat in the bath too long resulting in a wrinkly and hard boiled post.

Oh I've been zinged by a pighead post! In the coveted #11 position, just after 10, but before 12. yay!

pwd · 22-04-2009 05:08PM

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

A pighead post slating the OP in the coveted #2 spot just after the first post, my my, won't this be a thank fest!

it will be something that rhymes with thank fest

Pighead · 22-04-2009 05:10PM

Dudess wrote: »

Just because of our history, doesn't mean Britain is "out to get us" - it could be just good-natured teasing, no historical/political agenda whatsoever. This notion that Irish people have in their heads that the "Brits" still look down on us implies that they actually give a major sh1t about us - they don't.

Spot on Dudess! This victim mentality when it comes to Britain has to change. In my lifetime I've seen almost 100% positive press towards the Irish from Britain. It's like we're trying to hate an entity that isn't particularly hateful.

Reminds Pighead of the Simpsons episode where Homer goes to college. Ireland in this case being Homer and Britain the "crusty old Dean"

Homer: Marge, someone squeezed all the life out of these kids. And
unless movies and TV have lied to me, it's a crusty, bitter old
Dean!
Dean: Hi there! Hello, I'm Dean Peterson, but you can call me Bobby.
I just want you to know if you ever feel stressed out from
studying or whatever, I'm always up for some hackey sack. Or,
hey! If you just want to come by and jam, I used to be the bass
player for the Pretenders. [plays a riff]
Homer: [bitterly] Boy, I can't wait to take some of the starch out of
that stuffed shirt.

Stercus Accidit · 22-04-2009 05:11PM

pwd wrote: »

it will be something that rhymes with thank fest

Prank fest, that was cancelled due to the recession.

TheZohanS · 22-04-2009 05:12PM

Great news that the UK is fecked...now if only the same thing would happen to those smarmy Americans we'd show them all....show them all.

Oh wait isn't our ecomomy one ofthe most globalised in the world and don't we rely on their success for us to....

....ah never mind....800 years!!

:rolleyes:

Cactus Col · 22-04-2009 05:18PM

That poor front bencher can't even get a pair of trousers long enough for him.

Dudess · 22-04-2009 05:19PM

Pighead wrote: »

Spot on Dudess! This victim mentality when it comes to Britain has to change. In my lifetime I've seen almost 100% positive press towards the Irish from Britain. It's like we're trying to hate an entity that isn't particularly hateful.

Reminds Pighead of the Simpsons episode where Homer goes to college. Ireland in this case being Homer and Britain the "crusty old Dean"

Homer: Marge, someone squeezed all the life out of these kids. And
unless movies and TV have lied to me, it's a crusty, bitter old
Dean!
Dean: Hi there! Hello, I'm Dean Peterson, but you can call me Bobby.
I just want you to know if you ever feel stressed out from
studying or whatever, I'm always up for some hackey sack. Or,
hey! If you just want to come by and jam, I used to be the bass
player for the Pretenders. [plays a riff]
Homer: [bitterly] Boy, I can't wait to take some of the starch out of
that stuffed shirt.

Love that one - the dean's a complete pushover.

Actually, another appropriate metaphor for the assumption that the Brits hate us, look down on us and are out to get us is... the anti mod sentiment on Boards.ie (99% of it is all in the head - the 1% refers to mods who actually are **** to people, and in any given group there's bound to be at least one wanker)... and another appropriate metaphor: the anti Pighead sentiment!

mike65 · 22-04-2009 05:21PM

You know what the Irish economy needs right now? It biggest trading partner and no 1 tourist market to be in the crapper. Yep that what we need right now.

carlybabe1 · 22-04-2009 05:27PM

Pighead wrote: »

Ah excellent news. The UK is in dire financial trouble. That'll help us to get out of this God forsaken mess! The more we laugh and point at them the better chance we have of returning to the glory days. Get pointing people.

though ar't lengend pighead

thelordofcheese wrote: »

or we could grow the fuck up?

No? not likely? ok. Back to the pointing.

Stop spoiling the fun cheesy, dont pretend you're not secretly full of glee too

Paddy Samurai · 22-04-2009 05:32PM

thelordofcheese wrote: »

or we could grow the fuck up?

No? not likely? ok. Back to the pointing.

Feck that growing up sh!t, brit whackery sound like a lot more fun!.

thelordofcheese · 22-04-2009 05:34PM

carlybabe1 wrote: »

Stop spoiling the fun cheesy, dont pretend you're not secretly full of glee too

Biting the hand that feeds isn't as fun or tasty as you'd think.

Local-womanizer · 22-04-2009 05:37PM

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Biting the hand that feeds isn't as fun or tasty as you'd think.

If that hand is made of cheese it is though:pac:

waraf · 22-04-2009 05:38PM

CountingCrows wrote: »

Karma is alive and well, hopefully they'll all end up working for African overlords.

I laughed out loud at that one. Well played

120_Minutes · 22-04-2009 05:40PM

we are alcoholics who found money. immature greedy ones at that.

its not whackery when its true.....

Dudess · 22-04-2009 05:45PM

I'm an alcoholic? News to me.

big b · 22-04-2009 05:51PM

The realism & common sense displayed in most of the posts here is actually quite reassuring.

Course, most of the usual suspects are still to arrive...

Cuddlesworth · 22-04-2009 06:03PM

Dudess wrote: »

I'm an alcoholic? News to me.

Your a classy drunk. Huge difference.

Hard not to be smug about the UK today just a smidgeon

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