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Naikon · 12-08-2009 12:55PM

"When I was doing the exams I knew they were going fine and thought that's I'd do okay but I never expected to get nine A1s."

I smell BS.

stovelid · 12-08-2009 12:56PM

dub_skav wrote: »

9 is just showing off

He got 9 A1s so I guess his choice was justified.

Maybe he wanted to do the extra subjects, like music.

/shrugs.

c0rk3r · 12-08-2009 12:59PM

Thanks for the reminder. Leaving cert night in town tomorrow night. Whoot;)

edit: oh looks like its tonight. Better get my dancing shoes on

Aisling(",) · 12-08-2009 01:02PM

I wish i was him.
A girl in my year got 5A1s today.
Delighted for her because she worked hard for them.

OneArt · 12-08-2009 01:11PM

Haha, every time I see one of these people interviewed they always seem to go for medicine.

For once, I'd love to see someone get 570+ and proudly tell the newspapers that they're doing Business in Tallaght IT (only 100 points!). Would make my day so it would!

Ice_Box · 12-08-2009 01:11PM

abouttobebanned wrote: »

They spend the whole year being ostracised by their class mates, being called swots...sitting in at the weekend etc....but the day after leaving cert results is their day. The day where they get to be on the front page of the independent, with a smug little smile saying how they're so surprised that they got 9As. Me arse you are.

Let's try and guess what they'll be like tomorrow...it's almost always a girl, they generally struggle to find a fella who got 9As and when they finally do they're not too keen on taking his picture cause he's chinese.

Tomorrow's swot is going to be a pretty white girl,no doubt. Probably called Aoife.

"Oh i'm really happy...all my friends did really well too...we're all gonna watch DVDs at my house tonight." No you're not.

Anti-intellectualism is not just an Irish problem ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism

Naikon · 12-08-2009 01:13PM

Ice_Box wrote: »

Anti-intellectualism is not just an Irish problem ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism

:rolleyes:

abouttobebanned · 12-08-2009 01:18PM

I'm not being anti-intellectual, i actually see myself as somewhat of an intellectual

I'm anti smugness, I'm anti-Irish Independent, I'm anti-leaving cert, I'm anti-kids spending the year getting stressed and depressed about an exam, which, despite what the Leaving Cert Propagandists will tell them, is not the "be all and end all".

And I'm anti-Aoife from Cork.

markok84 · 12-08-2009 01:20PM

c0rk3r wrote: »

Thanks for the reminder. Leaving cert night in town tomorrow night. Whoot;)

edit: oh looks like its tonight. Better get my dancing shoes on

Don't forget your chat up line, "I got 595, how 'bout you?"

AnonoBoy · 12-08-2009 01:25PM

Pighead wrote: »

Pighead remembers well making the shaky leg walk up to t he school to collect his results. Was nervous as hell as Brickhead Brennan had wagered a fiver that he would get more points than Pighead in History. Trouble was, Pighead hadn't got a fiver. He'd spent it the previous night buying Big Boobs Brady drink in the hope she'd let Pighead stick his hands up her jumper.

Anyway walked up to the doors and Mrs Smith walks out and she says "Ah Pighead, well done my boy! Between you and me, you aced the History exam, A1 for you sir!" Suddenly Pighead's shaky legs started to strut. Thought he'd fcuked up the History ya see. Obviously underestimated how clever he was" Opened the results and seen a big stinking C3 written beside History.

Looked to the left and seen Brickhead Brennan smugly waving his B1 in Pigheads general direction. Looked to the right and heard Mrs Smith saying "Oh shoot, sorry Pighead, it must have been the other Pighead who got the A1"

Had no money so had to give Brickhead a pair of shoes to cancel the debt which in turn meant that Pighead couldn't go drinking as Mama Pighead doesn't allow any of the Pighead clan to go drinking without their shoes on. Worst day ever.

Did you get your way with Big Boobs Brady though Pighead? If you did then it wasn't all bad.

AnonoBoy · 12-08-2009 01:28PM

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Hey, if she says hard work pays off, and sitting in for the year becoming addicted to red bull and masturbation leads to results, then I applaud her. If she says she did "a bit of study" and is "surprised at the results" then she should be smacked.

18 year old girls getting addicted to masturbation can lead to successful careers in LA so don't knock it.

Pighead · 12-08-2009 01:31PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Did you get your way with Big Boobs Brady though Pighead? If you did then it wasn't all bad.

Pighead got his way alright AnonoBoy but it was a case of false advertising. Turns out Big Boobs Brady should have been called Big Pairs of Dads Smelly Socks Stuffed Inside Her Bra Brady.

To this day Pighead can still smell the whiff of lies and her Dads feet upon the tips of his fingers.

mandysmithers · 12-08-2009 01:57PM

Pighead wrote: »

Looked to the left and seen Brickhead Brennan smugly waving his B1 in Pigheads general direction.

You probably didn't do very well in English either.

Zigmund · 12-08-2009 02:15PM

Naikon wrote: »

I smell BS.

B's? No, they're all A's. Did you not read the article?

Pighead · 12-08-2009 02:17PM

mandysmithers wrote: »

You probably didn't do very well in English either.

Got an A2. Lost marks for bad spelling in the "Describe mandysmithers" section of the exam. Wrote down "mandysmithers is a pernikity insuffarable troggolyte" Unfortunately while the description was accurate, the spelling was dreadful.

mandysmithers · 12-08-2009 02:28PM

Pighead wrote: »

Got an A2. Lost marks for bad spelling in the "Describe mandysmithers" section of the exam. Wrote down "mandysmithers is a pernikity insuffarable troggolyte" Unfortunately while the description was accurate, the spelling was dreadful.

I prefer 'Grammar Nazi' myself - less words to misspell.

Cookie_Monster · 12-08-2009 02:29PM

mandysmithers wrote: »

I prefer 'Grammar Nazi' myself - less words to misspell.

I prefers Pighead's description, more colourful and articulate

parker kent · 12-08-2009 02:35PM

Claire Tully got 600 points in the leaving so hopefully we get a few more Tully-like 600 pointers in the paper tomorrow...leading to pointers of a different variety!!

Alun · 12-08-2009 02:36PM

mandysmithers wrote: »

I prefer 'Grammar Nazi' myself - fewer less words to misspell.

I've corrected that for you

mandysmithers · 12-08-2009 02:37PM

Alun wrote: »

I've corrected that for you

Haha, Murphy's Law strikes again

Is it really fewer instead of less? I stand corrected!

Alun · 12-08-2009 02:39PM

mandysmithers wrote: »

Haha, Murphy's Law strikes again Is it really fewer instead of less? I stand corrected!

Use 'fewer' for countable nouns, and 'less' for non-countable ones. I.e. less coal, less water, but fewer people and fewer carrots.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 12-08-2009 02:43PM

Alun wrote: »

Use 'fewer' for countable nouns, and 'less' for non-countable ones. I.e. less coal, less water, but fewer people and fewer carrots.

Really... who gives a sh!t...?

Pighead · 12-08-2009 02:50PM

mandysmithers wrote: »

Haha, Murphy's Law strikes again Is it really fewer instead of less? I stand corrected!

Reminds Pighead of that time Sean "Smugface" O'Shaugnessy pointed out to the whole class that Pighead had a tiny rip on the arse of his school trousers. His cruel jibes backfired though and he suddenly found that it was he who was being pointed at and ridiculed. For Smugface Seanie had forgotten to put on his trousers that morning. Justice.

Quint · 12-08-2009 02:53PM

parker kent wrote: »

Claire Tully got 600 points in the leaving so hopefully we get a few more Tully-like 600 pointers in the paper tomorrow...leading to pointers of a different variety!!

And she comes across as a complete airhead on the radio

parker kent · 12-08-2009 02:55PM

Quint wrote: »

And she comes across as a complete airhead on the radio

That's her genius, to make men think she's a silly little girl.

Pighead · 12-08-2009 02:57PM

Quint wrote: »

And she comes across as a complete airhead on the radio

That's your first mistake Quint. You should never ever judge a book by it's cover. Unless it's written by Jackie Collins. Then you're pretty safe in assuming it's a pile of stinking badger poo.

PCPhoto · 12-08-2009 02:58PM

parker kent wrote: »

Claire Tully got 600 points in the leaving so hopefully we get a few more Tully-like 600 pointers in the paper tomorrow...leading to pointers of a different variety!!

had a google at "Claire Tully" .... all I could get was a topless glamour model ...dont think she did the leaving cert.

Ps. can just imagine how many LC students will be in town watching the match later ?

ScumLord · 12-08-2009 03:00PM

The red haired guy on the news at lunch that got 9as was funny, "ah, ya I suppose if you study a bit it helps, like once every two weeks or something" Now he's just getting cocky.

is_that_so · 12-08-2009 03:01PM

They do deserve credit for their hard work and praise for their results although the irony is that many will have to unlearn all that rote learning to achieve anything at third-level.

12-08-2009 03:10PM

PCPhoto wrote: »

had a google at "Claire Tully" .... all I could get was a topless glamour model ...

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