First Holy Commotion

bluto63 · 24-05-2010 01:29AM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

she was my girlfriend at the time!!

menage a trois?

Demonon · 24-05-2010 03:15AM

What's funny is that in areas where people actually have money, lots of money, like Blackrock for example, this type of thing is unheard of.

Tar.Aldarion · 24-05-2010 05:04AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

When my Dad was alive & working, his job was mainly to deliver plants, bulbs, seeds, fertilizer etc., from a warehouse in Dublin to many of the hardware & garden type shops around the towns & villages of Ireland and also to take orders for the next delivery & trying to get shop owners to buy more stuff & new products etc.

In modern parlance, he would be considered a travelling salesman, but back in the day, in Ireland, we didn't have such fancy terms... "human resources" were called "workers" and a spade was called a "yoke for doin' de diggin".

When I was born, the registrar asked my Dad what he did for a living & after explaining his job, the registrar wrote down "traveller".

So now, every time I have to produce a copy of my Birth Cert for any purpose, my Father's occupation is written in as "Traveller". It's not even close to funny.

Sounds pretty funny.

chin_grin · 24-05-2010 08:55AM

Why aren't we tackling this problem at the root?

Ban Communion, Ban Confirmation. That'll sort the greedy f*ckers out, the kids too.

Rabble rabble rabble rabble church is crap rabble rabble rabble rabble own religion rabble rabble rabble rabble.

walshb · 24-05-2010 09:15AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

I've read about people hiring stretch limos etc for their children's First Holy Communion, but what I saw today really amazed and appalled me at the same time.

Driving past a church in Drogheda today at about 1pm I saw parked up, in this order, a white stretch limo, a pink themed playboy stretch limo and wait for it, a Cinderella coach.

I've heard about the whole Cinderella coach thing, but it really has to be seen to be believed. It looks like a large, lacy white confection of a pumpkin drawn by a single white horse.

It's bad enough some parent had thought that a stretch limo emblazoned with the corporate livery of an international porn empire would be an appropriate mode of transport for their seven year old on the day of a major religious sacramental event, but the horse drawn gigantic lace pumpkin brought the kitsch down to a new level of tastelessness.

Forget NAMA, forget the banking crises, if there was any indication for me that we're f*cked as a nation, then it was what I saw today.

One word, chavs!

Shazanne · 24-05-2010 09:20AM

jimi_t2 wrote: »

or praying that daddy's appeal will go well...

(well c'mon now, pink playboy stretch limo's and a Cinderella carriage outside a church in Drogheda?)

A Little too judgemental here don't you think?

thetonynator · 24-05-2010 09:54AM

WindSock wrote: »

Back in my day, our communion treat was to get to sit in the front seat of the car. And that was good enough for us! :mad:

I didn't get to sit in the front. :mad::mad::mad:

walshb · 24-05-2010 10:09AM

MichMich wrote: »

I always remember sitting in the front of the car .

How irresponsible your parents were:)

kylith · 24-05-2010 10:12AM

Around communion time there're so many carriages outside the local church that it looks like 1900.

One of my brother's kids made €800 at his communion. €800! I made enough for a new trousers and jumper at mine.

stovelid · 24-05-2010 10:15AM

WindSock wrote: »

Back in my day, our communion treat was to get to sit in the front seat of the car. And that was good enough for us! :mad:

The 50s: an altogether more innocent time..

:pac:

Prof.Badass · 24-05-2010 10:17AM

Steodonn wrote: »

One of the girls in my sisters class decided to skip the church part because she was getting her hair done :eek:

Ah, ye olde communion urban myth. I think i remember hearing this one on the adrian kennedy phone show when i was 12 :rolleyes:*.

*That's not to say it probably hasn't happened multiple times irl since it's inception

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Standard Toaster · 24-05-2010 10:35AM

I got a scratch card for my communion. Kids nowadays

irishconvert · 24-05-2010 11:16AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

a pink themed playboy stretch limo.

Unbelieveable. Are parents totally stupid? Do they know anything about their religion?

Saint_Mel · 24-05-2010 11:27AM

irishconvert wrote: »

Unbelieveable. Are parents totally stupid? Do they know anything about their religion?

No, and why would they ... Communions stopped being about religion years ago. There as bad a weddings, its all about having the most extravagant day!

moonpurple · 24-05-2010 11:29AM

in reply to op, No, Louth is there to remind us that things countrywide can always be worse,

see bomb factory raid in recent days

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kylith · 24-05-2010 11:36AM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

No, and why would they ... Communions stopped being about religion years ago. There as bad a weddings, its all about having the most extravagant day!

Yep. It's all about who can spend the most money.

Hannibal Smith · 24-05-2010 11:41AM

Holy Communions are like mini weddings nowadays...fancy transport, hotels for the afters, jees I think we had ham sambos in me nanas and dinner in me Aunties afterwards

Slightly off topic, but they should put the Holy Communion age back to 7, it's not as if that year helps them understand the sacrament any better and the girls look ridiculous in the dresses all gangly and tall, they should be small and innocently cute looking

Lemegeton · 24-05-2010 11:43AM

that is absolutely disgusting

Hannibal Smith · 24-05-2010 11:44AM

vinylmesh wrote: »

Ah, ye olde communion urban myth. I think i remember hearing this one on the adrian kennedy phone show when i was 12 :rolleyes:*.

*That's not to say it probably hasn't happened multiple times irl since it's inception .

My dad wasn't allowed make his communion because he'd eaten some toast before going to the church and my grandad went up and actually told the priest...so he had to wait till everyone else was gone and get his piece of bread afterwards....no urban myth...it really happened

Lando Griffin · 24-05-2010 11:50AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

It's bad enough some parent had thought that a stretch limo emblazoned with the corporate livery of an international porn empire would be an appropriate mode of transport for their seven year old on the day of a major religious sacramental event,

He is probably the coolest kid in school today!

Biggins · 24-05-2010 11:50AM

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

My dad wasn't allowed make his communion because he'd eaten some toast before going to the church and my granddad went up and actually told the priest...so he had to wait till everyone else was gone and get his piece of bread afterwards....no urban myth...it really happened

That's just beyond craziness. :eek:

prinz · 24-05-2010 11:53AM

Biggins wrote: »

That's just beyond craziness. :eek:

Yes imagine actually enforcing the rules of the religion the kids are apparently entering into. Craaaaaaaaaaazy.

prinz · 24-05-2010 11:54AM

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but they should put the Holy Communion age back to 7, it's not as if that year helps them understand the sacrament any better

It should actually be early teens at least.

xxlily87xx · 24-05-2010 11:57AM

ah communions these days are crazy, as others said back when we were makin it sittin in the front of the car was our treat. My partner is english, she's been living here 13years so when she lived in england she didn make her communion or confirmation and her eldest niece made hers last week and my partner couldn believe the amount of money they get, the amount of parents gettin their kids nails and tans etc done, she said its jus craziness and i agree completely, this is why all the kids these days take everythin for granted.

johnny_knoxvile · 24-05-2010 12:02PM

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

My dad wasn't allowed make his communion because he'd eaten some toast before going to the church and my grandad went up and actually told the priest...so he had to wait till everyone else was gone and get his piece of bread afterwards....no urban myth...it really happened

the reason behind this is the Catholic church regards old Mr Brennan as the devil...

Dave! · 24-05-2010 12:31PM

That's pikeys for ya

Biggins · 24-05-2010 12:56PM

prinz wrote: »

Yes imagine actually enforcing the rules of the religion the kids are apparently entering into. Craaaaaaaaaaazy.

There's enforcing ...and then there is pure outlandish stupidity too.

prinz · 24-05-2010 12:57PM

Biggins wrote: »

There's enforcing ...and then there is pure outlandish stupidity too.

It's lose-lose with the RCC for some anyway.

yoshytoshy · 24-05-2010 01:00PM

Bring back father Ted ,he'll sort them out.

Biggins · 24-05-2010 01:00PM

prinz wrote: »

It's lose-lose with the RCC for some anyway.

True but they are not helping themselves by their own actions also.

First Holy Commotion

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