After Hours, one and only Queen thread

GavRedKing · 16-05-2011 01:16PM

I love the Leader........wait a minute.....ooooohhhhh the Queen?? Another thread??

Pass.

pauro 76 · 16-05-2011 01:18PM

Lizzie's coming to Ireland then... Mixed reaction from the people, but she'll certainly get a warm welcome from the sheep.

Maaaaaaa'am.

Amalgam · 16-05-2011 01:19PM

What gets my goat, is the 'private' nature of a costly 'public visit'. How hard would it have been to allow some 'everyday folk' to be on the same street as her?

The vist is an amazing one, and.. it had to be *her*, not Charles and Camilla, or.. one of her anaemic grandchildren.

Given the times we're going through over here, it is a visit that needs to be more 'populist', to round it off.

As it stands, it feels like a Bono-esque political circle jerk, which I think'll be what irritates the public the most, with hindsight.

mikemac · 16-05-2011 01:19PM

old hippy wrote: »

The DM faithful are borderline loons and racists, you can't take them too seriously. I'm not saying that there aren't people like that here in the UK - there are, I've met a few of them but they are in a very vocal minority. Thankfully!

I suppose I should have known better.

But some right poisonous comments on the DM website and the odd reasonable and insightful comment too

I won't be back!
And I'm kind of sad there is so much hate out there

K-9 · 16-05-2011 01:19PM

hondasam wrote: »

Is there any need to keep talking about it ?

what more is there to say.

Unfortunately some feel the need to say it over and over and over.

hondasam · 16-05-2011 01:22PM

K-9 wrote: »

Unfortunately some feel the need to say it over and over and over.

Thanks to Micky we will not have to read it over and over again.

Morag · 16-05-2011 01:22PM

Was told on the phone that the post maybe delayed cos of the visit, as one of the main sorting depots for the city is down at James Gate and there is restrictions on traffic there could be several 'working' days delay on post.

mikemac · 16-05-2011 01:26PM

I've definitely not been keeping up to date with travel news

I enjoy a nice walk down by the Liffey near Chapelizod or Islandbridge and the War Memorial Gardens are beautiful.
There is a pathway right by the Liffey

Day off today and day dreaming with my ipod, turned the corner and got stopped by two soldiers.
Nice guys, just pointed out the restrictions, they're just doing their job.
And I need to stop daydreaming as I walk!

They have a tent and vehicles setup further along

I'd love a go driving one of the trucks!

Saila · 16-05-2011 01:29PM

hondasam wrote: »

where is she staying ?

my gaff..oh Ive said too much havent I...damn

hondasam wrote: »

Anyone here going to see her ?

wont be much use without a telescope

OutlawPete · 16-05-2011 01:31PM

Breaking News there on the radio about the sealing up of the sewage access points and manholes, apparently it done in error and was just intended as a joke and some took it literately. Enda Kenny it seems was in the Leinster House bar and announcedthat the Queen had accepted the invention of a visit and David Norris said:

"Well, as we say in The George boys: best cover your manholes when a queen's coming".

Saila · 16-05-2011 01:32PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Day off today and day dreaming with my ipod, turned the corner and got stopped by two soldiers.
Nice guys, just pointed out the restrictions, they're just doing their job.

what they didnt shoot you, and they call themselves soldiers :mad:

kfallon · 16-05-2011 01:34PM

hondasam wrote: »

Thanks to Micky we will not have to read it over and over again.

Lickarse :pac:

mikemac · 16-05-2011 01:38PM

Saila wrote: »

what they didnt shoot you, and they call themselves soldiers :mad:

Ireland is so broke we can't afford bullets, the guns are just for show

bonerm · 16-05-2011 01:40PM

Can't beat a bit of queen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmrHTdXgK4

Phil! - a-ah - saviour of the white universe
Phil! - a-ah - he'll judge everyone of us
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Phil! - a-ah - he's eccentric
Phil! - a-ah - King of the Hellenics

neil_hosey · 16-05-2011 01:42PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Ireland is so broke we can't afford bullets, the guns are just for show

no we have one that works... i think they have "the gun" in baldonnel next week so safe around town.

hondasam · 16-05-2011 01:43PM

kfallon wrote: »

Lickarse :pac:

who's been talking ?

ejmaztec · 16-05-2011 01:44PM

neil_hosey wrote: »

no we have one that works... i think they have "the gun" in baldonnel next week so safe around town.

Didn't the government buy some second-hand rocks from the Israelis?

Xivilai · 16-05-2011 01:46PM

No.

They were special rocks that keep Tigers away.

kfallon · 16-05-2011 01:46PM

hondasam wrote: »

who's been talking ?

It's written on the AH toilet walls! :pac:

Any chance of a finger too :eek:

Saila · 16-05-2011 01:53PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Ireland is so broke we can't afford bullets, the guns are just for show

then why didnt you say "oh L(.)(.)k!"
and run past them

Saila · 16-05-2011 01:58PM

kfallon wrote: »

It's written on the AH toilet walls! :pac:

oh I saw that, beside the bog roll arts degrees

Biggins · 16-05-2011 03:23PM

For those that are interested, Madges' visit details: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0513/queen_visit.html.

phasers · 16-05-2011 03:44PM

Biggins wrote: »

For those that are interested, Madges' visit details: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0513/queen_visit.html.

Madonna's coming too!?

Jaysus

Cathaoirleach · 16-05-2011 04:03PM

The Irish government has agreed to allow 120 British Police officers to carry guns into Ireland during the visit.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/republican-bomb-threat-on-eve-of-queens-visit-to-ireland-20110516-1epzb.html#ixzz1MWlycX1g

Hookah · 16-05-2011 04:07PM

Cathaoirleach wrote: »

The Irish government has agreed to allow 120 British Police officers to carry guns into Ireland during the visit.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/republican-bomb-threat-on-eve-of-queens-visit-to-ireland-20110516-1epzb.html#ixzz1MWlycX1g

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WhiteRussian · 16-05-2011 04:10PM

Wow, just reading the itinerary for the Queen's visit, and I am embarrassed to admit that I have only been to Government buildings, Croke Park and Dublin Castle. Some Irish man I am! I must go to the Guinness brewery this summer.

Apparently Her Majesty is the guest at a State dinner in Dublin Castle, does anybody know the guestlist?

sensibleken · 16-05-2011 04:14PM

WhiteRussian wrote: »

Wow, just reading the itinerary for the Queen's visit, and I am embarrassed to admit that I have only been to Government buildings, Croke Park and Dublin Castle. Some Irish man I am! I must go to the Guinness brewery this summer.

Apparently Her Majesty is the guest at a State dinner in Dublin Castle, does anybody know the guestlist?

dont bother, its rubbish. If you want to see something interesting in Dublin go to St Michans or the museum o kildare st

kfallon · 16-05-2011 04:16PM

WhiteRussian wrote: »

Apparently Her Majesty is the guest at a State dinner in Dublin Castle, does anybody know the guestlist?

The full guestlist is:

Twink
Derek Mooney
Pat's Chat
Joe Duffy
Sean Ban Breathnach
Enda Kenny
Ann Doyle
Zig & Zag
Michelle Heaton (geebag)
Mick Kinane
Don Conroy
Tony Fenton
Derek Davis
Theresa Lowe
Brenda from The Gerry Ryan show

So my sources tell me anyway! :pac:

smokedeels · 16-05-2011 04:16PM

I was afraid to put my refuse in a public bin this morning in case the jack-boots swarming around town felt the need to search me.

hondasam · 16-05-2011 04:20PM

you forgot these guests

Louis Walsh
Keith Duffy
ray darcy
Linda Martin

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