Diamond Dan the Orangeman

charlemont · 16-07-2011 01:40AM #1

Does any else think this is hilarious ? The Orange Order came up with a new mascot last year after holding a competition in which children submitted drawings, but it seems not all was right as it turns out he is a copy of another "Superhero" enough called Super Guy by Dan Bailey..

http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/orange-irish-seek-hero-to-rebrand-their-identity-for-the-modern-world-98164569.html

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/orange-order-superhero-dan-in-copyright-row-13912905.html

There were many strong entries such as Sash Gordon, Sashman and the Boyne Wonder.':D

'Diamond Dan will be the kind of person who offers his seat on a crowded bus to an elderly lady. He won't drop litter and he will be keen on recycling. He will also be very committed to the Orange Order and to the Junior movement and will make efforts to know all he can about the history and culture of his community.'

Diamond Dan will not replace King Billy but his creation will give us the chance to promote the true values of being an Orangeman,'

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0403/orangeman.html?rss

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Diamond Dan the Orangeman.

Its fair like Stephen Staunton, maybe there's something Stan isn't telling us..

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/orange-orders-mascot-dan-is-a-real-diamond-13874966.html#ixzz1SDv2YPDt

Super Hero 'Diamond Dan' - Badge:D
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Saila · 16-07-2011 01:44AM

should of just had one of the girls from coppers

Mr. Denton · 16-07-2011 01:49AM

There's a history of this up the North. For instance, Baseball Bat man is basically just a rip-off of a character created by Bob Kane in 1939.

the_syco · 16-07-2011 01:50AM

Thieving f**ks. Sure, why make your own mascot, when you can just steal someone elses work. I'm sure this will not be lost on the youngsters. What sort of f**ked up message do these so called "Orange" men want to give to the young of today? They should be kicked out of the Orange Order for trying to bring such disdain to such a proud tradition.

charlemont · 16-07-2011 01:56AM

the_syco wrote: »

Thieving f**ks. Sure, why make your own mascot, when you can just steal someone elses work. I'm sure this will not be lost on the youngsters. What sort of f**ked up message do these so called "Orange" men want to give to the young of today? They should be kicked out of the Orange Order for trying to bring such disdain to such a proud tradition.

Ha, Classic.. A leopard doesn't change its spots, If they had any sense they would have checked it out before unveiling him as mascot, when I saw it on NewsLine last year I nearly wet myself laughing.

Sure we should create a mascot "Paddy Provo", Im sure he would be a big hit, Him and Diamond Dan can be mortal enemies.

Must google Baseball Bat Man.

krudler · 16-07-2011 01:56AM

why not just have a superhero called Orangeman? dispensing citrusy justice and making your fingernails smell weird for hours after you peel him.

or something.

Mr. Denton · 16-07-2011 01:58AM

krudler wrote: »

why not just have a superhero called Orangeman? dispensing citrusy justice and making your fingernails smell weird for hours after you peel him.

or something.

It's probably taken...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9DWyWH1QE

krudler · 16-07-2011 01:59AM

Mr. Denton wrote: »

It's probably taken...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9DWyWH1QE

half the work already done so

Mr Trade In · 16-07-2011 02:55AM

Date on the RTE article is April 3 2008, hardly last year.

charlemont · 16-07-2011 03:01AM

Mr Trade In wrote: »

Date on the RTE article is April 3 2008, hardly last year.

The battle of the Boyne was hardly last year either.

Kojak · 16-07-2011 03:01AM

For some reason I keep thinking that Neil Diamond is in the title of this thread. Is he an orangeman?

Dionysus · 16-07-2011 03:02AM

charlemont wrote: »

Does any else think this is hilarious ? The Orange Order came up with a new mascot last year after holding a competition in which children submitted drawings, but it seems not all was right as it turns out he is a copy of another "Superhero" enough called Super Guy by Dan Bailey..

Newsflash: Orange Order continues its noble British settler-colonial robbing tradition by, appropriately enough, robbing a mascot from somebody else.

Optimalprimerib · 16-07-2011 03:03AM

Trying not to be prejudiced here, but if I just saw a picture of him without any explanation for the first time, I'd still think he was norn iron.

smk89 · 16-07-2011 03:09AM

charlemont wrote: »

The battle of the Boyne was hardly last year either.

It was like 321 years ago now, get over it.
But if the British have taught us anything it that nothing will stop them being stuck in the past. WW2 happened 70 years ago and there a freeview channel with nothing but it on 24 hours a day.

charlemont · 16-07-2011 03:14AM

Kojak wrote: »

For some reason I keep thinking that Neil Diamond is in the title of this thread. Is he an orangeman?

And I reckon this guy is also a fully fledged member...:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN5PoW7_kdA

Radharc na Sleibhte · 16-07-2011 03:21AM

Saila wrote: »

should of just had one of the girls from coppers

Or that gay buck off tv3, alan something.
Hes orange and loves to blow on a nice flute.

Dionysus · 16-07-2011 03:32AM

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Or that gay buck off tv3, alan something.
Hes orange and loves to blow on a nice flute.

hehe. "That gay buck"!

Last time I heard somebody referred to as a "buck" was about 2003, and it was a Mayo woman doing the talking: "you're some buck!"

Ara, you're an awful article of a man that's in it. hehe.

charlemont · 16-07-2011 03:34AM

smk89 wrote: »

It was like 321 years ago now, get over it.
But if the British have taught us anything it that nothing will stop them being stuck in the past. WW2 happened 70 years ago and there a freeview channel with nothing but it on 24 hours a day.

Im sure it comes with the obligatory mention of 1966 every ad break...

smk89 · 16-07-2011 04:24AM

charlemont wrote: »

Im sure it comes with the obligatory mention of 1966 every ad break...

I actually had to look up 1966 to find what you meant. Whats worse is that 1966 in google brings up the fifa world cup!

HellFireClub · 16-07-2011 04:28AM

There's a bit of history to the "Diamond" aspect to Diamond Dan... The dispute that ultimately lead to the creation of the Orange Order, was the "Battle of the Diamond", that took place on the 21st September 1795.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Diamond

The outcome of this battle, led to the creation of the Orange Order.

My great great great great great grandfather was one of the party that made up the very first meeting of the Orange Order, near Dan Winter's cottage, subsequent to this battle...

For anyone who know's their Freemasonry, the Orange Order was at it's outset, and still to this day, is based upon the very tenets and the building blocks of Freemasonry, (as in that they retain lodges, brothers, rituals, regalia, a hierarchy of brethern, degrees of initiation, etc)...

Absurdum · 16-07-2011 09:58AM

Mr Trade In wrote: »

Date on the RTE article is April 3 2008, hardly last year.

the article has been appearing every year since, it's a tradition and you can't stop it now

Capt'n Midnight · 16-07-2011 11:42AM

Didn't the hole in the wall gang do a sketch with orangeman ?

I can remember one with diluted orangeman

Jul 14 95 The Further Sectarian Adventures of Orangeman

“The Amazing Sectarian Adventures of Orangeman”, who with his Super Paranoid No Surrender Vision could see a fenian plot from miles away.

Orangeman was a photo-strip starring a sectarian superhero, created by the comedy troupe the Hole in the Wall Gang, which ran in the Belfast arts paper dv8 circa 1995. He also appeared on the groups's eponymous radio show on BBC Radio Ulster and Radio 4.

RichieC · 16-07-2011 11:52AM

Captain stuck in the past.

Capt'n Midnight · 16-07-2011 02:09PM

RichieC wrote: »

Captain stuck in the past.

we are talking about the Orange Order , an organisation that still hasn't come to terms with Catholic Emancpiation.

charlemont · 16-07-2011 02:15PM

Diamond Dan even looks like a creation the Nazis would have came up with.

FTA69 · 16-07-2011 02:27PM

Diamond Dan? What does he do exactly, fly around making incendiary speeches in order to drum up hate against his neighbours? Does he march through Nationalist areas at the speed of light brandishing paramilitary emblems? Perhaps he can telekinetically pelt schoolgirls with balloons full of p*ss using only the power of his mind?

What a load of wankology.

orourkeda · 16-07-2011 02:41PM

Kojak wrote: »

For some reason I keep thinking that Neil Diamond is in the title of this thread. Is he an orangeman?

sweet orangeman oh oh oh

charlemont · 16-07-2011 02:47PM

FTA69 wrote: »

Diamond Dan? What does he do exactly, fly around making incendiary speeches in order to drum up hate against his neighbours? Does he march through Nationalist areas at the speed of light brandishing paramilitary emblems? Perhaps he can telekinetically pelt schoolgirls with balloons full of p*ss using only the power of his mind?

What a load of wankology.

His secret power isnt so special after all, It only consists of himself ringing the PSNI to squeal on Catholics. His only other power is to hype up the Loyalists to riot against the same PSNI, So I think Diamond Dan has a dilemma.

KeithAFC · 16-07-2011 04:03PM

HellFireClub wrote: »

There's a bit of history to the "Diamond" aspect to Diamond Dan... The dispute that ultimately lead to the creation of the Orange Order, was the "Battle of the Diamond", that took place on the 21st September 1795.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Diamond

The outcome of this battle, led to the creation of the Orange Order.

My great great great great great grandfather was one of the party that made up the very first meeting of the Orange Order, near Dan Winter's cottage, subsequent to this battle...

For anyone who know's their Freemasonry, the Orange Order was at it's outset, and still to this day, is based upon the very tenets and the building blocks of Freemasonry, (as in that they retain lodges, brothers, rituals, regalia, a hierarchy of brethern, degrees of initiation, etc)...

Got any more information on that?

PARKHEAD67 · 16-07-2011 05:00PM

Just call him Billy Bigot.Much more truthful.Aint it Keith??;)P.S Thought youd be at the linfield rangers friendly today. Now theres a bastion of orangeism at its most basic, neanderthal form.

Show Time · 16-07-2011 05:21PM

HellFireClub wrote: »

There's a bit of history to the "Diamond" aspect to Diamond Dan... The dispute that ultimately lead to the creation of the Orange Order, was the "Battle of the Diamond", that took place on the 21st September 1795.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Diamond

The outcome of this battle, led to the creation of the Orange Order.

My great great great great great grandfather was one of the party that made up the very first meeting of the Orange Order, near Dan Winter's cottage, subsequent to this battle...

For anyone who know's their Freemasonry, the Orange Order was at it's outset, and still to this day, is based upon the very tenets and the building blocks of Freemasonry, (as in that they retain lodges, brothers, rituals, regalia, a hierarchy of brethern, degrees of initiation, etc)...

Just think how much better Ireland would have been if those Orange cnuts had all been killed.

Diamond Dan the Orangeman

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