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It's a disgrace, Joe

later12

Liveline is one of those inexplicable, low brow, guilty pleasures in my life... a bit like a man with a scat fetish.

I've had this preoccupation ever since my very first day working in a bank in Dublin. I was sent downstairs to talk to some old lady about her account. I was a bit nervous being my first day and all, but she looked like a nice old dear. I was literally half way into the chair beside her when she started spitting piss and vinegar, and threatened to call Joe on us. Looking into the whites of her eyes, I began to wonder about the nature of the Liveline caller.

Now everyone I have ever spoken to in real life has agreed that even if they like to listen, they would never 'talk to Joe' about a personal problem. Nor has anyone even known a Liveline caller. Yet I figure there can't be more than 3 degrees of separation between any one Irish person and Joe Duffy.

As After Hours is so large and varied, surely some users must be familiar, with Liveline callers? Why do they do it? Are they ever just taking the piss? Has anyone ever pranked Joe with a disgrace?

Or on the other hand, have you ever been threatened with the wrath of a Liveline caller?

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Solnskaya

talk to joe, he'll listen, even if no other cnut would.

Arnold Layne

Who do you talk to when you have to complain about someone who is:

overpaid on taxpayer money,complete with a gilt edged pension;
defended 14 years of corruption of the previous government;
pretends he represents the 'little man';

and will no doubt extol the virtues of another with the same characteristics as above to run for President?

I think I'll talk to the 'jacks' bowl.

sollar

Arnold Layne wrote: »

[*]overpaid on taxpayer money,complete with a gilt edged pension;

Talk to my hand :pac:

Arnold Layne

sollar wrote: »

Talk to my hand :pac:

I'm sorry, would that be when its:

holding a utensil;
around your kn*b;

up your a*se.

OPENROAD

Joe for president imo

stevejr

If fairness there's been some ahem' entertaining shows.

Anyone remember the guy who rang in from a cell in Portlaoise....

later12

No but I heard about it. Does anyone have any links to some timeless Joe clips?

Lots of people have been threatened with Joe Duffy, but none have admitted to calling in, and knowing someone who has called in isn't really much more common.

I wonder if the real talent behind Liveline then is that all the callers are really just one man, Joe, taking the piss in various characters.

Arnold Layne

later10 wrote: »

No but I heard about it. Does anyone have any links to some timeless Joe clips?

Lots of people have been threatened with Joe Duffy, but none have admitted to calling in, and knowing someone who has called in isn't really much more common.

I wonder if the real talent behind Liveline then is that all the callers are really just one man, Joe, taking the piss in various characters.

It's Mario Rosenstock moonlighting.;)

stevejr

later10 wrote: »

I wonder if the real talent behind Liveline then is that all the callers are really just one man, Joe, taking the piss in various characters.

Eureka!! No wonder all his callers were so pissed off when he got a smack of a car!....:pac:

FGR

mikemac wrote: »

Joe, he's no Billy McCarthy

Waterford equivalent

Ah now Joe/Billy could never compare to the greatness that is Neill Prenderville.

What a man! A walking hypocrisy! :pac:

Arnold Layne

ForegoneReality wrote: »

Ah now Joe/Billy could never compare to the greatness that is Neill Prenderville.:pac:

Although Neil is a proclaimed w*anker, Joe is god in the self-gratification stakes.

orourkeda

stevejr wrote: »

If fairness there's been some ahem' entertaining shows.

Anyone remember the guy who rang in from a cell in Portlaoise....

That was genius

Chuck Stone

I'm calling Joe first thing Monday morning to tell him about this thread and to complain about that bloody internet in general.

stevejr

Arnold Layne wrote: »

Although Neil is a proclaimed w*anker, Joe is god in the self-gratification stakes.

Wouldn't it be interesting if oul Neil covered Joe's next Holidays on Liveline.

Something to ponder....

Happyman42

I knew Joe Duffy when he was in USI and in fairness to him he was very good about looking after Irish students rights. He wasn't a waffler and dear god there were some wafflers in USI back then....probably still are.
I will never forget the day (in front of the assembled multitudes from colleges around the country that he told Kader Asmal (Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement.) Chris Doris (now RTE Producer I think) and Alex White (TD? Senator?) to 'shut the f**k up about apartheid and Israel because students in Galway RTC are having to use the corridors to study in because the library is so small.'
I thought that was fairly heroic given that it had never happened before. USI was a bull****ters charter.

In a way he is still doing the same thing.

Arnold Layne

stevejr wrote: »

Wouldn't it be interesting if oul Neil covered Joe's next Holidays on Liveline.

Something to ponder....

Now it is

stevejr

Arnold Layne wrote: »

Now it is

They'd never get away with that on a plane.....:pac:

Arnold Layne

stevejr wrote: »

They'd never get away with that on a plane.....:pac:

Not even in the cockpit

:pac:

clikityclak

Solnskaya wrote: »

go on, you're crapping it really:D

Be god and I wasn't! I was all for the guy ringing up, I would have tore strips off him and let Joe referee! Ah in all fairness, some people think any little rant they have and Joe will be on to it and give them sympathy.

I particularly love when Joe takes a long pause after someones heartfelt rant, a deep breath and spouts sh1te talk for another hour or so. TALK TO JOE.

Fcuk off!!

mikemac

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I'm calling Joe first thing Monday morning to tell him about this thread and to complain about that bloody internet in general.

Haven't seen it myself but I agree it's a scandal Joe

syklops

later10 wrote: »

No but I heard about it. Does anyone have any links to some timeless Joe clips?

Lots of people have been threatened with Joe Duffy, but none have admitted to calling in, and knowing someone who has called in isn't really much more common.

I wonder if the real talent behind Liveline then is that all the callers are really just one man, Joe, taking the piss in various characters.

Blind Boy from the Rubberbandits, defends his music to Joe. Its epic. Some quotes:

Joe:"Can you speak properly?"
Blind Boy:"What you mean kid?"

Blind Boy:"Your looking at it from a very denoted perspective. You're looking at it literally, whats not being looked at is the subtext"

Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4y_24liaq0

Happyman42

syklops wrote: »

Blind Boy from the Rubberbandits, defends his music to Joe. Its epic. Some quotes:

Joe:"Can you speak properly?"
Blind Boy:"What you mean kid?"

Blind Boy:"Your looking at it from a very denoted perspective. You're looking at it literally, whats not being looked at is the subtext"

Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4y_24liaq0

Jaysus, do you remember the Rubberbandits?...They were deadly they were :rolleyes:

later12

#CHILDREN and #HOUSEPARTIES and #DRUGS

What do you mean can I talk prop'rly?!!!!1111!!

starbelgrade

The "Liveline" should be called "The Brain Dead Line".

It's so bad, even David Mc Savage manages to make it look funny, and that's saying something

wild_cat

The live line thread in radio is probably my favourite thread on boards at the moment.

later12

didn't know about that thread, i actually cannot wait until the next liveline now.

yes i really am that sad.

flutterflye

I had a problem a while ago.
Couldn't get my son into a school.
Spent months and months writing to politicians and heads of departments and the sort.
Seriously though, the amount of people that were pushing me to call Joe was astounding!
I'd rather jump in the Liffey than call a radio station to go on about my problems, but so, so many people seemed to believe it was the only thing to do.

wild_cat

later10 wrote: »

didn't know about that thread, i actually cannot wait until the next liveline now.

yes i really am that sad.

It's ok. I think there's a good few of us into it.

It beats shouting "oh for **** sake" at the radio/media player on your own.

Horsebox9000

mickydoomsux wrote: »

I work in public transport so you get a Liveline threat every few weeks, without fail.

Usually it's auld ones on free travel passes who aren't being waited on hand and foot so they get uppity or it's from people who get fined for not having tickets who think "going public" will make the fine go away.

I still remember there was uproar one day because a Bus Driver was only stopping at the bus stops and not picking up people in between stops or letting them off. Of course in any situation that's stupid to complain about, but these were the elderly and of course they own the bus network.

I have been threatened with the Joe line before. Instead of saying ok, what I do is point out excatly wherein the customer was wrong and what laws are there to protect that, then was they have all the information about them being wrong I then tell them to go call Joe.

Schism

I got threatened by a customer where I work with Joe Duffy once. I was so surprised that people someone actually threatened to call Joe Duffy that all I could do was laugh! Not a good idea, it took a good 10 minutes more to sort her out.