The National ploughing championship !

robbie_998 · 19-09-2011 06:12PM #1

yes we really are that bad to have this in Ireland !

who can move a plot of land the best and who has the nicer cabbage :pac:

but sure anyway i'll be off down to it with the older bro in the lovely sunny resort of Athy Co. Kildare

What do we expect to see at this ?

are the wimmez any good ?

will the locals party hard for this ?
(que the chat up line, Roses are Red, Violets are blue, . I have a knife.... get in the van ) :pac:

What are your thoughts there people ?

AnamGlas · 19-09-2011 06:13PM

nottin' runs like a Deere

Saila · 19-09-2011 06:15PM

I can fcuk really hard does that count?

Biggins · 19-09-2011 06:15PM

I think other countries have similar competitions too - I could be wrong.
Either way, I see no harm in it.
Every country has its unique competition and/or sports anyway and if it goes to making us different sometimes and makes us characteristically what we are, fair enough!

Saila · 19-09-2011 06:16PM

Biggins wrote: »

I think other countries have similar competitions too - I could be wrong.
Either way, I see no harm in it.
Every country has its unique sports events anyway and if it goes to making us different sometime and makes us characteristically what we are, fair enough!

fyp, next you'll be talking like chess as an olympic sport

Biggins · 19-09-2011 06:18PM

Saila wrote: »

fyp, next you'll be talking like chess as an olympic sport

...But of course - my knight will attack your knight!

Dangerous Man · 19-09-2011 06:19PM

I believe that there is a world plowing championship too. Meh, you see stuff like this all over the world.

orourkeda · 19-09-2011 06:19PM

I ploughed my birds box af ter the all ireland final last night

Terrontress · 19-09-2011 06:22PM

I am a City lad from the North so do not understand the actual ploughing but I think that that is just a side show. The main reason is business deals, buying and selling tractors and drinking pints.

I remember a friend used to go to the RUAS in Belfast. I didn't understand the attraction but he loved to get hammered on pints and forget about the sheep and tractors.

byhookorbycrook · 19-09-2011 06:22PM

Ah sure what is there to driving but staying on the road...Ploughing is a highly skilled craft.

Samich · 19-09-2011 06:22PM

Expect alot of people not to have a clue of what goes on or anything, it's a big thing for farmers, a good day out, to see all different tractors and machinery. See the new models of tractors and the best breeds of cattle in the country.

peterk675 · 19-09-2011 06:24PM

A Massey is flashey , but a zeta is better

(read in very deep culshey voice)

Saila · 19-09-2011 06:25PM

Samich wrote: »

See the new models of tractors and the best breeds of cattle in the country.

is this a euphemism, filty bastards

Biggins · 19-09-2011 06:28PM

Saila wrote: »

is this a euphemism, filty bastards

:pac:

Its all about getting down and dirty - don't knock it.
It can be great fun!

k.p.h · 19-09-2011 06:36PM

Great day out .. Would recommend

Temptamperu · 19-09-2011 06:36PM

As a proud dublin man the only ploughing i will be doing is through a few cans of the finest dutch gold :pac:

Saila · 19-09-2011 06:40PM

it would be worth it just to see one of the weather girls in the flesh broadcasting from there in about 5 minutes

jean, the spanish one and the one who was preggers Im looking at you..

Sofiztikated · 19-09-2011 06:41PM

They'll be watching you slick city boys.

<_<
>_>

You'd be surprised the amount of moolah that will change hands during this competition. Not all big business needs to be done in a boardroom.

And yes, pints, many many pints will be consumed. Less of the watered down ****e you get at music festivals. Coupla bottles of the local firewater might make an appearance too.

Biggins · 19-09-2011 06:44PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

...Coupla bottles of the local firewater might make an appearance too.

The lethal stuff? The stuff that would strip paint off a car? :pac:
Tried it once - nearly killed this fool!

Sofiztikated · 19-09-2011 06:57PM

Biggins wrote: »

The lethal stuff? The stuff that would strip paint off a car? :pac:
Tried it once - nearly killed this fool!

Tis luvverly stuff. Prefer plum, but the regular oul spud flavoured stuff is grand too. Bit of OJ, take some of the alcohol sharpness of it, you're grand.

If you're dosed with a cold, a hot one, with lemon and cloves is guarenteed to scare the germs right out of you.

Ditch · 19-09-2011 07:05PM

Ploughing? Night shift!

http://bitey.com/2002/10/nightshift/

tolosenc · 19-09-2011 07:51PM

By all means have a national championship, but for god sake, why is it on the news? Anyone who cares already knows because they were there!

Sofiztikated · 19-09-2011 08:02PM

tolosenc wrote: »

By all means have a national championship, but for god sake, why is it on the news? Anyone who cares already knows because they were there!

Why not have it on the news?

By that token, why have any news from Dublin on, because anyone who cares was already there.

Don't be daft. There's what, 5 million people in the country, say 10% of that care about this. That's 500,000 people. It was attended by 180,000 people in 2010. The other 320,000 might not be able to attend, due to actually having to look after farms and businesses and shít. It's possibly Europes larges open air Agri & Trade show, so why the fúck would it not be national news.

PS: On another note, I've noticed I'm very angry today.

bbam · 19-09-2011 08:14PM

tolosenc wrote: »

By all means have a national championship, but for god sake, why is it on the news? Anyone who cares already knows because they were there!

Same could be said of the Dublin/Kerry game yesterday.... :rolleyes:
FFS... It is a huge event within the largest business sector in the country.

johnmcdnl · 19-09-2011 08:19PM

robbie_998 wrote: »

yes we really are that bad to have this in Ireland !

To have an huge 3 day event for the farming and construction industry to promote business and trading...

is there any difference to having an form of trade show for any sector of business in the country??

4leto · 19-09-2011 08:21PM

I as a proud dub who wouldn't know a tractor from a cow, has heard that this is the best weekend in Ireland, it is meant to be great craic. I keep meaning to go.

I will defo do this next year, so I have till then to practice dropping the queens speech and talk like a mucka, just to fit in.

Mickey H · 19-09-2011 08:28PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

PS: On another note, I've noticed I'm very angry today.

There there....

byhookorbycrook · 19-09-2011 08:51PM

Wellies, a raincoat and tissue for the portaloos and away you go!

Dangerous Man · 19-09-2011 09:32PM

Samich wrote: »

Expect alot of people not to have a clue of what goes on or anything, it's a big thing for farmers, a good day out, to see all different tractors and machinery. See the new models of tractors and the best breeds of cattle in the country.

Yup - you should expect that because of the name - 'The National Ploughing Championship.' People will expect, understandably, that what takes place is in fact a national ploughing championship and not what actually takes place - a national ploughing championship tied alongside an agricultural fair.

Oh, and you're right - it is a big thing for farmers but other than that no one really cares, nor should they; and they certainly shouldn't be expected to know anything about it!

byhookorbycrook · 19-09-2011 09:36PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Yup - you should expect that because of the name - 'The National Ploughing Championship.' People will expect, understandably, that what takes place is in fact a national ploughing championship and not what actually takes place - a national ploughing championship tied alongside an agricultural fair.

Oh, and you're right - it is a big thing for farmers but other than that no one really cares, nor should they; and they certainly shouldn't be expected to know anything about it!

Not a farmer and love the ploughing, so much to see and do.

slippy wicket · 19-09-2011 09:43PM

About 10 years ago when my sisters liked to go to get the day off secondary school, one of them went to the richie kavanagh tent, and got hammered. Some auld guy came over to her and asked in a pure wesht of ireland accent if she would give him a handjob. Does be quare things goin on down at that event

The National ploughing championship !

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