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Funny People who fecked up in the boom analogies

  • 16-03-2012 01:04AM
    #1
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭


    Im tired of people whinging about negative equity and blaming the government and the bankers and the builders on their bad investment.
    People bought a house at the wrong time, bragged about how they were really intelligent for not paying dead money rent and bored everyone to death with property ladder talk and dead money speak .
    Now they are in trouble .
    If a business man bought a million bottles of Coke and then couldnt sell them could he blame the government ?
    If I bet on man city winning the premier league a few months ago should I be able to be re couped by the government if their bad form holds up?
    If I got all my savings and put them in shares in Dunnes Stores only to find out aldi and lidle were rolling into town should the government pay for that?
    Im all for feeling sorry for someone who made a bad investment but for jaysus sake man up and pay your debts and get on with it.
    Did you honestly never have an inkling that your 500 000 apartment in north dublin might drop in value. ?
    If the price suddenly rose again would you be willing to give the profit you made to the government or property developer that sold too cheap. ?
    Peope say I bought this house to live in now Im in negative equity . Why do you care so , you agreed to pay x amount for it , you will live there untill you die who cares what it resells for?
    Lets all be honest here everyone that bought a house during the boom thought it was a good investment and realised it wasnt then blames the government for their stupidity.
    Its like if in Jack and the beanstalk he had of just bought beans . Should he blame the government.
    Id love this thread to turn into a funny after hours one with examples of silliness but I bet itll end up with talk of OH IM SO HARD DONE BY I AGREED TO BUY A HOUSE NOW I CANT AFFORD IT I SHOULD BE ALLOWED JUST GIVE THE HOUSE BACK TO THE BANKERS BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING BONUSES ****E.


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  • #2
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    I remember people saying, "the smart money is in paragraphs".


  • #3
    mackg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    Seriously, this thread has been done dozens of times.


  • #4
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    Yes but this one welcomes the slagging of these people, and ignores the sob stories .
    I want just posts of itd be like ......................... the dots represent a funny analogy .
    Itd be like paying to hump a sheep only to find out humping sheep isnt cool anymore and wanting the government to pay for you to hump a dog instead kinda thing.


  • #5
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Ah jeez not this shíte again.


  • #6
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    Have you got a better thread cj?


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  • #7
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭emo72


    OP'er.......the kids of that generation were rode solid. i know it may be getting boring to listen to the sob stories, but, and its a BIG BUT, it doesnt make it any less true. those people are hurting, sold a massive lie, and they will never get over it. cut them some slack.


  • #8
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    emo72 wrote: »
    OP'er.......the kids of that generation were rode solid. i know it may be getting boring to listen to the sob stories, but, and its a BIG BUT, it doesnt make it any less true. those people are hurting, sold a massive lie, and they will never get over it. cut them some slack.
    I am a kid of that generation , I was sold an apprenticeship thats pretty worthless now, I did however resist the temptation to impulse buy a 40 year mortgage on the basis that i didnt need a deposit. Now back on topic funny analogy .


  • #9
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭emo72


    cloptrop wrote: »
    I am a kid of that generation , I was sold an apprenticeship thats pretty worthless now, I did however resist the temptation to impulse buy a 40 year mortgage on the basis that i didnt need a deposit. Now back on topic funny analogy .

    sorry dude, i got nothing funny for you. anyone else got something?


  • #10
    cartell_best
    Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭cartell_best


    I heard about a lad saying people were spending beyond their means! Too late for me, I bought a 42 inch HD Telly and then all of a sudden 3D came....WTF like?


  • #11
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    cloptrop wrote: »
    I am a kid of that generation , I was sold an apprenticeship thats pretty worthless now, I did however resist the temptation to impulse buy a 40 year mortgage on the basis that i didnt need a deposit. Now back on topic funny analogy .

    You've got sense. I sense(no pun) that you are young, the excess of the last 10 or so years has educated you on what went on and I congratulate you to see the light! :)


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  • #12
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭emo72


    cartell_best wrote: »
    I heard about a lad saying people were spending beyond their means! Too late for me, I bought a 42 inch HD Telly and then all of a sudden 3D came....WTF like?

    i know that hurt. bought a 50 inch panny plasma. next thing ya know their all banging on about 3D, and im going, theres no ****ing way im wearing those glasses watching emmerdale. **** them in happy in 2D land.


  • #13
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    emo72 wrote: »
    i know that hurt. bought a 50 inch panny plasma. next thing ya know their all banging on about 3D, and im going, theres no ****ing way im wearing those glasses watching emmerdale. **** them in happy in 2D land.

    I think the government should pay for your telly and let you get back on the telly ladder at a lower price.

    I played snakes and ladders the other day with my oldest son, he rolled a 5 then i rolled a 3 . I think its only fair I m allowed move 2 free spaces courtesy of sean quinn .


  • #14
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    I remember people saying, "the smart money is in paragraphs".

    He has paragraphs.


  • #15
    Babybuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Babybuff


    funny analogies, when I'm talking to my mate about sex/relationships/possibilities I refer to everything in terms of football because that's the only language he understands, so if I tell him I'm feeling like a left footed winger playing down the right hand side he knows what I'm talking about. We never really talked about the economy though.


  • #16
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    I bought loads of paragraphs on the basis that they would be worth double in ten years and then I found out that we built too many paragraphs and now they are worthless. I now have to start again with stanzas and verses , I have a warehouse full of paragraphs and have to use them all up so I try start a new one every line.
    I should try get into the short story game they love a good paragraph there.


  • #17
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Babybuff wrote: »
    if I tell him I'm feeling like a left footed winger playing down the right hand side he knows what I'm talking about. .

    Are you talking about Ryan Giggs shagging his sister in law?


  • #18
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Are you talking about Ryan Giggs shagging his sister in law?
    I thought it was a strictly come dancing analogy.


  • #19
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Totally agree cloptrop. We're not the only generation to be in a recession and we will get through it.


  • #20
    Babybuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Babybuff


    him: "what about her?"
    me: "na she's too much of a centre forward."


  • #21
    Wattle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


    Apparently Tommy Tiernan lost a sh1t load of money after the boom. Some people think he's funny.


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  • #22
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Babybuff wrote: »
    him: "what about her?"
    me: "na she's too much of a centre forward."

    Women love men who are like centre forwards - good at scoring, great in the box & excellent finishers.


  • #23
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    Wattle wrote: »
    Apparently Tommy Tiernan lost a sh1t load of money after the boom. Some people think he's funny.

    People stop me all the time saying I look like tommy tiernan , is this a curly hair thing?


  • #24
    Babybuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Babybuff


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Women love men who are like centre forwards - good at scoring, great in the box & excellent finishers.
    know I'm going to regret asking it but what do men like?


  • #25
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    Babybuff wrote: »
    know I'm going to regret asking it but what do men like?
    Back and forward repetive motion until climax.


  • #26
    Babybuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Babybuff


    cloptrop wrote: »
    Back and forward repetive motion until climax.
    centre back it is


  • #27
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    Babybuff wrote: »
    centre back it is
    No midfield would be better who wants to do someone in the back?


  • #28
    Babybuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Babybuff


    "playing in the hole" k I'll let him know for future reference ;)


  • #29
    cloptrop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭cloptrop


    Babybuff wrote: »
    "playing in the hole" k I'll let him know for future reference ;)

    Hmmmmm sure the advice is for a friend,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cough pervertcough.
    Sorry I have a cold.


  • #30
    Babybuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Babybuff


    yeah. all my beer is gone now I must go ..over here..


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  • #31
    Father Damo
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    cloptrop wrote: »
    Im tired of people whinging about negative equity and blaming the government and the bankers and the builders on their bad investment.
    People bought a house at the wrong time, bragged about how they were really intelligent for not paying dead money rent and bored everyone to death with property ladder talk and dead money speak .
    it..


    The funniest is when people say things like "Bertie/ Cowen/ the bankers should be put on trial/ should be in prison"

    For what, exactly? Gross negligence is, AFAIK, only a crime when it contributes to death or serious injury. It doesnt cover Bertie and the banks failing to educate muppets that investment properties in Bulgaria and a new car every year when you are working in a call centre are pie in the sky investments.

    Despite his shady 90s dealings there is not one suggestion that Bertie did anything illegal whilst in office.

    Nor Cowen.

    The banks lent unwisely, but last time I checked stupidity wasnt a crime. If it was the people who took out the loans should be the first in the dock.


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