Ever jumped on a bandwagon?

seanbmc · 18-05-2012 07:13PM

I hate the phrase, people just use it to put newcomers down and make themselves feel important.

A real case of "I was doing this before it was cool".

trollin trollin trollin · 18-05-2012 07:26PM

How many people here born in the early 90's collected every pokemon sticker,trading card,game or plushie?

southcentralts · 18-05-2012 10:45PM

What a question to ask in AH.

"Honey, someone started a thread about the relationship between fish fingers and fair city, better put on a pot of coffee."

washman3 · 19-05-2012 01:15AM

krudler wrote: »

I live in Limerick, home of Munster rugby and a an entire city of bandwagon jumpers.

Most definately the Bandwagon capital of Europe.:p

ToddyDoody · 19-05-2012 03:02AM

Property bandwagon. (just let that fester)

kumate_champ07 · 19-05-2012 03:40AM

IrishAm wrote: »

The Dublin GAA team has the most bangwagoners.

League Final VS Cork. Attendance 35,000.

AI Final VS Kerry. Sold Out. Tickets selling for crazy money.

All Ireland finals always sell out no matter who's playing, as mentioned by another poster the same applies to every county, there are die hard fans that travel to the arseholé of nowhere with there flask and sambos and then theres the 'fans' that come out for the Championship final and whatever happens after that.

kumate_champ07 · 19-05-2012 03:41AM

Bambi wrote: »

Its all bollox if you're old enough to remember the great summer overhype of '90

that wasnt overhype, it was beautiful and just what the country needed during that era

DEFTLEFTHAND · 19-05-2012 03:53AM

I remember the aul fella and myself would haul are arses up to Lansdowne to watch Ireland be hammered in the rugby, even by the likes of western Samoa on one occasion. Believe me these these pseudo fanatics will take the high road once we return to our place of whipping boys in the rugger world..

Sea Filly · 19-05-2012 04:54AM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Seems ridiculously excessive, like some Mod is entertaining themselves rather than actually moderating.

Agreed. I know those phrases are tedious, but to start infracting people for something for which people for however long previously have not been infracted seemed unfair and arbitrary. Imposing WAY too much control over the users, IMO.

Sea Filly · 19-05-2012 05:02AM

seanbmc wrote: »

I hate the phrase, people just use it to put newcomers down and make themselves feel important.

A real case of "I was doing this before it was cool".

Exactly.

All those people whining about bandwagon jumpers were once new to the sport too.

baltimore sun · 19-05-2012 08:41AM

Rugby's a real bandwagon sport, feck all used to watch it until Ireland started winning more than 2 matches in a row.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 19-05-2012 08:58AM

baltimore sun wrote: »

Rugby's a real bandwagon sport, feck all used to watch it until Ireland started winning more than 2 matches in a row.

I remember going to interpros where there would be less than 200 people at Thomond, the club game was stronger then though and its suffered big time since rugby has become every Paddys favourite sport.

baltimore sun · 19-05-2012 09:09AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I remember going to interpros where there would be less than 200 people at Thomond, the club game was stronger then though and its suffered big time since rugby has become every Paddys favourite sport.

I was never the biggest fan meself but I used to head to the odd game, then I worked in a rugby pub near Lansdowne Road and that put me off it forever, give me soccer fans any day of the week over the rugby lot.

wendell borton · 19-05-2012 10:00AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYTHWS6xFf4

Micky Dolenz · 19-05-2012 10:46AM

Have zero interest in football but I will enjoy the excitement of the event. It's not like it happens very often.

minidazzler · 19-05-2012 11:33AM

celticcrash wrote: »

Stop crying like a little girl and be happy that people have seen the light.

Jumping the bandwagon isn't seeing the light, it's supporting it because everyone else does, they don't even actually give a fook, they just learn a few names, spout a few facts they don't understand and buy a jersey. Bandwagon jumpers just like to sound like they give a fook, they mostly don't.

minidazzler · 19-05-2012 11:35AM

Sea Filly wrote: »

Exactly.

All those people whining about bandwagon jumpers were once new to the sport too.

Yes, but people who were watching for the game itself before the Irish teams started winning all around them aren't band wagon jumpers because they liked it before there was a band wagon.

Band wagon jumpers don't particularily like something, they just need to appear to like to current cool thing.

bnt · 19-05-2012 11:37AM

Last time I jumped on a bandwagon, it literally was a bandwagon, and I was in the band. Beats walking, I suppose.

(Highland Bagpipes, if you must know. Possibly the worst musical instrument in the world; what passes for "style" is the result of centuries of effort to work around its fundamental musical limitations.)

volvoman480 · 19-05-2012 12:19PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Nobody mentioned Rugby yet?

Jesus over the last few years everybody is expert in rugby, or so they think.

You ask 80% of people who watch it if they know the rules and they have no clue.

Rugby doesn't have rules, it has laws.

Yes, I know I'm being pedantic but that's the way it is.

Read the laws, it's quite interesting and can really help your understanding of the game. Also, it's very useful to look at the referee signals section. It really helped me to grasp what was happening on the pitch. If you're going to a attend a match in person, I find it very handy to have reftalk radio. Most of the bigger matches will have this facility. It's a massive ego boost to appear to know what you are talking about and enables you to have an air of smugness and superiority when everyone around you asks you what fcuk is going on......;)

http://www.irblaws.com/EN/downloads/

HalloweenJack · 19-05-2012 12:22PM

Yeah, I was living in Madrid for the first half of 2010.

First, got caught up in Atletico Madrid's run to the Europa League and Copa del Rey final then got caught up in Spain's performance at the WC.

Still follow Atleti and Spain would be my second favourite international team. Should Ireland go out before them, I'll be cheering them on at the Euros.

mongdesade · 19-05-2012 12:51PM

Ever jumped on a bandwagon?

No, scutting's bad I tells you

Ever jumped on a bandwagon?

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