Bill Cullen

Smidge · 12-10-2012 08:04PM

Kurz wrote: »

Maybe he'll take up one of those wageless intern schemes now that he advised others should do.

12-10-2012 08:48PM

wernstrom! wrote: »

Has anyone said 'Bill you're fired' yet?

'fraid so, 'Cruas' on page 1.
But you can still say it if you want, in fact I think I'll say it now, so looking forward to this, here goes, I'm sure you'll excuse caps for this one line:

BILL, YOU'RE FIRED.

Really does fell good, try it.

GalwayGuy2 · 12-10-2012 10:43PM

I watched the video early on in the thread, and tbf, he's not far wrong. He did overdramatise , and I hate that whole we had it harder (even if they did) thing, but it was a lot better then just mentioning the buzz words "Banker" and "Government" with little to do with anything.

smash · 12-10-2012 11:11PM

Kurz wrote: »

Maybe he'll take up one of those wageless intern schemes now that he advised others should do.

He's not qualified enough!

OnTheCounter · 12-10-2012 11:36PM

Anybody know how the hotel in killarney he co-owns with jackie is doing?

any other business interests?

arrogance aside i am not happy to see anyone go out of business, especially someone who worked hard from 13 to become successful.

Dangerous Man · 13-10-2012 12:00AM

Good. I'm glad. Fuck him.

Pottler · 13-10-2012 12:05AM

Pappa Charlie wrote: »

If anyone will bounce back its Bill, he wont sit at home feeling sorry for himself

Hi Bill.

3rdDegree · 13-10-2012 12:22AM

Cullen would not be my favourite person. But he did well. I'mcertainly not celebrating now that his business has turned. Begrugery and jealously are alive and well in Ireland.

Dangerous Man · 13-10-2012 12:48AM

3rdDegree wrote: »

Cullen would not be my favourite person. But he did well. I'mcertainly not celebrating now that his business has turned. Begrugery and jealously are alive and well in Ireland.

Nothing to do with that. This is the guy who told a generation to stop whining because people of his generation fucked everything up. That's why people are happy at his misfortune. So yeah - fuck him.

B.A._Baracus · 13-10-2012 12:53AM

3rdDegree wrote: »

Cullen would not be my favourite person. But he did well. I'mcertainly not celebrating now that his business has turned. Begrugery and jealously are alive and well in Ireland.

True.
I think the current trend is that if someone is in the public eye, then its ok to take pleasure in unfortunate events that happen to them :rolleyes:

I'll be honest, from watching the apprentice I think Cullen comes off as an asshole. But reality is, his success or misfortune doesnt effect any of us. He lives his life, we live ours. Who gives a fuck? Doesnt matter if he has 50 million or 50 cent in his bank account. I care about my own account and everyone likewise.

Of course, on the flip side if he said or done something that angered people - like not paying tax and making thousands, or whatever. Then yeah i'd get it then. Or if you personally knew him and have reasons for disliking.

Millicent · 13-10-2012 01:18AM

mauzo wrote: »

God I wouldnt mind a bit of Bill Cullen!

Well, I just puked.

Esel · 13-10-2012 01:59AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I think the current trend is that if someone is in the public eye, then its ok to take pleasure in unfortunate events that happen to them :rolleyes:

A platter of Schadenfreude to table 1, stat!

[ Never knew what 'calqued' was until I glossed that page...]

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

But reality is, his success or misfortune doesnt effect any of us.

People are affected though, in various ways. Employees lose, the State loses (i.e. we lose) on the double, legal eagles win, the bank loses (sob sob) etc.

The bould William, I would think, does not give a fiddler's about any of that.

3rdDegree · 13-10-2012 02:47AM

Esel wrote: »

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I think the current trend is that if someone is in the public eye, then its ok to take pleasure in unfortunate events that happen to them :rolleyes:

A platter of Schadenfreude to table 1, stat! [ Never knew what 'calqued' was until I glossed that page...]

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

But reality is, his success or misfortune doesnt effect any of us.

People are affected though, in various ways. Employees lose, the State loses (i.e. we lose) on the double, legal eagles win, the bank loses (sob sob) etc.

The bould William, I would think, does not give a fiddler's about any of that.

Exactly! So why is everyone so happy he's having such misfortune. Apart from being a bit of a tool, he hadn't tried to get out of not paying a coupler of billion back to the tax payer that he owes like a certain business family. He wasn't responsible for anyone's major misfortune like certain bankers.

People are just petty, bitter and jealous. Delighting in someone else's misfortune.

bodhrandude · 13-10-2012 04:12AM

Big Toes an alligator though, is he not?

yore · 13-10-2012 04:26AM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Good. I'm glad. Fuck him.

Did he do something personally to you or is it just jealousy? Does some of what he says or stand for cut a bit too close to the bone perhaps?

T-K-O · 13-10-2012 04:35AM

after re-watching the front-line I like him again... was that the real Bill or the character from 2fm

BTW his company may have gone under but Bill is a wealthy man be under no illusion

yore · 13-10-2012 04:38AM

T-K-O wrote: »

after re-watching the front-line I like him again... was that the real Bill or the character from 2fm

BTW his company may have gone under but Bill is a wealthy man be under no illusion

Yeah, Bill's no eejit. His company is gone bust but I'd be very surprised if he doesn't still have a personal wealth of multiples of what your average poster here will accumulate in their lifetime.

It's just begrudgery.

T-K-O · 13-10-2012 04:48AM

yore wrote: »

Yeah, Bill's no eejit. His company is gone bust but I'd be very surprised if he doesn't still have a personal wealth of multiples of what your average poster here will accumulate in their lifetime.

It's just begrudgery.

For sure - he's a little over the top with his I got up at 4am carry on but he's a self made man, you gotta respect that.

A lot of these guys have several ltd companies and have paid advisers to protect against one company going to the wall

T-K-O · 13-10-2012 04:59AM

General General · 19-10-2012 09:20PM

Latest is that Danske bank is after him for 8.2 millionz squidz. That'z a spicy meatballs.

Grimreaper666 · 19-10-2012 10:22PM

Yous are a bollix Bill, we're on to you, yous are fired!!!

mfceiling · 19-10-2012 10:33PM

All this bullsh*t he spouted about 4 hours sleep a night and you'll sleep plenty when you're dead.

Missus was flying home from london a few years ago and who sits opposite her only bill and jackie. She says within 2-3 minutes of sitting down bill was fast asleep. Jackie had to waken him when they got to dublin. Don't mind him with all that crap...

Esel · 20-10-2012 03:43PM

mfceiling wrote: »

All this bullsh*t he spouted about 4 hours sleep a night and you'll sleep plenty when you're dead.

Missus was flying home from london a few years ago and who sits opposite her only bill and jackie. She says within 2-3 minutes of sitting down bill was fast asleep. Jackie had to waken him when they got to dublin. Don't mind him with all that crap...

That's a power nap. You're fired!

juan.kerr · 20-10-2012 03:48PM

mfceiling wrote: »

All this bullsh*t he spouted about 4 hours sleep a night and you'll sleep plenty when you're dead.

Missus was flying home from london a few years ago and who sits opposite her only bill and jackie. She says within 2-3 minutes of sitting down bill was fast asleep. Jackie had to waken him when they got to dublin. Don't mind him with all that crap...

:rolleyes: What do you care how long he sleeps for? And maybe this was part of his 4 hours. No one makes you watch the Apprentice or read his book etc.

Death and Taxes · 20-10-2012 04:05PM

Always found him to be an arrogant prat!
Delighted for him.

OnTheCounter · 23-10-2012 12:58AM

He has put in E10m into his hotel on top of the purchase price and was owed E19m that he invested in the motor company.

Surely he didnt make all that money selling renault cars? What other major business was he involved in?

syklops · 23-10-2012 01:09AM

OnTheCounter wrote: »

Country is gone done the sh1tter... Shoot bertie, jail the bankers, make the tds half their salaries, break down the gates of leinster house and sell them for scrap metal, take back some of the money from the church as they never fixed the bloody roof, tell the imf to fuk off, where is my nama huh?, someone throw merkel a bone and get her to cheer up, why dont the illegal cigarette sellers flog benson and hedges i mean wtf is red strike, am i going to have to go to london for work and be called a paddy kant by a fat bald focker who has turned green from the moody gold enda, is that your 5 point plan you gombeen?, 600 jobs in paddy power is not a cause for celebration, they are basically state employees... Tax payer>Social welfare>anto>paddy power>IT guy>revenue department> political paddys day 'delegation' to new york.

You cant call yourself, nor can you be considered a millionaire if you owe the million to the bank. Bill Cullen can not be thought to be worth 50 million if he owes 26m to the bank.

syklops · 23-10-2012 01:11AM

mfceiling wrote: »

All this bullsh*t he spouted about 4 hours sleep a night and you'll sleep plenty when you're dead.

Missus was flying home from london a few years ago and who sits opposite her only bill and jackie. She says within 2-3 minutes of sitting down bill was fast asleep. Jackie had to waken him when they got to dublin. Don't mind him with all that crap...

Maybe that was part of his 4 hour nights sleep???

What was the point of that post?

fishy fishy · 23-10-2012 10:02AM

OnTheCounter wrote: »

Anybody know how the hotel in killarney he co-owns with jackie is doing?

any other business interests?

arrogance aside i am not happy to see anyone go out of business, especially someone who worked hard from 13 to become successful.

what is the name of the hotel - i want to make sure I never step foot in it.

23-10-2012 11:14AM

syklops wrote: »

Maybe that was part of his 4 hour nights sleep???

What was the point of that post?

I believe the point of the post was ridicule, the best weapon to employ when endeavouring to puncture the pomposity of the smug, self-satisfied, modesty-free, snap-eyed bores of this world.

How do like 'them apples' Bill?

Bill Cullen

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