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Joe Brolly

  • 16-03-2013 12:16AM
    #1
    not yet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭


    Joe Brolly is a fcuking hero, What an incredible human being...

    Just watched him on the late late, he gave a kidney to a friend, wonderful story.

    This guy could teach us how to live........


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  • #2
    Amprodude
    Site Banned Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    not yet wrote: »
    Joe Brolly is a fcuking hero, What an incredible human being...

    Just watched him on the late late, he gave a kidney to a friend, wonderful story.

    An absolute legend. A great great man and have absolute huge respect for him for what he did.


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Steak & kidney pie anyone?


  • #4
    Macailz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭Macailz


    A gentleman, he was on the Nolan show a couple of months ago and his story seriously opened my eyes to being a donor


  • #5
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Amprodude wrote: »
    An absolute legend. A great great man and have absolute huge respect for him for what he did.

    Close it nothing more can be said.


  • #6
    Dwork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Dwork


    Ah, sure he had two anyway, and it's not like he invented them. We all have moments of generosity that we later regret. Only last week I borrowed a fiver to a lad at work. Sorry now. No hope of getting it back.


















    I'm joking. relax.












    no way am I not getting that fiver back.,


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  • #7
    johnayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭johnayo


    I have to say that I never liked him as a GAA pundit. And then I watch him talking here just now. I feel deeply humbled now. Well done Joe.


  • #8
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    not yet wrote: »
    Joe Brolly is a fcuking hero, What an incredible human being...

    Just watched him on the late late, he gave a kidney to a friend, wonderful story.

    This guy could teach us how to live........

    Was there one for everyone in the audience too?

    ....Fair balls to him all the same!


  • #9
    guttenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭guttenberg


    Doesn't he only know the fella he donated it to for like a couple of years?


  • #10
    cuana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭cuana


    Admirable for sure! I have said to my brother ehhhhh I'll give you a kidney as a last resort :o mainly as I'm scared of surgery but would defiantly do it if if need be


  • #11
    not yet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭not yet


    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    Close it nothing more can be said.

    True..


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  • #12
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,873 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    He comes across as a smug arrogant wanker on TV, can't stand him as a pundit


  • #13
    senorwipesalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


    Fcuk that,
    Id want at least 50 grand.


  • #14
    Dwork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Dwork


    not yet wrote: »
    True..
    Hopefully.


  • #15
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Respect. But I reserve the right to call him a w*nker once the season kicks off :pac:


  • #16
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    I don't understand. Who wouldn't give a spare organ to someone they know in need?


  • #17
    Amprodude
    Site Banned Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    c_man wrote: »
    Respect. But I reserve the right to call him a w*nker once the season kicks off :pac:

    You have to give it to him though as a GAA analyst. He says and writes stuff to get people going. Genius.


  • #18
    Dwork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Dwork


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    I don't understand. Who wouldn't give a spare organ to someone they know in need?
    Unless it's in the garage, and I've not used it in six months, I'd need to think about it. Especially if me having sex was not involved in your creation. Also, genius and GAA analyst in the one sentence jars somwhat.


  • #19
    Amprodude
    Site Banned Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    I don't understand. Who wouldn't give a spare organ to someone they know in need?

    Brolly wasnt even a close friend to this guy. They never socialised or anything to that degree but when Brolly heard he needed a kidney, he offered to give him one. That took courage on Brollys behalf.


  • #20
    mikehammer67
    Closed Accounts Posts: 699 ✭✭✭mikehammer67


    he's a good guy

    horrible pundit


  • #21
    johnr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭johnr1


    I have always thought him to be the most contemptible scrote on the planet until I heard the interview he did on radio a few months ago about this. He obviously is a good human being on some level.
    Yes it was an amazing thing to do, but tonight I thought his touching of the guy's arm constantlyon the late late was seriously cringy. The guy was clearly embarrassed by it.

    I'm still not going to unlike the fb page "Joe Brolly is a bollox" though. - Cos he still is when it comes to football. :pac:


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  • #22
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    I have no ideas who he is.

    How is he fixed for a giving of a liver?


  • #23
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    not yet wrote: »
    Joe Brolly is a fcuking hero, What an incredible human being...

    Just watched him on the late late, he gave a kidney to a friend, wonderful story.

    This guy could teach us how to live........

    There are plenty of people who do amazing and kind things for other people every day and don't feel the need to make those facts known on national television.


  • #24
    johnr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭johnr1


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    I have no ideas who he is.

    How is he fixed for a giving of a liver?

    Does your computer not "do" google or did you post that just to try to be all cool and not into bogger sports?


  • #25
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    johnr1 wrote: »
    Does your computer do google or did you post that just to try to be all cool and not into bogger sports?


    I just don't know who he is. There is enough info in this story to carry it's own weight. I'm not interested in finding out about his past so didn't google, him. But I assume he is an ex GAA player and pundit. What more do I need to know?


  • #26
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    What more do I need to know?

    What's the meaning of life?


  • #27
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Augmerson wrote: »
    There are plenty of people who do amazing and kind things for other people every day and don't feel the need to make those facts known on national television.

    He was giving up more of his time to raise awareness of donating. :rolleyes: It's working BIGTIME.
    Amazing story and very honest, fair play to him.


  • #28
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    He was giving up more of his time to raise awareness of donating. :rolleyes: It's working BIGTIME.
    Amazing story and very honest, fair play to him.

    I carry an Organ Donor card myself. So hold on to your rolleyes.


  • #29
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    Was a cracking player in his day, I love the sparring between him and Spillane on the telly and he made an incredible human gesture to a friend.

    Respect for that man.


  • #30
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Didn't Rihanna write a song about him?:confused:


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  • #31
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Amprodude wrote: »
    Brolly wasnt even a close friend to this guy. They never socialised or anything to that degree but when Brolly heard he needed a kidney, he offered to give him one. That took courage on Brollys behalf.
    I'd do the same, so would many out there. Would you not help out a friend in need if you had a compatible organ or blood? Who says you have to be best mates? I'm just not getting this whole stratospheric status he's been raised to.


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