Moments in time you will never forget

minotour · 29-08-2013 02:43PM

razorblunt wrote: »

At first I wanted to hear more about the guy who's girlfriend was riding some other fella while he slept off a hangover, I no longer care for that.

Tell me MORE!

Balls, haven’t got time for this................Oh well, there’s really not a whole lot to it. If you knew the location you would understand better. There’s a visitor center with a café, usual tourist type thing. Except here the fookin baboons run rampant and are quite insane, they have sex on cars in the car park, they have no regard for themselves or others and they are genuinely very disturbing.

Myself and a group were sitting at a picnic table and these fookin’ monsters are all over the place, stealing any food they can get their mits on and either eating it or shoving it directly up their arses. Pleasant right? There’s a group of young American girls at the table next to us who have clearly misunderstood the situation. I could tell they thought that as it was a tourist spot they weren’t actually in any danger so they pretty much ignored all these fookin baboons. Suddenly one leapt off a nearby roof and landed right in the middle of their table, grabbed one of them by the hair and started eating their food with his other hand.

Obviously at this point the shrieks from both baboons and young American girls are deafening (and indistinguishable), people are backing away, flight mode having kicked in for most. Me, in my infinite wisdom I decided to fight so I launched across the table and buried my fist into the side of its great big bloody awful looking head. I can still remember being in mid air and asking myself, are these things hard? What if he doesn’t go down? Thankfully he did go down, in fact he was fairly upset about it and got back up on his roof and shrieked at me for a while but I could see in his eyes he knew he’d been beat and a lot of his baboon friends had seen it.

As you can imagine the gratitude from the Americans was poured on fairly heavily and hence, that’s why it sticks with me to this day.

Footnote – i got outta there fairly quicksharp after as for all i know I’d just assaulted the cretanous yoke.

youcancallmeal · 29-08-2013 02:46PM

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.
etc etc

I am pie · 29-08-2013 02:49PM

Petrol bomb chucked threw the neighbours window and shots fired into the house in the mid 80s. 10 years old, terrified. Think the whole family, all five of us, slept in the same bed that night. Sh1tehawks shot up the house of a protestant minister who lived at no.35, no 53 in the same street had a high ranking RUC man. Bullets lodged in the ceiling/floor underneath the kids bed who lived in the house. Was never confirmed who was responsible as the protestant minister had made a lot of prison visits to convicted loyalist prisoners, there were some rumours one had took offence at something. Anyway, they moved on and we never knew the story.

Bomb or suspect device discovered other neighbours car (he was a lawyer or judge, can't remember which) , we had the robot up to blast the car to bits, street was cleared out. Mitched off school to watch the coming and going from a safe distance. Sort of dawned on me that life in North Belfast wasn't 100% normal.

Also vaguely remember the day Bobby Sands died, we were a Protestant family, both parents worked, we had a catholic woman, Maggie, who came round and looked after us for a few hours in the afternoon after school. A kind of afternoon babysitter. Sometimes she brought her kid along too. Remember my mum giving us a severe lecture about how we weren't too be very respectful to the babysitter that day and not to mention the event. Ordered to be on top behaviour...i was about 6 at the time i think. All very weird as I remember feeling confused about why it was so significant. First time I can remember the atmosphere of tension & fear of troubles era Belfast. This was before the petrol bomb and suspect device.

After that, the usual. First ride, first kiss, leaving school, getting married then leaving Ireland and arriving in Argentina.

Esoteric_ · 29-08-2013 03:47PM

Ireland's last Grand Slam.

First rugby game I ever watched. I remember I spent the time laughing at David Humphreys' skull cap, not knowing wtf it was for. :pac:

Getting my Leaving Cert results. I was convinced I'd failed 2 subjects, but managed to get almost all As in honours subjects. Ended up bursting into tears and calling one of the teachers in the school a 'fcuking bitch' because she had told me there was no way I'd pass Chemistry or Maths (got a B1 in one, and a B3 in the other, both higher level).

The day I moved to the place I live now.

Unlike a lot of people, I don't remember my first kiss, and I very very vaguely remember the first time I had sex (not because I've had a lot to compare it to, I just can't remember it really!).

The day my grandad died, and the last words I ever said to him.

First day in DCU.

First job interview, when I was 15. I was shítting myself. :pac:

First time I did some professional acting (I was 7, it was just a two-line part for some TV show).

First ever gig.

First time recording music. 'Red light fever' is how my engineer described my nerves.

I have a few awful memories that I know dates and times of, too, but no point sharing depressing shíte.

razorblunt · 29-08-2013 03:57PM

minotour wrote: »

Balls, haven’t got time for this................Oh well, there’s really not a whole lot to it. If you knew the location you would understand better. There’s a visitor center with a café, usual tourist type thing. Except here the fookin baboons run rampant and are quite insane, they have sex on cars in the car park, they have no regard for themselves or others and they are genuinely very disturbing.

Myself and a group were sitting at a picnic table and these fookin’ monsters are all over the place, stealing any food they can get their mits on and either eating it or shoving it directly up their arses. Pleasant right? There’s a group of young American girls at the table next to us who have clearly misunderstood the situation. I could tell they thought that as it was a tourist spot they weren’t actually in any danger so they pretty much ignored all these fookin baboons. Suddenly one leapt off a nearby roof and landed right in the middle of their table, grabbed one of them by the hair and started eating their food with his other hand.

Obviously at this point the shrieks from both baboons and young American girls are deafening (and indistinguishable), people are backing away, flight mode having kicked in for most. Me, in my infinite wisdom I decided to fight so I launched across the table and buried my fist into the side of its great big bloody awful looking head. I can still remember being in mid air and asking myself, are these things hard? What if he doesn’t go down? Thankfully he did go down, in fact he was fairly upset about it and got back up on his roof and shrieked at me for a while but I could see in his eyes he knew he’d been beat and a lot of his baboon friends had seen it.

As you can imagine the gratitude from the Americans was poured on fairly heavily and hence, that’s why it sticks with me to this day.

Footnote – i got outta there fairly quicksharp after as for all i know I’d just assaulted the cretanous yoke.

Fan.Tastic!

Chairman Meow · 29-08-2013 03:57PM

Walking through Pripyat/Chernobyl

Arriving in the US on my own, in 2002, at age 22, to meet a girl id met online. Bonus ****-yer-bricks factor as it was my first time going anywhere on my own and now im standing in the middle of Louisiana Airport without so much as a mobile phone to my name or a phone number to call

Driving down highways that seemed to stretch as far as the horizon with an ex-gf in Washington State

Emptying a fully loaded AK47 into a forest...take that, trees.

Meeting my wife for the first time.

Being at a strip club in LA and having a fully naked stripper jump off the catwalk and wrap her legs around my neck

Fun times

Green Giant · 29-08-2013 04:03PM

Clare winning the All-Ireland in 1995 and 1997

visiting Anfield as an eight-year-old in '97

trip to Mosney with the Community Games in 2000

Confirmation

first day of secondary school

World Cup 2002

finishing the Junior and Leaving Certs

watching Liverpool winning the Champions League in '05, trying to convince myself at half-time that we still had a chance

finishing secondary school and starting college

the day I got my first wage slip

getting my driving licence

being in the Nou Camp with 93,000 others for a Barcelona match

first time living away from home (Dublin for 8 months)

getting my degree and, subsequently, my Masters

sitting in the second row of the Kop and seeing Liverpool win 6-1

playing the guitar on my own for the first time

minotour · 29-08-2013 04:03PM

Chairman Meow just reminded me of one of the GREATEST moment of my life

2004 - In an underground bunker below a petrol station on the outskirts of Riga. For 20 quid i got to select 5 weopans of choice. And like meow i remember the AK47 well, also fired an original 44 magnum, great day. i was half cut too which only added to the fun.

heretochat · 29-08-2013 04:08PM

September 2011 - Dublin v Kerry, THAT kick from Stephen Cluxton..

Couldn't watch and then nearly fell down the length of the Cusack Stand when the final whistle blew..

On a more sombre note watching my mother breathe her last a hands breath away from me

B0jangles · 29-08-2013 04:16PM

Quick one in passing:

At the very end of Katie Taylor's gold medal fight there was a delay before the judges decided who would get the points. I couldn't stand the tension so I went outside.

The thing is I'm in Bray, where there was a huge public screen set up for people to watch the fight, so I knew I'd be able to tell what had happened by the noise of the crowd.

From where I was - at least 2 miles away from the public screening - the unbelievable roar that came from the crowd told me she'd won

adocholiday · 29-08-2013 04:26PM

minotour wrote: »

Me, in my infinite wisdom I decided to fight so I launched across the table and buried my fist into the side of its great big bloody awful looking head. I can still remember being in mid air and asking myself, are these things hard? What if he doesn’t go down? Thankfully he did go down, in fact he was fairly upset about it and got back up on his roof and shrieked at me for a while but I could see in his eyes he knew he’d been beat and a lot of his baboon friends had seen it.

Footnote – i got outta there fairly quicksharp after as for all i know I’d just assaulted the cretanous yoke.

You should write comedy. Getting very funny looks in work because I'm trying not to burst laughing! You have a way with words I'll say that!

Also some of the things in here make me feel like I haven't lived life at all! My most memorable moment is a very sad one that I won't go into detail on. My most memorable happy moment aside from the usual stuff is probably the day I was told I got my current job. Years of hard work, scraping by and massive effort all paid off.

who_me · 29-08-2013 04:31PM

God, so many things have happened in our lifetimes I wouldn't know where to begin:

Watching the Berlin Wall being torn down.
Nelson Mandela being released.
For some reason, I remember the first Space Shuttle landing and it taking ages for anyone to come out, I wanted them to jump out and dance about!
Sept. 11, for all the wrong reasons.
For some reason, the attack on the two soldiers at the funeral in NI really sticks in my mind as particularly bad, even for NI.

Personally:
Giving a speech at my sister's wedding (father had passed away) was one of the scariest, but greatest things I've ever done. I don't think she was expecting much as I'm a fairly quiet, shy guy normally, but I didn't want to leave her down so made an effort to think up a simple, honest speech. And memorised it rather than reading it off. I'd swear it was 50-50 if my legs would hold when I stood up in front of 250 people to start speaking but once I got the first words out I knew I'd fly it. One of the ladies present offered me the pick of her 4 daughters afterwards (never had a 4-daughterer before, my best offer previously was a 1-daughterer). Kinda puts you on cloud nine when you tackle your fear like that.

Sports:
Munster - too many moments to mention.
Grand Slam 2009
Ire v Australia QF in Lansdowne, even if we didn't win.
Ray Houghton, Ronnie Whelan, nuff said.
For some reason, Jason McAteer's goal v Netherlands in Lansdowne. We were hanging on for dear life for a draw, then a player sent off. That's it we're finished. Then out of the blue we score. Place went fuppin' mental. Best part was an old guy sitting on a high stool in front of me tipped over, but rather than step off he rode it down to the floor celebrating all the way. Legend.

Wacker The Attacker · 29-08-2013 05:45PM

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Walking through Pripyat/Chernobyl

Arriving in the US on my own, in 2002, at age 22, to meet a girl id met online. Bonus ****-yer-bricks factor as it was my first time going anywhere on my own and now im standing in the middle of Louisiana Airport without so much as a mobile phone to my name or a phone number to call

Driving down highways that seemed to stretch as far as the horizon with an ex-gf in Washington State

Emptying a fully loaded AK47 into a forest...take that, trees.

Meeting my wife for the first time.

Being at a strip club in LA and having a fully naked stripper jump off the catwalk and wrap her legs around my neck

Fun times

That wasnt a strip club near a well known L.A Casino was it?

michellie · 29-08-2013 08:06PM

The morning my grandad died, never ever forget the phone ringing in the house and the sound of my mams screams. Then going to see him as he was lying in bed and how cold he was.

Holding my 4 month old nephew one night and he was sick his eyes were rolling back in his head and the care doc said it was a viral infection, I was woken up by my dad the next morning to be told he had had a seizure and was in hospital, it turned out he had meningitis. He was very sick and stayed in hospital for a few weeks. He is a very happy healthy 9 year old now.

The day I found out I was pregnant, scary!

The day my daughter was born! Absolutely amazing and terrifyingly fantastic day.

Another that will go down in history is sending her off to school this morning. No bother to her! And getting a facebook mail off one of the other parents this evening, praising her because when their child got upset my daughter put her arm around her and gave her some of her animal magnet toys and made her stop crying, never been so proud!

B0jangles · 29-08-2013 08:12PM

michellie wrote: »

And getting a facebook mail off one of the other parents this evening, praising her because when their child got upset my daughter put her arm around her and gave her some of her animal magnet toys and made her stop crying, never been so proud!

Aww...

michellie · 29-08-2013 08:26PM

B0jangles wrote: »

Aww...

I know !! I thought I was finished with the tears this morning !

Amerika · 29-08-2013 09:09PM

Organizing a blood drive for the local hospital that was designated to handle the overflow of causalities from the 9/11 terror attack in NYC, and later calling the hospital for further instructions on what to do and was told… "Thanks for your efforts but there’s no need... There are no survivors."

And on a lighter note... The time George Harrison gave me the finger after a concert.

29-08-2013 09:26PM

The first time I saw Jurrassic Park ..I was jumping around in the seat with the tension, taken out of my little world and into a world of big dinosaurs and abject terror. I was obsessed after that movie.

Being very worried for my granny, and telling her not to be sad because I was going to mind her until my grandad wasn't dead any more.

The look of pride on my mothers face at my graduations.

9/11

NUTLEY BOY · 29-08-2013 09:56PM

Turning 10 and seeing a dead person for the first time ever.

TheFarrier · 29-08-2013 09:58PM

all the usual stuff, first kiss, first ride, seeing the 9/11 aftermath on tv after school.

Then theres being demented drunk in the passenger seat of a car (piloted by another drunk lad) that flipped 4 times, with no seatbelt on, car landed right way up, got the fudge out of there fairly lively to avoid meeting the owners of the house we'd crashed outside, before parking up drinking cans and doing drugs off the dash to cool the jets a bit, this one sticks in my mind more than anything else, can't believe how dumb and lucky we both were. Heart racing at the mere thought of it!!! *shudders*

astonaidan · 29-08-2013 10:15PM

Getting toy gun I wanted for christmas when I was about 5 and walking on the road shooting birds with my mother.
Scoring goal from half way line cause I knew my brother wouldnt pass then he hit it off the goalie came back to me and I lobbed it in.
Being in a crash with my friend of a bridge into the sea and pulling him out.
First kiss and ****
Robbie Keanes equaliser against Germany
Getting handed off badly in rugby (though thats a fresh one) its something I dont think Ill ever forget
Seeing the girl Im really into leave the country and know it will probably be 4 years before you see her again if ever

( the fact I never asked her out makes this worse)
Getting my nose broke standing up for my friend
The day I got my dog and the day she had puppies

Agricola · 29-08-2013 10:29PM

First day of school. Only child on his first day away from Mammy, wasnt happy!

Going to Dublin Zoo to see an animatronic dinosaur exhibition. Was in awe.

In a friends house in the mid 90s watching him hook up his computer to the phone line "to go on the internet"

5 minutes later there were pictures of truly amazing things slowly loading on the screen!

I still remember that silent spare room, us watching out for his mother and the noise of that old crackling harddrive!

Last night of the summer of 95, I was 15 and my friends english cousin gave me a very memorable going away present. She told everyone I was a great kisser and I was the fúcking man for a couple of weeks

The night me and a lad from school (both 16 at the time) left the nice warm pub we were in and nipped across the road, into a field on a freezing winter night and crouched under a tree to smoke some dope that he'd managed to get. Rock n Roll :rolleyes:

First day of college. Nervous / excited.
First big night out in college, waking up the next morning in a flat not knowing who owned it or how I got there.

Ilyana 2.0 · 29-08-2013 10:55PM

Being given my first Barbie doll for my third birthday. She was the first of many

My mother telling me she'd seen Santa's boot scooting up the chimney on Christmas morning. Never more excited in my life.

My dad crying when I got my Leaving Cert results. Happy tears though!

My uncle, only weeks from dying, congratulating me on my LC results. I had to run out of the hospital room in tears.

All the firsts with my boyfriend

Bullchomper · 29-08-2013 11:23PM

My eldest brother used to beat up my second eldest brother who used to beat me up. Then I watched karate kid and kicked him in the head. Win!

smurgen · 29-08-2013 11:37PM

Having my stepsister put into my arms as a newborn baby.
Falling in love at first sight with an ex girlfriend.
The day I graduated college.
Hearing a loved one had commit suicide.

Cienciano · 29-08-2013 11:42PM

old hippy wrote: »

Getting married in a Shinto temple with Mount Fuji bathed in sunlight as a backdrop.

Seeing the Milky Way as crystal clear as best you can without a telescope, on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Swimming in an ice cold mountain river in Yakushima, Japan.

The first time I kissed a girl.

The emotional reunion with my cousin again after over 25 years.

When a well known singer asked me for my number.

Walking to Hyde Park against the war, with 2 million others, 10 years ago.

Come on Biggins, spill the beans!

Birroc · 29-08-2013 11:45PM

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

The afternoon of 9/11, and the days after it.

It might seem far fetched right now, but it was such a historically game changing event it was not beyond the realms of possibility that Ireland could find itself in a World War. Conscription almost did not seem far fetched, after what had happened anything was possible.

I can't think of anything more severely impact from a personal standpoint. Which is probably a good thing seeing as those mentioned in the OP are pretty miserable!

I was taking my first lesson of the day at a flying school in Texas. I was trying to get my flight hours for my pilots license. Twas cheaper in US. The call came in over radio that all flights were grounded. At first I was fuming cos it was costly and I could not get home. Then I was worried I would be intervieweid as a foreigner learning to fly cos the Americans got really weird and suspicious and nationalistic.
Never imagined being conscripted though!

u_c_thesecond · 29-08-2013 11:46PM

My mother waking me up and telling me Princess Diana had died

My first shift (ew)

The day my dog got run over in front of me

The day Liverpool won the champions League(2005)

The day Liverpool lost the champions league (2007)

The night michael jackson died

My wedding day

Brego888 · 29-08-2013 11:49PM

Has the OP come back in to tell his hotel room story yet?

u_c_thesecond · 30-08-2013 12:05AM

Brego888 wrote: »

Has the OP come back in to tell his hotel room story yet?

no:( think he likes the tension its causing

Moments in time you will never forget

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