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!!! Warning to TV Licence Inspectors !!!

  • 12-05-2014 03:02PM
    #1
    BBJBIG
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 277 ✭✭


    Says on the Radio that they will now come to visit us on the Weekends ...
    So ... disturb my Weekend - and, get a Fist in the Face.


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Comments

  • #2
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    "Hi, TV license inspector"

    "HADOUKEN!!!"


  • #3
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    BBJBIG wrote: »
    Says on the Radio that they will now come to visit us on the Weekends ...
    So ... disturb my Weekend - and, get a Fist in the Face.

    Whereas, during the week, you'd politely show them your tv license?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #4
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    They only "disturb you" if you haven't paid your licence... so pay your bill like the rest of us and you will never see them again.


  • #5
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Hmm which will I go with

    "Pay up gouger" or "You tell him good sir"

    Nah I'll just ignore the thread and go back to trolling The Journal


  • #6
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    If you were to believe the Internet then there are plenty of homes in Ireland where 'ardmen are only waiting for a politician, inspector, bank official to call to the door so they can deck them in the face.


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  • #7
    Iang87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Iang87


    I was thinking about paying this. I really gave this a lot of thought. I decided I'm happier with the TV and money rather than TV and license


  • #8
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    BBJBIG wrote: »
    Says on the Radio that they will now come to visit us on the Weekends ...
    So ... disturb my Weekend - and, get a Fist in the Face.

    On the one hand, you have to laugh that it's taken how ever many decades for them to realise that a huge proportion of the country aren't home Monday-Friday 9-5.


    On the other hand, I still won't be opening my door to strangers, weekend or not. So good luck to them. The game continues.


  • #9
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    I'll just put him in the cellar with all the other license inspectors.

    I think I have enough of them to power the house somehow, maybe build a few hamster-like wheels or something..........


  • #10
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    They only "disturb you" if you haven't paid your licence... so pay your bill like the rest of us and you will never see them again.

    What about those with no actual tv?


  • #11
    kiffer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭kiffer


    Banjo String wrote: »
    What about those with no actual tv?

    They won't believe you.


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  • #12
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Banjo String wrote: »
    What about those with no actual tv?

    as opposed to what? a virtual tv?


  • #13
    BearBanjer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭BearBanjer


    They don't bother if you don't answer the door.

    I had suspected the last caller was one so I didn't bother answering. Everybody wins...except RTE.


  • #14
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    as opposed to what? a virtual tv?

    As opposed to having a tv license, but not possessing a tv. :cool:


  • #15
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,450 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    I'll just put him in the cellar with all the other license inspectors.

    I think I have enough of them to power the house somehow, maybe build a few hamster-like wheels or something..........

    Excercise bikes connected to dynamos.


  • #16
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭uch


    kiffer wrote: »
    They won't believe you.

    They certainly wont, my brother had to bring the inspector into his house and show him around before he'd believe that there was no telly in the house

    22/25



  • #17
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    BBJBIG wrote: »
    Says on the Radio that they will now come to visit us on the Weekends ...
    So ... disturb my Weekend - and, get a Fist in the Face.

    are you by any chance related to Facekicker?


  • #18
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    uch wrote: »
    They certainly wont, my brother had to bring the inspector into his house and show him around before he'd believe that there was no telly in the house

    They have no right to enter your house and in Ireland you are innocent until proven guilty. I refuse to pay for a tv licence and my tv set will be gone very soon. They can f*ck right off if they think they're coming into my house to poke around.


  • #19
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    just switch up the volume on your tv, pretend you cant hear them


  • #20
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Some time ago, I got a letter saying I missed the license inspector. Didn't bother me, have no television. A while later, I got a letter telling me that if I didn't get a license, I'd be fined. Still, had no television. Then I got a letter telling me I was due in court for not buying a license. Didn't show up, have no television.

    Fuck 'em.


  • #21
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,606 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    KTRIC wrote: »
    They have no right to enter your house and in Ireland you are innocent until proven guilty. I refuse to pay for a tv licence and my tv set will be gone very soon. They can f*ck right off if they think they're coming into my house to poke around.

    You like to pick and choose which laws to obey.


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  • #22
    moxin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭moxin


    Lock the front gate, I just cannot fathom seeing an ageing inspector jumping over a 6ft wall to gawk into your window :)


  • #23
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I pay my TV licence because I'm not a hard man.


  • #24
    BearBanjer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭BearBanjer


    kneemos wrote: »
    You like to pick and choose which laws to obey.

    Some laws make sense and are there for the well being of society, ya know, murder and stuff.

    And some are there to squeeze money out of people to fund a below par, partisan 'service' many people don't want or even use - RTE in this case.

    Just because it's a law doesn't mean it's just in anyway shape or form.


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Why the feck have a tv licence ?

    Its not a car, im not gonna crash it

    Its not a pet, im not gonna mistreat it.

    Its not an airplane, im not gonna make it fly

    Its a load of muck if ya ask me

    Im gonna make it in my house when I own one to be a 60" pc monitor thats not a device able to pick up tv channels or sole purpose to watch tv.

    Tv licence me arse... wheres me fecking cooker licence ? Or microwave licence like ?


  • #26
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    Why the feck have a tv licence ?

    Its not a pet, im not gonna mistreat it.

    Except when Anne Doyle is on it.


  • #27
    McDermotX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,107 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    and remember, if you've a colour television, you need a colour television license.


  • #28
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    All pointless now. No tv=no excuse. they broadcast so you pay even if you have no tv or even no electricity.
    On the plus side, they dont need to enter the house anymore as you pay anyway.


  • #29
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Every letter from them comes in the old tenants name. I look forward to seeing a motorway chase with her an Gardai on the news some night because she hasn't paid her tv licence or shown up in court.


  • #30
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Skatedude wrote: »
    All pointless now. No tv=no excuse. they broadcast so you pay even if you have no tv or even no electricity.
    On the plus side, they dont need to enter the house anymore as you pay anyway.

    Load of baloney.

    You have to buy a tv license for a television set.

    They are talking about bringing in a broadcast charge (RTE tax). But as it stands, no tv = no need for a tv license.


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  • #31
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,309 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    yeah the new tv license will include laptops and pc. Sheesh, talk about wanting to milk you. But I bet by 2018 or something smart phones will be included in in the license.

    - Do you have a tv, sir?
    - No.
    - Do you have a laptop or pc?
    - No.
    - What time is it?
    - *whips out phone* It's 2 o' clock.
    - *touches self with the thought a fine will be handed out any second*


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