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The Rant Thread(a place to dump ur baggage)

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  • #2342
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    The Garth Brooks fiasco been discussed in Dail Eireann.

    It's the cowboy connection :rolleyes:


  • #2343
    skeleton_boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭skeleton_boy


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    The Garth Brooks fiasco been discussed in Dail Eireann.

    Yesterday, I heard someone on the radio urge the government to enact emergency legislation, "like they did for the bankers", to give the concerts the go ahead again. I haven't cringed so hard in quite a while.


  • #2344
    Laois_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,758 ✭✭✭Laois_Man


    skeleton_boy wrote: »
    Yesterday, I heard someone on the radio urge the government to enact emergency legislation, "like they did for the bankers", to give the concerts the go ahead again. I haven't cringed so hard in quite a while.


    Hahaha. I heard that too and cringed just the same!


  • #2345
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    statss wrote: »
    rant : the amount of gimps who ask mundane questions on the facebook pages for races when all this information is clearly available on the race website.

    WHERE CAN I PARK?
    WHAT TIME DOES IT START?
    WILL THERE BE T SHIRTS?
    CAN MY DOG PICK UP MY NUMBER?
    WHERE ARE THE PICTURESSSSSSSSSSSSSS?
    ARE THESE MY HANDS??????
    pconn062 wrote: »
    This x1000

    "The Ballybackward 4 mile road race, 05/07/13 @ 3pm"

    How long is dis race?!

    Wen is dis race on????

    Wat time does de race start at??
    vitani wrote: »
    Some of the posts afterwards drive me to distraction.

    One person actually asked if we'd all get a new tshirt because the date of the Irish Runner 5 mile was wrong on the one we got. I'd say you'd have more chance of someone standing there with a bottle of Tipp-ex changing the 1 to an 8 than you would of them printing thousands more tshirts.

    Haha, just looking at the Clontarf HM Facebook page 3 of the most recent posts on the timeline are links to albums containing over 2,000 photos of the race.

    Most recent post to the page: Were there race pictures taken on the day? :rolleyes::confused:


  • #2346
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,689 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Brazil's defence!


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  • #2347
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,689 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Adults on FB who use hahahaha when posting something they think is funny. It sounds stupid. F%cK sake, a simple smiley (:)) will do.


  • #2348
    ultrapercy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭ultrapercy


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    The Garth Brooks fiasco been discussed in Dail Eireann.

    Been instead of being. Why is it that everyone now uses been where being should be used and vice versa????


  • #2349
    ultrapercy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭ultrapercy


    walshb wrote: »
    Adults on FB who use hahahaha when posting something they think is funny. It sounds retarded. F%cK sake, a simple smiley (:)) will do.

    The term "retarded" used in this context is highly offensive.


  • #2350
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,689 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    ultrapercy wrote: »
    The term "retarded" used in this context is highly offensive.

    I did think of that. I will remove.


  • #2351
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Exaggerations.


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  • #2352
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,689 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Exaggerations.

    It feels like you're going to break into song:)


  • #2353
    RubyK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭RubyK


    That bloody Mrs Browns Boys radio ad for tickets for it's show next year. It's only been on a couple of days, but I'm already sick of hearing it!


  • #2354
    davedanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭davedanon


    walshb wrote: »
    Adults on FB who use hahahaha when posting something they think is funny. It sounds stupid. F%cK sake, a simple smiley (:)) will do.

    I do hope this is sarcasm/irony. In a forum I post on emoticons are roundly despised. Hahaha is perfectly fine by me.

    And as for Lol. Dear God.


  • #2355
    davedanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭davedanon


    ultrapercy wrote: »
    Been instead of being. Why is it that everyone now uses been where being should be used and vice versa????


    It's not even an evolution of language. It's just plain wrong. Like saying 'must of' instead of 'must have'. It's people mishearing the phrase and choosing the wrong word.


  • #2356
    gerard_65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭gerard_65


    Grammar nazis.


  • #2357
    Gringo78
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭Gringo78


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    Grammar nazis.

    They must of very little to be doing!


  • #2358
    gerard_65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭gerard_65


    Gringo78 wrote: »
    They must of very little to be doing!
    There just being picky.


  • #2359
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,279 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Grammer nazi's are human been's two. :mad:


  • #2360
    pconn062
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    There just being picky.

    Theirs know need for that....


  • #2361
    blockic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭blockic


    The prime minister of a country getting involved in organizing/ uncancelling a concert. I've seen it all now. Is this the most important need for the country right now. Jesus


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  • #2362
    neilc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭neilc


    blockic wrote: »
    The prime minister of a country getting involved in organizing/ uncancelling a concert. I've seen it all now. Is this the most important need for the country right now. Jesus

    50 mill for the economy and 70,000 tourists is nothing to be sniffed at though.


  • #2363
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    neilc wrote: »
    50 mill for the economy and 70,000 tourists is nothing to be sniffed at though.

    I don't understand logic like this in this situation. Have people learned nothing from the 90s and subsequent planning tribunals?


  • #2364
    neilc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭neilc


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    I don't understand logic like this in this situation. Have people learned nothing from the 90s and subsequent planning tribunals?
    Don't see the comparison to be honest. Surely that was because of corrupt councillors/politicians taking bribes to make some shocking planning decisions. Granted this whole thing is a fiasco which was handled very badly by all sides but maybe best to let them get on with it and learn for the future.


  • #2365
    davedanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭davedanon


    Girth should never have been given an option (5 concerts) which wasn't realistic, or likely to be sanctioned. Hubris and arrogance on the part of Aiken Promotions. Brooks is a twat too. **** him and his "5 or nothing".


  • #2366
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    neilc wrote: »
    Don't see the comparison to be honest. Surely that was because of corrupt councillors/politicians taking bribes to make some shocking planning decisions. Granted this whole thing is a fiasco which was handled very badly by all sides but maybe best to let them get on with it and learn for the future.


    Back then politicians interfered with the city manager too, although he was a willing
    participant, and said we'll learn from those mistakes. At what point do we actually implement what was learned instead of continually letting it slide with a ah sure it'll be grand this time, but don't let it happen again?


  • #2367
    davedanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭davedanon


    Swearing isn't allowed around here? Holy ****ing jesus.


  • #2368
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Request to the US ambassador to ask Obama to appeal to Garth to come back, Mexican ambassador, Christy Burke.


  • #2369
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    neilc wrote: »
    a fiasco which was handled very badly by all sides

    The f*ck it was. One side chanced their arm and sold tickets for which they did not have a license for. They, and they alone, are responsible for any subsequent fallout.


  • #2370
    RayCun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    If there's one thing we should all take from this, it's that Jerry Kiernan is right, and it's all the ****ing GAA's fault. ;)


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  • #2371
    Gavlor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,202 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    It's F|_|cking everywhere.


    I call for a 24 hour AR moratorium on discussing that fat cowboy, his fat fans, the gaa fat cats and our fat politicians.


    Please?


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