11th Night Bonfires. Maybe they just dont like Celtic.

Glico Man · 12-07-2014 01:18AM

Took this pic at work not too long ago. Looks a little like Baghdad at the moment.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsTNp5aCcAAeoe5.jpg

P_1 · 12-07-2014 01:32AM

I can't believe that nobody's posted this yet so in the interests of good taste

Tail Docker · 12-07-2014 01:35AM

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

The word Hun is despised my 98% of Rangers fans as it is a derogatory term for Protestants and it in Scotland against the law

Oh And I am not Protestant either

You ok Hun?

WakeUp · 12-07-2014 03:17AM

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

I do actually feel for right minded normal thinking Unionists who have to be embarrassed by the actions of these pea brained skid marks. Would normal unionists not have a word in their ear and go here look lads doing this shows you up as a bunch of a racist phuckwits with not one single brain cell among you ,not even one. In fairness the bonfires are quite impressive ( minus the bigotry and hate ) Jenga and Lego builders the world over have much to learn from these guys. as do scientists involved in the study and ever evolving complexities of pond scum. Humanity salutes you. Keep up the good work lads.

statesaver · 12-07-2014 03:22AM

Lumpenproletariats the lot of them.

baaba maal · 12-07-2014 03:43AM

I wouldn't be a world acknowledged expert at stacking pallets 60 high, but do the really tall ones not just fall over when they light them? They look incredibly dangerous.

ToddyDoody · 12-07-2014 08:22AM

I myself have a few union jacks and rangers jerseys that I keep in the bathroom... unhygienic but great sense of satisfaction

razorblunt · 12-07-2014 08:48AM

As an Ivory Costonian I am shocked and appalled and a little confused.

MJ23 · 12-07-2014 10:20AM

All they do up in Nordie land is annoy each other. One of the reasons why I'd never go there again.

Grayson · 12-07-2014 10:27AM

MJ23 wrote: »

All they do up in Nordie land is annoy each other. One of the reasons why I'd never go there again.

people are always going on about how everyone from the north isn't bad and we shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush, and they're probably right, but I still think you'd have to be bat**** crazy to want to live up there with those nutjobs.

I'd take a job in Iraq before I'd consider entering certain parts of the north.

mikeym · 12-07-2014 11:09AM

Im enjoying the live coverage of the orange man parades on BBC1 Northern Ireland.

El Weirdo · 12-07-2014 11:24AM

mikeym wrote: »

Im enjoying the live coverage of the orange man parades on BBC1 Northern Ireland.

Conveniently glossing over the sectarianism and bigotry, I would imagine?

ruthloss · 12-07-2014 11:27AM

Have Giant Slurry Spreader....Will Travel.:D

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/N-UwefFsVcI/maxresdefault.jpg

wazky · 12-07-2014 11:28AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Conveniently glossing over the sectarianism and bigotry, I would imagine?

No there was a small segment on how to pack your petrol bomb correctly and how to hang a tricolour off a 3 storey high stack of pallets.

a fat guy · 12-07-2014 11:40AM

moxin wrote: »

Speaking of LULZ https://www.facebook.com/BELFASTLAD/photos/a.167845846753708.1073741828.167750270096599/267206600150965/?type=1&relevant_count=1

"We don't do walking away anna do am mankind does when the joins gets touh.

Ina says she will go home, good rye and good riddange".

pO1Neil · 12-07-2014 12:05PM

Why d o Northern's get so worked up on what they are - Irish. Just Irish not Northern Irish. We don't refer to ourselves as Republic of Irish. Their nationality might be British but there Irish just like Scottish, Welsh or English. When we were under tyrant Brit rule we didn't call ourselves British ruled Irish. Edward Carson was a proud Irish man.

getzls · 12-07-2014 12:47PM

pO1Neil wrote: »

. Edward Carson was a proud Irish man.

Yes but there was no Northern Ireland then.
There is now, so i describe my-self as Northern Irish.

Why do you get so worked over it?
We don't.

getzls · 12-07-2014 12:50PM

Grayson wrote: »

I'd take a job in Iraq before I'd consider entering certain parts of the north.

Must rank as one of the stupidest things ever posted.
And there has been some.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-07-2014 01:07PM

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My name is URL · 12-07-2014 01:15PM

How are they even allowed to build those yokes? It's just insane... they even get funding to help them

In 2010, groups who forbore from burning nationalist flags or symbols were awarded an extra £100 funding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_Night#Attempts_to_address_the_concerns

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Titzon Toast · 12-07-2014 01:17PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

http://cf.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/90348610.jpg

It has to said, that's an impressive structure though all the same.
How has no one been killed building something like that?

VinLieger · 12-07-2014 01:26PM

getzls wrote: »

Must rank as one of the stupidest things ever posted.
And there has been some.

LOL you think thats one of the stupidest things ever posted? God you havent been on the internet very long have you?

Grayson · 12-07-2014 01:29PM

getzls wrote: »

Must rank as one of the stupidest things ever posted.
And there has been some.

Why? the pay is really good. Over half of it is actually safe and doesn't have sectarian violence. Plus I've been there before.

The north on the other hand has streets that are complete no go areas. And they're next to streets that are safe to go down. there are whole neighbourhoods that hate anyone from outside. A few times a year it turns crazy. And that's before we consider the accent.

Grayson · 12-07-2014 01:33PM

My name is URL wrote: »

How are they even allowed to build those yokes? It's just insane... they even get funding to help them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_Night#Attempts_to_address_the_concerns

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From that link

In 2009, Belfast City Council began promoting "beacons" as an environmentally-friendly alternative. It is a pyramid-shaped metal cage filled with willow wood-chips, and set on a base of sand to protect the ground underneath. The willow trees re-grow within a year of being cut down, making the bonfires more environmentally sustainable. By agreeing to use the beacons, the communities qualify for up to £1,500 of funding from Belfast City Council to hold a street party – as long as they do not fly paramilitary flags or burn tyres. Some loyalist communities in Belfast have begun using the beacons. The Orange Order, whilst recognising the importance of bonfires to Protestant culture, have issued calls for the organisers of bonfires not to burn tyres.[12] However, many others oppose the beacon, claiming that it infringes upon their traditions

Shipping pallets are part of tradition now?

RollieFingers · 12-07-2014 01:35PM

The state of Northern Ireland, what a kip!

Colinf1212 · 12-07-2014 01:41PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Good thing people like you don't have any say whatsoever in who is Irish and who isn't you narrow-minded, state-dependent idiot. Stop coming up here for your groceries if you don't like it.

Reiketsu · 12-07-2014 01:42PM

Nice and quiet where I live. Nearest bonfire is around 10 miles away :pac:. Such a joke of a tradition. By all means be proud of your 'Britishness' but don't crap all over everyone else and their identities.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-07-2014 01:44PM

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Reiketsu · 12-07-2014 01:45PM

Patww79 wrote: »

They're British, just because we hand out free passports doesn't change the fact. Sure we give them to everyone these days. Really bugs me when they call themselves Irish, like they're dragging us into the union too in their minds.
This is my first year out of it in 10 years, it's such a mental place. Especially at this time of year, I've never witnessed pure hate like it.

Free passports? They are more expensive than the UK ones, take longer and obtaining one is like trying to join the MI5. If I can have one then I am Irish.

Colinf1212 · 12-07-2014 01:47PM

Reiketsu wrote: »

Free passports? They are more expensive than the UK ones, take longer and obtaining one is like trying to join the MI5. If I can have one then I am Irish.

You don't even need to have an Irish passport to be Irish. Irish people didn't just start existing in the last century with the creation of the Irish state.

11th Night Bonfires. Maybe they just dont like Celtic.

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