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What is it with the Irish and Father Ted?

  • 05-08-2014 04:48PM
    #1
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭✭


    Let me first start by saying it was a great show and will always be one of the very best tv series to come out of Ireland.

    Why is it though that it goes on and on and on and people act like it was the only thing ever shown on tv over here ?

    Everywhere you go there are quotes and catchphrases i mean you cant go a day on this site or most Irish sites without someone quoting something from it.

    Ive a pain in me hole with it at this stage theres nothing more annoying then something that becomes so over done and dragged out.

    Why do we cling to things so badly as if nothing else ever happened before or after it ?


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  • #2
    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso


    Careful now...


  • #3
    kingchess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭kingchess


    that would be an ecumenical matter


  • #4
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,774 ✭✭✭dobman88


    Down with this sort of thread.


  • #5
    twinytwo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,612 ✭✭✭twinytwo


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    Let me first start by saying it was a great show and will always be one of the very best tv series to come out of Ireland.

    Why is it though that it goes on and on and on and people act like it was the only thing ever shown on tv over here ?

    Everywhere you go there are quotes and catchphrases i mean you cant go a day on this site or most Irish sites without someone quoting something from it.

    Ive a pain in me hole with it at this stage theres nothing more annoying then something that becomes so over done and dragged out.

    Why do we cling to things so badly as if nothing else ever happened before or after it ?

    Careful now!


  • #6
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,787 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    Why is it though that it goes on and on and on and people act like it was the only thing ever shown on tv over here ?
    It's pretty much the only TV show to come out of Ireland that's worth talking about.


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  • #7
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    whats that? You want everyone to post their favourite ted quote?


  • #8
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    Because it's the only comedy that has ever come near to defining exactly what Irish humour is all about.


  • #9
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    :pac: Uhhh can see this was a bad idea.


  • #10
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Ride me sideways was another one


  • #11
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    Why do we cling to things so badly as if nothing else ever happened before or after it ?

    That would be an ecumenical matter.


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  • #12
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    I love it when a plan comes together.


  • #13
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    Bambi wrote: »
    whats that? You want everyone to post their favourite ted quote?
    "F*ckin' hell!"


  • #14
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    Why is it though that it goes on and on and on and people act like it was the only thing ever shown on tv over here ?

    I agree.

    I didn't get where I am today by quoting characters in a TV sitcom.


  • #15
    Slattsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    Looks like a bad thread Ted.


  • #16
    BettePorter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,257 ✭✭✭BettePorter


    You're absolutely right op! Down with this sort of thing!!!!!!


  • #17
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    ScumLord wrote: »
    It's pretty much the only TV show to come out of Ireland that's worth talking about.

    Didn't it come out of England? :p


  • #18
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    Let me first start by saying it was a great show and will always be one of the very best tv series to come out of Ireland.

    Why is it though that it goes on and on and on and people act like it was the only thing ever shown on tv over here ?

    20 GOTO 10


  • #19
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,475 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Father Ted is an absolute classic and has stood the test of time so I think it's only right that the show should live on in the way you mentioned.


  • #20
    Cantremember
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭Cantremember


    I thought the line was " how soon is soon"


  • #21
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Because there's no real possibility of something like it again, in terms of budget. Val Falvey TD was a bastard child of sorts. There were only 6 episodes though. I'm sure if Dermot Morgan were still alive there would have sonething suutable to replace and surpass From Ted though.


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  • #22
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Well I'm very cynical as you know.


  • #23
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,873 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    You're right, down with this sort of thing


  • #24
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Cantremember wrote: »
    I thought the line was " how soon is soon"

    Later maybe?


  • #25
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    Ive a pain in me hole with it at this stage theres nothing more annoying then something that becomes so over done and dragged out.

    Why do we cling to things so badly as if nothing else ever happened before or after it ?

    Well........


  • #26
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    See already people are repeating the same quotes in the same thread....... Can you not see how this gets annoying when its been going on for years and years :pac:.


  • #27
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    See already people are repeating the same quotes in the same thread....... Can you not see how this gets annoying when its been going on for years and years :pac:.

    Careful now..


  • #28
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,475 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    See already people are repeating the same quotes in the same thread....... Can you not see how this gets annoying when its been going on for years and years :pac:.

    It never gets old! :D


  • #29
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    jebforever wrote: »
    It never gets old! :D

    It got old a long time ago. Things dont stay funny and clever if u keep repeating them over and over and over everywhere!.


  • #30
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    I want to kick to OP up the arse


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  • #31
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Word of advice to OP.

    Never ever think about opening a thread complaining about The Simpsons.

    Trust me. It'll back fire.


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