Wanker watch: Warning signs that someone is a tosser

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

For me it is Irish people who "support" British soccer teams , yes I am including Celtic in it. It is really annoying that people get sucked into the bandwagon (of who ever is top team aged 10 ) then claim a connection...

If you grow up being entertained and excited by a certain football team then there is a connection. Do you feel the same way about Irish people growing up listening to British bands?

Omackeral wrote: »

Anyone that likens supporting a football team to liking bands hasn't a clue what supporting a football team actually is.

Having attended both a number of football matches and a number of concerts, I disagree.

Children are impressionable. What draws young Irish children to British football teams isn't really any different to what draws young Irish children to British and American bands and popstars.

Music: You like what you hear, you want to hear more of it. You're friends also like what they hear, and want to hear more. You admire the musician's talent. You develop an interest in their career. You're excited by the fame, the sold out shows. Your perhaps inspired to try singing or playing an instrument. You get a chance to go to a concert and thoroughly enjoy it. You want to go again. You maintain an interest as you get older. You associate songs with positive memories and happy times in your past. You look forward to new releases, announcements of live shows.You listen to the music every now and then because it makes you enjoy it and it makes you happy.

Football: You like what you see, you want to see more of it. You're friends also like what they see and want to see more. You admire the world class talented players. You develop an interest in the players and the club. You're excited by the fame of the players and the sell out stadiums every week. You're perhaps inspired to start playing football, maybe joining a local club or just playing at lunch time in school. You get a chance to go to a match at Old Trafford or Anfield and thoroughly enjoy it. You want to go again. You maintain an interest in the progress of the clubs and players as you get older. You associate the team with positive memories and happy moments in your past. You look forward to big matches, the announcement of big players signing. You watch the team play every now and then because you enjoy it and it makes you happy.

Granted, most Irish fans aren't from Manchester or Liverpool or Chelsea, but when you grow up with an interest in football and supporting a side that made you happy as a child then there is a connection. To me, people that can't understand, look down upon, and get annoyed by the fact that some Irish football fans enjoy supporting British football teams isn't just a sign of being a wanker or a tosser, it's a sign of being a grade A pr*ck.

When you see somebody with their pants tucked into their socks.

People who send that thumbs up in Messenger.

Talk to me you twat

Lads in office jobs who wear their suit jackets even when sitting down doing work.

"loonie Lefties"
"bleedin heart liberals"


if you have ever typed the above you are a wanker



and i'm spending too much time on the journal

Thargor wrote: »

Call the Guards quick! :eek:

It's more a case for the fashion police more than anyone else, to be honest.

Somebody who launches a "dramatic" sneeze and sprays everyone with his snot nodules in a crowded bus or train and does not even wince. Dick.

Lads scratching their holes and picking their nose in mass and then offering you their hand in friendship. They can feck away off.

JJJJNR wrote: »

I have personal experience of a grown man sitting in front of me and a friend, picking a huge massive globe of stringy snot, holding it in the air with some still attached to this nostril and proceeding to eat it, right in front of us.. on the first early morning dart from Bray.

W.A.N.K.E.R

Bray eh!

Someone who has a right to water poster as their avatar.

rusty cole wrote: »

anyone on Ireland AM!!

What about Sinead Desmond? She's a ride.