Rock on, Rockall! (it's back)

Cee-Jay-Cee · 08-06-2019 9:10pm

Yeah sure why not, am at fúck all else this evening.

Hamsterchops · 08-06-2019 9:15pm

Thid whole story sounds a bit fishy to me.

odyssey06 · 08-06-2019 9:23pm

If we or the Scots have any sense we'll leave it to the seagulls... fighting over it? Can't even get a leg over it!

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janfebmar · 08-06-2019 9:29pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

If we or the Scots have any sense we'll leave it to the seagulls... fighting over it? Can't even get a leg over it!

We could try to get some Irish fella to live on it for longer than the British were able to live on it?

08-06-2019 9:30pm

Can ye hang on until Killing Eve is over. I can join ye then.

Nobelium · 08-06-2019 9:31pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

If we or the Scots have any sense we'll leave it to the seagulls... fighting over it? Can't even get a leg over it!

it's actually about who gets to control the oil, gas, fisheries, airspace and transport corridors, not the rock

odyssey06 · 08-06-2019 9:32pm

janfebmar wrote: »

We could try to get some Irish fella to live on it for longer than the British were able to live on it?

Any volunteers? If Roy Keane is busy I reckon thats where we bench our two Brexit MEPs!

odyssey06 · 08-06-2019 9:33pm

Nobelium wrote: »

it's about who gets to control the oil, gas, fisheries, airspace and transport corridors, and nothing to do with the actual rock.

Your facts are not welcome here!

Now back to the seagulls.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-06-2019 9:35pm

Do the Scots have a Rockall song?

Nobelium · 08-06-2019 9:36pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Your facts are not welcome here!

Now back to the seagulls.

sorry about that, I constantly forgot boards is allergic to them.

Back to more important matters . . .maybe we can distract the scots with deep fried mars bars ?

Speedsie · 08-06-2019 9:42pm

Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus will be spinning in his grave.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Dublin_Bay_Rockall_Loftus

odyssey06 · 08-06-2019 9:44pm

Nobelium wrote: »

sorry about that, I constantly forgot boards is allergic to them.
Back to more important matters . . .maybe we can distract the scots with deep fried mars bars ?

That's the After Hours spirit!
Distract? I think one of them could defo clog up a ship's engine.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-06-2019 10:02pm

Could we change our constitution so anyone born on Rockall automatically becomes an Irish citizen?

archer22 · 08-06-2019 10:06pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Could we change our constitution so anyone born on Rockall automatically becomes an Irish citizen?

You might have a job convincing expectant mothers to give birth on it.

AllGunsBlazing · 08-06-2019 10:10pm

Nobelium wrote: »

You also need to factor in the Scots have Iron Bru

No worries on that front - they watered down the sugar content a few years back. Deep-fried mars bars could be an issue though.

ILoveYourVibes · 08-06-2019 10:10pm

Don't respond. Don't raise an eyebrow.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-06-2019 10:10pm

Could we do a reality tv show from it, Big Rockall.

fryup · 08-06-2019 10:13pm

Conchir wrote: »

Saw this on the RTE news story. “The rocky outcrop lies around 230 nautical miles northwest of Donegal and 240 miles west of Scotland.”

230 nautical miles is over 260 miles. A harmless bit of journalism, or intentionally misleading?

can't understand why RTE are stirring the pot on this? STV news had this as their fourth lead story

odyssey06 · 08-06-2019 10:23pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Could we do a reality tv show from it, Big Rockall.

Eoghan Murphy is already writing the blurb... an exciting co-living opportunity...

steddyeddy · 08-06-2019 10:31pm

Nobelium wrote: »

You also need to factor in the Scots have Iron Bru

And Buckfast.

jimbobaloobob · 08-06-2019 10:43pm

We should rebrand that rock shore beer rockall

Atlantic Dawn · 08-06-2019 10:45pm

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

We should rebrand that rock shore beer rockall

Someone already done it

...

Speedsie · 08-06-2019 10:46pm

steddyeddy wrote: »

And Buckfast.

Bucky is made in the South of England, but aye the Scots drink a fair wedge of it!

Nobelium · 08-06-2019 10:47pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Someone already done it ...

damn even the Australians got in there before us

lawred2 · 08-06-2019 10:52pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Most Scots hate us

:rolleyes:

mickdw · 08-06-2019 10:54pm

Nobelium wrote: »

odyssey06 wrote: »

If we or the Scots have any sense we'll leave it to the seagulls... fighting over it? Can't even get a leg over it!

it's actually about who gets to control the oil, gas, fisheries, airspace and transport corridors, not the rock

Don't know why the Irish government give a feck then cause they tend to continually give away oil gas etc from within Ireland's territory.......
Oh I guess the politician from the controlling country is the a one who gets the large envelope so it's worth fighting for.

MrMusician18 · 08-06-2019 11:00pm

archer22 wrote: »

Actually the Scots were never forced into the union...there was only hundreds of years of back and forth invasions between England and Scotland.
England invading Scotland, Scotland invading England and so on over and over.

Eventually it was sorted when a Scottish king became king of England...so in that sense it was actually the Scots who took over England.

The history between Scotland and England is very different to the history between Ireland and England.
Also the English and Scots shared the same religion, which bonded them closer.

They were effectively forced into the union after they bankrupted themselves with the disastrous Darien Project. They tried and failed to set up a colony in a swamp in central America. They couldn't have picked a worse spot. To this day the area remains the final uncompleted section of the Pan-American highway.

England bailed Scotland out in exchange for their sovereignty.

corner of hells · 08-06-2019 11:07pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Your facts are not welcome here!

Now back to the seagulls.

What religion are the seagulls?

jimbobaloobob · 08-06-2019 11:07pm

Atlantic dawn. Your name sake fishing vessel should be brought up and anchored to the rock.

Balanadan · 08-06-2019 11:10pm

The more I think about this, the more I think "**** Scotland!".

MonkieSocks · 08-06-2019 11:12pm

Irish Navy are ready to invade.

First Rockall, then The Isle Of Man.......Then The World,,,,,, and everything in it.

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corner of hells · 08-06-2019 11:15pm

MonkieSocks wrote: »

Irish Navy are ready to invade.

First Rockall, then The Isle Of Man.......Then The World,,,,,, and everything in it.

I'd imagine yer man in charge of the navy looking at the news tonight and saying "ah bollix , not now".

Nobelium · 08-06-2019 11:19pm

corner of hells wrote: »

I'd imagine yer man in charge of the navy looking at the news tonight and saying "ah bollix , not now".

I bet they're thinking why couldn't it be somewhere nice like Lanzarote.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-06-2019 11:23pm

We have Scotland in our opening game of The Rugby World Cup, ROR is a nice tune for the fans to be singing.

policarp · 08-06-2019 11:25pm

Is Billy Connoly on our side?

corner of hells · 08-06-2019 11:28pm

policarp wrote: »

Is Billy Connoly on our side?

Good question, I was wondering about that Mel Gibson too , if starts that Braveheart ****e , or be a bit of a row.

Nobelium · 08-06-2019 11:29pm

One read of the

"Guy in work canteen passes snide remark about my drink" thread on boards, and the Scots will be pissing in their pants

Problem Of Motivation wrote: »

So the other day when I was having lunch in the canteen, another working noticed what I was drinking and remarked "gee is that sparkling water you're
drinking there". I knew what he was thinking so I just said "that's right dude" and ignored him, just continuing on talking with the person I'd been chatting to. But he then said "God you're a tough man drinking that" and sort of laughed. He said this as he had a can of pepsi in his hand as he was saying this. I thought to myself, gee I'm aware peer pressure is always present and that people might think this way, but this fella just came right on out and actually said it. I said to him "it's a bit much to be making remarks on another person's choice of drink". It's more like something you'd expect as a young teenager.

I took a look around the table and saw that everyone else was also drinking water (even the coolest guy too!), although theirs wasn't sparkling... it looked like the chlorinated tap water in old bottles. So I said to him "you're going to see a lot of people drinking bottles of water in this life, don't feel the need to make a snide remark towards all of them. He'd nothing really to say to that, but yet I didn't think I'd gotten through to him. A few other things were said that I forget, but towards the end I remember he said "put some ribena into it or something for Christ's sake". At this point in time I said to him "alright don't pick a fight over it, you know you're coming across as a control freak now. I could could see one of the girls at the table was nodding in agreement with me as I said this. But he just smirked arrogantly and looked away. Confident little bully he is.

I was considering saying to him "yeah dude I know what ribena tastes like & I'm aware I've that option, but you can't seem to get you're stupid head around the fact that I prefer to drink sparkling water". I also felt like saying to him that maybe I didn't want to end up fat like he is from all the sh1t he eats. And as you'd probably guess, only a smoker would be self conscious enough to think this way, and yes he's a smoker.

Beanntraigheach · 08-06-2019 11:43pm

Hamsterchops · 08-06-2019 11:55pm

Anyone else remember the cod wars?

Iceland trawlers Vs Great Britain trawlers, lots of trawlers getting rammed in the North sea, pluse theatening Icelandic gunboats, add a Royal Navy Frigate into the mix too.....
mid 1970s I think?
can't remember who won, or who got the cod, although I suspect it was captain birdseye.

gozunda · 08-06-2019 11:56pm

Nobelium wrote: »

I bet they're thinking why couldn't it be somewhere nice like Lanzarote.

Nah its "morally wrong as it's bad for the environment

blinding · 08-06-2019 11:58pm

Balanadan wrote: »

We should declare a jihad against Scotland if they threaten our country.

We have Muslims now to back that up .

blinding · 09-06-2019 12:00am

SeaFields wrote: »

We're going to invade and Scotland will be waiting for us but just as England come to help Scotland we join with Scotland and both fight the English!

I seen it in a film.

This is what the SNP are up to . Get us all stirred up over Rockall . Get us Up and Over , fill us with Whiskey and let us loose on the Sasanachs .

We’ll fall for it too , Coz.......

blinding · 09-06-2019 12:03am

Rubberchikken wrote: »

people have gone to war for less.

count me in.

btw...what rock??

Dickie even though I saw his “ Act “ 38 years ago and should have gone to war then but didn’t . I did want to annihilate the world though .

Atlantic Dawn · 09-06-2019 12:04am

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Anyone else remember the cod wars?

Iceland trawlers Vs Great Britain trawlers, lots of trawlers getting rammed in the North sea, pluse theatening Icelandic gunboats, add a Royal Navy Frigate into the mix too.....
mid 1970s I think?
can't remember who won, or who got the cod, although I suspect it was captain birdseye.

Worth a watch for anyone wanting to familiarise themselves with it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOytZMRXo0

blinding · 09-06-2019 12:07am

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Yeah sure why not, am at fúck all else this evening.

You’ll be back in time for Cocoa this evening .....mind you thats the kind of thing they always tell you but your not back for years or dead or turned traitor , stuck in Rockall or worse ; In FFG .