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Old lady handing out money on Grafton St today

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  • 17-10-2006 3:32pm
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    xzanti
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    My dads just told me that at lunch time today, an old lady with 2 burly body guards either side of her was walking up Grafton Street handing €20 notes to everyone, he said the notes were real and there was no sign of an advertisement of any sort...

    Can anyone shed any light on this please????? Or did anyone else see this??


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    phantom_lord
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    This has to be a joke....


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    oulu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭oulu


    Maybe naked camera , great though free money


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    kippy
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    Yeah, allegedly she is giving away all her money before she gets too old. I dont think she has any family to leave it to.


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    petes
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    kippy wrote:
    Yeah, allegedly she is giving away all her money before she gets too old. I dont think she has any family to leave it to.


    Has she no cats?


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    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Did someone at least offer to sleep with her?


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    Don1
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    Re-enactment of Roald Dahl's Henry Sugar perhaps.


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    cushtac
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    I saw her. She was dressed all in black, had sunglasses & a massive sun hat on and one of her minders was holding a big black umbrella over her. She wasn't handing out money willy-nilly, when I saw her she was stopping well-dressed middle-aged women for a chat. I thought she was doing PR or marketing for one of the shops.


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    punky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭punky


    Grafton st? Well that's bloody stupid.
    Why give free money to tourists or upper-end shoppers?
    Surely O'Connell st or Talbot st would have been more appropriate.
    Or how about just giving it to decent charities.
    Sounds like a desperate plea for attention.


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    Summerjones
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    Yeah why didn't she just give it to charity? Muppet.


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    godtabh
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    punky wrote:
    Grafton st? Well that's bloody stupid.
    Why give free money to tourists or upper-end shoppers?
    Surely O'Connell st or Talbot st would have been more appropriate.
    Or how about just giving it to decent charities.
    Sounds like a desperate plea for attention.


    Maybe she thought it was safer up there if she had a lot of money to give out.

    Charity thing would've been better


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    koneko
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    punky wrote:
    Grafton st? Well that's bloody stupid.
    Why give free money to tourists or upper-end shoppers?
    Surely O'Connell st or Talbot st would have been more appropriate.
    Or how about just giving it to decent charities.
    Sounds like a desperate plea for attention.

    She probably didn't want to give it to scumbags who'd try and stab her. I wouldn't either.

    But I agree, charities would have been a better idea. Sounds like a gimmick or media stunt.


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    Rollo Tamasi
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    xzanti wrote:
    My dads just told me that at lunch time today, an old lady with 2 burly body guards either side of her was walking up Grafton Street handing €20 notes to everyone, he said the notes were real and there was no sign of an advertisement of any sort...

    Can anyone shed any light on this please????? Or did anyone else see this??

    hehehe dads!


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    daiixi
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    Typical. The one lunchtime I don't go to Grafton Street!


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    europerson
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    daiixi wrote:
    Typical. The one lunchtime I don't go to Grafton Street!
    Same here.


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    ZenforHead
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    I cant believe only one other person noticed "DADS"?!


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    eth0_
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    ZenforHead wrote:
    I cant believe only one other person noticed "DADS"?!

    Perhaps not everyone is as pedantic as yourself?


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    Rabies
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    It is part of a company promotion. Calls were made to a radio station during the week about it.


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