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Men watching soaps? WTF?

  • 08-05-2007 10:41pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,191 ✭✭✭✭


    Right, brothers, what's the opinion about "men" who watch soaps. As mentioned briefly in another thread, soaps were designed to take the wimmen folk out of their everyday humdrum existence and into the exciting and glamorous world of Coronation Street (WTF) or Albert Square (WTF again). In short, they were designed to get wimmen to shut their mouths for short periods (hence the 25 minute format), so as us men can get a brief moment to mull over the day's events (while still awake).

    But men who watch soaps?

    No! This is an abomination! Men were not designed for such things, and soaps were not designed for men!

    End of rant.

    Carry on.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,012 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    I caught a few of the brothers at work watching Emerdale Farm this evening! :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Soaps - the very reason I surf the internet nightly. Any man who watches soaps needs his head examined. The only excuse for watching soaps is that the remote control is on the other side of the room - at which point any self respecting male should get off the couch and head for the pub.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    soaps can be good for two reasons, 1. it keeps her indoors quiet and 2. we get to ogle fine wimmin, katie in emmerdale in jodpurs....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,012 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    crosstownk wrote:
    Soaps - the very reason I surf the internet nightly
    It gets suspiciously quiet here between 7 and 8pm!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    It gets suspiciously quiet here between 7 and 8pm!

    True - I hope it's becuse most brothers are in their local pub. Watching soaps would be a mortal sin.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,191 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    soaps can be good for two reasons, 1. it keeps her indoors quiet and 2. we get to ogle fine wimmin, katie in emmerdale in jodpurs....


    Surely this deserves a ban? :p

    "Fine wimmen" are not found acting in soaps! Them's all slappers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65,741 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    And much fitter wimmens are to be found on the interweb within 25s, not 25m


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Good god! It seems I've stumbled into an outtake of Last of the Summer Wine! So which of you eejits is Compo? By gum. Etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Teh aussie soaps have some good looking wimmen, and I treat the actual programme as research for when I (finally) finish in college-so far I have learned that women regularly wear bikinis and everyone lives near the beach. I'm sure it will be just as shown.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Brothers Admiral and Brian have made some outlandish claims in a pathetic attempt to justify their wimmin-like behaviour. At the very least they should have provided photographic evidence to support their claims so that the Brethren may decide for themselves.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,945 ✭✭✭trout


    The only soaps I care to deal with are those soap-on-a-rope jobbies from the 80's which form a living exhibit from Pa Trout's era of tacky Christmas presents.

    Hai Karate anyone ? http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:vV4LJOpv4Ri-DM:http://www.katescaringgifts.com/images/products/soaps/CVN/soap_on_a_rope.jpg

    Mrs trout likes to watch soaps, and I actively encourage this. She can watch soaps on her own telly in the back room, while I gorge on EuroSport, Sky, Bravo or Discovery Turbo ... I believe there are other channels, but I have yet to see them myself.

    Trout's top marriage tips # 1 ... have more than one telly in the house!

    I have recently hit a watershed in televisual and family life ... trout junior is now old enough to fetch beer from the fridge ... ah ... life is sweet. :) *slurps*


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    "Soap ! Soap ! We don' need no stinkin' soap" :D

    Their only valid reason is because she keeps quiet between 7 and 9 !

    Bliss :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    zaph wrote:
    Brothers Admiral and Brian have made some outlandish claims in a pathetic attempt to justify their wimmin-like behaviour. At the very least they should have provided photographic evidence to support their claims so that the Brethren may decide for themselves.

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    Brothers, the evidence!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Who is this fine wimmin specimen? Am I to assume that she is a soap actor? If so which one? Does she have a late night chat number? Can she get beer from a fridge on demand? Can she give good <censored>?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭Darren1o1


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    Brothers, the evidence!!!


    Surely these wimmin can be found also on the inter-web?:cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    But then you'll miss out jiggling and bikinis and whatnot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭Darren1o1


    But then you'll miss out jiggling and bikinis and whatnot.
    Thats what you think;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    http://www.tartydoris.com is a fine source for soapy wimmin


  • Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    i dont watch soaps unless, i have a hangover on a saturday and the remote is at the other side of the room ............but i remember sharing a house with three blokes who would get very upset if they missed eastenders or emmerdale - there were many memorable occassions of a doors being slammed and picture things falling off walls ...........


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    irishbird wrote:
    there were many memorable occassions of a doors being slammed and picture things falling off walls ...........

    what a b!tch :rolleyes:

    Brothers, what's with all this soap talk and nonesense trying to justify your reasons for watching it with photos of soap actors! They may be hot but jaysus unless you are watching it with mute on then I think ye have some serious issues... a trip over to PI is on order for you lot!! Oh, if only this forum had been made private and we could post links... you wouldn't think twice of turning on that crap! I'm off to the bar for a pint!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭J.S. Pill


    Nonsense! I like Cornation Street's gritty portrayal of the harsh realities of working class life in the North of England. They are simply folk who enjoy a pint of bitter and pork scratchings after a hard days work in't mine. Its in a completely different league than the vacuous fluff-fest that is Home and away. Without Coronation street we wouldn't have such paragons of manliness as Jack Duckworth and Percy Sugdon to model ourselves on.

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    "I loves bitter me"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    <snip> Brothers, the evidence!!!
    If you are going to oggle unattainable women, you should be oggling them performing cunnilingus on each other out on the interweb like a real man. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    J.S. Pill wrote:
    Nonsense! I like Cornation Street's gritty portrayal of the harsh realities of working class life in the North of England. They are simply folk who enjoy a pint of bitter and pork scratchings after a hard days work in't mine. Its in a completely different league than the vacuous fluff-fest that is Home and away. Without Coronation street we wouldn't have such paragons of manliness as Jack Duckworth and Percy Sugdon to model ourselves on.

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    "I loves bitter me"

    Keep that up and you'll be adding a 2nd line to your sig:
    10/05/07 - Banned from BGRH - for being a wimman! :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭J.S. Pill


    just playing devil's advocate...

    (No seriously, I don't watch Corrie)


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    If you watch soaps, do the honourable thing and come forward, to be banned.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,191 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    If you watch soaps, do the honourable thing and come forward, to be banned.


    Better still, you should fall on your sword, or at least a steak knife. :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭japjap


    Once, myself and the brother were having a beer and a conversation in a city cenre pub when we were told to SHHHH because easenders was on.


  • Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭japjap


    We drank up and left.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    japjap wrote:
    Once, myself and the brother were having a beer and a conversation in a city cenre pub when we were told to SHHHH because easenders was on.

    For shame.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    If you watch soaps, do the honourable thing and come forward, to be banned.

    Quiet vegetarian!!! :cool:


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Yes, but I would kill for what is right more readily than any of you supposed 'men'.
    Fall on your sword, it's the only honourable thing you can do now.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭Mahatma coat


    CiaranC wrote:
    If you are going to oggle unattainable women, you should be oggling them performing cunnilingus on each other out on the interweb like a real man. :rolleyes:
    \SNAP


    and BTB I'm in Australia at the moment, the only people who watch that ****e are the english backpacker tourists, do you really want to be lumped in the same catogery as them when you get here? well doya punk? I thought not!

    when you get here you will discover that yes, finewimmin wander around the beaches over here all the time, sometimes wearin Bikinis sometimes not, why would you bother watchin some makeyuppy sh1te on d'telly when the real deal is wanderin about outside gaggin for it, they also really like the Irish accent, you wont need pickuplines just the accent


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭rediguana


    I agree with tho OP. Soaps are for girls.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    irishbird wrote:
    i dont watch soaps unless, i have a hangover on a saturday and the remote is at the other side of the room ............but i remember sharing a house with three blokes who would get very upset if they missed eastenders or emmerdale - there were many memorable occassions of a doors being slammed and picture things falling off walls ...........

    When the advert states "gay friendly house/flat" it means exactly that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    What are soaps?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    I hear it's something you shouldn't drop if you are in prison ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Yes, but I would kill for what is right more readily than any of you supposed 'men'.
    Fall on your sword, it's the only honourable thing you can do now.

    The last time I fell on my sword I couldn't piss for weeks without it hurting.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Reminds me of a blender I know... :(


  • Posts: 5,869 [Deleted User]


    Reminds me of a bender I know... :(

    FYP.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    That would have reduced the pain all right.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


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    Brothers, the evidence!!!


    I'm more of a Janae kind of guy...

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    Pepper is special too


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