The Ray D'Arcy Show Thread - Mod note Post # 1 Updated

bored@workagain

I have text in a number of times to him but imagine he never read them out obviously above criticism.

Firstly ppl will say if u dont like him change da station grand I have and everything else around is crap at that time and also kinda like the show and testament to how good da show could be is when he hits da road on his hols…

So todays last piece he had ur man doin the ultra running. Ray had his whole pessimistic voice on huming and haying about ur man then had da audacity to ask ur man if he was running away from something the cheek of it I don’t remember his asking ming if cos he ran 26 miles is he running away from something and when he is on his high horse telling everyone they should run its ok

One man’s 5 k is anothers marathon and another man’s marathon is another’s ultra. If ur man wants to test his mental endurance and has got used to marathons go for it and the tone of the little mans was proper negative through the whole thing

The difference in him 2day and when da 5 k’s were on was unreal I for one think that the midget is feeling a extra small cos he’s not the fittest man in da room poor fella think hes da one with the issues.

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Clanket

You must really be bored at work

_feedback_

Andrew Maxwell again?

The rotation of the same guests over and over is getting a bit tiresome.

Tommy Tiernan

Des Bishop

Andrew Maxwell

(repeat)

miketv

Poor old Tubs, the just a minute quizz particpant said he used to listen to Gerry and he has recently switched over much to the delight of Ray

amiable

miketv wrote: »

Poor old Tubs, the just a minute quizz particpant said he used to listen to Gerry and he has recently switched over much to the delight of Ray

Poor old you getting slightly confused:p

miketv

amiable wrote: »

Poor old you getting slightly confused:p

hands up! silly me

el diablo

miketv wrote: »

Poor old Tubs, the just a minute quizz particpant said he used to listen to Gerry and he has recently switched over much to the delight of Ray

Don't tell me he's still doing that "Odd One Out" shyte. "cabbage, turnip, Mars Bar. :rolleyes:

Can't believe people are still listening to this tired old crap from D'arsey.

cats.life

el diablo wrote: »

Don't tell me he's still doing that "Odd One Out" shyte. "cabbage, turnip, Mars Bar. :rolleyes:

Can't believe people are still listening to this tired old crap from D'arsey.

ya can not believe that yer still posting in on this, there are other presenters who should not be on tv never mind radio. ray is one of the best, yes some times he dont read out txt,s from listeners but how many txt,s does he get in the 3 hours he,s on, he cant read them all out, any way its Will who gives ray the text,s to read .

el diablo

cats.life wrote: »

ya can not believe that yer still posting in on this, there are other presenters who should not be on tv never mind radio. ray is one of the best, yes some times he dont read out txt,s from listeners but how many txt,s does he get in the 3 hours he,s on, he cant read them all out, any way its Will who gives ray the text,s to read .

Your post is not easy to read and I never said anything about reading out texts. Anyway, I haven't listened to his show in a few years but it seems that nothing has changed with his tired old format.

cats.life

el diablo wrote: »

Your post is not easy to read and I never said anything about reading out texts. Anyway, I haven't listened to his show in a few years but it seems that nothing has changed with his tired old format.

thought you might like these,;) every one likes flowers.

Brendan Flowers

Has Jenny still not returned?

Cat82

el diablo wrote: »

I haven't listened to his show in a few years but it seems that nothing has changed with his tired old format.

I think its a case of 'If its not broke, don't fix it'.

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

Has Jenny still not returned?

Yeah she is back. Not sure when she returned but I think it was when they were at Eurovision and she was back in the office. She was definitely in fix it friday on the 21st as she said thank you to everyone for all their kind mesages etc. Haven't heard it this week so not sure if she was in.

UpCork

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

Has Jenny still not returned?

Jenny is back. This she was off for about a month

padd b1975

bored@workagain wrote: »

I have text in a number of times to him but imagine he never read them out obviously above criticism.

Firstly ppl will say if u dont like him change da station grand I have and everything else around is crap at that time and also kinda like the show and testament to how good da show could be is when he hits da road on his hols…

So todays last piece he had ur man doin the ultra running. Ray had his whole pessimistic voice on huming and haying about ur man then had da audacity to ask ur man if he was running away from something the cheek of it I don’t remember his asking ming if cos he ran 26 miles is he running away from something and when he is on his high horse telling everyone they should run its ok

One man’s 5 k is anothers marathon and another man’s marathon is another’s ultra. If ur man wants to test his mental endurance and has got used to marathons go for it and the tone of the little mans was proper negative through the whole thing

The difference in him 2day and when da 5 k’s were on was unreal I for one think that the midget is feeling a extra small cos he’s not the fittest man in da room poor fella think hes da one with the issues.

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Nice spelling.

Gophur

Darcy was advising listeners, this morning, to wear "factor" as there is good weather on the way.

"factor"? FFS. Is the man educated in any way?

sydthebeat

Gophur wrote: »

Darcy was advising listeners, this morning, to wear "factor" as there is good weather on the way.

"factor"? FFS. Is the man educated in any way?

ah here, lets be fair....

he specifically said that WHO has admitted that factor 15 is not enough and that we should be wearing factor 20-30.

so he DID specifically refer to a factor strength !

Gophur

sydthebeat wrote: »

ah here, lets be fair....

he specifically said that WHO has admitted that factor 15 is not enough and that we should be wearing factor 20-30.

so he DID specifically refer to a factor strength !

He referred to Sunscreen as "factor". One does not put "factor" on one's skin.

"Factor" is a rating for the product, it is not the product. I expect a professional broadcaster to, at least, get the name of the product right.

As a show, it's turned into the Jenny and Mairead Show, as it seems these two decide what goes. Ray has turned into a woman.

(Once he mentioned the use of "factor", I switched the programme off.)

amiable

Very tedious.

Does it really matter?

goingpostal

Must.....resist......abusing.....radio.....presenter.....to....avoid....ban....

goingpostal

amiable wrote: »

Very tedious.

Does it really matter?

Yes it does. It's like going into a pub and ordering a drink without telling the barman what brand or what percentage volume you want.

Gophur

amiable wrote: »

Very tedious.

Does it really matter?

Nothing matters, so, if that's the attitude.

It's the very acceptance of such low level of intellect that keeps it on our airwaves.

amiable

Gophur wrote: »

Nothing matters, so, if that's the attitude.

It's the very acceptance of such low level of intellect that keeps it on our airwaves.

Fair enough. I turned him off my radio ages ago

Good luck in your crusade:D

timbertime

goingpostal wrote: »

Yes it does. It's like going into a pub and ordering a drink without telling the barman what brand or what percentage volume you want.

To be fair you don't go into a bar and order smirnoff vodka 37.5% please. You just ask for a vodka.
It was obvious what he was talking about.

Frank Black

goingpostal wrote: »

Yes it does. It's like going into a pub and ordering a drink without telling the barman what brand or what percentage volume you want.

What percentage volume do you normally order on a night out?

goingpostal

black francis wrote: »

What percentage volume do you normally order on a night out?

It depends. If I have been forced to listen to D'Arcy at work that morning, then I will usually mix me up some of that mighty fine panther juice and lie in a ditch, attempting to blot out the awful memories. Otherwise, I am a very civilized imbiber.

goingpostal

timbertime wrote: »

To be fair you don't go into a bar and order smirnoff vodka 37.5% please. You just ask for a vodka.
It was obvious what he was talking about.

By asking for a vodka, you are ordering the product. By saying "percentage by volume/proof" you are ordering the strength of the product, without specifying even what strength you want. The analogy holds for "sunscreen/sunblock" and "factor". All you have to do is listen to D'Arcy on a semi-continual, non-voluntary basis, and multiply these sloppy, lazy instances of his slapdash approach, and you will understand my pedantry.

sydthebeat

he DID refer to the strength....


if you didnt hear it... fair enough, but going onto this forum to question his education says more about you than him IMHO

goingpostal

I know nothing about the man's education and care even less. He could have a PhD in Neuroscience for all I know. My sole point is that his amateurish, lazy, sloppy, slapdash approach to the execution of his duties as a radio presenter is symptomatic of the malaise and acceptance of mediocrity which has brought our country to the brink of financial oblivion. Or something.

ThisRegard

His anti FG bias is really obvious these days isn't it, I think every morning this week he started off his show with a failed attempt to humourously attack them via the paper review.

borderlinemeath

goingpostal wrote: »

By asking for a vodka, you are ordering the product. By saying "percentage by volume/proof" you are ordering the strength of the product, without specifying even what strength you want. The analogy holds for "sunscreen/sunblock" and "factor". All you have to do is listen to D'Arcy on a semi-continual, non-voluntary basis, and multiply these sloppy, lazy instances of his slapdash approach, and you will understand my pedantry.

Hmmm, when I was on hols last month I distinctly remember asking my OH to pass me the "factor20" not the "sunscreen" to avoid confusion.

A radio show isn't meant to sound like your reading a script, maybe if you want to listen to perfectly pedantic prose you should switch to a rolling news bulletin.