www.getirishnow.com

The_Minister · 13-03-2008 3:15pm #1

www.getirishnow.com
This site, is a travesty.
It is racist and demeaning.
They even have a "make youself Irish" page.
If it was a "make yourself a golly" page, there would be uproar

OK, I'm not that angry, but this is a horrible site.

Bendihorse · 13-03-2008 3:27pm

Is that forreal? Its just that when you go into the site your redirected to a www.colgate.com website?

The_Minister · 13-03-2008 3:27pm

http://www.colgate.com/app/IrishSpring/US/EN/Bodywash/GetIrishNow/Microsite/The-Irish-Ways.cvsp#page=6

The spud-chuck. :mad:

Sherifu · 13-03-2008 3:29pm

"Macromedia Flash Player Required.

The 'IrishSpring.com' requires the use of the Macromedia Flash Player.
Please click here to Get Flash"

hmmm. no thanks. Seeing 6thwrap was enough.

Rob_l · 13-03-2008 3:30pm

Its not funny but is it really offensive and to who is it offensive people who might take it serious ^ or people who might believe it?
I was Irish once and I don't think it offends me

The_Minister · 13-03-2008 3:33pm

Its not really offensive, but its like the Captain Planet in Belfast episode, in that it completely misintrprets us.
Now, if I go to America, I'm going to feel like I should have a leprauchaun story ready....

togster · 13-03-2008 3:37pm

Cool

Sherifu · 13-03-2008 3:39pm

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

Any excuse to throw this up again.

Rob_l · 13-03-2008 3:40pm

The_Minister wrote: »

Its not really offensive, but its like the Captain Planet in Belfast episode, in that it completely misintrprets us.
Now, if I go to America, I'm going to feel like I should have a leprauchaun story ready....

What :eek: you dont already have a leprechaun story?

I have not been to America but for Ireland day(read st paddys day) you have to have a leprechaun story I always delight in telling foreign people about the leprechaun who lived at the bottom of my garden and how I didn't get power in my house until my 16th birthday Im only 26 but they all believe me, toora loora la.

pirelli · 13-03-2008 3:50pm

Op, the link is spam,

That cartoon is wicked!

javaboy · 13-03-2008 3:52pm

Don't forget to tell them that we don't have TV over here and the Magic Lantern Man comes around once a month to show us all the fillums from 10 years ago.

It's scary when the Merkins say stuff like "Do you have electricity over there?" "How did you manage to get out with all the bombs?" and my all time favourite "Do you have like cats and dogs there?" (these are all true btw. A nurse in New Jersey asked my sister these q's)

What's even scarier is that years ago (around 1998) I was in Portugal and two English girls were asking did we have television. I said no we just watch leprechaun fights

kev_s88 · 13-03-2008 3:54pm

thats freakin hilarious

jebuz · 13-03-2008 3:56pm

The_Minister wrote: »

Its not really offensive, but its like the Captain Planet in Belfast episode, in that it completely misintrprets us.
Now, if I go to America, I'm going to feel like I should have a leprauchaun story ready....

And also like that turtles episode in Ireland! Dublin was nothing but green hills. I can still hear the voice of krang in my head "soooo the turtles are in Ireland"

tolosenc · 13-03-2008 4:21pm

jebuz wrote: »

And also like that turtles episode in Ireland! Dublin was nothing but green hills. I can still hear the voice of krang in my head "soooo the turtles are in Ireland"

Linky?

ekevosu · 13-03-2008 4:44pm

its the same as that elf yourself website, not meant to be taken seriosuly at all. If there was a french yourself site, twould be garlic necklaces, berets etc, just a joke. Accents although computer generated are done by non Irish people.

JC 2K3 · 13-03-2008 4:47pm

lol, imagine the uproar there'd be if it was "Make yourself Black".

It's pretty funny anyway. The best part is the text to speech thing. I've been typing in phonetic sounds to try and get it to speak some Irish. Try "cuh nus ataw too" or "on will cad ogum dul guh dee on leh ris"

jebuz · 13-03-2008 5:59pm

obl wrote: »

Linky?

Don't have a link, I have the episode on my hard drive at home, got it off a mate...probably a bit big to attach here

I'm sure you could find a stream out there, if you have the time

Earthhorse · 13-03-2008 9:05pm

From their Irish Lingo section.

getirishnow.com wrote:

Bollixed adj.
confused or bungled.

Miss by a Gee Hair expression
Miss by a very narrow margin

Earthhorse · 13-03-2008 9:11pm

Man, who knew that Séan and Stewart were gay?

Sherifu · 13-03-2008 9:20pm

Earthhorse wrote: »

Man, who knew that Séan and Stewart were gay?

I'm only surprised they didn't open a butchers with all the sausage smuggling going on.

Miguel_Sanchez · 13-03-2008 9:33pm

On the 'Enter Yer Blarney' section it doesn't let you enter '****' but it does let you say 'feck'.

Surprisingly the Aiden voice sounds a bit Irish. Get him to say 'I work for the national broadcaster, RTE' - sounds about right.

flanum · 13-03-2008 10:25pm

JC 2K3 wrote: »

lol, imagine the uproar there'd be if it was "Make yourself Black".

It's pretty funny anyway. The best part is the text to speech thing. I've been typing in phonetic sounds to try and get it to speak some Irish. Try "cuh nus ataw too" or "on will cad ogum dul guh dee on leh ris"

There is a site that does that: http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/

heres me before:

and after:

Carrigart Exile · 14-03-2008 7:41am

Its actually in its own marketing way for a showergell recognising the fact that everyone in the world wishes they were Irish. Congratulations, you are a global brand:D

seamus · 14-03-2008 11:36am

1. Remove pole 4-be-4 from ass arse.
2. Relax.

monkeyfudge · 14-03-2008 11:55am

jebuz wrote: »

And also like that turtles episode in Ireland! Dublin was nothing but green hills. I can still hear the voice of krang in my head "soooo the turtles are in Ireland"

The funny thing is that the cartoon was actually made in Dublin.

Raekwon · 14-03-2008 1:39pm

The_Minister wrote: »

http://www.colgate.com/app/IrishSpring/US/EN/Bodywash/GetIrishNow/Microsite/The-Irish-Ways.cvsp#page=6

The spud-chuck. :mad:

What's the deal with the British Royal Guard furry hat

So American, they even threw in a few random black people so not too upset anybody

Muppets!

Mossy Monk · 14-03-2008 1:59pm

Meh

This country will be full of people dressed like leprechauns this weekend. Colgate got it spot on

joe_chicken · 14-03-2008 2:42pm

I like it, the guy is kinda funny, even if his accent is slightly off...

Can't place whether he's an American doing Irish, or Irish attempting to sound American.

MCMLXXXIII · 14-03-2008 3:16pm

It's totaly American...the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

A culture obsessed with trying to be like everyone else.

Hey, at least the Irish have the reputation of being hygenic - it could have been an advertisement for something much worse.

davyjose · 15-03-2008 10:24am

I buy that brand everytime I'm over there - it's a laugh

Toto Wolfcastle · 15-03-2008 11:59am

Great site for turning that guy into a tranny. I gave him lovely curlers, a nice dress and some lipstick.

He looks like Shirly Temple Bar.

www.getirishnow.com

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