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anyone see that funneral in the docks just there?

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  • 14-02-2009 1:32pm
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    foxy_19-89
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    there was a very unusual funneral walk just there, a small gathering of people clapping and singing a (i presume) african song, with men wearing army outfits, walking behind an empty herse. just wondering if anyone knows anything about it??


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    vulcan57
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    foxy_19-89 wrote: »
    there was a very unusual funneral walk just there, a small gathering of people clapping and singing a (i presume) african song, with men wearing army outfits, walking behind an empty herse. just wondering if anyone knows anything about it??

    Odd! What time was this?


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    foxy_19-89
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭foxy_19-89


    12.45, was odd but interesting


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    Fionn MacCool
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    foxy_19-89 wrote: »
    there was a very unusual funneral walk just there, a small gathering of people clapping and singing a (i presume) african song, with men wearing army outfits, walking behind an empty herse. just wondering if anyone knows anything about it??

    Dress rehearsal?

    Or, wait for it...wait for it...

    Dress reHERSEal


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    Ardscoil Ris
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    Maybe they were burying their sanity, hope and dreams.


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    emeraldstar
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    Fionn MacCool wrote: »
    Dress rehearsal?

    Or, wait for it...wait for it...

    Dress reHERSEal
    *groan*

    Is it only me or were the army peoples wearing red woolly hats?


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    biko
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    Hearses - putting the fun in funneral since 1902.


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    jenno86
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    biko wrote: »
    Hearses - putting the fun in funneral since 1902.

    Whats a funneral?!


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    Diabhal Beag
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    A wrongly spelt version of funeral or retarded version of funnel


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    ethernet
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    jenno86 wrote: »
    Whats a funneral?!
    Here you go :D


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    I saw this as well. Very strange. Following after them were about 20 or so cars with the emergency lights flashing.


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    Ceartgoleor
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    Yeah saw this, totally weird!! Traffic was held up behind it for pretty much the next two hours as a result!!


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    Seaneh
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    by any chance were they all black?

    Becuase it could be a tribal/traditional west african funeral.

    The army uniforms might suggest that the person who died was in the military at some stage.

    Not the most clev people on here are ye lads?


    p.s. I herd you liek mudkipz?


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    luckat
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    It wasn't related to Archbishop Tutu's visit?


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    Steyr
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    Funeral of a 47 year old mother of three who died suddenly, a member of the Congolese Community.

    Picture also with more info on page 11 of today's Sentinel paper.


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    ronnie3585
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    Steyr wrote: »
    Picture also with more info on page 11 of today's Sentinel paper.

    Saw that too. A tasty pot of jam for the first person who notices the most out of place person in that picture.


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    Robbo
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    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Saw that too. A tasty pot of jam for the first person who notices the most out of place person in that picture.
    The skinny white chap with his beret at a jaunty angle, looking like he'd been rejected by the FCA for psychological reasons?


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    Storm 10
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    Where were the Garda were when this was on, is it not illegal to wear foreign Army uniforms in this Country without permission which I am sure they did not have. Anyone know what are the legal issues about Army uniforms.

    You certainly would not parade around the Congo in an Irish Army uniform.

    Just wondering ????????


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    ronnie3585
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    Robbo wrote: »
    The skinny white chap with his beret at a jaunty angle, looking like he'd been rejected by the FCA for psychological reasons?

    Exactly! He looks like the really religous guy of the gang, always on edge, ready to snap at any second. I bet his gang alias is milky.


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    Seaneh
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Where were the Garda were when this was on, is it not illegal to wear foreign Army uniforms in this Country without permission which I am sure they did not have. Anyone know what are the legal issues about Army uniforms.

    You certainly would not parade around the Congo in an Irish Army uniform.

    Just wondering ????????

    eh, get over it tbvfh.

    Are you the type of person who sits at your window all day looking for something to moan about?


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    Steyr
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Where were the Garda were when this was on, is it not illegal to wear foreign Army uniforms in this Country without permission which I am sure they did not have. Anyone know what are the legal issues about Army uniforms.

    They may have been decomissioned Uniforms such as the British/American/German/Any foreign DPM ( Disrupted Pattern Material ) you can get in a Army/Navy store also its illegal for anybody not serving in the Irish DF to wear the Current Irish Uniform but is ok to wear the old decomissioned Uniform.

    Statutory provisions about the wearing of, and dealing in, Irish DPM are clear and unequivocal. They are to be found in the Defence Act 1954, sections 260/264/265 and quite simply forbid expressly:

    * wearing Irish DPM outside of Irish Army context or matters
    * dealing in Irish DPM ("dealing in" = selling/buying; not the least because Irish DPM is never the seller's to sell in the first place, whereby both a seller and a buyer could realistically be prosecuted for dealing in stolen goods, as in 'stolen from the State')


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    You certainly would not parade around the Congo in an Irish Army uniform.


    Well the Irish Army did so when on Overseas Deployment!:D


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    buzz55
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    ok, I've been waiting for someone else to ask but since they havent, here goes:
    Why was the hearse empty???


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    bigeasyeah
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    Making fun of a funeral.Classy.


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