Working women almost certainly caused the credit crunch [Merged]

Rebel021

Biggins wrote: »

Some people just ask to be twatted with a bid club for their daftness.
That writer needs to be slapped solidly for the next year, 24 hours a day!

Couldn't agree more:D

Dudess

kearnsr wrote: »

Is a piss take.

Any one who took it serious really needs to look at themselfs and why they get offended so easily.

+1. Newton Emerson is a satirical writer. He used to "edit" the often hilarious Portadown News.

Best to have a look at the writer's background before becoming outraged...

hal9000

Dey tuk er jerbs! :pac:

mike65

But is he wrong?

During what we will now have to call "the good old days" was it men who pined for a pine kitchen, or decking or a new Toyota Yaris/Merc CLK (depending on social status)?

Nope!

It was wimmins, who like nothing so much as the sound of a cash register. I suspect the way to get a woman to orgasm is in fact to stick a credit card between her legs, a mans member will not generate anything like the same level of moist anticipation.

Puddleduck

mike65 wrote: »

But is he wrong?

During what we will now have to call "the good old days" was it men who pined for a pine kitchen, or decking or a new Toyota Yaris/Merc CLK (depending on social status)?

Nope!

It was wimmins, who like nothing so much as the sound of a cash register. I suspect the way to get a woman to orgasm is in fact to stick a credit card between her legs, a mans member will not generate anything like the same level of moist anticipation.

Of course. A new set of pots and pans really gets my motor going.

ncmc

I suspect the way to get a woman to orgasm is in fact to stick a credit card between her legs, a mans member will not generate anything like the same level of moist anticipation.

Eeeeww... but where would you type in the pin code???

Mr Benevolent

Those articles read like something you'd see on AH.

Right, own up!

twinytwo

midlandsmissus wrote: »

Why don't you DO something about it then.

Stop your whining.

Men are stronger than women so technically you could overpower us if you really wanted to.

Stop all the general whining that women should be at home, stay in the kitchen, never have an education or work.

Personally I would love a man versus woman war, i think i would kick some ass

Not mine you wouldnt:cool:

Dudess

midlandsmissus wrote: »

Why don't you DO something about it then.

Stop your whining.

Men are stronger than women so technically you could overpower us if you really wanted to.

Stop all the general whining that women should be at home, stay in the kitchen, never have an education or work.

Personally I would love a man versus woman war, i think i would kick some ass

midlandsmissus wrote: »

Yeah....good comeback

Women should be able to laugh at themselves and see when men are just joking around via pretend chauvinism also...

Crumble Froo wrote: »

equally funny really (with a little added scare factor) if the writer actually believes that bull.

Nah, don't think he would. He seems an intelligent guy. He's probably taking the piss out of Kevin Myers, who'd totally write something like that just to stir sh1t.

godtabh

Dudess wrote: »

Nah, don't think he would. He seems an intelligent guy. He's probably taking the piss out of Kevin Myers, who'd totally write something like that just to stir sh1t.

and he'd probably believe it as well

Dudess

Oh I don't know whether he would. I'm convinced he doesn't believe a lot of the stuff he writes (he's an intelligent man after all) but just does so because he's being paid to stir sh1t.

K-9

Dudess wrote: »

Oh I don't know whether he would. I'm convinced he doesn't believe a lot of the stuff he writes (he's an intelligent man after all) but just does so because he's being paid to stir sh1t.

It appeals to the "I agree with anything that is non pc and liberal" agenda!

useful_contacts

The-Rigger wrote: »

I knew it was the wimmins, even when it was the bears I knew it was the wimmins.

ha ha ha

thats classic:p

AnonoBoy

I didn't know Kevin Myers was back writing for The Irish Times.

Blush_01

ncmc wrote: »

Eeeeww... but where would you type in the pin code???

Using the bewbs, combination style!

midlandsmissus

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Joking aside women working, particularly after marriage and having children, was a major factor in the crazy rise in Irish property prices.

Yeah because when there was a single income culture, in say the 1950's we were SUCH a prosperous country.:rolleyes: When women stayed at home in Ireland, we were the poorest our country has ever been.Your argument is bull, I've been based in Northern Ireland with work for a while now, and house prices and the cost of everything are much lower than the republic. Guess what, people are also working on two incomes up here and there is not the same crazy inflation as there is in the republic.
The prices down south are ridiculous. Only last week I noticed that the exact same 'Star' newspaper is 20p up here and 1 euro 20 cents down there. Blame the government for inflation (including property inflation), not working women.

Stercus Accidit

This all started when they got the vote, who do you thinkl has been voting in the fiana fail people all this time?

The wimmins!

They vote so they can recess us all, putting men out of work, while they keep their public sector secure job.

They tuk ar jurbs!


Their periods attract bears too, recession, and now fcuking bears? What the hell are we meant to do.

panda100

midlandsmissus wrote: »

Blame the government for inflation (including property inflation), not working women.

Hear Hear , But the establishment media is all about pitting workers against each other to detract from the real perpetrators of this deepening recession. So far we have seen Public Sector versus Private Sector, Irish workers versus Migrant workers and now they will move on to working men versus working women.
Looking for anyone to blame and be used as scapegoats but the unequal capitalist system they prop up.

That is why this piece is not funny. Racism and sexism have serious consequences.

t-ha

LOL, I love my boards peeps - just itching to get on their high horses, so when a bit of satire rolls around the joke goes completely over their heads in their haste to become outraged.

This piece is funny. If you took serious offence and found no humour in it, then there is a big problem here (and not with the article).

midlandsmissus

t-ha wrote: »

LOL, I love my boards peeps - just itching to get on their high horses, so when a bit of satire rolls around the joke goes completely over their heads in their haste to become outraged.

This piece is funny. If you took serious offence and found no humour in it, then there is a big problem here (and not with the article).

No offence with the article, offence with the other posts on here saying 'seriously working women are to blame'. Did you read the whole thread?

t-ha

Some of it, scanned the latter pages. Don't take personal offence, it's just my general impression of the thread.

Insect Overlord

Agamemnon wrote: »

I hear women are eating our swans.

I heard their periods attract bears :eek:

Redpunto

I wonder what would happen if all gender based roles were revised - the majority of those in government were women, men stay at home and do the housework???

Couldnt work i suppose coz men cant multitask and are incapcable of cleaning loos

Dudess

midlandsmissus wrote: »

offence with the other posts on here saying 'seriously working women are to blame'. Did you read the whole thread?

I don't think anyone said that - or actually meant it. Just because they used the word "seriously" doesn't mean they were being serious.

chamlis

We should've never let them wear shoes.

994

Redpunto wrote: »

I wonder what would happen if all gender based roles were revised - the majority of those in government were women, men stay at home and do the housework???

Couldnt work i suppose coz men cant multitask and are incapcable of cleaning loos

The "multitasking" thing is an urban legend, based on one flawed study taken decades ago. How many women have you seen riding a unicycle whilst juggling?

John Mason

if the law was changed back to where women had to give uo work when they got maaried, the following would happen


unemployment would be at zero

crime would drop

inflation would drop

children would know what a home cooked meal was like and know their parents

people would know their neighbours

and we would have communities again

994

biko wrote: »

The reason I didn't find it funny was that it reeks of history.

When the US soldiers went to war in WW2 it was the "patriotic duty" of the women to work in the factories etc to keep the country going when the men was away.
Once the men returned from the war it was the "patriotic duty" of the women to go back to the homes so the men could return to work. Point is - women are a handy work force but as soon as the men need to work again the women must make room.

Yes, but you forget that as soon as the war started, it was the "patriotic duty" of the men to go out and get themselves shot to pieces defending those selfsame women, who were not expected to fight. Early feminists sent white feathers to men who didn't join the army, mocking their cowardice. So "duties" between genders can work both ways. A woman with a third-class ticket was more likely to survive the Titanic than a man with a first-class ticket...

994

panda100 wrote: »

So far we have seen Public Sector versus Private Sector, Irish workers versus Migrant workers and now they will move on to working men versus working women.

Sorry to post again, but they've also given a raise to consultant doctors whilst destroying the pay and conditions of non-consultants. Expect more propaganda about gravy-train fat-cat arrogant overpaid snobbish D4 K-Club Merc-driving consultants on ten thousand euros a day while Mary McNamara drowns in her own pus; don't expect to hear about training grants being cut, badly-paid overtime, 80-hour weeks, etc.

pink fluffy bunny

pink fluffy bunny wrote: »

if the law was changed back to where women had to give uo work when they got maaried, the following would happen


unemployment would be at zero

crime would drop

inflation would drop

children would know what a home cooked meal was like and know their parents

people would know their neighbours

and we would have communities again

You are joking right? :eek: