Canvassers

Senna

Canvassing has started for the local elections, now rather than doing the whole shouting "you fecked up the country, bailed out the bankers", etc etc or asking them tough questions to make them sweat. I'm going down a different route, i'm going to mess with their heads.

Next one to come to the front door i'm going to answer it but talk very quietly and ask them to meet me at the back door, as the kid is sleeping, then i just wont answer the back door. I reckon the party who stand at the back door the longest before buggering off gets my vote.

How else can i amuse myself at their expense?

stepbar

Kinda sad really, I just wouldn't answer the door TBH.

Gavin "shels"

Any FF person who knocks at my door will be asked their opinion on this trollocks http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/Election-candidate-seeks-Lithuanian-health.5214427.jp

The_Minister

Never abuse the canvassers.



Not even the Shinners.

AnonoBoy

I wish I had a front door to answer when they come around.

Due to the economic downturn I've had to sell off various parts of my house and now my 'front door' is merely a curtain of beads.

Let's see them talk up their party while I'm standing there with so many beads around me I look like some ugly demented glamour model bint at Mardi Gras.

stepbar

Gavin shels wrote: »

Any FF person who knocks at my door will be asked their opinion on this trollocks http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/Election-candidate-seeks-Lithuanian-health.5214427.jp

She must live on fresh air in Lithuania as well (adding the cost of flights etc). I'd say when all it added together there's SFA to be saved.

stepbar

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I wish I had a front door to answer when they come around.

Due to the economic downturn I've had to sell off various parts of my house and now my 'front door' is merely a curtain of beads.

Let's see them talk up their party while I'm standing there with so many beads around me I look like some ugly demented glamour model bint at Mardi Gras.

I'm amazed you were able to sell off your front door. Tip my hat to you

The_Minister

stepbar wrote: »

She must live on fresh air in Lithuania as well (adding the cost of flights etc). I'd say when all it added together there's SFA to be saved.

I'm not so sure. You'd be surprised how much doctors in Ireland get paid compared to other countries, and other costs are far higher too.

ejmaztec

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I wish I had a front door to answer when they come around.

Due to the economic downturn I've had to sell off various parts of my house and now my 'front door' is merely a curtain of beads.

Let's see them talk up their party while I'm standing there with so many beads around me I look like some ugly demented glamour model bint at Mardi Gras.

Curtain of beads? You must be fucking loaded.

stepbar

The_Minister wrote: »

I'm not so sure. You'd be surprised how much doctors in Ireland get paid compared to other countries, and other costs are far higher too.

AFAIK there's no cheap flights from Ireland to Lithuania.

Gavin "shels"

One way or another it's a joke, fix the health system don't go around it ffs.

Pete P Peterson

Canvassers, p'ah, don't get me started, I've more human skin lampshades than I can shake a stick at. And with this recession, no one's buying.

Me: It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.
Canvasser: Mister ... my family will pay cash. Whatever ransom you're askin' for, they pay it.
Me: It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
Canvasser: Okay... okay... okay. Mister, you can do what you want to me, but please ... please just v...v...vote for Mary Haaarneeeeyyyy!!!

msg11

I might add this is a waste of time;

Clearly with all the figures, WE WILL HAVE NO MONEY LEFT TO BUY PAPER TO VOTE ON.

Amalgam

Gavin shels wrote: »

Any FF person who knocks at my door will be asked their opinion on this trollocks http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/Election-candidate-seeks-Lithuanian-health.5214427.jp

What's the problem, doesn't this happen in Europe already? I thought the UK France and Germany had a system for clearing back-logs for certain treatment by shipping patients out, works out cheaper too, from what I've read.

starn

Gavin shels wrote: »

Any FF person who knocks at my door will be asked their opinion on this trollocks http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/Election-candidate-seeks-Lithuanian-health.5214427.jp

Havent the goverment been doing something similar for years now, with the National Treatment Purchase Fund.

Coriolanus

Yes, yes they have. But we've now found a new conspiracy. Foreign national candidates robbing our money to send back home etc etc.

Anyway, canvassers. If I don't have time, or am not terminally bored, I just tell 'em to get off, otherwise I pick the party most diametrically opposite them (shinners usually) and try to argue with them from that partys perspective.

Caoimhín

When the local FF candidates call to the door, if their first words are not "sorry" the door will be slammed in their face.

Looking at the list of candidates this time (and every time), it strikes me how almost EVERY one of them are either;

1) From a political "dynasty", it is fecking nepotism in the 21st century.

2) They are already in politics and are well known as the local "cute hoor", up to their necks in dodgy rezoning, planning and property.

3) A jumped up little shít with notions of political grandeur and ambition.

4) A fecking "celebrity" from the telly or GAA.

None of them have cited ANY qualifications or understanding of political systems/governance, law, economics or social/community planning. All they do is trot out the party line and pander to individual, petty "parish pump" issues, (Ahh, sure if ya give me a vote I'll get you planning permission for your ugly mansion and sure didnt i know your father well, he was a great man and voted for us)

I keep saying it, but we get the politicians we deserve.

Rented Mule

Caoimhín wrote: »

I keep saying it, but we get the politicians we deserve.

Without question, the most honest, in your face truth ever posted in any thread on Boards.ie

CLOSE THE FORUMS

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

THE TRUTH HAS SET US FREE

When people begin to belive this and take control of the political process this may change. In the meantime, the insanity will continue.

milod

I play the "how long can I keep a FF canvasser at my door" game. Make up any old ****e and keep them talking. This selfless act prevents them canvassing other more credulous and naive types that might actually vote for the tossers.

Vote local and independent. If everyone did this we might, after the initial confusion of forming a working majority, have a government committed to changing a few things. We might even end up with a few individuals that would stand up to the civil service mandarins that really run the country. We might end up a with a few individuals that would prioritise change and improvement over their industry cronies.

IvyTheTerrible

My dad has never ever voted FF (one of the old school choose-a-party-and-stick-to-it-for-the-rest-of-your-life types) and when the FF candidate called round, he got a half an hour lecture on how FF have messed up the country....made me laugh, because if the canvassers bothered to keep a note of peoples preferences; they would have known it would be a waste of time calling around! My mother feels sorry for the canvassers and tries to get to the door first, but she wasn't around that day..

AnonoBoy

stepbar wrote: »

I'm amazed you were able to sell off your front door. Tip my hat to you

I've got the entrepreneurial spirit that this country so badly needs to get back on its feet. I have the solution to the economic problems.

So can I rely on your vote come election day?

CreepingDeath

Senna wrote: »

Canvassing...

How else can i amuse myself at their expense?

1. Answer the door completely naked.

2. Ask them if they want you to vote on those fancy new electronic voting machines they commissioned, that cost €52 million.

3. Ask them how they can have the bad manners to call around uninvited to your home.

Mr.Lizard

I'm just going to ask them all to sing some lady gaga (whilst dancing appropriately for same). Whoever does the best impression will get my vote.

Lockstep

I'm already out canvassing for a local candidate and even so, I'd never be rude to anyone who's canvassing from another political party, when they come to my door.
No real point to it TBH.


Although I have met some wonderfully eccentric people canvassing, especially during the 2007 election. One guy was telling us how he would give us a 1st preference if we enacted legislation than let him shoot at dogs as he hated dogs. He claimed to have already shot a few local dogs and buried them in his back garden and enjoyed watching the locals scouring the area for their dogs when he knew what had happened.
he invited us in for cake and to see his shotgun collection. We thanked him and declined.
Lovely fella, bat**** insane though.

tech77

Tell them if they can deliver their pitch to you without once using the letter "e" you'll vote for them.

Or variations of same:
Recite their pitch in limerick form etc etc.

Melange

The_Minister wrote: »

Never abuse the canvassers.



Not even the Shinners.

+1

Speaking as someone who's canvassed in the past, it's the height of ignorance to give abuse to someone who's taking an awful lot of their free time out to volunteer for something they believe in. I have nothing but respect for those who canvass.

Even the Shinners.

Eoin

The_Minister wrote: »

Never abuse the canvassers.



Not even the Shinners.

Especially not the Shinners. They have... "friends".

Right.

I'm going to stick a sign up on my door telling each and every politician to go f*ck off.

Dyr

I actually knew one of the new candidates in my area before he got into politics..he was a overbearing, thick as pig**** pr1ck back then..guess which party he's running for? :pac:

ejmaztec

Just collect all of the canvassers like the old lady in the Carlberg ad, and stick em in the cellar. Tell em that you'll give first preference to the party being supported by the last person left alive (except if it's FF).

..or chain all of their heads to a radiator and tell them that they've got to saw their heads off to escape.

... fun-packed fun.

The_Minister

Melange wrote: »

+1

Speaking as someone who's canvassed in the past, it's the height of ignorance to give abuse to someone who's taking an awful lot of their free time out to volunteer for something they believe in. I have nothing but respect for those who canvass.

Even the Shinners.

Especially as abuse just makes you come off as an ignorant prick.

I remember canvassing for a Yes vote for Lisbon, and getting abuse from lots of No voters (they refused to take our leaflets, but would take any No leaflet:rolleyes:). I just wrote them off as ignorant no-nothings.

ART6

Ten minutes ago a knock on my door introduced an FF candidate. Nice guy but very apologetic. He wanted to know if I'd vote FF in the EU elections. I said (gently) that I might if he would get rid of the Brian's. There was a definite slump of the shoulders. "I'm just the local man. I'm not able for all that." he sighed. Poor guy. Cannon fodder for charlatans!

tony1kenobi

I have my lawnmower out on the lawn. If they'll mow the lawn they can have my vote. I care that much.