Fintan O'Toole

davyjose

I have respect for WB Yeats, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Thin Lizzy, U2, Stephen Roche, Padraig Harrington, Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson.

I respect them in large part part because they're Irish, and groundbreakingly successful.

I do not respect "Jedward". They make me cringe.
They make me cringe in large part because they are Irish, and groundbreakingly Shite.

fryup

Fintan o'toole is spot on, they embody everything that is wrong with modern pop culture i.e. completely talentless

anyway he's not self loathing he just doesn't like jedward

ragg

CliffHuxtabel wrote: »

I think Fintan O'Toole thinks too much about Jedward

Not only does he think to much Jedward, he uses likens their success to the final death throws of the Celtic tiger.
Fintan likes to pontificate to us in a horrid tone of righteous indignation.
He wants us to think that we are bad people for taking every opportunity that the boom presented us.
He wants us to know that Fintan knew better, he saw all this is coming. He is an expert on what is good for Ireland. Why didn't we listen to him? Its not like he's made a career out of writing articles that dismiss anything that stops this country being britians younger, poorer & slightly retarded brother, as bad for Ireland.

Well here you go Fint-Dawg, suck on this



Come on john & Edward, do it for Ireland, do it for Bertie but most of all, do it make fint-dawg cry :pac:

markesmith

ragg, if you're not part of the solution...

Dragan

Do you think the irony that it was that same Celtic Tiger and the bloated corpsy remnants that allows Mr O'Toole to be paid for writing pointless ****e on the interwebs is lost on him?

The article I started to read- God knows why- by this clown today is the piss-weakest drivel I may ever have witnessed anyone make a living from. I struggle to find terms strong enough that would pass filter but is there anyone still reading this self-congratulatory wittering fool at this stage?

He makes David McWilliams look like Socrates, which is impressive in a way I guess.

The_Valeyard

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The article I started to read- God knows why- by this clown today is the piss-weakest drivel I may ever have witnessed anyone make a living from. I struggle to find terms strong enough that would pass filter but is there anyone still reading this self-congratulatory wittering fool at this stage?

He makes David McWilliams look like Socrates, which is impressive in a way I guess.

Just as impressive as your ability to necro raise a thread!

Shrap

Wow. Old thread is old. Looks like nobody cared since 2009 mate I will humour you and go read the offending article though. Shame you didn't provide a link but I'm sure I'll find it.


Edit: Ok, granted it's not brilliant, nor is it original. But I feel for anyone welcoming back a son or daughter just for the holiday season, before waving bye bye at the airport again. My eldest only went to college this year so this is my first experience of the lift I'm feeling with having him home again, and the thought that it's not for long does not appeal (till I've shouted at him to get the fcuk out of bed, it's 3 in the afternoon for a week.....). C'est la vie though, hey? Would of course be worse if he was in Oz, and seeing as he's been gearing up to go there since he was 14, that looks like something that could happen. Not like we're an unusual country this way though.....most small countries/populations must struggle to support their own youth and watch them going "elsewhere".

Fair cops both.. Wasnt sure if best to start a new one or not!

Corpus Twisty

Executive Steve wrote: »

I'd imagine that anyone who can find fault with Fintan's article is probably the sort of mouth breathing troglodyte who texts in "votes" for these cretins every week.


How on earth is loathing vulgarity the mark of a "self hating Irishman"?

Yeah yeah -but what about his name?? Only bettered by Jessie Mcgee.

Shrap

Corpus Twisty wrote: »

Yeah yeah -but what about his name?? Only bettered by Jessie Mcgee.

Dude, you're answering a post that's six years old. It is an unfortunate name though. He must have battled hard over the teen years to rise above it ...

RobertKK

Is he still alive, and why is the IT still going?

mzungu

Were Jedward not a few years after the Celtic Tiger though?

Son Of A Vidic

Resurrecting a Boards.ie thread from 6 years ago has to be site record.

bodhrandude

Peter O'Toole?

Corpus Twisty

Shrap wrote: »

Dude, you're answering a post that's six years old. It is an unfortunate name though. He must have battled hard over the teen years to rise above it ...

Not the first time I've been accused of living in the past..:o

electrobanana

jesus i thought jedward were back there for minute..crisis averted phew

cml387

I suggest a new forum called The Zombie Forum, where old threads are resurrected and walk amongst us again.

They would remind us of who we were then, and how far we have advanced since those dear dead days.

ArtSmart

Didn't notice the article was stale til the last line bout his 'new' book, Ship of Fools.

Don't know if that makes me out-of-touch aul fart, or Fintan.