Meeeeeriam

FlutterinBantam

Jaysus:eek:

The auld Flutther was motoring down the M1 for a round of golf today ,Rad tuned to Radio 1 when on comes Michael D and the Mott Sabine, in conversation with Meeeeeriam..

:eek:

Sweet jaysus, what a fooking pompous and foppish couple they came across as!!

Do these people think of the real world?

Flubbed a seven iron short of the green on the 1st hole still thinking of the vapid, contrived, fcuking false accents and the left wing gush that came from them.

No fcuking score on the second hole such was my anger that people somehow look up to these gimps.

Disaster day!!

dh0661

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Sweet jaysus, what a fooking pompous and foppish couple they came across as!!

Do these people think of the real world?

Didn't hear it myself but IMO that "fooking pompous and foppish" attitude is typical of our politicians.
I would not let it upset my game though.;)

FlutterinBantam

Tell ya sommat honey, if you heard this shyte, 'twould put you off your stroke so it would.

And you seem to be a solid kind of girl.

dambarude

I didn't think they were so bad. Micheal D's far from the worst in the Dáil, I thought he came across quite well.

humberklog

Gotta go with FB here. Smug and righteous...him and the missus had both in equal measure.
I tought Miriam was finding the interview a little more painful than usual.



Have image of Flutt in plus fours:D.

TimmyTarmac

Heard three minutes of Mr and Mrs Pompous and Meeriam. Between them and Miriam's almost unbearable accent, I started encouraging the children to scream to block it out and try to erase the memory. Social Services may not like it, but something had to be done.
Mickey D reminds me of many elected socialists one might encounter - great concern for humanity but fairly arrogant and pompous in a one on one with a human being. Labour is full of em.

syklops

I spoke to her on the phone once and she actually said "don't you know who I am?".

At the time I didn't and said No. "I'm Meeeriam O'CallaghaNNN!"

She wanted to register miriam.ie as a domain for her upcoming book. Let me just do a quick check - No she never got it registered. Being an RTE celeb is not a good enough reason to get a .ie domain.

FlutterinBantam

TimmyTarmac wrote: »

Heard three minutes of Mr and Mrs Pompous and Meeriam. Between them and Miriam's almost unbearable accent, I started encouraging the children to scream to block it out and try to erase the memory. Social Services may not like it, but something had to be done.
Mickey D reminds me of many elected socialists one might encounter - great concern for humanity but fairly arrogant and pompous in a one on one with a human being. Labour is full of em.

Indeed Mr Timmy, the lovable elf has a common thread with most of those socialists and labour intellegensia, they have great concern for the 'downtrodden' and this is the nub of it, provided they don't have to pay for it themselves

It amused me no end that Michael pooh poohed the idea of retirement:D:D

Why would he when John Q Taxpayer pays him extremely well in salary and expenses to spout flowery waffle and express hand wringing concern at our expense That's the key, at our expense

As Meeeriam says Pah Kenny goh ih righ;)

coylemj

Michael D succeeded in getting TG4 established which means that gazillions of our cash is going to pay Irish 'actors' and their associated producers to churn out programmes that almost nobody watches. Imagine paying someone to dub Sponge Bob Squarepants into Irish!

And as a safety net for the gaeilgoirs who can't act or aren't in the 'meeja', Eamon O'Cuiv will sort you out with a job translating important official documents (e.g. the Bord na Mona annual report or the Wexford County development plan) into Irish so nobody can read them.

Good to know that there's useful jobs waiting for those kids who attend those Gael Scoils for no other reason than that their parents don't want them going to the same school as the riff-raff.

kraggy

coylemj wrote: »

Michael D succeeded in getting TG4 established which means that gazillions of our cash is going to pay Irish 'actors' and their associated producers to churn out programmes that almost nobody watches. Imagine paying someone to dub Sponge Bob Squarepants into Irish!

And as a safety net for the gaeilgoirs who can't act or aren't in the 'meeja', Eamon O'Cuiv will sort you out with a job translating important official documents (e.g. the Bord na Mona annual report or the Wexford County development plan) into Irish so nobody can read them.

Good to know that there's useful jobs waiting for those kids who attend those Gael Scoils for no other reason than that their parents don't want them going to the same school as the riff-raff.

I suggest you watch a few programmes on TG4 and then afterwards, revert to RTE and you will notice that TG4 programming is produced to a FAR higher standard than RTE 1 or 2.

Even the basics such as continuity and going to a clip in the news on six-one cannot be nailed by the imbeclic, incompetent eejits in Montrose.

TG4 on the other hand are very professional in their production.

Regarding dubbing Spongebob as Gaeilge, contrary to what you may think, not everyone in this country speaks English as their first language. There are thousands of kids who speak Gaeilge as their first language at home, at mass, at school and on the street with their friends. So why shouldn't these be facilitated too? These families are paying a tv license and taxes too.

And regarding parents sending their kids to Gaelscoileanna, I will be too if I ever have kids. I want my children to speak Irish as it's our first official language. Should we abolish Irish altogether. Shur why don't we just take on the pound sterling, get rid of the Eircom Premier League, abolish GAA and start swearing allegiance to the Queen??

I really don't understand the anti-Gaeilge mentality. If you don't want to speak it that's fine. But plenty do and they're needs and wants should be respected too.

humberklog

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

they have great concern for the 'downtrodden' and this is the nub of it, provided they don't have to pay for it themselves

I would have said that they do indeed have great concern for the downtrodden and marginalised of society once they don't have to share polite company and dinner table with them or the same schools with their cildren, then let the pompous piuosness cups overfloweth with deep righteous concern.

"the clouds were pregnant with rain"

syklops

I really don't understand the anti-Gaeilge mentality. If you don't want to speak it that's fine. But plenty do and they're needs and wants should be respected too.

Well alot of us don't want to speak it and don't want to learn it. So why are we forced to learn it right up until the age of 18?

Now I have nothing against people speaking Irish. In fact since I moved abroad, I actually like listening to the Nuacht and trying to figure out what they are saying. What I don't like is the language forced down my throat. I also don't like the money I used to pay in tax, and god willing will pay again being used to prop up the language.

Anyway, I think we have gone off topic. This thread is about Meeeeeeeeriam. Not Irish as the national language.

humberklog

syklops wrote: »

Anyway, I think we have gone off topic. This thread is about Meeeeeeeeriam. Not Irish as the national language.

Isn't it about the Higginsesers' interview? And Meeeeeeriam is a reference to the very annoying way Michael Twee was pronouncing her name?

Fulton Crown

humberklog wrote: »

Isn't it about the Higginsesers' interview? And Meeeeeeriam is a reference to the very annoying way Michael Twee was pronouncing her name?

MMM...not quite there I think Humber...it's Meeeriam herself that calls herself "Meeeriam".

Now maybe the pompous fairy called her that too...I dint catch the interview.

Like the Flutt, I was in the car when it was trailed shortly before 10 o'clock,,,whacked the orf button ...... sharpish.

Cant take Meeeeriam at the best of times.....and the combination of herself and the Sultans of Twee proved eminently......... resistable.

Hmmmm....?

humberklog

Fulton Crown wrote: »

MMM...not quite there I think Humber...it's Meeeriam herself that calls herself "Meeeriam".

Now maybe the pompous fairy called her that too...I dint catch the interview.

Like the Flutt, I was in the car when it was trailed shortly before 10 o'clock,,,whacked the orf button ...... sharpish.

Cant take Meeeeriam at the best of times.....and the combination of herself and the Sultans of Twee proved eminently......... resistable.

Hmmmm....?

You could well be right FC. I notice that FB's original post only has 5 e's in Meeeeeriam whereas Mickytwee was pronouncing it with 8.

I was in the kitchen preparing kippers and a boiled egg at the time. Maybe it's one of those moments in time that people will remember where they were when this apocalyptic triumvirate of smug clouded out the airwaves for an hour for the rest of their lives.
My fridge buzzed when they came on.

FlutterinBantam

Indeed indeed, if I can indulge myself somewhat, the guest list Meeeeeriam has set up seems to fit the' D4'or 'well heeled professionals slot' very snugly.

They seem to be the people we see on the Herald Niteline series where these people seem to have 'jetted in' to Dublin recently or perhaps are 'just back' from skiing in Gstaad or who work in RTE and as such,travel the world at our expense and display all the unlovely traits of a cossetted lifestyle mainly bankrolled by John Q Taxpayer.

Seem to be the kind of people Meeeeeriam loves to entertain and make small talk about how they are taking the taxpayer for a rooide and how the fook they haven't been found out yet.

Meeeriam in my opinion is a papier mache pastiche of a hard interviewer on the Telly and will be found out when Crowley gets to grips with his brief.

Fulton Crown

humberklog wrote: »

You could well be right FC. I notice that FB's original post only has 5 e's in Meeeeeriam whereas Mickytwee was pronouncing it with 8.

I was in the kitchen preparing kippers and a boiled egg at the time. Maybe it's one of those moments in time that people will remember where they were when this apocalyptic triumvirate of smug clouded out the airwaves for an hour for the rest of their lives.
My fridge buzzed when they came on.

Go the foookin 'Umber.! Nice one bud...nice turn o phrase there .

Jeeze me lil "potable" neeeerly multed with the molten shite the twees were spoutun !

KnowwharrImeaan ?

FlutterinBantam

Moi gasts todaiy are Soirse and Paul Ronan.............:mad:.

Now I'm sure that Saoirse is a nice girl, but jaysus talk about being old for your age, have to say though I'm sure she has terrific talent, she grinds my gears quite a bit.

The auld fella seems a bit of a scobe, Meeeriam didn't delve too much into the background,Finglas or Clondalkin I'd say.?

JonathanAnon

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Now I'm sure that Saoirse is a nice girl, but jaysus talk about being old for your age, have to say though I'm sure she has terrific talent, she grinds my gears quite a bit.

I find her very hard to listen to as well. especially when she's been interviewed by Tubridy. But the girl is obviously hugely talented and has an amazing career ahead of her.

The Muppet

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Now I'm sure that Saoirse is a nice girl, but jaysus talk about being old for your age, have to say though I'm sure she has terrific talent, she grinds my gears quite a bit.

The auld fella seems a bit of a scobe, Meeeriam didn't delve too much into the background,Finglas or Clondalkin I'd say.?

A lot of successful people appear to grind your gears, Could it be the Irish thing I wonder?

I heard the interview this morning, she appeared to be quite level headed, what did you expect of her? Her choice of music was pretty normal for a teenager too. She sounded pretty grounded to me.

FlutterinBantam

Now now Muppser, don't be venting your spleen on the auld Flutther.

I couldn't give tuppence about her choice of music, but fact remains she is far too precocious for my taste, now that's just me.

Any info on the auld lad, scoebish accent, Coolock/Finglas/Clondalkin comes to mind.Couldn't listen to him for too long either, but seems a very sensible person.

The Muppet

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Now now Muppser, don't be venting your spleen on the auld Flutther.

I couldn't give tuppence about her choice of music, but fact remains she is far too precocious for my taste, now that's just me.

Any info on the auld lad, scoebish accent, Coolock/Finglas/Clondalkin comes to mind.Couldn't listen to him for too long either, but seems a very sensible person.

No venting Flutter, just an observation , Miriam , Boucher Hayes, O Connor, Duffy, Hook and all presenters taking holidays have come in for non constructive criticism from you. Nothing Personal Flutter bit it just made me wonder is there anyone working in radio in Ireland that meets your approval or are you just a little jealous of all successful broadcasters.

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Indeed indeed, if I can indulge myself somewhat, the guest list Meeeeeriam has set up seems to fit the' D4'or 'well heeled professionals slot' very snugly.

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Any info on the auld lad, scoebish accent, Coolock/Finglas/Clondalkin comes to mind.Couldn't listen to him for too long either, but seems a very sensible person.

Maybe she read your post last week and wanted to prove you wrong, mission accomplished.:)

FlutterinBantam

Aaah now, no jealousy at all Mr Muppit.

I'm an old fashioned kinda guy, I like to get value for my hard earned tax money.

I feel that a Public service broadcaster should entertain the public at holiday periods, not turn things over to tape recorders and repeats.

Sure 'twoud be like the Premiership players in England all getting Xmas and the New year off and reserves taking their places.

As Mrs Flutther remarked the other day" Them shower out in Montrose, getting every holiday period off and getting a King's ransom in wages,I don't mind them getting up on me back, but don't pi$$ down me neck".

Damn right Julia says I,"Pass the frikken Tommy K there please.!!

The Muppet

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Aaah now, no jealousy at all Mr Muppit.

I'm an old fashioned kinda guy, I like to get value for my hard earned tax money.

I feel that a Public service broadcaster should entertain the public at holiday periods, not turn things over to tape recorders and repeats.

Sure 'twoud be like the Premiership players in England all getting Xmas and the New year off and reserves taking their places.

As Mrs Flutther remarked the other day" Them shower out in Montrose, getting every holiday period off and getting a King's ransom in wages,I don't mind them getting up on me back, but don't pi$$ down me neck".

Damn right Julia says I,"Pass the frikken Tommy K there please.!!

Thanks I lolled.

That's fine . I though you might be a failed broadcater with a grudge.

I don't quite agree with you re the holidays, all workers are entitled to holidays., It makes sense to em to alter radio schedules on Holidays etc as the audience varies at those times.

I don't agree with the tax slant either particulaly where radio is involved. Wouldn't they be entitled to even more money if they were to work Bank Holdays Xmas , New Year etc.

FlutterinBantam

Here's the way I see it Mr Muppitt.

The theaters are in full production over the holiday period
The cinemas are in full production
The shops are in full production
The transport services are in full production.
The pubs and niteclubs are banging away full blast.

All in the entertainment and public service industry.

I cannot for the life of me see why RTE, who serve the public, can close down practically from December 22 to jan 04.

I just don't see the logic in that given the remit that they have and the wages they get, surely they could do better

The Muppet

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Here's the way I see it Mr Muppitt.

The theaters are in full production over the holiday period
The cinemas are in full production
The shops are in full production
The transport services are in full production.
The pubs and niteclubs are banging away full blast.

All in the entertainment and public service industry.

I cannot for the life of me see why RTE, who serve the public, can close down practically from December 22 to jan 04.

I just don't see the logic in that given the remit that they have and the wages they get, surely they could do better

If they had closed down for that period you'd have a point. However they didn't, they alterered their schedule provoiding us with such gems as just a second the 60 minute quiz. I would have though you would have enjoyed the break from the routine.

FlutterinBantam

Did you learn to spell or are you a different poster?:p

The Muppet

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Did you learn to spell or are you a different poster?:p

Neither, I was on a temporary licence.:)

ntlbell

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Sure 'twoud be like the Premiership players in England all getting Xmas and the New year off and reserves taking their places.

but they do feck off and leave us with no football for months :mad::mad: