You are not a f*cking DJ. You’re an overpaid, untalented, cake-throwing c*nt.

Android 666

jtsuited wrote: »

haha little did they know that he would become the nation's favourite homosexual Bloomsday-fanatical Senator.

Which gets on the goat of all the other homosexual Bloomsday-fanatical Senators out there…

joker77

francois wrote: »

yep-along with letters calling us "fags like david norris" -such was the mindset of these people

Do you think there's less of that mindset these days? (genuine question, am interested)

I think you see less whack jobs canvassing for support over the last few years, well of their ilk anyway

Is mise le key

joker77 wrote: »

I was born in '77 so my memory of the 80s is a mix of Haughey/Paisley/Thatcher and Michael J Fox.

I remember,

francois

jtsuited wrote: »

haha little did they know that he would become the nation's favourite homosexual Bloomsday-fanatical Senator.

True-don't forget homosexuality was illegal until Norris went to europe over it-even odder, when i was in the student's union in the 80's we installed a condom vending machine (bear in mind this was at the height of the AIDS awareness campaign) which the college authorities removed because it was illegal to sell johnnies except from a chemist

Is mise le key

francois wrote: »

True-don't forget homosexuality was illegal until Norris went to europe over it-even odder, when i was in the student's union in the 80's we installed a condom vending machine (bear in mind this was at the height of the AIDS awareness campaign) which the college authorities removed because it was illegal to sell johnnies except from a chemist

I remember (ironically for the name) Virgin megastore on the Quays was the first place proper i can recall to have one upstairs.

francois

joker77 wrote: »

Do you think there's less of that mindset these days? (genuine question, am interested)

I think you see less whack jobs canvassing for support over the last few years, well of their ilk anyway

There is a sea change in attitudes from the 80's-look at the way mass attendence has fallen, the amount of people co-habiting and the amount of births outside marriage.
The whole sex abuse thing finished off the power the church had in this state

francois

Is mise le key wrote: »

I remember (ironically for the name) Virgin megastore on the Quays was the first place proper i can recall to have one upstairs.

And they were prosecuted and fined for it

joker77

jtsuited

Jesus yeah....my first sort of knowledge of the whole homosexuality issue was when Emmet Stagg was caught with the rentboy in the Phoenix Park. Of course a few people went mental over it, but he's still held in the utmost regard in my area (which is his constituency).
I later realised that many of my father's friends and colleagues were gay, what with him being involved in the holy trinity of homosexuality at the time - classical music, theatre, and broadcasting.

joker77

francois wrote: »

There is a sea change in attitudes from the 80's-look at the way mass attendence has fallen, the amount of people co-habiting and the amount of births outside marriage.
The whole sex abuse thing finished off the power the church had in this state

Agree on the change, but I don't think the church's power is finished, not at all. Yes attendance is down, but still still have too firm a grip on the education system for my liking

jtsuited

francois wrote: »

There is a sea change in attitudes from the 80's-look at the way mass attendence has fallen, the amount of people co-habiting and the amount of births outside marriage.

Would you believe I had never heard the phrase 'living in sin' until I had moved in with my girlfriend two years ago? And even then it was made as a joke by my girlfriend's parents.

I would consider myself fairly astute when it comes to historical social attitudes, but it had never even crossed my mind that cohabitation would have even been frowned upon, such was the radical change in norms and values in this country over the past few decades.

joker77

jtsuited wrote: »

Would you believe I had never heard the phrase 'living in sin' until I had moved in with my girlfriend two years ago? And even then it was made as a joke by my girlfriend's parents.

I would consider myself fairly astute when it comes to historical social attitudes, but it had never even crossed my mind that cohabitation would have even been frowned upon, such was the radical change in norms and values in this country over the past few decades.

:eek:

Jaysus - you're not that young are you? Would have thought 'living in sin' was known by every adult in this country.

Suppose looking back I did have a pretty traditional Catholic upbringing - Mass every Sunday until I was about 13, when I was old enough to say No More.

jtsuited

I'm 26. Which is fcukin old to me. Especially when I'm still a starving artist making ends meet by doing about 4 jobs (3 of which are actually great craic and one which is sh1te but only takes a few hours and the money is ridiculous).

I can hear fcukin med school calling me every day when I flick on the news and see everybody gettin absolutely nailed.

joker77

It's strange about some expressions / phrases - I really would have thought that one was common. Thinking about it, I moved in with a girlfriend when I was about 19, maybe that's why, dunno.

mid 20s to mid 30s - not much difference for fellas to be honest, we still think we're teenagers.

Android 666

jtsuited wrote: »

I'm 26. Which is fcukin old to me. Especially when I'm still a starving artist making ends meet by doing about 4 jobs (3 of which are actually great craic and one which is sh1te but only takes a few hours and the money is ridiculous).

Is the sh¡te one being a male prostitute? You better start making rainy day plans soon jt. At 26 you're already too old for most of the clientele out there and there's nothing worse then somebody in their thirties, gone to seed, dressed in ill fitting clothes, fat belly hanging over pvc trousers trying to sell their wares outside a public toilet with a record bag over their shoulder. I know the record bag is good protection for your knees in those toilets but it looks odd…

jtsuited

joker77 wrote: »

mid 20s to mid 30s - not much difference for fellas to be honest, we still think we're teenagers.

Then 40's -50's - still think we're teenagers but the Man finally won, so we console ourselves with family life, cigars, and golf.

Actually I'd like kids, a collection of cigars and plan to get back into golf when my music quasi-career goes tits up, so I guess the Man won't win, I'll just defect.

jtsuited

Android 666 wrote: »

Is the sh¡te one being a male prostitute?

Haha, don't have the looks for it anymore. Although I'm finally back training hard so it's only a matter of time before I'll be bumping into you outside public toilets.

Android 666

jtsuited wrote: »

Then 40's -50's - still think we're teenagers but the Man finally won, so we console ourselves with family life, cigars, and golf.

Actually I'd like kids, a collection of cigars and plan to get back into golf when my music quasi-career goes tits up, so I guess the Man won't win, I'll just defect.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's how we'll all convince ourselves. I didn't give in to the man, I merely played along with to lull him into a false sense of security and then when I'm in my fifties and overweight, BAM!!! I'll unleash my masterplan that I'm working on trying to figure out!

joker77

Am partial to a good cigar myself. Haven't had one in ages, must get a Monte Christo...

I'm off the cigarettes again though, so might leave it a while.

My brother bought me a mini humidor for Christmas a couple of years ago - something like this:


It's going unused at the moment, haven't stocked up and need to get proper distilled water for it.

It does look a little out of place... ideas above my station and all that....

Android 666

jtsuited wrote: »

Haha, don't have the looks for it anymore. Although I'm finally back training hard so it's only a matter of time before I'll be bumping into you outside public toilets.

Just don't try to steal my patch biatch!!!

jtsuited

I dunno...let's let the market decide.

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

I dunno...let's let the market decide.

Sure you can get Mr. Stag to swing a few favors for you in your constituency;););)

Android 666

jtsuited wrote: »

I dunno...let's let the market decide.

Hey, I thought you weren't a capitalist!!!

Anyways, bring it on! My mouth is made for loving!

jtsuited

Android 666 wrote: »

Hey, I thought you weren't a capitalist!!!

Anyways, bring it on! My mouth is made for loving!

I'm a capitalist when I'm winning, a socialist when I'm losing, a communist when I'm hungry and an anarchist when I'm caught.

Android 666

jtsuited wrote: »

I'm a capitalist when I'm winning, a socialist when I'm losing, a communist when I'm hungry and an anarchist when I'm caught.

The perfect attitude to life. Nothing can ever be your fault!

joker77

Completely forgot it was burn a Catholic effigy night over the water

electrogrimey

Kind of accidentally played a 40 minute drum and bass set in the Shaw last night. Venues should realise that the amount of free drink given is inversely proportional to the standard of the set.

jimi_t2

electrogrimey wrote: »

Kind of accidentally played a 40 minute drum and bass set in the Shaw last night. Venues should realise that the amount of free drink given is inversely proportional to the standard of the set.

Set the mood nicely for the chromeo/juggernauts gig I'd say


In other news

Beat : Lost 80 euro on online poker this week
Brag : Won tickets to the Eno/Philip Glass concert on Tuesday + a 3 course dinner for two; also found out today that I won two tickets to the Ross O' Caroll Kelly thing in the Olympia next week which are like 50e a pop.

Seriously, enter every competition you see!

ianuss

I know they say Russia can be a dangerous place, but this is taking it to the extreme. Even their hamsters wanna fukk you up!

http://www.break.com/index/evil-hamster-attacks-russians-1947267

Pace2008

jimi_t2 wrote: »

Seriously, enter every competition you see!

I've entered two of the 515 competitions on the Clubbing forum and won tickets to Sasha on the second go. My mate also has a 50% hit rate for same.

I'd say there are on average about 5 people entering them, tops.