Persil is proud keeper of the Irish tri-colour! really?

Slideshowbob

So they say in their new Olympic ad.

Persil is owned by Unilever, the British–Dutch multinational consumer goods company.

Is it right they can claim this in an ad?

Does it not disrespect those that died for Ireland's freedom?

Or have the government sold the rights of the flag as part of austerity?

Born to Die

I saw this recently and wondered why Daz hadn't bid. Then I realised they just do whites.

phill106

I think they mean they keep it clean without running the colours... You may be reading too much into this!

Sauve

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Does it not disrespect those that died for Ireland's freedom?

Or have the government sold the rights of the flag as part of austerity?

Will ya come round to yourself :rolleyes:
It's only an ad ffs.

ejmaztec

Also removes blood-stains.

themadchef

Slideshowbob wrote: »

So they say in their new Olympic ad.

Persil is owned by Unilever, the British–Dutch multinational consumer goods company.

Is it right they can claim this in an ad?

Does it not disrespect those that died for Ireland's freedom?

Or have the government sold the rights of the flag as part of austerity?

We are drinking mochachoccafrappa latte with fat free milk and extra no calorie sugar. We eat McDonalds for breakfast... and drink Redbull and Vodka..

I dont think our ancestors would give a fúck about the place tbh

Fighting Irish

Slideshowbob wrote: »

So they say in their new Olympic ad.

Persil is owned by Unilever, the British–Dutch multinational consumer goods company.

Is it right they can claim this in an ad?

Does it not disrespect those that died for Ireland's freedom?

Or have the government sold the rights of the flag as part of austerity?

:rolleyes:

Yakult

Its only an advert.

krudler

they probably have the exact same ad for the British flag on the UK stations, its just an ad

Mickeroo

Slideshowbob wrote: »

So they say in their new Olympic ad.

Persil is owned by Unilever, the British–Dutch multinational consumer goods company.

Is it right they can claim this in an ad?

Does it not disrespect those that died for Ireland's freedom?

Or have the government sold the rights of the flag as part of austerity?

Not sure if serious.

galwayrush

Thank you OP, we should be outraged, silly me worrying about taxes/ cutacks / too many more such trivial things. Persil's add is the real enemy.

El Inho

get the rifles lads, we're off to england.

Born to Die

It's the price we have had to pay for the money off coupons your Mum has collected over the years but never used. They were always there at the top of the box telling you that savings were at hand but no we were just too rich to bother with any coupons, Celtic Tiger attitude coming back to haunt us now.

mathepac

OP has a point.

We should be using the locally produced green detergent manufactured from pig-fat, cows' wee-wee and ashes from the grate.

To lessen the carbon impact of the detergent, the manufacturer hand-carries two packets each week from his plant n Bally-go-backwards, Co. Gobshyte to Dunnes Stores in Cornelscourt, which explains why it costs €175.99 per packet.

partyatmygaff

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Does it not disrespect those that died for Ireland's freedom?

Yes. I vote we collectively aim our potato cannons at the Dutch and shell them until Persil stops disrespecting our patriots by associating themselves with the flag.

baalthor

Repeated washing with Persil causes the orange colour to fade to a more golden hue ...

ejmaztec

baalthor wrote: »

Repeated washing with Persil causes the orange colour to fade to a more golden hue ...

Unilever's Dutch scientists have cured this problem by giving it added orange.

Show Time

ejmaztec wrote: »

Unilever's Dutch scientists have cured this problem by giving it added orange.

I like my tricolour green white and gold tbh.

wendell borton

If the colours run in the wash the flag will come out blue, possible future flag of a united ireland?:rolleyes:

Grayson

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Or have the government sold the rights of the flag as part of austerity?

Hope they got a couple of quid for it.

paddyandy

The way the Tri-colour is treated at events like Pat's day and others like scattering it around the streets as litter and the like ...i believe Unilever/ Persil will treat it much better than we do .

Logical Fallacy

paddyandy wrote: »

The way the Tri-colour is treated at events like Pat's day and others like scattering it around the streets as litter and the like ...i believe Unilever/ Persil will treat it much better than we do .

What the ****s is Pat's Day?

The Radiator

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

What the ****s is Pat's Day?

Shorthand for Saint Patrick's Day

hardCopy

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

paddyandy wrote: »

The way the Tri-colour is treated at events like Pat's day and others like scattering it around the streets as litter and the like ...i believe Unilever/ Persil will treat it much better than we do .

What the ****s is Pat's Day?

Pretty sure it was an episode of Eastenders

Logical Fallacy

The Radiator wrote: »

Shorthand for Saint Patrick's Day

Nope. It isn't.

Dudess

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

The Radiator wrote: »

Shorthand for Saint Patrick's Day

Nope. It isn't.

Yeah that's St Patty's day.

/runs

bwatson

Show Time wrote: »

I like my tricolour green white and gold tbh.

You realize what this flag represents and what those who fly it believe in, don't you?

Show Time

bwatson wrote: »

You realize what this flag represents and what those who fly it believe in, don't you?

Green for the land of Ireland
White for a land of peace
Gold for the high kings of Tara who once ruled the land.

Peetrik

Sauve wrote: »

Will ya come round to yourself

Have to say the combo of username and type of accent that I would imagine saying something like this are so at odds with each other I find it hilarious

Pherekydes

Show Time wrote: »

Green for the land of Ireland
White for a land of peace
Gold for the high kings of Tara who once ruled the land.

It was never gold. Gold thread is too expensive. We had to make do with orange. I wonder why?

bwatson

Show Time wrote: »

Green for the land of Ireland
White for a land of peace
Gold for the high kings of Tara who once ruled the land.

The vast majority of those who fly the flag with gold instead of orange intend to show their complete intolerance of protestant people. They believe that they deserve no recognition on the flag.

It doesn't particularly bother me - I don't care too much to be represented on a flag, especially the tricolour (which in my eyes is particularly ugly either way)!

Aidric

Mickeroo wrote: »

Not sure if serious.

I hope he's trolling. I really really do. Otherwise :rolleyes::rolleyes:

southcentralts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

says it all really

Chuck Stone

bwatson wrote: »

The vast majority of those who fly the flag with gold instead of orange intend to show their complete intolerance of protestant people. They believe that they deserve no recognition on the flag.

I don't think too many people are enamoured with the idea of the Orange part of N/Irish Protestantism anyway.

I don't especially care for the tricolour either; I kinda like the gold harp on a green background myself.

the_syco

phill106 wrote: »

I think they mean they keep it clean without running the colours... You may be reading too much into this!

No colours run for Ireland? Jaysus, we're f**ked! Sure aren't all the colours winning the races these days?

ejmaztec

Show Time wrote: »

Green for the land of Ireland
White for a land of peace
Gold for the high kings of Tara who once ruled the land.

The Irish Constitution says orange.:P

Logical Fallacy

Show Time wrote: »

Green for the land of Ireland
White for a land of peace
Gold for the high kings of Tara who once ruled the land.

lol

CantGetNoSleep

People these days are all little bitches that get upset over anything

Chuck Stone

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

People these days are all little bitches that get upset over anything

Yeah I remember when you could just punch a random stranger in the face and it was only a bit of fun.

Happy days them.

admiralofthefleet

should have been sponsored by radion

mackg

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I don't think too many people are enamoured with the idea of the Orange part of N/Irish Protestantism anyway.

I don't especially care for the tricolour either; I kinda like the gold harp on a green background myself.

I was baptised protestant and the only nickname I was ever given that pissed me off was Jaffa

44leto

mackg wrote: »

I was baptised protestant and the only nickname I was ever given that pissed me off was Jaffa

I was at my nephews protestant baptism, I was massively disappointed that no goat was sacrificed to Baal and not a naked virgin in sight. It was as boring and the same as mass, except I had a pocket full of condoms for the orgy afterwards that didn't happen.

mackg

44leto wrote: »

I was at my nephews protestant baptism, I was massively disappointed that no goat was sacrificed to Baal and not a naked virgin in sight. It was as boring and the same as mass, except I had a pocket full of condoms for the orgy afterwards that didn't happen.

That doesn't sound right You sure they were Protestants?

awec

mackg wrote: »

That doesn't sound right You sure they were Protestants?

He obviously wasn't invited to the post-ceremony orgy. Not everyone gets to attend obviously.

Wattle

I presume we can alter our national anthem to include lots of references to Persil? Nothing wrong with a bit of product placement when the country is broke.

Born to Die

It is a mistake, they meant to buy the flag of the Ivory Coast but someone was looking at the box upside down. They prefer their products to be associated with decent equitable countries.

Panic over.

mackg

Wattle wrote: »

I presume we can alter our national anthem to include lots of references to Persil? Nothing wrong with a bit of product placement when the country is broke.

Or sell them the naming rights to Leinster house?

mackg

awec wrote: »

He obviously wasn't invited to the post-ceremony orgy. Not everyone gets to attend obviously.

baptised Catholic you get into heaven, baptised Protestant you get into the orgy. Which would you choose?

awec

mackg wrote: »

baptised Catholic you get into heaven, baptised Protestant you get into the orgy. Which would you choose?

The orgy was fun.

efb

I'm an ariel man...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUBazW1nQtY

44leto

awec wrote: »

He obviously wasn't invited to the post-ceremony orgy. Not everyone gets to attend obviously.

I am going to regret asking, but is the code word for the "real" heathen, pagan ceremony "would you like to come for tea and cucumber sandwiches"?