The Pat Kenny Show

Harry Palmr

I better listen back to this! Need a dose of black comedy.

2smiggy

Since we are currently without a Breakfast Show thread , this is the closest one. Richard Boyd Barrett was on basically saying that surgeons should be paid roughly the same as people sweeping the streets, saying both were important jobs in there own right. Not sure was he saying that with a straight face !! The socialist utopia if they ever manage to get into power with the likes of SF would be 'interesting' to say the least. I'd imagine a mass exodus of surgeons and a mass influx of street sweepers.

plodder

2smiggy wrote: »

Since we are currently without a Breakfast Show thread , this is the closest one. Richard Boyd Barrett was on basically saying that surgeons should be paid roughly the same as people sweeping the streets, saying both were important jobs in there own right. Not sure was he saying that with a straight face !! The socialist utopia if they ever manage to get into power with the likes of SF would be 'interesting' to say the least. I'd imagine a mass exodus of surgeons and a mass influx of street sweepers.

I thought I'd listen to it this morning to see what all the hate towards CK is about, and heard that piece. It's hard to know how serious he is, but it's Leo Varadkar who was on later, that's being quoted on the news now, not RBB. I don't think any listeners have reacted either. That said, I think his point that the Leaving Cert is basically a memory test is worth discussing though.

2smiggy

plodder wrote: »

I thought I'd listen to it this morning to see what all the hate towards CK is about, and heard that piece. It's hard to know how serious he is, but it's Leo Varadkar who was on later, that's being quoted on the news now, not RBB. I don't think any listeners have reacted either. That said, I think his point that the Leaving Cert is basically a memory test is worth discussing though.

plenty of subjects like maths, applied math and physics were far from memory exercises , and there are plenty of college courses that if you did not have a reasonable understanding of these subjects, you would have not have much business doing those courses.

The same could be said of languages. No point in the government providing free courses and grants to people wanting to do a course where German is a big part of the course, with the student being ****e at German after 6 years of it in Secondary School.

I agree too much of the Leaving Cert is a memory test thou, and definitely needs reforming.

plodder

2smiggy wrote: »

plenty of subjects like maths, applied math and physics were far from memory exercises , and there are plenty of college courses that if you did not have a reasonable understanding of these subjects, you would have not have much business doing those courses.

The same could be said of languages. No point in the government providing free courses and grants to people wanting to do a course where German is a big part of the course, with the student being ****e at German after 6 years of it in Secondary School.

I agree too much of the Leaving Cert is a memory test thou, and definitely needs reforming.

I agree. It's also a test of 'ability to work hard' which is a useful thing too. I think it just needs to be tweaked a bit, made more unpredictable and less easy to game. It's really the college entry system that needs to be reformed imo.

plodder

plodder wrote: »

I agree. It's also a test of 'ability to work hard' which is a useful thing too. I think it just needs to be tweaked a bit, made more unpredictable and less easy to game. It's really the college entry system that needs to be reformed imo.

My sister did toxicology in college. She said the first year was basically a crash course in Leaving cert Biology and chemistry, because they(the college) didn't quite trust that everyone on the course knew enough about either subject to be able for the material that is the actual course.

Technocentral

Does the World really need another cook book ffs, there's about 35 million different ones as is, it's a total bore.

Technocentral

Technocentral wrote: »

Does the World really need another cook book ffs, there's about 35 million different ones as is, it's a total bore.

I love to cook but that interview really didn't inspire me to buy it.

Technocentral

Technocentral wrote: »

Does the World really need another cook book ffs, there's about 35 million different ones as is, it's a total bore.

I've got a fantastic recipe book at my disposal. it's called google.com.

I'm trying desperately to raise some sympathy for this caller but I'm really struggling.

Edit: There we go, thats the line I was expecting "It's their property, Im just the tenant".

After living there for 12 years with all the problems.

2smiggy

she waited 10 years for her 4eva home, the poor dear :rolleyes:

Allinall

2smiggy wrote: »

she waited 10 years for her 4eva home, the poor dear :rolleyes:

She's a tenant, and the landlord is failing to maintain the property to an acceptable and legal standard.

A private landlord would be in court at this stage.

Technocentral

Hate that forever home expression but not everyone can afford to buy a house, the ones which are built should be of habitable quality. Having said that the local authority rents should be much higher as a percentage of income of course.

2smiggy

2smiggy wrote: »

she waited 10 years for her 4eva home, the poor dear :rolleyes:

If I got 'given' a 4eva house for very little rent, and I had those list of problems with it, I'd fix them myself. I'd invite a few friends with can-do attitudes round, and fix what we can.

But her attitude, she even said it was, "its their property, Im just the tenant". Despite living there for 12 years.

BPKS

Pat struggling to get a word in with this ex-army fella.

When PK tries to ask a question yer man says "Ya, go on Pat"

I was hoping Pat would ask him did he sleep well.

2smiggy

Eamonn Ryan rivalling Stephen Donnelly for waffling now.

2smiggy

2smiggy wrote: »

Eamonn Ryan rivalling Stephen Donnelly for waffling now.

Exactly one year ago today, my brief holiday in the UK ended and I flew back to Dublin. My friend who I had been on holiday with flew back to China. Upon landing in Shanghai, she was taken to a quarantine hotel where she had to stay for two weeks.

My Question, why are we "nearly ready" to do this here, one year later?

mgn

For someone that has eight advisers like Eammon Ryan you would think he would be a bit more clued up, the man is a complete joke, not a clue outside of taxing the motorist to death.

Klonker

2smiggy wrote: »

Since we are currently without a Breakfast Show thread , this is the closest one. Richard Boyd Barrett was on basically saying that surgeons should be paid roughly the same as people sweeping the streets, saying both were important jobs in there own right. Not sure was he saying that with a straight face !! The socialist utopia if they ever manage to get into power with the likes of SF would be 'interesting' to say the least. I'd imagine a mass exodus of surgeons and a mass influx of street sweepers.

I'd say RBB would of loved the Soviet Union back in the day.

Test For Echo

Deleted User wrote: »

Exactly one year ago today, my brief holiday in the UK ended and I flew back to Dublin. My friend who I had been on holiday with flew back to China. Upon landing in Shanghai, she was taken to a quarantine hotel where she had to stay for two weeks.

My Question, why are we "nearly ready" to do this here, one year later?

Ain't that the question!

Almost one year after Leo scared the bejasus out of the Country with his 'and may God have mercy on us all' speech on Paddy's Day. I'm f*cking sick & tired of not being able to go to the gym, go for a cycle or go for a spin on the motorbike or even leave the house in the car without fear of being questioned by the Gardai. All while there's no mandatory quarantine for people coming into the country! :mad:

Anyway, wrong thread for this but I feel better now.

/rant

BarryM

Test For Echo wrote: »

Ain't that the question!

All while there's no mandatory quarantine for people coming into the country! :mad:

Anyway, wrong thread for this but I feel better now.

/rant

Understand the rant. As a GP member I am embarassed. He is a liability.

However, the real question that Ryan waffled on was the 7000 who were on their horriers and arrived back last week. Ryan said it was a Garda matter, without realising that the passport control in the airport is manned by the guards.

Test For Echo

Test For Echo wrote: »

Ain't that the question!

Almost one year after Leo scared the bejasus out of the Country with his 'and may God have mercy on us all' speech on Paddy's Day. I'm f*cking sick & tired of not being able to go to the gym, go for a cycle or go for a spin on the motorbike or even leave the house in the car without fear of being questioned by the Gardai. All while there's no mandatory quarantine for people coming into the country! :mad:

Anyway, wrong thread for this but I feel better now.

/rant

It really is so simple a thing to set up. Anyone getting off a plane from outside the republic goes through passport control, collects their baggage and then is put on a bus to the clayton airport hotel.

I can just imagine it.

Guard: This way for the bus to the hotel.
Person: I live in Swords, I don't need the hotel.
Guard: Where are you coming in from?
Person: Spain.
Guard: Oh lovely, did you have a nice time?
Person: Yeah great!
Guard: Thats wonderful. Get in the feckin bus.

PhantomHat

2smiggy wrote: »

Since we are currently without a Breakfast Show thread , this is the closest one. Richard Boyd Barrett was on basically saying that surgeons should be paid roughly the same as people sweeping the streets, saying both were important jobs in there own right. Not sure was he saying that with a straight face !! The socialist utopia if they ever manage to get into power with the likes of SF would be 'interesting' to say the least. I'd imagine a mass exodus of surgeons and a mass influx of street sweepers.

It was enlightening radio. A brief look into the mind of RBB and we saw sickle and hammer communism in all its glory. You could almost hear the State Anthem of the Soviet Union playing momentarily in the background.

Cole

Test For Echo wrote: »

Ain't that the question!

Almost one year after Leo scared the bejasus out of the Country with his 'and may God have mercy on us all' speech on Paddy's Day. I'm f*cking sick & tired of not being able to go to the gym, go for a cycle or go for a spin on the motorbike or even leave the house in the car without fear of being questioned by the Gardai. All while there's no mandatory quarantine for people coming into the country! :mad:

Anyway, wrong thread for this but I feel better now.

/rant

I hear ye...but you needn't have much fear of meeting many Gardai. Now granted I've been sticking to the restrictions and am fortunate enough to be able to work from/stay at home, but one checkpoint is all I've encountered in a year.

whisky_galore

mgn wrote: »

For someone that has eight advisers like Eammon Ryan you would think he would be a bit more clued up, the man is a complete joke, not a clue outside of taxing the motorist to death.

I hate that weird creaking vocal tic Sleepy Ryan makes when he's attempting to string a sentence together.

How on earth does an eejit like that hold public office? I wouldn't let him hold a cream bun.

ShamNNspace

whisky_galore wrote: »

I hate that weird creaking vocal tic Sleepy Ryan makes when he's attempting to string a sentence together.

How on earth does an eejit like that hold public office? I wouldn't let him hold a cream bun.

And tis his second bite of the cherry so to speak, what are we like at all... fill your green welly boots Eamon you lucky lucky man

serfboard

Deleted User wrote: »

Get in the feckin bus.

Preferably said in this tone ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0Esd1-ZEE

BPKS

The message on these protests seems to me to be mixed.

Don't protest as its against Covid Regulations on St Patrick's Day.

But you can Protest today even though its against Covid Regulations.

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