Sean O'Rourke Today Show

P. Breathnach · 16-01-2014 1:25pm

Not everybody on a good income has an expensive watch.

IvyTheTerrible · 16-01-2014 1:26pm

Boroso wrote: »

inverted snobbery

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noun

[mass noun] • derogatory the attitude of seeming to despise anything associated with wealth or social status, while at the same time elevating those things associated with lack of wealth and social position.

Thanks! I love learning something new. :rolleyes:

serfboard · 16-01-2014 2:52pm

artful_codger wrote: »

Sean was talking about Benefits Street, as opposed to RTE which is on the posher Benefits Avenue.

Are either of them anywhere near Entitlements Row (on the northside) or Entitlements Mews (on the southside)?

constitutionus · 16-01-2014 5:49pm

just around the corner from increments junction.

neris · 16-01-2014 6:32pm

Boroso wrote: »

inverted snobbery

Line breaks: in|vert¦ed snob|beryPronunciation:

noun

[mass noun] • derogatory the attitude of seeming to despise anything associated with wealth or social status, while at the same time elevating those things associated with lack of wealth and social position.

As a newbie around here you should know that theres alot of sarcasm and pi55taking on the radio forum. If your going to be such a sensitive soul about comments made about radio people and rte in particular youd be better finding a more polite forum. After hours is definitly not for you

Boroso · 17-01-2014 10:09am

neris wrote: »

As a newbie around here you should know that theres alot of sarcasm and pi55taking on the radio forum. If your going to be such a sensitive soul about comments made about radio people and rte in particular youd be better finding a more polite forum. After hours is definitly not for you

I wasn't planning on being a sensitive soul. I thank you for your unasked for advice, although have often found, myself, that unasked for advice rarely is offered by those people who one seeks out for the quality of their advice.

For your notes, inverted snobbery can come in many forms, even sometimes as sarcasm, and the two are not mutually exclusive.

As an "oldie" around here, I assume you expect new entrants from time to time, and it seems particularly insensitive of you to think being an "oldie" gives you extra rights or privileges

artful_codger · 17-01-2014 11:39am

Public Health Warning: Tom Parlon, property bubble shill ahead.

Callan57 · 17-01-2014 11:41am

artful_codger wrote: »

Public Health Warning: Tom Parlon, property bubble shill ahead.

They haven't gone away you know - Parlon is enough to spoil my weekend :mad:

artful_codger · 17-01-2014 11:43am

Callan57 wrote: »

They haven't gone away you know - Parlon is enough to spoil my weekend :mad:

Why why why does the Today Show think it's appropriate to have a Construction lobbyist on to talk about housing?

delaad · 17-01-2014 11:44am

Boroso wrote: »

In the context of the times and environment in which Paisley lived, to have only been "a bully with a massive ego" seems to be quite a compliment. To have stood up to murderers, thugs, armed paramilitaries, bombs, car bombs, assaults, knee-cappings and all the rest, to have just been viewed as a bit of a bully with an ego seems quite restrained and mild, in context.

So Paisley stood up to the UDA and UVF!

Callan57 · 17-01-2014 11:56am

... and now it's Dermot Ahern :eek:
Spring must be early this year, the dinosaurs are all out of hibernation - no doubt Dermot will tell us all about crime & the causes of crime.
Think I'll go for a coffee this deja vou is too much for me :mad::mad:

Boroso · 17-01-2014 11:58am

delaad wrote: »

So Paisley stood up to the UDA and UVF!

In the context in which Paisley lived, that he was merely thought to be a "bully with a massive " ego seems comparatively benign.

serfboard · 17-01-2014 12:59pm

artful_codger wrote: »

Public Health Warning: Tom Parlon, property bubble shill ahead.

Maybe Sean doesn't realise it but saying "Coming up after the break - Tom Parlon" is guaranteed to make me switch off/over.

And judging by the quoted comment I'm not alone.

IvyTheTerrible · 17-01-2014 1:00pm

And there's the twelve o clock beep!

michael999999 · 17-01-2014 2:20pm

Callan57 wrote: »

... and now it's Dermot Ahern :eek:
Spring must be early this year, the dinosaurs are all out of hibernation - no doubt Dermot will tell us all about crime & the causes of crime.
Think I'll go for a coffee this deja vou is too much for me :mad::mad:

The nodding donkey as Ivan Yates described him!

Lapin · 21-01-2014 11:28am

Enjoying Valerie Cox's report from my old neck of the woods and can relate to it all.

But she could work a bit on getting place names right.

Evan DietrichSmith · 21-01-2014 11:29am

Lapin wrote: »

Enjoying Valerie Cox's report from my old neck of the woods and can relate to it all.

But she could work a bit on getting place names right.

Sean put her right sharpish.

IvyTheTerrible · 21-01-2014 11:29am

I can understand these places are isolated but to say that there are tribes in the Amazon less isolated than them, hyperbole much?

Lapin · 21-01-2014 11:49am

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Sean put her right sharpish.

I noticed that. Although the area is his old neck of the woods too. He probably did it without thinking.

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I can understand these places are isolated but to say that there are tribes in the Amazon less isolated than them, hyperbole much?

I was thinking the same thing.

It reminded me of the time the late Seamus Brennan described a bridge carrying the Luas over a roundabout in Dundrum as 'Dublin's Golden Gate Bridge'.

And the time local politicians in Dublin's Docklands suggested plans to build 3 highrise buildings there would turn the area into Manhattan !

Also, how any regional airfield in Ireland that managed to secure a flight to Luton or Bristol became an international airport overnight !

We do love our hyperbole in Ireland.

touts · 21-01-2014 12:48pm

Oh dear god. M'Lady O'Donnell is going on and on and on and on and on and on. It is probably 15 min and feels like an hour....

artful_codger · 21-01-2014 1:02pm

Is there any need for the Angelus? Sean's Casio watch alarm is a perfectly good alternative.

Mr Pseudonym · 21-01-2014 1:09pm

Lapin wrote: »

It reminded me of the time the late Seamus Brennan described a bridge carrying the Luas over a roundabout in Dundrum as 'Dublin's Golden Gate Bridge'.

And the time local politicians in Dublin's Docklands suggested plans to build 3 highrise buildings there would turn the area into Manhattan !

Also, how any regional airfield in Ireland that managed to secure a flight to Luton or Bristol became an international airport overnight !

We do love our hyperbole in Ireland.

Outstanding post, Lapin.

Boroso · 22-01-2014 9:13am

touts wrote: »

Oh dear god. M'Lady O'Donnell is going on and on and on and on and on and on. It is probably 15 min and feels like an hour....

It seems to have become a fashion here to listen to MLOD on the radio, and then rush here to say how shocking and appalling she is.

Why does anyone listen to MLOD all the time professing they don't like to listen to MLOD?

touts · 22-01-2014 9:17am

Boroso wrote: »

It seems to have become a fashion here to listen to MLOD on the radio, and then rush here to say how shocking and appalling she is.

Why does anyone listen to MLOD all the time professing they don't like to listen to MLOD?

I don't have control of the radio in the office.

IvyTheTerrible · 22-01-2014 10:39am

Boroso wrote: »

It seems to have become a fashion here to listen to MLOD on the radio, and then rush here to say how shocking and appalling she is.

Why does anyone listen to MLOD all the time professing they don't like to listen to MLOD?

Because we enjoy listening to the rest of the show, and this is a segment we don't enjoy?

Callan57 · 22-01-2014 11:21am

Boroso wrote: »

It seems to have become a fashion here to listen to MLOD on the radio, and then rush here to say how shocking and appalling she is.

Why does anyone listen to MLOD all the time professing they don't like to listen to MLOD?

I don't ... the minute Sean mentiones her I'm gone. Which unfortunately is why I regularly miss later items on the show. :mad:

ThisRegard · 22-01-2014 11:44am

These apprentice guys, serious question, but they're earning a wage unlike a lot of students, so why shouldn't they be paying fees like a full time student ? Are they being asked to pay more than a full time 3rd level student ?

artful_codger · 22-01-2014 11:45am

320 a week and living at home...and he can't afford 800 euro fees? Suck it up Princess.

ThisRegard · 22-01-2014 11:45am

There's my answer, they're not being asked to pay anything a full time student isn't being asked to pay. Stick your whinges up your ass so.

Harry Angstrom · 22-01-2014 12:01pm

I'm seriously impressed by the fact that Sean's watch is bang on the button. It must be one of those atomic thingies linked to Greenwich.

Boroso · 22-01-2014 12:58pm

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Because we enjoy listening to the rest of the show, and this is a segment we don't enjoy?

When you say "we" you are you talking on behalf of?

Not only do you not enjoy it, but you keep telling us how you don't enjoy it, over and over and over and over. "We" all know you don't like it as you remind us at every available opportunity.

Have you ever considered saying why you do like to listen to the show, rather than telling us over and over and over and over again why you don't like about it?

Harry Angstrom · 22-01-2014 1:05pm

Boroso wrote: »

When you say "we" you are you talking on behalf of?

Ivy is speaking on behalf of me, for starters.

Happyman42 · 22-01-2014 1:06pm

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Ivy is speaking on behalf of me, for starters.

Agus mise.

Mr Pseudonym · 22-01-2014 1:15pm

Happyman42 wrote: »

Agus mise.

Und mich.

IvyTheTerrible · 22-01-2014 1:16pm

Boroso wrote: »

When you say "we" you are you talking on behalf of?

Not only do you not enjoy it, but you keep telling us how you don't enjoy it, over and over and over and over. "We" all know you don't like it as you remind us at every available opportunity.

Have you ever considered saying why you do like to listen to the show, rather than telling us over and over and over and over again why you don't like about it?

I've never said I don't enjoy the show!

I comment on items I enjoy from the show as well as items I don't like from the show.
Why are you so interested in what I say about the show anyway? What difference does it make to you?

ThisRegard · 22-01-2014 1:20pm

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Ivy is speaking on behalf of me, for starters.

Happyman42 wrote: »

Agus mise.

Mr Pseudonym wrote: »

Und mich.

I am Spartacus ! Oh, wait, wrong rabble !

Mr Pseudonym · 22-01-2014 1:23pm

I love this video, and like to re-post it every now and then so that as many as possible can enjoy it!

"Who's this woman, and where did you find her?"

Boroso · 22-01-2014 1:38pm

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I've never said I don't enjoy the show!
I comment on items I enjoy from the show as well as items I don't like from the show.
Why are you so interested in what I say about the show anyway? What difference does it make to you?

What difference does it make to you what difference it might make to me?

What interests me is why you, and others, keep making the same points over and over and over and over.

mikom · 22-01-2014 1:40pm

Boroso wrote: »

What interests me is why you, and others, keep making the same points over and over and over and over.

You first.
Why do you keep re-regging?

IvyTheTerrible · 22-01-2014 1:41pm

Boroso wrote: »

What difference does it make to you what difference it might make to me?

What interests me is why you, and others, keep making the same points over and over and over and over.

I'm posting on a public forum about a radio show. I don't believe there is anything wrong with what I'm posting. If there is something in my posts which is against the forum or boards.ie charter, please report them to a mod. Otherwise would you just let it go, please.

Skid X · 22-01-2014 1:42pm

Boroso wrote: »

Why does anyone listen to MLOD all the time professing they don't like to listen to MLOD?

Because they enjoy the rest of the programme but enjoy her segments as much as diarrohea?

Maybe they could tell us exactly what time she's going to finish at, so we know when to tune in again. Everyone could synchronise their watches with Sean's hourly signal, to make sure we get our timings right.

L.Jenkins · 22-01-2014 4:00pm

Mod Note: No more derailing the thread. If you're not willing to discuss the topic at hand, you know where the door is!

neris · 22-01-2014 6:04pm

Mr Pseudonym wrote: »

I love this video, and like to re-post it every now and then so that as many as possible can enjoy it!

"Who's this woman, and where did you find her?"

Wasnt in the boarding house anyway

califano · 23-01-2014 12:10pm

That plank Des Cahill is currently on talking excitedly about a tie break in the 3rd set ongoing ''as we speak'' when it was well over.
Just now as Cahill finished his slot the presenter SOR said id love to know who wins that 3rd set tie break Des?. Cahill says ill go away and find out for you and wire it in to you. Arrgh I mean why cant he hold a smartphone in his hand with the live ticker.
I bet he wasnt even following it live. They make him sound like hes on the ball but he has to be one of the laziest pieces of cow dung there is in Montrose.

padd b1975 · 27-01-2014 11:07am

Valerie Cock...

Great start to the week Sean!

Callan57 · 27-01-2014 11:22am

No wonder Sean is laughing at the idiot ... Baby Cowan lecturing on quangos, he must think we have terrible short memories:mad:

heybaby · 27-01-2014 12:11pm

Callan57 wrote: »

No wonder Sean is laughing at the idiot ... Baby Cowan lecturing on quangos, he must think we have terrible short memories:mad:

Is that Brian's brother he sounds like him.

P. Breathnach · 27-01-2014 12:41pm

heybaby wrote: »

Is that Brian's brother he sounds like him.

Yup.

Harry Angstrom · 27-01-2014 12:57pm

Former Bertie Ahern acolyte becomes cheerleader for Iran. Makes sense, I suppose.

I wonder how much he's being paid by the Iranians for this PR exercise?

Callan57 · 27-01-2014 1:01pm

Sean must have slept late this morning & forget to put on his watch

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