The all new and only slightly recycled off topic thread (read post 1)

Synode

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Yeah, it's not often acknowledged but this is actually the most read rugby forum on boards.ie

Is there more than one rugby forum on Boards? If you mean this thread, then there's others with more views

Swiwi.

Synode wrote: »

Is there more than one rugby forum on Boards? If you mean this thread, then there's others with more views

That's the joke.

At least I think that's the joke.

irishbucsfan

There is another rugby forum....

.ak

irishbucsfan wrote: »

There is another rugby forum....

Please, we're enjoying nap time over there...

.ak

Bit mad all the stuff happening in Paris.

thomond2006

.ak wrote: »

Bit mad all the stuff happening in Paris.

Mourad Boudjellal, who knew some of the deceased, called it the 9/11 of the Press. It's horrendous.

.ak

Yeah it's pretty rough.

They seem to have them holed up at Dammartin-en-Goele now.

Lot of weird stuff the CT tinfoil hat crowd will go mad for though... like apparently finding their ID at one of the scenes...

Zzippy

.ak wrote: »

Yeah it's pretty rough.

They seem to have them holed up at Dammartin-en-Goele now.

Lot of weird stuff the CT tinfoil hat crowd will go mad for though... like apparently finding their ID at one of the scenes...

Sky news was reporting they have hostages this time, so it could get worse...

.ak

Yeah apparently one.

I can very much see a scenario where nobody leaves that building alive, unfortunately.

Swiwi.

.ak wrote: »

Yeah apparently one.

I can very much see a scenario where nobody leaves that building alive, unfortunately.

I doubt they surrender. They'll either get shot or turn the guns on themselves. Hopefully the hostage survives though. I imagine they put snipers in place in these situations in the case where they are stupid enough to show their heads.

.ak

Yeah. It's mad to think what those guys can do these days. I think of the end scene of Captain Phillips.

But it's in a warehouse, and there's probably limited access to them, so plenty of scope for things to go wrong. Hopefully not though - as you say, hopefully the hostage survives.

Zzippy

Apparently they said they "want to die as martyrs" - so they're going down shooting it looks like. Personally I'd love to see them captured and locked up for life in a cell festooned with Charlie Hebdo cartoons.

In the midst of all the anti-Muslim stuff resulting, I thought this was apt:

https://twitter.com/Carlo_A_Miani/status/553501235777912832/photo/1

dregin

I really, REALLY hope they catch em alive and don't make martyrs out of them. Surely they could gas em?

.ak

dregin wrote: »

I really, REALLY hope they catch em alive and don't make martyrs out of them. Surely they could gas em?

They'd open fire on the hostage the second anything they don't like happens.

Remember Russia?

Podge_irl

dregin wrote: »

I really, REALLY hope they catch em alive and don't make martyrs out of them. Surely they could gas em?

Russians tried that during the Moscow opera theatre siege and ended up killing quite a few of the hostages.

Knocking people out with gas is actually quite tricky to do right. Hence anesthesiologists getting paid so well!

dregin

Ah yes. Had forgotten about that.

eyeball kid

How many hostages do they think they have?

Pudsy33

1 I think

Zzippy

Another hostage taken by a different gunman in a kosher bakery in eastern Paris... reports on twitter of shooting heard.

Synode

Shocking stuff. The people of Paris must be terrified

sydthebeat

Zzippy wrote: »

Another hostage taken by a different gunman in a kosher bakery in eastern Paris... reports on twitter of shooting heard.

wtf??

surely not related?

Synode

Early reports saying it's the same guy that shot the policewoman yesterday so is related. 5 hostages apparently

sydthebeat

jesus!!!!

Zzippy

Related alright apparently, reports that the gunman is in same terrorist "cell" as the other two...

thomond2006

Stade are playing Castres tonight at Jean-Bouin. Tbh I'd have second thoughts about going near any public gathering in Paris.

Journeyman_1

I would not be at all surprised if that were cancelled!

dregin

Bringing the nerds and the French together - do a whois on any .fr domain.

Zzippy

dregin wrote: »

Bringing the nerds and the French together - do a whois on any .fr domain.

I have no idea what you just wrote. Autocorrect on your phone?

irishbucsfan

Zzippy wrote: »

I have no idea what you just wrote. Autocorrect on your phone?

He's asking if anyone has a house in France.

Swiwi.

Swiwi. wrote: »

I doubt they surrender. They'll get shot. Hopefully the hostage survives though.

Apparently.

dregin

Aye, sounds like it was a fairly slickly co-ordinated operation. Double hit at exactly the same time on both locations.

Zzippy

Some hostages released and gunmen killed according to latest reports. Hopefully all the hostages survived

dregin

dregin wrote: »

Aye, sounds like it was a fairly slickly co-ordinated operation. Double hit at exactly the same time on both locations.

Now sounds like this wasn't the case at all and 4 hostages were killed at the bakery...

.ak

dregin wrote: »

Now sounds like this wasn't the case at all and 4 hostages were killed at the bakery...

Only thing is we don't know when they died. But looking at the images it looked very hard for the teams to get a clean entry, only two entrances.

Molester Stallone II

Shops in Tralee will try and sell any auld muck, don't think it would even be stolen down here

Zzippy

Sounds like the police at the bakery were forced to go in at short notice as the two terrorists at Dammartin came out shooting - the guy/guys in the bakery had threatened to kill hostages if anything happened their buddies. I'd imagine having to go in like that, not on their own terms and not as planned as it could have been, would be a very difficult situation...

molloyjh

.ak wrote: »

Only thing is we don't know when they died. But looking at the images it looked very hard for the teams to get a clean entry, only two entrances.

That kind of thing is lose-lose for the authorities. Leave it too long and these guys would shoot the hostages. Try and take them out and the hostages get caught in the middle. The best they can do is minimise the casualties. Hopefully they've done that. As much as I wanted those people arrested and imprisoned instead of martyred there was no way that was going to happen.

awec

Serious wind in Dublin at the moment. I for one am glad there's no match in the RDS tonight.

awec

awec wrote: »

Serious wind in Dublin at the moment. I for one am glad there's no match in the RDS tonight.

I played 5 a side in that last night. It was hilarious.

durkadurka

awec wrote: »

Serious wind in Dublin at the moment. I for one am glad there's no match in the RDS tonight.

Did I see you in foxrock today?

awec

durkadurka wrote: »

Did I see you in foxrock today?

:pac:

I was in Foxrock today, yes...

Molester Stallone II

awec wrote: »

:pac:

I was in Foxrock today, yes...

Crosswinds must have played havoc with your 7'5 frame

durkadurka

awec wrote: »

:pac:

I was in Foxrock today, yes...

Your Leinster assimilation reaching new heights

awec

durkadurka wrote: »

Your Leinster assimilation reaching new heights

I was out for a spot of lunch.

If you'd come and asked for my autograph I wouldn't have been annoyed btw.

durkadurka

awec wrote: »

I was out for a spot of lunch.

If you'd come and asked for my autograph I wouldn't have been annoyed btw.

Service was shyte in there

awec

durkadurka wrote: »

Service was shyte in there

Yea really bad. Starters came almost straight after ordering and then there must have been about a 30 minute wait for the main course.

The food itself wasn't great either, mine was only lukewarm and the portion was pitiful. Doubt I'll be back.

RuggieBear

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