Things people said

Wraptuna

2010: Apple's new tablet is a gimmick, why does anyone need a tablet when they have a laptop that does the same thing.

2010. Ignore that guy. Yeah, it IS a gimmick, but it'll sell by the gazillion.

The flying mouse

For convenience ?

Esel

20/10 = two

What you gonna do question mark

frag420

Don't believe everything you read on the internet -

George Washington

2007: Who's going to buy a phone that also contains an ipod and your camera? If you lose it, it's like losing three devices at once.

(Your truly:o)

Samaris

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - Thomas Watson (chairman of IBM), 1943.

Jawgap

To my younger brother in about 2004 or so......

"You paid €99,000 for a house in Castleknock!!!! Are you mad?!?!?! You'll never get your money back on that!" - rarely does he miss an opportunity to quote that line to me when I offer him advice!!

Also

"Dublin Bikes......stupid idea. They'll all be in the canals within a fortnight."

Samaris

"There will be no hurricane tonight" - Michael Fish (weather forecaster), 1987, right before a "hurricane" hit Ireland.

Esel

Samaris wrote: »

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - Thomas Watson (chairman of IBM), 1943.

Who needs more than 640K?

Who ripped who off?

gramar

'buy eircom shares' - pretty much everyone

Captain Chaos

gramar wrote: »

'buy eircom shares' - pretty much everyone

It was only those on the inside that knew to sell them within a week or two. Major insider trading went on there.

DontThankMe

2016: "Brexit will never happen the UK will stay in the EU"

osarusan

"How will they drive if the roads are flooded?" - My ex-girlfriend after hearing that farmers were holding a rally to protest being blamed for flooding.

"When was your last birthday?" - my old roommate, as we sat in the living room drinking beer on the day of my 20th birthday.

Olishi4

"CDs will never take off", my dad said when my mam wanted to buy a CD player sometime in the late eighties.

Maximus Alexander

"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth—all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."

- Lee De Forest, 1957


Never forget.

Robsweezie

Hello you c*nt

-Harvey price

gramar

'That gun's not loaded'

- John Lennon

OldGoat

It'll never happen, who'd ever vote for Trump?

Said every optimist, worldwide.

Badly Drunk Boy

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

2007: Who's going to buy a phone that also contains an ipod and your camera? If you lose it, it's like losing three devices at once.

(Your truly:o)

And you were right...

marcbrophy

"Are those my feet?"

- Fr. Jack Hackett

ButtersSuki

Jawgap wrote: »

To my younger brother in about 2004 or so......

"You paid €99,000 for a house in Castleknock!!!! Are you mad?!?!?! You'll never get your money back on that!" - rarely does he miss an opportunity to quote that line to me when I offer him advice!!

Also

"Dublin Bikes......stupid idea. They'll all be in the canals within a fortnight."

I doubt it was 2004 if it was 99k in Castleknock to be fair.

NIMAN

I remember saying to a friend of mine maybe back around 2000 that she was crazy to be leaving her current job to go work for a new, swanky mobile phone shop.

"There's no future in them things", I told her.

SEPT 23 1989

We will have no deposit drain due to “Ireland being an island”

Brian Lenihan

Alf Veedersane

"Hi! I'm Barry Scott"

- Barry Scott

"Bye Barry"

- Cillit Bang.