Medium sized town: fairly big story

veryangryman

I got a book recently of this short lived slot on a radio show where theyd show some of the manic goings on in the smaller town. Example a story of a local judge referring to a defendant as 'a gob****e'.

The crime reports themselves in local papers can be the stuff of legend in the minute detail provided. You just dont see this stuff in national press.

Anyways...any small town people have any similar stories to share?

Your Face

I used to think stuff like this was funny.
Now though, when I read about the goings on in my adopted home town, it's almost depressing.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The time Nora knitted the jumper for Fr. Dunne. There were two dropped stitches on the front and a mistake in the pattern on the back. Front page of the parish bulletin for two weeks.

How some of us laughed but others were traumatised by it for months.

veryangryman

Your Face wrote: »

I used to think stuff like this was funny.
Now though, when I read about the goings on in my adopted home town, it's almost depressing.

Yes there's that side to it too.

Lia_lia

Not my local town. But not too far away. Great headline!

Genghis Cant

Local District judge presiding over an attempted rape case....

" There's a lot of sex going on in this town, and I'm having none of it"

Much laughter ensued!

corner of hells

Keegan Slimy Chalk wrote: »

The time Nora knitted the jumper for Fr. Dunne. There were two dropped stitches on the front and a mistake in the pattern on the back. Front page of the parish bulletin for two weeks.

How some of us laughed but others were traumatised by it for months.

That was the same Nora who changed a 4euro to a 40euro on a scratch card last Christmas, her with the big head and the green Ford Fiesta.

tomwaterford

The sheer lunacy that marriage break ups descend into make for hilarious stuff



Know a lad what is fathers age,got sent to jail for 6 weeks or so. ...coz he called the judge an asrehole and not apoligise over judge agreeing with his ex over who owned a notebook
:pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

corner of hells wrote: »

That was the same Nora who changed a 4euro to a 40euro on a scratch card last Christmas, her with the big head and the green Ford Fiesta.

That's her. Sure who else could it have been? Y'know yourself.

veryangryman

veryangryman wrote: »

I got a book recently of this short lived slot on a radio show where theyd show some of the manic goings on in the smaller town. Example a story of a local judge referring to a defendant as 'a gob****e'.

In fairness, if it's the one I'm thinking of, while it lacked decorum, it was the defendants 3rd or 4th time up for driving without insurance and in any other setting the word was absolutely appropriate. In fact, he should have added "take your head out of your hole and at least try to act like an adult"...which was my recent advice to a fellow up for his 4th driving with no insurance offence.

Harry Palmr

Bog Cuttings in the Phoenix usually contains a few gems.

sligojoek

It could be an urban myth but there was a story going round Nenagh in the eighties.

During a court case the judge got annoyed by a teenager standing against the wall loudly chewing gum.

Judge to cop: Go down there and tell that young lad to stop masticating.
Cop to teenager: Get your hands out of your pockets.

splinter65

sligojoek wrote: »

It could be an urban myth but there was a story going round Nenagh in the eighties.

During a court case the judge got annoyed by a teenager standing against the wall loudly chewing gum.

Judge to cop: Go down there and tell that young lad to stop masticating.
Cop to teenager: Get your hands out of your pockets.

The District Court in Nenagh is like Saturday Night Live

liam7831

It's not the same without Hector

sligojoek

splinter65 wrote: »

The District Court in Nenagh is like Saturday Night Live

I spent many a Friday morning in it.

sligojoek

sligojoek wrote: »

It could be an urban myth but there was a story going round Nenagh in the eighties.

During a court case the judge got annoyed by a teenager standing against the wall loudly chewing gum.

Judge to cop: Go down there and tell that young lad to stop masticating.
Cop to teenager: Get your hands out of your pockets.

Or the other great old one, the fellow in bail court being led away, turning to his solicitor and shouting "you were right, that Judge IS only a bollix"...

endacl

Are Am Eye

Do you remember the time McGinity tied a goat to the English man's motor car?

bodhrandude

Miss Flannagan Investigates, my maw used to get the Ireland's Own posted to her every week in Scotland.

veryangryman

endacl wrote: »

Did they not resort that if i remember correctly?

JCX BXC

Some of the stories you'd hear from the nearby town of Kilrush here in West Clare are simply bizzare.

freshpopcorn

I found the Local papers used be great for stories like this up until the late 2000's. Now you only get the odd story when somebody does something semi big.

veryangryman

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I found the Local papers used be great for stories like this up until the late 2000's. Now you only get the odd story when somebody does something semi big.

Crime reports were a goldmine for laughs