Lahvlann: Up the reek without a coddle - 26/07 two 18 so to speak

BarryD2

This chap is getting a good bit of airtime

2smiggy

imagine how packs of woodbines she could have got for €155 :eek::eek:

somesoldiers

isnt their some bill out there that will solve all the touting issues?

Ally Dick

Whacker doesn't do her research

meep

Ah, good old ticketmaster topic.

Great to hear legislation is incoming to address above face-value reselling and bots. Wonder how long it will take them to get around it?

HeidiHeidi

Jaysus, this thread is quieter than on a Funny (sic) Fryday!

50-odd posts since the start....

Is it that bad?



I never got around to tuning in, looks like I might have been right!

alaimacerc

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

JI never got around to tuning in, looks like I might have been right!

It's nothing great, but it's bearable, due to lack of Joe.

Did day both have crooked noses?

Roger_007

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jaysus, this thread is quieter than on a Funny (sic) Fryday!

50-odd posts since the start....

Is it that bad?



I never got around to tuning in, looks like I might have been right!

I was listening to some snippets in the car. I had to turn it off because I was in danger of nodding off due to PBHs monotone delivery.

Unfortunately there were no arguments, f-bombs, slander or anything controversial in the way that might entertain us.

ButtersSuki

alaimacerc wrote: »

What notions are those? Is DPM posher-sounding than Tánaiste? Less official and more Anglicised, for sure...

Are you actually being serious? Where do I even start on this one?


He utterly failed in Housing. He couldn't get out of it fast enough, despite his lofty and overly ambitious claims that he'd have it all sorted out by July '17.



He almost collapsed the government with his flip flopping on the Abortion Referendum before he was taken aside and spoken strongly too and then had a pardon the unfortunate expression "rebirth" so to speak and suddenly saw the light did hat he was told.



And he's been a complete disaster in handling Brexit. That the Brits are even worse doesn't by default make Coveney look alright. He comes across like a duck paddling frantically beneath the water whilst trying and failing to look calm above it...except he doesn't look calm.


As for the Deputy Prime Minister title; it simply doesn't exist and is inherently disrespectful and some would say offensive to the office to change the name to appear more West Brit or whatever the hell his objective was in applying such a monicker to himself and the office. It was a very ill-judged thing to do. We don't have a Prime Minister so how can we have a Deputy PM? We have a Head of Government. Has any Irish Tánaiste ever referred to themselves as "Deputy Prime Minister" ever before? I sincerely doubt it, but I'm pretty sure if they were they were criticised for doing so.

ButtersSuki

TWODAY'S De Brand NEW & IMPROVED so to speak 2-18 Joe Duffy Wurkday Calculator and dat:



Wurkdays in 2-18 and dat: 145
Joe Shows: 115
No Show Joe Shows: 30
Breakeens 4 Joe: 30
PBH (de full-time host of de show) Shows: 25
PBH guest appearances and dat: 1
D'Omen Shows: 4
AN Udder Shows: 0
Good Fryday No Show by nobody at all at all: 1

NEW FEATURE SO TO SPEAK:
Fateen's Estimated Fees (De FEF Matrix so to speak) to date dis year:
AT LEAST €287,500*

(not including de EXTRA FEES for 3 days of De Beast From De East TV + Radio Simulcast Xtravaganza + likely "Danger Money" for travelling to and from wurk in de snow and dat).

*de fees are calculated at €2,500 per show x days dat Fateen is in so to speak. Dose fees are likely conservative and outdated as day are 2 years old so to speak.
I'm including Good Fryday as a Wurkday as it is not an official Bank Holiday/Holiday Day. Even Pat Kenny is in Newstalk FFS, but no-one in RTE of course of course.

DON'T FORGET - "We're here all summer" sez he.

ButtersSuki

TWODAY'S MUNDAZE De Brand NEW & IMPROVED so to speak 2-18 Joe Duffy Wurkday Calculator and dat:



Wurkdays in 2-18 and dat: 146
Joe Shows: 115
No Show Joe Shows: 31
Breakeens 4 Joe: 31
PBH (de full-time host of de show) Shows: 26
PBH guest appearances and dat: 1
D'Omen Shows: 4
AN Udder Shows: 0
Good Fryday No Show by nobody at all at all: 1

NEW FEATURE SO TO SPEAK:
Fateen's Estimated Fees (De FEF Matrix so to speak) to date dis year:
AT LEAST €287,500*

(not including de EXTRA FEES for 3 days of De Beast From De East TV + Radio Simulcast Xtravaganza + likely "Danger Money" for travelling to and from wurk in de snow and dat).

*de fees are calculated at €2,500 per show x days dat Fateen is in so to speak. Dose fees are likely conservative and outdated as day are 2 years old so to speak.
I'm including Good Fryday as a Wurkday as it is not an official Bank Holiday/Holiday Day. Even Pat Kenny is in Newstalk FFS, but no-one in RTE of course of course.

DON'T FORGET - "We're here all summer" sez he.

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Are you actually being serious? Where do I even start on this one?


He utterly failed in Housing. He couldn't get out of it fast enough, despite his lofty and overly ambitious claims that he'd have it all sorted out by July '17.

He almost collapsed the government with his flip flopping on the Abortion Referendum before he was taken aside and spoken strongly too and then had a pardon the unfortunate expression "rebirth" so to speak and suddenly saw the light did hat he was told.



And he's been a complete disaster in handling Brexit. That the Brits are even worse doesn't by default make Coveney look alright. He comes across like a duck paddling frantically beneath the water whilst trying and failing to look calm above it...except he doesn't look calm.


As for the Deputy Prime Minister title; it simply doesn't exist and is inherently disrespectful and some would say offensive to the office to change the name to appear more West Brit or whatever the hell his objective was in applying such a monicker to himself and the office. It was a very ill-judged thing to do. We don't have a Prime Minister so how can we have a Deputy PM? We have a Head of Government. Has any Irish Tánaiste ever referred to themselves as "Deputy Prime Minister" ever before? I sincerely doubt it, but I'm pretty sure if they were they were criticised for doing so.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tanaiste

No fan of Coveney at all, but I guess explaining his position in government of Ireland to Fordeners might be helpful to him.

ButtersSuki

Deleted User wrote: »

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tanaiste

No fan of Coveney at all, but I guess explaining his position in government of Ireland to Fordeners might be helpful to him.

Ah come on now, that's a pretty pathetic defence.



If the Taoiseach ever called himself the "Prime Minister" of Ireland he'd be ridiculed and vilified by the press for doing so. Same applies here, or at least should. The title is "Tánaiste", not Deputy Prime Minister and he should respect the office by only using the official title. Do you propose the Gardaí call themselves The Police now? And so on.


I don't believe it was an accident to use Deputy Prime Minister and not "Tánaiste" btw. As for Coveney's relationship with foreigners - he seems an awful lot more concerned with what they think of him than his own countrymen. I'd suggest there's a Fateen-like insecurity underneath the sheen.

ButtersSuki

Spotted on de Croagh Patrick webcam earlier:

dxhound2005

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Ah come on now, that's a pretty pathetic defence.



If the Taoiseach ever called himself the "Prime Minister" of Ireland he'd be ridiculed and vilified by the press for doing so. Same applies here, or at least should. The title is "Tánaiste", not Deputy Prime Minister and he should respect the office by only using the official title. Do you propose the Gardaí call themselves The Police now? And so on.


I don't believe it was an accident to use Deputy Prime Minister and not "Tánaiste" btw. As for Coveney's relationship with foreigners - he seems an awful lot more concerned with what they think of him than his own countrymen. I'd suggest there's a Fateen-like insecurity underneath the sheen.

His "relationship" with foreigners is that he is our Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit

He has held the position of Tánaiste for the last eight months. You said: Coveney btw only recenly added “Tánaiste” to his Twitter handle. He up to that point had “Deputy Prime Minister” only and only added “Tánaiste” AFTER being called out on it publicly.

How recently is that, and who called him out?

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

His "relationship" with foreigners is that he is our Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit

He has held the position of Tánaiste for the last eight months. You said: Coveney btw only recenly added “Tánaiste” to his Twitter handle. He up to that point had “Deputy Prime Minister” only and only added “Tánaiste” AFTER being called out on it publicly.

How recently is that, and who called him out?

I don't have the exact date as believe it or not I don't wait by the phone for a twitter update from Simon Coveney but it's definitely in the last 2 months. He was called out on it by a DUP (from memory, but definitely a Nordie) member and changed it. Said DUP person referred to him as such (DPM) and was corrected by someone from Young Fine Gael (from Meath if memory serves me correctly) "we don't have a DPM in Ireland, we have a Tánaiste". Said DUP member then promptly showed Coveney's Twitter handle and alas, the word "Tánaiste" was visibly absent, and said "that's what Coveney refers to himself as" (or words to that effect). Obviously someone had a word with Simon as it was added VERY quickly after this (same or next day). I'm walking my dogs right now and on the phone only so can't provide full links but I'm sure you'll find it fairly easily if you look. They should have told him to remove DPM completely IMO.

I'm not making any of this up, you can check for yourself.

BTW, for someone who claimed not to be a fan, you're certainly putting up quite a defence.

Apologies for the incorrect spelling of "recently" in my earlier post; as I said I'm walking the dogs and on the phone, though I try and avoid typos they will occasionally occur.

dxhound2005

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I don't have the exact date as believe it or not I don't wait by the phone for a twitter update from Simon Coveney but it's definitely in the last 2 months. He was called out on it by a DUP (from memory, but definitely a Nordie) member and changed it. Said DUP person referred to him as such (DPM) and was corrected by someone from Young Fine Gael (from Meath if memory serves me correctly) "we don't have a DPM in Ireland, we have a Tánaiste". Said DUP member then promptly showed Coveney's Twitter handle and alas, the word "Tánaiste" was visibly absent, and said "that's what Coveney refers to himself as" (or words to that effect). Obviously someone had a word with Simon as it was added VERY quickly after this (same or next day). I'm walking my dogs right now and on the phone only so can't provide full links but I'm sure you'll find it fairly easily if you look. They should have told him to remove DPM completely IMO.

I'm not making any of this up, you can check for yourself.

BTW, for someone who claimed not to be a fan, you're certainly putting up quite a defence.

Apologies for the incorrect spelling of "recently" in my earlier post; as I said I'm walking the dogs and on the phone, though I try and avoid typos they will occasionally occur.

You're mixing me up with someone else. I never claimed to be anything.

I can't check it, not being on Twitter. I can find zero on Google to support any of what you claim. Any searches for Coveney Twitter always shows Tánaiste.

All our recent holders of the position are on Google as Deputy Prime Minister, e.g. Fitzgerald, Burton, Cowen, Gilmore. Why is it not OK for the current office holder to use it?

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You're mixing me up with someone else. I never claimed to be anything.

I can't check it, not being on Twitter. I can find zero on Google to support any of what you claim. Any searches for Coveney Twitter always shows Tánaiste.

All our recent holders of the position are on Google as Deputy Prime Minister, e.g. Fitzgerald, Burton, Cowen, Gilmore. Why is it not OK for the current office holder to use it?

Apologies, it a someone else who said they weren’t a fan. I assumed it was a continuation of that conversation.

There’s a big difference between google (a global org.) and an Irish incumbent describing it as such, surely you can see that? Can you show me one example of where any of the parties you’ve named described themselves (not google, not the British/foreign press etc.) as such? I suspect you’ll find they referred to themselves as “Tánaiste”.

I didn’t make up what I stated about the Young FG’er and the Nordie btw - it’s there somewhere. You’re hardly suggesting I did are you? That would be a massive concoction that could be very easily disproved - why would I bother? Btw, this was mentioned on da lahv lahn thread at the time. I’m sure if it wasn’t Friday night and the thread wasn’t dead someone would confirm same.

dxhound2005

The Labour Party refers to Joan Burton as both.

https://www.labour.ie/joanburton/

Joan Burton TD is a very well-known Irish politician who has served her country as Leader of the Labour Party, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and in a number of ministerial roles - most recently as Minister for Social Protection from 2011 to 2016.

Dan Jaman

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Spotted on de Croagh Patrick webcam earlier:

ARGH!
THERE IS NO 'UNLIKE' BUTTON, AN' DAT!

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The Labour Party refers to Joan Burton as both.

https://www.labour.ie/joanburton/

Joan Burton TD is a very well-known Irish politician who has served her country as Leader of the Labour Party, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and in a number of ministerial roles - most recently as Minister for Social Protection from 2011 to 2016.

In brackets AFTER Tánaiste, hardly the same thing as using DPM solely to the exclusion of Tánaiste.

dxhound2005

ButtersSuki wrote: »

In brackets AFTER Tánaiste, hardly the same thing as using DPM solely to the exclusion of Tánaiste.

Can you prove that Coveney did that?

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Can you prove that Coveney did that?

I saw the quoted tweet. Whether it’s been deleted since I don’t know but I wasn’t the only one who saw it as others commented on it too.

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The Labour Party refers to Joan Burton as both.

https://www.labour.ie/joanburton/

Joan Burton TD is a very well-known Irish politician who has served her country as Leader of the Labour Party, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and in a number of ministerial roles - most recently as Minister for Social Protection from 2011 to 2016.

Also, that's on the Labour Party website - hardly the same thing as a personal twitter account.

pc7

mod note

Take it to politics or pm please,

Thanks PC7

sligojoek

Did anyone hear what happened to Damo? I just got the end of Countrywide and heard the presenter wish him well in his recovery.

alaimacerc

sligojoek wrote: »

Did anyone hear what happened to Damo? I just got the end of Countrywide and heard the presenter wish him well in his recovery.

I did not! That'll be why Fill-in Boucher Hayes was filling in for Damo, filling in for Marian, filling in for Marian, filling in for Séan, before he filled in for Joe taking four days off for a 90m hillwalk? (Yes, this will all be on your final exam.)

alaimacerc

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Do you propose the Gardaí call themselves The Police now?

You're referring here to "An Garda Síochána: Ireland's National Police Service"? (Their website's banner head, their website's robo-alt-text, and their caps.)

Dan Jaman

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Do you propose the Gardaall themselves The Police now?

"We'll stop you moving microwave ovens, breakfast roll, a robbereee..."

sligojoek

The traffic corps are now the Roads Policing Unit. RPU.
Shur don't most salt o de eart dubs call them the police anyway.

thecretinhop

was on de luvly luas yesterday for match young girl about 14 with 2 friends a bit bubbly one thought a guy had touched her ass. mb a bit immature he went full beserker mode roaring at her full tilt c word b word youll be claiming welfare and two kids in a few years lol
another mad lad with two broken arms was shouting at him to leave her alone shes a young kid while waving his crutchs at him they wud have battered each other only for it was wedged. his girlfriend pulled him off luas he was i reckon 30 seconds away for punching the young kid..
on way back some junkies had like an old 1980s stereo boombox in a suitecase that didnt close... they were well agitated to keep it safe lol

HeidiHeidi

thecretinhop wrote: »

was on de luvly luas yesterday for match young girl about 14 with 2 friends a bit bubbly one thought a guy had touched her ass. mb a bit immature he went full beserker mode roaring at her full tilt c word b word youll be claiming welfare and two kids in a few years lol
another mad lad with two broken arms was shouting at him to leave her alone shes a young kid while waving his crutchs at him they wud have battered each other only for it was wedged. his girlfriend pulled him off luas he was i reckon 30 seconds away for punching the young kid..

Why are you telling us??? You should be telling THE NATION on Da Lahvline


So I wonder is Joe back down safe and sound from the Reek?

sligojoek

RTE news usually do a feature on Reek Sunday. Odds on Joseph will be bang smack in the middle of the screen. Sporting the climbing gear he sent Jeeves out for during the week.

SecretsOfEarth

https://twitter.com/joeliveline/status/1023595583649579010

Well done, well done.

sligojoek

Funny Friday from Limerick 3rd of August

HeidiHeidi

sligojoek wrote: »

Funny Friday from Limerick 3rd of August

Bank Holiday Friday, according to Joe.


Funny, I thought the Bank Holiday was the Monday

ButtersSuki

sligojoek wrote: »

Funny Friday from Limerick 3rd of August

As sure as night follows day and dat FunnyFryday’s do be on de Frydays dat fall before a Bank Holiday Monday and dat so to speak and dus become known as Bank Holiday Frydays. It also serves as a signal to let de FunnyFryday Freeloaders Crew dat dares yet anudder FREE Pro Gratis Weekend Away for dem at de Tax Payer’s Expense.

In usual FunnyFryday style as it’s on a Fryday day’ll leave on Wednesday to be at a venue a 2 hour drive away, and stay until Monday morning. Joe will probably need dat Monday off too to recover from de grueling 2 hour drive.

sligojoek

https://twitter.com/BocktheRobber/status/1022922343688097792

thesandeman

sligojoek wrote: »

Funny Friday from Limerick 3rd of August

Hopefully they all just read excerpts from Angela's Ashes. It would be funnier than the usual shíte they serve up.

thecretinhop

the state of fateen lol 3 out of 10 joe for garb lol

ButtersSuki

thecretinhop wrote: »

the state of fateen lol 3 out of 10 joe for garb lol

Part of me is surprised he didn’t do it in a tin a fruit from “Lewis” Copeland or Guineys, complete with stockbroker shirt, pocket square, garish tie, braces and cuff links.

Itssoeasy

Joe: and callers, I remember reaching the summit so to speak and I have an idea of how Edmund Hillary must have felt when he got to the top of Everest so to speak.

sligojoek

Just listening to POG on meeeriam standing on for SOR. Every interviewee on the reek had a story of cancer and sewiside. Joe must have been giving him interviewing tips.

zell12

Looks like the leg is fine after all

ButtersSuki

zell12 wrote: »

Looks like the leg is fine after all

I’m sure the person he sued after the crash would be interested to hear that....

ButtersSuki

Joe left his Sonny Knowles cd for Ronan I see...

ButtersSuki

I had a surreal moment last night when flicking through the channels looking for something to watch. Some RTE compendium of musical guests programme or other with none other than B.B. King being interviewed by Fungus.

Fungus ever modestly joined in with B. B. King to play some chords - he had the guitar ready and all! That would be the equivalent of Fateen challenging Michael Jordan to a game of one on one basketball.

The segment closed with Bibi Baskin joining them on the couch in a ”B.B., meet Bibi” segment.

I wonder what Mr. King thought of it all?


And no, I wasn’t drinking!

HeidiHeidi

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I had a surreal moment last night when flicking through the channels looking for something to watch. Some RTE compendium of musical guests programme or other with none other than B.B. King being interviewed by Fungus.

Fungus ever modestly joined in with B. B. King to play some chords - he had the guitar ready and all! That would be the equivalent of Fateen challenging Michael Jordan to a game of one on one basketball.

The segment closed with Bibi Baskin joining them on the couch in a ”B.B., meet Bibi” segment.

I wonder what Mr. King thought of it all?


And no, I wasn’t drinking!

Heard Fungus taking about that on the wireless yesterday. Said he was "persuaded" to just happen to have the guitar there when BB arrived. Sounded most modest about it (not!).