Garda Dance Video *Mod Warning in OP*

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Cue desperate attempt at condesending,to cover that your arse has been handed to yous with facts and logic



Tell us again,why off duty gaurds,(as claimed here),are not subject to same restrictions as everyone else?

Because the law says it doesn't

mynamejeff

two awful bitter posters with obsessively beyond all reasonable rational sense aggressively anti Gardai posters in this thread


hard to understand how bad it must be to have to turn something so positive at this time into a nasty online interaction

Pauliedragon

This is going to be a bit of rant lads so I'll apologise in advance. To start off I'm not looking for sympathy and I consider myself pretty lucky and I am a very upbeat person in general. However I've been out of work since last March and job prospects are pretty slim (hospitality). Financially I'm fine and all the people around me are healthy but it really is starting to take a toll on me lately. FFS people who cares if the Guards made a video? I'll tell you I was feeling very down the other day as It's the boredom is really getting to me and the weather was ****e. I'm walking about 15kms a day listening to podcasts just to keep myself someway sane. That video put a smile on my face for 2 minutes and helped me forget the ****e I have to think about all day every day. They were off duty and even if they weren't it was a few minutes. Nobody here took an extra long lunch or ducked off early any day? **** sake guys lets get together.
Rant over. Again apologies for the rant.

doublejobbing 2

wexandproud wrote: »

bit of fun in otherwise boring times . Nice bit of advertising of the country if tourism ever gets going again , who cares if it cost a few euro or man hours to make FFS in the overall scheme of things its nothing .
had a look at a few threads on fb and clicked on the profiles of some of the whingers .The one thing that struck me was most of the whingers were either shinner's , boy racer type's or anti vaxers . The kind of people who would give the impression they deal with the gardai on a regular basis

Studied at: school of hard knocks / university of life

Works at: Making the World A Better Place/ Full Time Mad Bastard / Being Hyper

Profile photo: Irish flag, map of Ireland, a harp, something along those lines

Status updates: either batshet stuff about SF, or off the wall Ben Gilroy shares. Shares outrage videos of the Gardai roughousing wasters at protests who really do deserve it.

Recliner

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Fenit and Blennerville and the roof of Tralee Garda Station in Kerry, Mullaghmore in Sligo, Áras an Úachtaráin.


Not sure of the rest.

Woodstock in Kilkenny is another I think.

BrianD3

Haven't been following the the thread - has anyone mentioned the great arse on that Riverdance Garda from Birr. Yum yum.

Samsgirl

BrianD3 wrote: »

Haven't been following the the thread - has anyone mentioned the great arse on that Riverdance Garda from Birr. Yum yum.

Sure they all have lovely bottoms

alan partridge aha

Nothing positive about it, its pure rubbish, makes me cringe to look at it.

The Inbetween is mine

alan partridge aha wrote: »

Nothing positive about it, its pure rubbish, makes me cringe to look at it.

Don't look, problem solved

Mullaghteelin

My main thoughts:
1. Pure cringe. Immediately reminded me of the dancing nurses on tiktok that caused controversy last year.

2. The swiss challenged them? So what! Are we all ten year olds? The swiss should have been politely reminded that we are in the middle of a nationwide lockdown and this isn't an appropriate time.

3. Late late show. So typical. Sure aren't we great craic altogether here in Ireland.

Hyperbollix

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

3. Late late show. So typical. Sure aren't we great craic altogether here in Ireland.

Definitely. If I could have bet the house that the LLS would lead with the dancing Gards, I would have. So tiresomely predictable.

Why do people confuse the Irish 'Garda' with English 'Guard' and end up with 'gard' so often?

alan partridge aha

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Don't look, problem solved

Comes up on my facebook timeline so obviously I looked at it. It's absolutely pathetic. Problem solved didn't look at it again but I can comment surely. Or is that forbidden???

lucalux

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Why do people confuse the Irish 'Garda' with English 'Guard' and end up with 'gard' so often?

Probably down to the terrible lack of confidence in the irish language we have here, not even that it's all that difficult.
I think we are almost afraid to lean in to learning it, or allowing ourselves to have a go, as a result of the woeful way it was taught to most in schools?

Was giving directions the other day and was counting houses to give the lad an idea of how far outside the village this house is, and starting counting off in irish to myself, his first question was "Are you a primary school teacher?!", presumably because that's the only people who would bother to count in irish

gozunda

This I like

Yester wrote: »

Guards can dance if they want to
They can leave feral teens behind
Cause feral teens don't dance
And if they don't dance
Well, they're no teens of mine

Nice bit of humour instead of much whinging. Thanks Yester.

Hyperbollix

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Why do people confuse the Irish 'Garda' with English 'Guard' and end up with 'gard' so often?

No one uses either Garda or Gardai in the vernacular. We use Gard or Gards. Since we aren't referring to the english word "guard" it wouldn't make any sense to use that spelling, so surely Gard is the best option on an informal forum like this?

Or maybe we should use "Nnnnnngnordai"

lucalux

Hyperbollix wrote: »

No one uses either Garda or Gardai in the vernacular. We use Gard or Gards. Since we aren't referring to the english word "guard" it wouldn't make any sense to use that spelling, so surely Gard is the best option on an informal forum like this?

Or maybe we should use "Nnnnnngnordai"

:P

byhookorbycrook

Hyperbollix wrote: »

No one uses either Garda or Gardai in the vernacular. We use Gard or Gards. Since we aren't referring to the english word "guard" it wouldn't make any sense to use that spelling, so surely Gard is the best option on an informal forum like this?

Or maybe we should use "Nnnnnngnordai"

*Cough* ( Non Covid) I do , as do most people I know .
Met 2 checkpoints on a medically justified trip this weekend and anyone speaking was using “ Garda “ as well.

Beechwoodspark

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

My main thoughts:
1. Pure cringe. Immediately reminded me of the dancing nurses on tiktok that caused controversy last year.

2. The swiss challenged them? So what! Are we all ten year olds? The swiss should have been politely reminded that we are in the middle of a nationwide lockdown and this isn't an appropriate time.

3. Late late show. So typical. Sure aren't we great craic altogether here in Ireland.

That second point is significant. You’d wonder about the thinking in the guards ...”oh wow weee - - look the Swiss police have challenged us to do a dance video”

Did nobody stop for a second and consider the bigger picture

ExMachina1000

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

That second point is significant. You’d wonder about the thinking in the guards ...”oh wow weee - - look the Swiss police have challenged us to do a dance video”

Did nobody stop for a second and consider the bigger picture

What's the bigger picture?

lucalux

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

*Cough* ( Non Covid) I do , as do most people I know .
Met 2 checkpoints on a medically justified trip this weekend and anyone speaking was using “ Garda “ as well.

Yep fully agree, it's not uncommon among the people I know, use Garda in the singular and Gardai or guards for plural.

Hyperbollix

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

*Cough* ( Non Covid) I do , as do most people I know .
Met 2 checkpoints on a medically justified trip this weekend and anyone speaking was using “ Garda “ as well.

Yes but that was in the presence of a member of the force.....addressing them correctly etc. No one ever said to their school principle "Howya Dave!"

Who says Garda or Gardai in common conversation with other civilians? I literally never heard it said. Admittedly I am a culchie and move in unrefined circles......... so many that's it!

alan partridge aha

Hyperbollix wrote: »

Yes but that was in the presence of a member of the force.....addressing them correctly etc. No one ever said to their school principle "Howya Dave!"

Who says Garda or Gardai in common conversation with other civilians? I literally never heard it said. Admittedly I am a culchie and move in unrefined circles......... so many that's it!

Guard or the guards for me as well anyhow who cares dance still cringe.

Samsgirl

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

That second point is significant. You’d wonder about the thinking in the guards ...”oh wow weee - - look the Swiss police have challenged us to do a dance video”

Did nobody stop for a second and consider the bigger picture

What's the bigger picture, in your opinion?

The Inbetween is mine

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

That second point is significant. You’d wonder about the thinking in the guards ...”oh wow weee - - look the Swiss police have challenged us to do a dance video”

No they didn't

EmmetSpiceland

Really seems that people who’d have “issues” with the Gardaí, generally, are going to be, loudly, complaining about this dance “challenge”.

To everyone else it’s just seen for what it is, a bit of fun and a, clear, attempt to lift the “spirits” of the nation in these unprecedented times. And well done to them!

I regurgitate the news

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Really seems that people who’d have “issues” with the Gardaí, generally, are going to be, loudly, complaining about this dance “challenge”.

To everyone else it’s just seen for what it is, a bit of fun and a, clear, attempt to lift the “spirits” of the nation in these unprecedented times. And well done to them!

If you've lost your job and you see people benefiting from this situation getting overtime and then dancing in places you are not allowed visit it is most definitely not raising spirits.

maestroamado

Was it just the Irish that were challenged or was it open challenge to any group?
What surprised me was we there seem to just 2 police force doing on UTube

murpho999

I regurgitate the news wrote: »

If you've lost your job and you see people benefiting from this situation getting overtime and then dancing in places you are not allowed visit it is most definitely not raising spirits.

What places were they in that you're not allowed visit?
You can visit any outdoor location if it's within your 5k limit.
The Gardai where using their local areas.

How do you know if people in the video are benefitting from the situation?

People who have lost their jobs would not be narrow minded enough to blame Gardai for their situation as the Gardai have not caused any of the problems created by the pandemic.

murpho999

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

That second point is significant. You’d wonder about the thinking in the guards ...”oh wow weee - - look the Swiss police have challenged us to do a dance video”

Did nobody stop for a second and consider the bigger picture

They certainly did and shot in widescreen landscape mode.