I miss Nicosia. He was like a low ranking STASI functionary patrolling the

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Funnily enough, 10 years almost to the day, I had such a vicious row with greg mitchell I ended up phoning him to arrange to meet up and discuss it mano a mano :hehe:

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And what was the result of the phone call and/or meeting?

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You big ****ing spanner.

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You are aware of the full facts of the matter, enabling you to draw this judgement, clearly. I mean, you wouldn't be gratuitously offensive, thereby displaying heroic levels of ignorance, would you?

Oh.

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And what was the result of the phone call and/or meeting?

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We reached an understanding, like gentlemen.

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Funnily enough, 10 years almost to the day, I had such a vicious row with greg mitchell I ended up phoning him to arrange to meet up and discuss it mano a mano :hehe:

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Was the row about your mum going bye-bye ?

:-(

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We reached an understanding, like gentlemen.

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Oh? Well I do hope you used condoms, old son.

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Was the row about your mum going bye-bye ?

:-(

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wd f. I was feeling slightly touchy about the subject.

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You are aware of the full facts of the matter, enabling you to draw this judgement, clearly. I mean, you wouldn't be gratuitously offensive, thereby displaying heroic levels of ignorance, would you?

Oh.

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Don't lecture me on being offensive old boy. You don't intimidate me like you may try to do others.

I am simply curious as to how can a row be vicious?

You say some mean and nasty things, he says some mean and nasty things, in fact neither of you say mean or nasty things, you type them. Surely if it escalating to levels of huge discomfort you simply exit the discussion.

It’s the *****ing internet for ****s sake. Vicious? Have a fúcking word with yourself.

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Don't lecture me on being offensive old boy. You don't intimidate me like you may try to do others.

I am simply curious as to how can a row be vicious?

You say some mean and nasty things, he says some mean and nasty things, in fact neither of you say mean or nasty things, you type them. Surely if it escalating to levels of huge discomfort you simply exit the discussion.

It’s the *****ing internet for ****s sake. Vicious? Have a fúcking word with yourself.

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:hehe: Who made you the boss of my vocabulary?

Don't try to censor me with your sanctimony. It won't wash with me.

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:hehe: Who made you the boss of my vocabulary?

Don't try to censor me with your sanctimony. It won't wash with me.

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I am noboby's boss* nor pretend to be.

*apart from those who work for me

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:hehe: Who made you the boss of my vocabulary?

Don't try to censor me with your sanctimony. It won't wash with me.

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See? Just the mention of his name is enough to inspire fallings out and harsh words. :-(

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See? Just the mention of his name is enough to inspire fallings out and harsh words. :-(

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I haven't used harsh words yet, but trust me, I am more than capable if pushed any further.

Every man has his breaking point, b.

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I haven't used harsh words yet, but trust me, I am more than capable if pushed any further.

Every man has his breaking point, b.

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Yes. I remember that was a more than somewhat fraught time for you.

My uncle went yesterday. :-( Some nice things about him in the Irish Times and Independent, although one of the comments by an academic colleague was rather snide and I'm harbouring ill feelings towards him for it.

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Yes. I remember that was a more than somewhat fraught time for you.

My uncle went yesterday. :-( Some nice things about him in the Irish Times and Independent, although one of the comments by an academic colleague was rather snide and I'm harbouring ill feelings towards him for it.

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I'm very sorry to hear that b. Many condolences - and please mention same to your father on my behalf.

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I'm very sorry to hear that b. Many condolences - and please mention same to your father on my behalf.

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Thank you. I shall, of course.

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I'm very sorry to hear that b. Many condolences - and please mention same to your father on my behalf.

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Oh, the other thing is that that funny little fellow who they have as President was awfully nice about Ronan, so I have to stop being nasty about him in future. :-)

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Oh, the other thing is that that funny little fellow who they have as President was awfully nice about Ronan, so I have to stop being nasty about him in future. :-)

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Dobby? He likes academics.

Condolences to all the family B.

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Dobby? He likes academics.

Condolences to all the family B.

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Thank you, lar. Much appreciated.

Yes, he was very fulsome and sweet in what he said, which made me feel bad for having made fun of him. :-(

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Thank you, lar. Much appreciated.

Yes, he was very fulsome and sweet in what he said, which made me feel bad for having made fun of him. :-(

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I am confused. Dobby seems much admired by the general populace but I can't take a President who looks like a Harry Potter elf and is roughly the same size in any way seriously (even if he did say nice things about your uncle).

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I am confused. Dobby seems much admired by the general populace but I can't take a President who looks like a Harry Potter elf and is roughly the same size in any way seriously (even if he did say nice things about your uncle).

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Didn't you all vote for him, though? I've no idea how these things work, to be honest. Much simpler just having a monarch.

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Oh, the other thing is that that funny little fellow who they have as President was awfully nice about Ronan, so I have to stop being nasty about him in future. :-)

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I have googled this. Sorry for the loss to the family.

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Didn't you all vote for him, though? I've no idea how these things work, to be honest. Much simpler just having a monarch.

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I actually didn’t vote for him (I declined to vote at all) and further when I explained to my inquisitive neighbour that I had failed to do so she told me off on the basis of “how could anybody not like Michael D”.

It was in effect the suburban Dublin 16 equivalent of a vicious row.

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I have googled this. Sorry for the loss to the family.

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Most kind, sw. Thank you. :-)

I do wish your avatar didn't make me want to draw unkind comparisons with your President, though. :-(

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I actually didn’t vote for him (I declined to vote at all) and further when I explained to my inquisitive neighbour that I had failed to do so she told me off on the basis of “how could anybody not like Michael D”.

It was in effect the suburban Dublin 16 equivalent of a vicious row.

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I do wonder if he's capable of seeing over the top of a bar in order to get his round in, sw, I must admit.

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Didn't you all vote for him, though? I've no idea how these things work, to be honest. Much simpler just having a monarch.

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We all voted for him in much the same way as the UK all voted for Brexit. He had more supporters than anyone else.

I find him quite laughable.

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I do wonder if he's capable of seeing over the top of a bar in order to get his round in, sw, I must admit.

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I thought that was what bar stools were for.

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We all voted for him in much the same way as the UK all voted for Brexit. He had more supporters than anyone else.

I find him quite laughable.

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From memory I recall the opposition not being what one may call the strongest.

There was the dragon from Dragons Den, Dana and Martin McGuinness.

God knows who is up next time.

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From memory I recall the opposition not being what one may call the strongest.

There was the dragon from Dragons Den, Dana and Martin McGuinness.

God knows who is up next time.

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Dana? :hehe: Why do I get the sense you people aren't taking this whole President thing, seriously?

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Dana? :hehe: Why do I get the sense you people aren't taking this whole President thing, seriously?

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It's not exactly a powerful position. Ceremonial at best with one very minor exception.

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So basically when you were banned?

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No, when many people were banned. Although the real issue was the idea that banning people from an internet board was a sensible and mature thing to do.

As I said, it was really what killed AWIMB.

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Dana? :hehe: Why do I get the sense you people aren't taking this whole President thing, seriously?

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It was my primary reason for not bothering my hole (factor in pure laziness also).

Dana, a bloke who looks suspiciously like another bloke from Harry Potter, a retired IRA man and a dragon. Further analysis shows other entrants including a bloke called Gay and a gay bloke called David.

And as Lar has suggested above it isn’t really a position of any real power or influence from what I can tell.

I think the wee man got into a bit of bother over the Xmas when your man Castro died and he offered fulsome sympathy and condolences on behalf of the people of Ireland.

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It was my primary reason for not bothering my hole (factor in pure laziness also).

Dana, a bloke who looks suspiciously like another bloke from Harry Potter, a retired IRA man and a dragon. Further analysis shows other entrants including a bloke called Gay and a gay bloke called David.

And as Lar has suggested above it isn’t really a position of any real power or influence from what I can tell.

I think the wee man got into a bit of bother over the Xmas when your man Castro died and he offered fulsome sympathy and condolences on behalf of the people of Ireland.

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Oh, that's right. He did! Mind you, if you're going to do it for Adolf Hitler, it really wouldn't be fair if you didn't roll out the dead carpet for other authoritarian bÃ*stards, would it?

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It was my primary reason for not bothering my hole (factor in pure laziness also).

Dana, a bloke who looks suspiciously like another bloke from Harry Potter, a retired IRA man and a dragon. Further analysis shows other entrants including a bloke called Gay and a gay bloke called David.

And as Lar has suggested above it isn’t really a position of any real power or influence from what I can tell.

I think the wee man got into a bit of bother over the Xmas when your man Castro died and he offered fulsome sympathy and condolences on behalf of the people of Ireland.

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He's a clown.

As a fan of egg chasing the principal time I see him is at Lansdowne Road being presented to the teams before games. He rarely misses a game. However compared to the relative giants that most rugby players are these days it's quite comical to see him raising his entire arm to shake hands. Hard to tell him apart from the mascots.

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Oh, that's right. He did! Mind you, if you're going to do it for Adolf Hitler, it really wouldn't be fair if you didn't roll out the dead carpet for other authoritarian bÃ*stards, would it?

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Different with Dev. Dev was Taoiseach at the time. It was his last act of reinforcing our so-called neutrality but one he miscalculated badly. It was a deeply unpopular move.