Things that make you go What the F**k?

[muppet]

http://www.thejournal.ie/sean-ocasey-bridge-remote-1713102-Oct2014/?utm_source=twitter_self

DUBLIN'S SÉAN O'CASEY Bridge, which has been unable to open to shipping for the past four years, was finally re-opened in the past few weeks after experts created a new remote control for the structure.

That operation is controlled by a hand-held remote device — but, as TheJournal.ie reported last year — that device went missing some years ago, meaning openings were no longer possible.

[Denn Forever]

http://www.thejournal.ie/sean-ocasey-bridge-remote-1713102-Oct2014/?utm_source=twitter_self

DUBLIN'S SÉAN O'CASEY Bridge, which has been unable to open to shipping for the past four years, was finally re-opened in the past few weeks after experts created a new remote control for the structure.

That operation is controlled by a hand-held remote device — but, as TheJournal.ie reported last year — that device went missing some years ago, meaning openings were no longer possible.

Didn't they look to see if it had fallen down the back of the sofa?

[muppet]

http://www.thejournal.ie/sean-ocasey-bridge-remote-1713102-Oct2014/?utm_source=twitter_self

DUBLIN'S SÉAN O'CASEY Bridge, which has been unable to open to shipping for the past four years, was finally re-opened in the past few weeks after experts created a new remote control for the structure.

That operation is controlled by a hand-held remote device — but, as TheJournal.ie reported last year — that device went missing some years ago, meaning openings were no longer possible.

Didn't they look to see if it had fallen down the back of the sofa?

The committee is still trying to decide. Apparently there are a number of issues with the sofa. The Bridging Regulator says the sofa is fully complaint with all regulations, but the sofa is owned by Quan Shinn, mortgaged to Banglo-Irish in Gibraltar and is currently located in Vladimir Putins sitting room. Thus there is a problem with jurisdiction and Pistu, the union representing the man whose job it is to look for the remote, says he can't be expected to look for it without having seen it first. In a statement Pistu said 'what if he picks up a poisonous spider, thinking it was the remote. Then where would we be. It could start a pandemic!'

[laoislad]

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/watch-shocking-scenes-as-woman-gets-punched-in-the-face-on-dublin-bus-30459663.html

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i4Wbnlui0s

[ludermor]

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/russian-politician-says-apple-ceo-tim-cook-should-be-banned-from-country-after-coming-out-as-gay-30707124.html

I think there might be a few gaaboarders dumping their iphones and ipads as well.

[DrinkingHarp]

http://news.yahoo.com/congo-crowd-kills-man-eats-him-militant-massacres-160235263.html

BENI Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A crowd stoned to death a young man in northeast Congo on Friday before burning and eating his corpse, witnesses said, in apparent revenge for a series of attacks by Ugandan rebels.

The incident in the town of Beni followed a number of overnight raids in the area blamed on the Islamist group ADF-NAUL, who are thought to have massacred more than 100 people this month, using hatchets and machetes to kill their victims.

Witnesses said the man, who has not been identified, aroused suspicion on a bus when passengers discovered he could not speak the local Swahili language and that he was carrying a machete.

[Kidder81]

Savages, what more can you say

[BarryBreensBandage]

Rio Ferdinand has made over 14,000 tweets since 2010.

[rodney trotter]

He talks some shite on Twitter, got a 3 game ban now for a comment he made in September.

[Kidder81]

He talks some shite on Twitter, got a 3 game ban now for a comment he made in September.

More brains in a false face

[theticklemister]

Man lands £7,500 lap dancing bill
Last updated 44 minutes ago


Councillor David Smith said efforts by the man to recoup some of his money from Spearmint Rhino had so far been unsuccessful
A councillor in Bournemouth has said a lap dancing club took advantage of a man from Northern Ireland who ended up with bill for £7,500.

The man, who did not want to give his name, visited the Spearmint Rhino club in Bournemouth during a stag weekend.

He admits he was drunk while visiting the club, but said that they exploited him when he was in a vulnerable state.

Councillor David Smith said efforts by the man to recoup some of his money had so far been unsuccessful.

"He is clearly annoyed about the way he was treated when he went into the club," he said.

"This was some 15 months ago and he got quite inebriated and he admits that he had far too much to drink and he went in there and he seemed to get separated from his friends and then the exploitation took over."

Mr Smith explained how the man ended up £7,500 out-of-pocket.

"The way it works is a bit like a casino because when you go in and once you decide you want some fun with the girls as it were, you buy chips, I think they call them Rhino chips, so you sign your credit card and they bring you chips and when the girls perform their acts upon you, or whatever it is they do, you pay them with chips," he said.

Foolish
"It seems they kept bringing him the credit card machine to sign and they kept giving him chips and he kept handing them over to the girls and in the course of doing that they went through two or three of his credit cards and took seven and a half thousand pounds in the process.

The councillor said the man acknowledged that he had been foolish.

"He admits that he is foolish, but there is also I think a duty of care by any establishment in any walk of life that you don't take advantage of vulnerable people and in the state he was in, he was clearly vulnerable. One could argue they should have known better than to do that."

Mr Smith said the man had chosen to remain anonymous because he had a "fairly good job" in Northern Ireland and did not want to be embarrassed by his friends or work colleagues.

"Since this case has been highlighted in the press, at least two other people have come forward to say exactly the same," Mr Smith added.

The BBC contacted Spearmint Rhino in Bournemouth, but no-one answered the phone, so they were unable to get any response from them.

BBC © 2014

[Hardy]

Man lands £7,500 lap dancing bill
Last updated 44 minutes ago


Councillor David Smith said efforts by the man to recoup some of his money from Spearmint Rhino had so far been unsuccessful
A councillor in Bournemouth has said a lap dancing club took advantage of a man from Northern Ireland who ended up with bill for £7,500.

The man, who did not want to give his name, visited the Spearmint Rhino club in Bournemouth during a stag weekend.

He admits he was drunk while visiting the club, but said that they exploited him when he was in a vulnerable state.

Councillor David Smith said efforts by the man to recoup some of his money had so far been unsuccessful.

"He is clearly annoyed about the way he was treated when he went into the club," he said.

"This was some 15 months ago and he got quite inebriated and he admits that he had far too much to drink and he went in there and he seemed to get separated from his friends and then the exploitation took over."

Mr Smith explained how the man ended up £7,500 out-of-pocket.

"The way it works is a bit like a casino because when you go in and once you decide you want some fun with the girls as it were, you buy chips, I think they call them Rhino chips, so you sign your credit card and they bring you chips and when the girls perform their acts upon you, or whatever it is they do, you pay them with chips," he said.

Foolish
"It seems they kept bringing him the credit card machine to sign and they kept giving him chips and he kept handing them over to the girls and in the course of doing that they went through two or three of his credit cards and took seven and a half thousand pounds in the process.

The councillor said the man acknowledged that he had been foolish.

"He admits that he is foolish, but there is also I think a duty of care by any establishment in any walk of life that you don't take advantage of vulnerable people and in the state he was in, he was clearly vulnerable. One could argue they should have known better than to do that."

Mr Smith said the man had chosen to remain anonymous because he had a "fairly good job" in Northern Ireland and did not want to be embarrassed by his friends or work colleagues.

"Since this case has been highlighted in the press, at least two other people have come forward to say exactly the same," Mr Smith added.

The BBC contacted Spearmint Rhino in Bournemouth, but no-one answered the phone, so they were unable to get any response from them.

BBC © 2014

The intrepid investigative effort by the BBC sorta fizzles out there at the end.

[AZOffaly]

Can I just say 'He's had his chips'? Thanks.

[deiseach]

Mr Smith said the man had chosen to remain anonymous because he had a "fairly good job" in Northern Ireland and did not want to be embarrassed by his friends, work colleagues, or members of the GAA Discussion Board.

Fixed that for you.