Had an interesting late night chat with a few friends recently, it may have been the wisdom of the drink, but we got on to the topic of what a County's GAA team would be called if the GAA sold out and became franchised, American NFL style! In what turned out to be quite a funny conversation, some sensible and some rude names came up...some have names simply because their County name lends to it, others because of things in their County e.g. we have the Fermanagh Lakers.
Would be interested to hear anyone's alternatives?..
1. Antrim Jobs
2. Armagh Cardinals
3. Carlow Riders
4. Cavan Cattle (or Kings)
5. Cork Screws
6. Clare Bears
7. Derry London Irish
8. Donegal Hillbillies
9. Down Syndromes
10. Dublin Castles
11. Fermanagh Lakers
12. Galway Girls
13. Kerry Dolphins
14. Kilkenny Cats
15. Kildare Devils
16. Laois ?
17. Limerick Hams
18. Leitrim Jobs (also)
19. Longford Fiestas
20. Louth ?
21. Mayo Neighs
22. Meath Royals
23. Monaghan Mexicans
24. Offaly Greats
25. Roscommon Asmucks
26. Sligo Fuckyourselves
27. Tipperary ?
28. Tyrone Crystals
29. Waterford Escorts
30. Wexford Cortinas
31. Westmeath Wannabes
32. Wicklow Candles
Quote from: Cumah! on July 09, 2008, 09:10:26 AM
Had an interesting late night chat with a few friends recently, it may have been the wisdom of the drink, but we got on to the topic of what a County's GAA team would be called if the GAA sold out and became franchised, American NFL style! In what turned out to be quite a funny conversation, some sensible and some rude names came up...some have names simply because their County name lends to it, others because of things in their County e.g. we have the Fermanagh Lakers.
Would be interested to hear anyone's alternatives?..
1. Antrim Jobs
2. Armagh Cardinals
3. Carlow Riders
4. Cavan Cattle (or Kings)
5. Cork Screws
6. Clare Bears
7. Derry London Irish
8. Donegal Hillbillies
9. Down Syndromes
10. Dublin Castles
11. Fermanagh Lakers
12. Galway Girls
13. Kerry Dolphins
14. Kilkenny Cats
15. Kildare Devils
16. Laois ?
17. Limerick Hams
18. Leitrim Jobs (also)
19. Longford Fiestas
20. Louth ?
21. Mayo Neighs
22. Meath Royals
23. Monaghan Mexicans
24. Offaly Greats
25. Roscommon Asmucks
26. Sligo Fuckyourselves
27. Tipperary ?
28. Tyrone Crystals
29. Waterford Escorts
30. Wexford Cortinas
31. Westmeath Wannabes
32. Wicklow Candles
:D :D :D Brilliant.
Tipperary Fairys
Louth Mouths
Laois Dogs
Love the "Antrim Jobs" as works on two levels Jobs as in work and Job's as from the bibles "Job" to reach out to the Antrim brethren ;D
Quote from: Zapatista on July 09, 2008, 10:09:31 AM
Quote from: Cumah! on July 09, 2008, 09:10:26 AM
Had an interesting late night chat with a few friends recently, it may have been the wisdom of the drink, but we got on to the topic of what a County's GAA team would be called if the GAA sold out and became franchised, American NFL style! In what turned out to be quite a funny conversation, some sensible and some rude names came up...some have names simply because their County name lends to it, others because of things in their County e.g. we have the Fermanagh Lakers.
:D :D :D Brilliant.
Tipperary Fairys
Louth Mouths
Laois Dogs
Laois Dogs so not funny >:( :D
Dublin Dirtbags
Tyrone Tools
Sligo Tommy Murphy Cup Champions
Cavan Pennypinchers
Armagh Oilers (Get it?)
Kerry Sheepworriers
Cork Strikers
Dublin bankers ;)
Would be more appropriate in my view.
squareball.com had a good one. Fermanagh Virgins ;)
First of all i must have had a humour bypass because i didnt find that funny in the slightest ::)
Second
If the GAA were to become franchised and professional.
There wouldnt be 32 teams in it, There would be 16-20 at most
counties like Cavan,Monaghan,Fermanagh etc would be combined into one "Franchise"
Two Dublin teams, one Northside 1 and one Southside 1.
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 09, 2008, 01:23:44 PM
First of all i must have had a humour bypass because i didnt find that funny in the slightest ::)
Second
If the GAA were to become franchised and professional.
There wouldnt be 32 teams in it, There would be 16-20 at most
counties like Cavan,Monaghan,Fermanagh etc would be combined into one "Franchise"
Two Dublin teams, one Northside 1 and one Southside 1.
Are you serious?
Quote from: Zapatista on July 09, 2008, 01:27:08 PM
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on July 09, 2008, 01:23:44 PM
First of all i must have had a humour bypass because i didnt find that funny in the slightest ::)
Second
If the GAA were to become franchised and professional.
There wouldnt be 32 teams in it, There would be 16-20 at most
counties like Cavan,Monaghan,Fermanagh etc would be combined into one "Franchise"
Two Dublin teams, one Northside 1 and one Southside 1.
Are you serious?
about what?
Jesus Christ man its a joke! Are you actually being serious? Picking up on the point that Cavan Fermanagh and Monaghan would merge but being fine with the fact that one team are called the Down Syndromes, accompanied by the Antrim Jobs and the Mayo Neighs?
You clearly have had a humour bypass, you are entitled to think it isnt funny but its clearly all a joke, it wasnt actually a proposition!
fight fight fight fight fight fight fight fight!!!
:D
Quote from: Cumah! on July 09, 2008, 01:32:15 PM
Jesus Christ man its a joke! Are you actually being serious? Picking up on the point that Cavan Fermanagh and Monaghan would merge but being fine with the fact that one team are called the Down Syndromes, accompanied by the Antrim Jobs and the Mayo Neighs?
You clearly have had a humour bypass, you are entitled to think it isnt funny but its clearly all a joke, it wasnt actually a proposition!
its actually an interesting topic, "If the GAA ever did become Professional" what format would it take.
Thats fair enough, just I wanted to have a thread where there are no arguments or any serious discussions about the potential for the GAA to become professional, just for some amusement to see if others could come up with better names or even just funny ones.
My personal favourite is the Mayo Neighs, although the subtlety of Cavan Cattle is brilliant..
Quote from: Cumah! on July 09, 2008, 01:40:51 PM
Thats fair enough, just I wanted to have a thread where there are no arguments or any serious discussions about the potential for the GAA to become professional, just for some amusement to see if others could come up with better names or even just funny ones.
My personal favourite is the Mayo Neighs, although the subtlety of Cavan Cattle is brilliant..
maybe it the"Cavan Cattle" name that made me sour ;)
ive actually read the thread properly and there are some funny names to be honest.
im sure someone will come on all offended over "Down Syndrome" sometime soon.
Yeah i was wary of the Down Syndromes one, was nearly not going to put it in but then i thought, the majority of people will see that it is a joke and take no offence, anyone who does i will defend it! was disappointed i had to settle for Sligo Fuckurselves, maybe their nickname could be the inbreds..
Any Sligo ones, there is no cynicism behind that, just trying for funny names..
Armagh Arch-Bishops (U21)
Armagh Priests (Minors)
Down Syndromes! Hadn't noticed that one till now. Very bold. :o :( :D
This could get really out of hand e.g.
Praia da Luz Childsnatchers or Austria Cellardwellers
I have already clearly point out that no offence was intended, it is simply a team name, I could just as easily called them Down Mournemen or something like that, but in the vein of the Kil-DARE DEVILS, the Mayo Neighs and the Cork Screws, it is because the County's name lends to a phrase, in this case Down Syndromes. It has nothing to do with people in the county suffering from it or in no way an attack on Down people, it is merely a joke. I apologise to anyone who has taken offence, for those who haven't they understand that it is not intended to cause any discomfort amongst board members.
Are you kidding me? To cause trouble? I signed up because I have been a long time reader of the board but have never had any reason to post on it. Now that my friends and I had this conversation, which I found very funny, I thought I had a reason to post. The Down Syndrome team name was just one of 29 that we came up with, I have no problem defending my right to post on this board. I thought that these names and this concept were too good to keep to ourselves, so as I said I felt i finally had a reason to sign up to the board.
Clearly I have caused offence to your fragile mindset, so I apologise for offending you. Anyone else who is offended I will apologise to also, but out of 29 team names it is stupid to pick out just one. I didn't make up another 28 names just so I could post the Down name..
Catch a grip of yourself man, if the Mods read all of my posts in this thread they will see that I have repeatedly said that this thread is a joke. No offence is intended. We did not come up with Down Syndromes and think "aw jesus thats funny i must sign up and post that". I thought that the rest of the team names were very good, we had come up with all the names and decided it was board worthy. I have already apologised to you personally, and to anyone else who was offended.
Note to all other readers:
This thread is intended solely as a joke. I find some of the team names very funny, and some quite clever e.g. Kerry Dolphins and Armagh Cardinals.
Right ok, if i knew how to i would love to set up a poll to see how many people actually are offended by this. you are the only one to have complained, as i said if the Mods did read my posts they would see I genuinely wanted other people to see this idea.
Poor enough taste in fairness, if you were Tommy Tiernan you'd be hung by now ;)
QuoteHorrible horrible post
Bit OTT there..
Being disabled myself, I'm horrified by this. I thought this kind of attitude was condemned to the past. Sure it's a funny "joke", but jokes only feed into the negative views people have towards people like myself and encourage others to be the same. >:(
The argument that its "just a joke" isnt really an argument.
Are sick jokes ok because they are jokes?
I'm not personally offended, but can easily see how people could be.
Quote from: ziggysego on July 09, 2008, 12:33:48 PM
squareball.com had a good one. Fermanagh Virgins ;)
Quote from: ziggysego on July 09, 2008, 05:13:43 PM
Being disabled myself, I'm horrified by this. I thought this kind of attitude was condemned to the past. Sure it's a funny "joke", but jokes only feed into the negative views people have towards people like myself and encourage others to be the same. >:(
This seems like a switch in attitude?!
I would imagine there are a lot of people who, upon hearing you're disabled stayed well out of this one. Well, I'm neither discriminatory nor patronising, I'm sure you meet enough who are, so I thought I'd pull you up on it.
Btw, didnt pass any remarks on the Down thing when I first seen it, but when I thought about it I agree, it definitely encourages a mindset that disability is fair game to be laughed at, which is obviously wrong.
Fermanagh Virgins is a reference to them not winning Ulster before. Now I don't know haranguerer, but do you think there is something fundamentally wrong with being a virgin?
I meant switch in attitude as in you read the post at half twelve, contributed, but then at a quarter past five you were horrified by the post.
Btw, I think theres nothing fundamentally wrong with being a virgin. Indeed, most fundamentalists seem to think its very very right. :D
I actually missed that bit. I just went back to see what people were complaining about and saw it.
I actually just scrolled down to see what he had to say about Tyrone.
No further questions your honour.
They got off light though, either Cumah! isn't from Ulster, or hes from Tyrone :D
Can i just ask something...
Is it just a sensitivity towards Downs Syndrome? Would people have complained had i called a team "Antrim Alzheimers"? or Derry Dementias? I mean anyone can see that those team names are clearly just for alliteration, but would there have been uproar for making a "sick" joke about those sufferring from Alzheimers? Would people have cared for the Donegal Dyslexics?
In my honest opinion, there would not have been complaints, or if there had been they would not have been so strong as to ask for the Mods to ban me.
I'll admit that I was very proud to have thought of this idea late one night (the idea in question being the whole concept, not the Down name) , and had an enjoyable hour or so discussing it with my friends. I wanted to share them with others, and in hindsight may have been better to leave out the Down one.
I have apologised countless times, there was no malice or sickness intended, I would just like to move on so this topic, what i would deem enjoyable, can progress and we can hear more suggestions for team names..
Wouldn't that be the Donelag Dyslexics?
How about the Derry Airs or the Louth Speakers?
Quote from: Cumah! on July 09, 2008, 09:13:11 PM
Can i just ask something...
Is it just a sensitivity towards Downs Syndrome? Would people have complained had i called a team "Antrim Alzheimers"? or Derry Dementias? I mean anyone can see that those team names are clearly just for alliteration, but would there have been uproar for making a "sick" joke about those sufferring from Alzheimers? Would people have cared for the Donegal Dyslexics?
In my honest opinion, there would not have been complaints, or if there had been they would not have been so strong as to ask for the Mods to ban me.
I'll admit that I was very proud to have thought of this idea late one night (the idea in question being the whole concept, not the Down name) , and had an enjoyable hour or so discussing it with my friends. I wanted to share them with others, and in hindsight may have been better to leave out the Down one.
I have apologised countless times, there was no malice or sickness intended, I would just like to move on so this topic, what i would deem enjoyable, can progress and we can hear more suggestions for team names..
The Antrim Alzheimer's would have started to complain and then forgotten all about it
The Dongeal Dyslexics - well you'd have made more sense out of a post written by the love child of Gnevin and Hurler on the bitch
As for the Derry Dementias - sure them boys wouldnt even know what day of the week it is.
Still though - you are one sick puppy.
I like the Derry Airs, snappy! Another suggestion was Derry Products..
Louth Speakers may well just be a winner, the only other suggestions were Mouths or Louts..
Kerry Maids was also suggested
Armagh...Spussystinks?
Down....With this sort of thing (see previous name)?
OMG so so sick. Mods, wield your banhammer immediately. Im so offended by 'DownSyndrome.'
::) Lets all join the PC Brigade
surely we can get something more offensive to get PC about after all down syndrome is just word play using the full term for the condition not an insulting version of it and doesn't actually insult any body.
but calling sligo 'Sligo schizo's' refering to the last 2 connaught finals now that woud be offesive.
The Count DOWN Conundrums
Down 'n' Outs
Down Towners
Down 'n' Dirties
Eider Downers
Derry Heirs, Antrim Crocuses, Donegal Ralliers, Tyrone Bushmen, Meath Cleavers,
I, too, didn't like the original Down "nickname" and Cumah you have the ability to change it.
The ANTrim Eaters
Dublin Druggies
RoscomMon Sters
Galway Hookers
Sligo Gogos
LeitRim Mers
MaYo Yos
::)
>:(
:D
Quote14. Kilkenny Cats
Thats hilarious alright. The kilkenny lads won't like that at all.
Oh wait. ::)