Stereotypes? Us? Who?

Via David Gray

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vOCnZOcr8w&feature=player_embedded#at=53

A Toronto cop’s comments on girls’ dress sense and rape prompted a ‘slutwalk’ in the city.

Protesters March In Toronto Slutwalk (CNN)

And could someone please explain why the Irish Independent‘s Fionnán Sheehan is speaking from the perspective of Garda Siochana as opposed to, you know, the Irish Independent‘s Fionnán Sheehan.

Anywho, here’s LingoGate, which kicked off just before the closing titles.

Vincent Browne: “Fionnán, do you think this will run and run and can those gardaí remain in the force, in your view?”

Fionnán Sheehan: “Well I think what will be important from the gardaí’s perspective will be seeing how the senior management responds to it. We have the garda ombudsman commission there in place which is already conducting its own investigation but I think the garda commissioner will have to be seen to act in this case because it’s a very poor reflection upon the gardaí, whatever way you want to look at it.”

Browne: “But it’s also part of the lingo of Irish males. Irish males think that talking about, ‘I’d rape that one and whatever’, thinks this is funny. It’s part of the lingo. I think it is.”

Laura Noonan (irish Independent): “I’ve never heard any Irish men jokingly refer to raping somebody.”

Browne: “I’ve, I think that it’s not unusual and not in any way to justify – far from it – but it’s part of the lingo. We are a screwed-up society in that regard as well as in other regards.

And on that hopeful note we’ll say goodnight.

Watch full show here (go to 40 mins)

Scary Vincent closing title montage screenshot by Loontrousers

Via Rick O’Shea

Meet Nigel Reddy.

Looks like butter wouldn’t melt in his lantern-jaw, right?

You wouldn’t bat an eyelid if your mother took him home and introduced him as your new ‘uncle’.

Don’t be fooled.

Because someone you love would not love this man. Mum?

The Nige works for Ogilvy so-called Mather. He’s the creative assclown behind the new Kimberley Mikado ad. The 30-second car crash that has single-handedly destroyed the childhood memories of anyone over the age of 30.

Back in the day we sought comfort where we could find it. A reassuring biscuit ad voiced by Maureen Potter was just the ticket. It blotted out the pain of being manhandled by alcoholic priests.

Thanks to Nige, the Kimberley, Mikado and Coconut Cream have been dunked in an acid-nightmare of lascivious harpies and day-glo dwarfs.

‘People do think, “What?! That’s for biscuits?!”’Mr Reddy told the Irish Daily Mail. ‘But it’s just so difficult to cut through these days. Jacobs were extremely open to the concept. They are really great at investing in their brands.”

Hey, wait till you have your memories plundered and ‘cut through’ by some silver-haired advertard, Nige, and then we’ll see who’s open to the concept, whatever the frick that means.

Meanwhile, here’s Nige’s Facebook page. Tell him how upset you are.