Eamon sez:
[the above video] was played before any movie or tv show I watched on long haul flights I took this week on Cathay Pacific, LHR to HK and back.
Am I imagining the subtle Irish dig? Or am I being too sensitive?
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WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Too sensitive. What subtle Irish dig?
Cheek of him. Corrupt bastard was going to let the kid in for free. I’d say Elaine Byrne is already working on an angry article exposing him and the rest of the crooked carnies that are holding the nation back for generations.
Basically if I’m reading between the lines correctly here, what this ad is saying is that Irish people are callous potato munching alcoholics incapable of genuine interaction with others due to crippling insecurity and self loathing with a post colonial complex and a self-destructive streak a mile wide.
If I’m reading it correctly that is.
Also: fat.
And don’t get them started on the smell
And his beard.
And of course this is all in the context of a society where convicted paedophiles are required by law to wear a green “shamrock” badge.
Definitely strange; if only because Ireland is so irrelevant out here; ~quarterly mentions in the local English-language paper relating to church abuse but that’s it.
That’s amazing. It’s wall to wall Singapore in the Irish newspapers. I suddenly feel so unloved.
Orson’s back from the dead!
Lying Paddy Bastards doing themselves outta cash…
Well meaning, rule-bending Irish carny nonplussed by integrity and honesty of Singaporean dad?
I like that subtext
:D
Harmless
…classic mistake here…banks may have principal but never principle. For example, David Drumm has done his best to hold onto his principal but is not worried about principle.
He should be sent to see the principle, post 80’s, for some slaps.
He’s definitely identified as Irish, not just by his accent but by the ‘shamrock’ badge. Sleeveens, not like those honest Chinese bankers.
“Ooooh an opportunity for me to be outraged!”
Don’t be such a whingebag.
@skbac
Why are you outraged?
He is a whingebag and you are outraged?
Sounds like a happy couple…
If the showground operator had been in anyway dishonest he would have said “Have a nice day.” and pocketed the cash.
The fact that he is portrayed as being more interested in the dad’s motives shows that this advert is portraying him as a measure of honesty.
If you are paranoid about that then go measure your own honesty because I fear you would have said five.
And your kid would grow up to say the same.
Unlike the honest showman and his honest client.
I would have said ‘The kid is three’ as those Carnies come back to the same places annually and the oversize leprechaun would have caught me next year and the year after…
Banks are so honest it makes me sick.
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what the absolute fcuk is there to be in anyway offended by this?
Some of the people who send things into this site make muslim extremists look tolerant.
Too soon? Yes, too f@&king soon, Rotide.
A cluster f*&k? Do my eyes deceive me?
…clusterf*&k…great…that could be the collective noun for trolls.
As the ad says, our principles define us.
Seems true to life. Maybe too close to the bone?
Yes this is a dig at the Irish. But why can’t we Irish accept that our banking system was corrupt and without integrity. Exchanging money to prop each others balance sheets for example. You know this type of thing in common in our culture…. A most excellent culture but it aint perfect. Time for the Irish to become self aware and rid things like alcohol Abuse out of our culture. Take this one on the chin, its true we are not honest bankers.suck it up.