A Competition By Any Other Name

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69 thoughts on “A Competition By Any Other Name

  1. Advertising On Police Cars

    “Labour are supposedly red, Fine Gael are very blue…Sinn Fein know where the bodies are.”

  2. Moneylender

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    they recently wed,
    and now whilst in bed
    the one who gets fupped is you

  3. Mark

    “Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    Only one things for sure
    I’m madly in love with you

  4. Jane

    Labour are supposedly red, Fine Gael are very blue…Sinn Fein know where the bodies are.
    So, let’s get rather bawdy and ask dear Dokerty
    Oh Daddy where the fokerty are you?

  5. Mani

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    That must make Sinn Fein tangerine
    Just look at Mary Lou.

    Mani aged 8 and 3/4

  6. Drogg

    “Labour are supposedly red, Fine Gael are very blue, Sinn Fein act sweet but the only one to get fupped is you’

  7. OP

    Labour are supposedly red
    Fine Gael are supposedly blue
    But regardless of shade
    Dáil romance is made
    By sitting on a lap or two.

  8. therealkevinewHitty

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    After getting in bed together,
    they’ve bitten off more than they can chew

  9. Murtles

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    But mix them you get purple
    Now this poem makes no sense
    (a lot like Labour and Fine Gael)

  10. zackersetu

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    But thankfully Lucinda Creighton is not out front
    Because her and new friends are are a pack of … poo

    (err has to rhyme with ‘blue’ people … God!! … do you not know anything about rhyming couplets)
    (To be clear … I also know very little about rhyming couplets …. obviously!!)

  11. Toe up

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    If you attempt to criticise Alan Shatter
    Then he will probably sue

  12. Martin

    Labour are supposedly red, Fine Gael are very blue , Both have said, Sinn Féin, that they categorically won’t go into government with you.

  13. Lynsey

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    I can’t wait to vote,
    And not for those two.

  14. fluffybiscuits

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    James Reilly ate all the Roses
    Whats poor Leo to do?
    He could cry into his tea
    He could cry into his coffee
    But he could do something better
    Sort out those on a hospital trolley!

  15. JR

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    Both are yellow,
    As they often bellow,
    They both need to think,
    Before they price up our drink!

  16. Spaghetti Hoop

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    Mix em up together
    For a familiar brown hue.

  17. Frilly Keane

    ‘ looks like Valentine’s day is bringing out the best in ye

    Some Savage stuff here already

    Give ’em all flowers

  18. WittyName

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    Neither are very different,
    Except for their differing hue.

  19. Hedtcha

    Labour are supposedly red, Fine Gael are very blue, they care only for the filthy rich, but get this, I’m richer for having you.

  20. Spaghetti Hoop

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    The flowers could govern our land
    Better than those two do.

  21. Bonzor

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    And the Greens are still trying their best,
    To get rid of their Fianna Fail hue.

  22. scottser

    labour are supposedly red
    fine gael are very blue
    the rest of the rabble
    do nothing but babble
    ’bout water & paying our due

  23. Mulch

    Labour are supposedly red
    Fine Gael are very blue
    But both are just lackies
    For Merkel and her crew

  24. Cool_Hand_Lucan

    Labour are supposedly red, Fine Gael are very blue, not all poems have to ryhme, toasted cheese sandwich.

  25. Montgomery Brewster

    Labour are supposedly red
    Fine Gael are very blue
    Sinn Fein are complete shite
    As are Fianna Fail too

    Vote none of the above!

  26. fluffybiscuits

    Labour are supposedly red, Fine Gael are very blue, Oh my darling Clampers, give us a screw …(no seriously cos that Ikea furniture has fallen apart and Im short of ’em to put ’em back together) :D

  27. smoothlikemurphys

    Labour are supposedly red
    Fine Gael are very blue
    €60 for 12 Roses is daylight robbery
    Fin.

  28. Johnny Unitus

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    But for a colour blind man like me,
    They’re best represented by the pungent smell of poo.

  29. Big Mad Bond Fan

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    The Shinners claim they’re green,
    Combined they’re a big pile of poo.

  30. italia'90

    Labour are supposedly red
    Fine Gael are very blue
    $hame F€in will be our next government
    Thanks to both of you

  31. sickofallthisbs

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    Enda Kenny is a cross dresser
    And likes to sniff his wife’s shoe

  32. Mark

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    Coprophiliacs are shite lovers
    And so are these two

  33. RogerIsAnAmbulance

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue it’s said
    they got into bed
    now re-election looks dead
    so they’ll fight tooth nail till unwed

    1. RogerIsAnAmbulance

      Minor typo:

      Labour are supposedly red,
      Fine Gael are very blue it’s said
      they got into bed
      now re-election looks dead
      so they’ll fight tooth ‘n nail till unwed

  34. Disgruntled Goat

    Ode to an Irish Tax-Payer.
    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    Eamonn gets head,
    While Enda bums you.

  35. Bee

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    Fianna Fail tried the Green but
    Sinn Fein want a coup

  36. jonjo

    Think of this one as appearing inside the card of my beloved.

    Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue,
    I bet you’re wondering wtf
    but flowers are being provided for you.

  37. Amadan

    “Labour are supposedly red,
    Fine Gael are very blue
    FF want the Shinners dead
    Irish Water’s the colour of poo!

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