Ah here.
After a ‘brief sabbatical’ unromantic lockpicker LoveLockNoMore took advantage of a post Valentine lull to gather this impressive haul of lockage (centre and above) off the Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin last night.
He’s not anti-love.
He’s pro-bridge.
FIGHT!
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Galvanic corrosion already setting in on a few of those, illustrating why it’s a really, really bad idea to lock them to cast iron…
Why can’t bottomholes just not leave the bridge alone.
Well if he needs any volunteers…..call Hoop-dini.
Maybe we need a Bridge Marshall.
guys like this bring out the divilment in me – i’m hatching a fiendish plan to handcuff him to the ha’penny bridge.
You’re a supporter of the locks? Not many of them around.
not really a supporter of the locks as such, i couldn’t really give a monkeys either way. it’s the busy-bodies i have a thing about.
Pro Bridge……!
top man. well done.
+1
My girlfriend (Anna) and I placed a lock on that bridge on the date of our first anniversary (January 14). It was a special act committed at a special time. It meant a lot to both of us. We used a lock that Anna had purchased in Vienna, which was the first trip we had taken together as a couple (she bought the lock to secure her luggage, but we later realised the the significance and poignance of that purchase during that trip). On the night of St Valentine’s Day, we were again in the city centre, this time enjoying a romantic walk along the boardwalk. Without speaking the words, we both knew that where we heading – literally and metaphorically. We drifted towards the Ha’Penny Bridge, and, like excited children, searched for ‘out lock’ amidst the others. When we found it, we were devastated. Someone else had placed a lock onto ours, as if we were some sordid little threesome. His name is “Dave”. Not a couple, just a male alone. It defiles the relationship between Anna and I. How dare Dave force himself upon us like that? What illicit thoughts does he have at night? It’s wrong.
Vandals! chop ’em all off.
can you hear the drums, fernando?
He thinks we were Bjorn yesterday.
“Dave” is short for “Davina”, does that help?
Dear Fernando,
Your relationship is doomed because of this. This ‘Dave’ is a metaphor for all the harsh reality that will get in the way of your romantic love. Romantic love is fleeting. ‘Dave’ will always be there to give you and Anne a much needed reality check. Your love is cursed once you put one of those silly locks on a bridge.
was dave’s lock bigger than yours?
I’d say Dave’s lock is always bigger than everyone else’s.
Where did he stick his key?
A “romantic walk on the boardwalk”…..in Dublin?!? Junkies trying to scab
a fag off of ya (even when you don’t smoke )and lurching drunkenly at you, causing you to veer dangerously close to seagulls that look like they’d easily snatch a baby from a buggy…
Sooo romantic it is.
Why that bridge, did you meet there? why not stick a lock on a chair in coppers?
That bridge was originally built so sailors landing on south docks could get to prostitutes on the north docks quickly. If they had an STD when returning they would forgive the cost of a halpenny to return. Does that ruin the romance for you?
*warning the above may or may not be true*
I’ve noticed locks appearing on metal ball made of chains surrounding the eternal flame near Bus arus
Dry your eyes mate.
I wonder how much they’d fetch for scrap? Must weigh a fair bit.
Good idea, get an angle grinder and you have half the bridge in the back of your transit in no time at all. Cast iron, you say?
More power to him.
trust me, the last thing you want to give a self-important crusader like this more power. they turn into abm/jock/banotti/diddley aye/bluebeard et al
Dya think we could get him to post here?
I’m Pro-Old-Maid, never played bridge.
whoa man tick sabotage u rebel
Walking across the bridge this morning, I spotted a few locks that had a pink coating and were specificaly engraved. And there’s a few more similar in the photos here. I can only shudder at how much extra someone’s paying for that, only for it to be taken down by this guy, or the people who learn lockpicking at TOG, or even the council.
Surely you don’t agree to the locks staying there simply because they were expensive / pink / engraved??!!
Not at all. It’s more of a reflection on how stupid people are to pay extra for a fudging lock, and that there are people who saw an opportunity to exploit someone yet again.
Fools and their money are easily parted indeed. And I have no sympathy for them. If they want a symbol of their love, they should take a photo rather than deface a landmark.
Yep, stupid and sad.
Aye, this Edwards lad seems to be playing a dangerous game as he has several locks in that picture. Do his other partners know I wonder?
mostly done by foreigners, you know, the guys you screw with your rip off prices, extortionate rents and who pay your dumb f*ck taxes.
we don’t discriminate here. we all get ripped off, pay extortionate rents and pay dumb fupp taxes. we’re ‘inclusive’ now.
Sentimental language students. Same kids who block the footpaths in their mass gatherings.
I *crave* a cattle-prod for those people.
Ahem. Probably for the best I don’t have one.
Aha ha !! I’d love up cattle prod a few folk too, hee hee
….no, not like that , don’t be letting your mind wander
Someone’s making a nice few bob selling locks.
Maybe this guy could make a sculpture of the locks and stick it somehow where the lovers can stroll around looking at their statement of love? Anywhere on the crash barrier of the M50 would be good.
Hook up an electric fence to the bridge. Try locking something to that!
Never understood how a lock, never mind a cheap ugly rusting lock symbolises love.