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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!

LoveLockNoMore

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43 thoughts on “Lock Hard

  1. scottser

    guys like this bring out the divilment in me – i’m hatching a fiendish plan to handcuff him to the ha’penny bridge.

      1. scottser

        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.

  2. Fernando

    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.

    1. Llareggub

      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.

    2. Goosey Lucy

      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.

    3. pissedasnewt

      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

    1. Soundings

      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?

    1. scottser

      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

  3. Lorcan Nagle

    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.

    1. Spaghetti Hoop

      Surely you don’t agree to the locks staying there simply because they were expensive / pink / engraved??!!

      1. Lorcan Nagle

        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.

        1. FK

          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.

    2. Murtles

      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?

  4. YourNan

    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.

    1. scottser

      we don’t discriminate here. we all get ripped off, pay extortionate rents and pay dumb fupp taxes. we’re ‘inclusive’ now.

  5. Ppads

    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.

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