From left: RTÉ weather presenter Nuala Carey, Leo Vardkar and Leinster rugby’s Kevin McLaughlin.
Splutter.
Mmmm.
Health Minister Leo Varadkar launching the On The Dry fundraising campaign at Trinity College, Dublin encouraging “those who abstain from alcohol at this time of year to raise vital donations towards the fight against heart disease and stroke-the number one cause of death in this country”.
The initiative is supported by AIG Insurance and Dublin’s 98FM.
Take a hike Nuala.
Hic.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
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Hang on, I did helpful signs there to show the difference between right and left, but they disappeared.
camera right or stage right as its known
The whole ‘on the dry’ notion feeds into the binge-drinking culture.
Drinking as this bad/bold/transgressive thing-you deserve a pat on the back for not doing it.
Because it adds empty calories when you’re trying to recover from Christmas, should swell your bank account by an average of €100, is a leading contributor to RTCs which tend to be worst during winter months and if you can’t give up for a month, maybe it’s time to reassess your relationship with alcohol. Worthy initiative, I would have thought.
If you feel you have to give up for a month, maybe it’s time to reassess your relationship with alcohol.
Or maybe it feeds into the “I spent far too much over Christmas so need to fill in that gaping hole in my bank account” culture.
Nah, I think gallantman hit the nail on the head. Oh, look at me, I can manage not to drink booze for a month, aren’t I clever, followed by a Feb of getting rat-a****d to catch up with everyone else. Just maybe don’t drink so much to begin with?
+1
Nah, I was talking specifically about me there.
Binge and purge, it’s the tight little ball of repression way!
Couldn’t Nuala Carey be arsed to don a t-shirt?
She already forecasted a dry spell I guess…
Boom boom :)
F**k off this is the most condescending shite yet as a non drinker there is no need to pat yourselves on the backs for not making a mess of yourself for 4 weeks and somebody tell that p***k Varadkar to go and sort of the f**king health system that he is not a f**king assets model and needs to turn up at every photocall.
…and this, kids, is what led to the infamous Asterisk Shortage of 2015.
I prefer an asterisk f**k to a broadsheet fupp any day. Maybe broadsheet should meter our use of the asterisk and we would be more conservative with it.
They left all your *****s in but deleted my comment about pygmy’s c*cks.
Which I guess will happen again soon.
I’d say that cause you referenced Nualas nips, i did find it funny though.
Thanks! I reference the Viz Profanisaurus a lot, to be honest.
No punctuation shortage!
I was ranting punctuation would just take away from the anger in my post.
Fair point.
No body is.
And this is supposed to make you want to give up drink? Jeeesus.
No. It’s not.
Gang Green – Alcohol
G’wan the 80s !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD3NzqKzfK4
I’ll drink to that
one thing about Leo ….. he does seem to be the healthiest Minister for Health we have had for a long time… nice flat abs under that shirt….. but i temper that with the comment that he is a dose!
A minister for health who a) actually has a medical background and b) actually looks like he might be healthy. Its such a shame that this is rare, they should be the norm.
“medically futile” says the BBC
If the funds needed are so vital, shouldn’t the government be funding it, rather than relying on donations?
Maybe Leo could argue for a minimum dance floor space within a venue before it gets a license to call itself a nightclub… but that wouldn’t be ‘teeth ‘n tits’ which is obviously his specialty.
Nuala Carey? *shudder* Someone pour me a stiff one.