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OB-XP895_davida_JV_20130527233557Earlier  we asked you to name YOUR pluckiest underdog moment with a pair of tickets to see ‘controversial’ author Malcolm Gladwell LIVE going to the most impressive struggle.

Runners-Up

Damien Regan: “My greatest David & Goliath story involved me in an altercation with two muggers with knives demanding my phone, I knew they wouldn’t want it, so I told them calmly ‘You don’t want my phone’. They grew more threatening about wanting it and aggressive with their knifeplay until eventually, from my pocket, I pulled out a Nokia 3510. They just walked away.”

Derp: “My greatest David v Goliath story was taking on property developers who were trying to knock down my family home to build a block of apartments, and suing them in the High Court aged 23. If I had lost – bankruptcy. If I won (and I did) developers went wallop. House stands to this day, with family living in it happily. Developers…not so much…”

Rory Walsh: “My greatest David Vs Goliath story Involved me taking on my Mother’s colossal technophobia whilst teaching her to ‘surf the web’ and winning. And it only cost me 3 years, 7849 fag breaks, and a permanent facial tic. She still can’t remember her password though.”

Medium Sized C: “My greatest David vs. Goliath moment involved me postulating laws of human behavior based on faux-facts I pulled from my arse and then writing books about them with really plain covers, a single small graphic and infuriatingly long sub-titles.”

Winner:

David: “My greatest David Vs Goliath story Involved me taking on my teacher and winning. I hated school. I hated school with a passion. One Monday morning I turned up to school with out my school bag. The teacher wasn’t happy. I couldnt remember where I left it. I turned up Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday without it too. The teacher began to mock me in front of the class by Wednesday.
On Friday a gigantic Garda walked in to the class room, he looked gigantic to me at the time, and asked is there a ‘David Smyth’ in the class. I said “Yes, that’s me” from the back of the class where I was sitting (hiding). He said we found your school bag and all your books scattered around Mountjoy Square, and we only had time to bring them to you today. THAT put the teacher in his place! I was innocent and the Garda had come to the rescue!! Take that a-hole Goliath!!!
[The backstory was I had an accident over the weekend before this happened, and had amnesia and lost six months of my memory. I was lucky I remembered by name. We had a banger of a car, and my mother wondered why someone had broken one of the windows when I was in hospital (the children;s hospital near Mountjoy Square), and not stolen anything. Turns out they stole my school bag. My parents didn’t believe in taking days off school, so I was back into school on Monday morning. That’s my best memory of primary school. I hated every single day.]”

Thanks all.

Earlier: Would you Like To See Malcolm Gladwell?

Malcolm Gladwell at the RDS (Ticketmaster)

onetwoYesterday evening – with a pair of free tickets to Mistaken for Strangers TONIGHT at the OneToOne Music Documentary festival at the Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin to give away – we asked: Were YOU in a band?

You responded in your dozens.

Runners-up.

(Oik) “I want these tickets because I was in a band called Girl Attack that didn’t make it because we were a bunch of 10 year old divas who couldn’t accept the lead singer was more talented and deserved her role. We were definitely going to be the next Spice Girls, damn egos!”

(Rozling) “I want these tickets because I was in a band called Love Divided that didn’t make it because we all moved to different countries.truestory.jpg.”

(Monkeman) “I want these tickets because I was in a band called Sphincter Pig that didn’t make it because of musical differences, and weed, lots of weed…”

(Dash Rickwood) “I want these tickets because I was in a band called Johnny Blue and the Superkings, we didn’t make it because various members neglected to turn up for various events/rehearsals. Damn, for all I know, we’re still going.”

Winner

(Gustav) “I want these tickets because I was in a band called Hard that didn’t make it because when we were 14, at our first gig in our school with my parents in attendance, we got on stage, punched the air (thinking we were hilarious) and yelled “We are Hard!” which was followed by the loudest, ear-piercing microphone feedback that seemed to last for an eternity, cutting out the power completely in the process.
The four of us stood on stage frozen for at least five minutes while being heckled and laughed at before we were told to leave the stage as the sound engineer scrambled to fix the problem. Even though we hadn’t even played one note, the band disbanded soon after for obvious reasons. School was hard.”

Thanks all.

OneToOne Music Documentary festival (Lighthouse)

Previously: Were You In A Band

Thanks Tom Lowe

mistaken-for-strangers-film-posteronetwoThe Lighthouse cinema, Smithfield, Dublin has sold out all FOUR screens (600 seats) to rock doc Mistaken For Strangers (2013) tomorrow night as part of the OneTwoOneTwo Music Film Festival.

Mistaken for Strangers, about a year in the life of a struggling young rock band The National, has been described by Pitchfork as the funniest music-themed film since This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

The Lighthouse has ONE pair of tickets left to give away in a simple-to enter competition.Plus they will throw in tickets to two more festival films of the winner’s choice.

To enter, just complete this sentence.

I want these tickets because I was in a band called_________________that didn’t make it because_________________

Lines close at midnight.

OneToOne Music Documentary festival (Lighthouse)

Thanks Tom Lowe

a-zOne hour to go.

The Irish A-Z.

Fatti Burke writes:

Over the past 2 weeks, Twitter and the customers of Kaph on Drury St, Dublin, have been voting on the 26 who should make it into my illustrated A–Z of Irish People, which I have made into an A3 3-colour Risograph print, which will be in an exhibition in the café on Thursday 19th from 6-9pm.
I have a copy of the poster to give away to the first Broadsheet reader who can correctly name the most members of the A–Z.

Anyone?

Lines close at 3pm

*90% of the ‘heads’ are by surname, not first name.

53The votes are in.

Kyle Castles, above wins the Lindt chocolate for bearing an uncanny resemblance to someone else, namely Mark Wahlberg.

Kyle, who beat ‘Baby’ from Dirty Dancing, ‘Bill Clinton’ and ‘Hank Scorpio’, wins two boxes of the Lindt ‘Hello’ range.

In case it was a lucky shot we demanded further evidence of his Markyness..

markyWe were not disappointed.

Kyle with Billie (who sent in the nomination)

Fair play though, in fairness.

Earlier: The Absolute Spit

Thanks all.

deloresDeirdre Cowman: Please send the Lindt ‘Hello’ boxes to my friend Aileen Quinn as  she bears an uncanny resemblance to Dolores O‘Riordan

-1Clare O’Farrell: Please send the Lindt ‘Hello’ boxes to my mate Paul Sherlock as he bears an uncanny resemblance to Hank Scorpio, supervillian from The Simpsons.

-6Aisling Carroll: Please send the Lindt ‘Hello’ boxes to my friend Lisa as she bears an uncanny resemblance to Baby from Dirty Dancing.

-5Anon: Please send the Lindt ‘Hello’ boxes to Kyle Castles as he bears an uncanny resemblance to Mark Wahlberg (aka Marky Mark).

-7Louisa O’Connor: Please send the Lindt ‘Hello’ boxes to my boyfriend Brian, as he bears an uncanny resemblance to Bill Clinton, therefore I get nervous every time I see him near a cigar.

425436_10152347880965705_994111891_nMark Dunne: Please send the Lindt ‘Hello’ boxes to my mate Conor as he bears absolutely no resemblance to Colin Farrell but has deluded himself into thinking he’s the spit of him.

The uncanny Top Six entrants to the Lindt my friend looks like someone else competition.

Who will get the free chocolate.

The choice is YOURS.

Vote now.

Lines close at 3pm

-5Like Jay Leno (right) for instance!

Chinsome chat show king Jay played by remarkable Irish lookalike Jeremy Kenny joined model Nadia Forde in saying ‘hello’ to the new ‘HELLO” range from Lindt.

The what?

lindt Four “deliciously tempting flavours”.Include Cookies and Cream, Caramel Brownie and, controversially, Crunchy Nougat.

We have TWO boxes  containing the entire Lindt ‘Hello’ range – DELIVERED anywhere in the world – to give away to a lookalike pal or friend of YOURS.

Just complete this sentence:

Please send the Lindt ‘Hello’ boxes to_________________as  he/she bears an uncanny resemblance to____________________

(Photos may be included to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie)

Lines close at 1pm

UPDATE: Winners here

tee

The ‘Up The Dubs’ t-shirt competition winners are…

Captain Redbeard: “I would like to give the Up The Dubs tee to my brother Eoin because I want it, and it’d be easier to steal off someone I see quite often.”

Whippingdog: “I would like to give the Up The Dubs tee to Robbie Kavanagh because he is the biggest Dubs and GAA head I know. The lad lives in Athlone at present and travels back 3 time a week for training with Crokes, well usually he is currently injured and this would cheer him up no end! He of course will be at the game.

Brian McNamara: “I would like to give the Up The Dubs tee to Alan (me Da) because after all the years of taking me and my brother to the Hill [16] and teaching us that quick witted genius that you can only hear there, he can no longer go as he now lives in Co. Clare taking care of a loved one. He watches every game with his heart in his mouth and he deserves it. UP THE DUBS!”

The tee is available this afternoon from Designist at South Great Georges Street, Dublin this afternoon or online from Nutmeg clothing here.

Thanks all.

dubstee

Would he/she like to show off their cockles ‘n’ mussels in this?

And give you a big coddle like ‘Ma’ would?

We have three (yes, just THREE) ‘UP The Dubs’ comic-style T-shirts from Nutmeg clothing to give away.

And TRUE Dubline winners (of any size) will get their tee BEFORE the All Ireland final between Dublin and Mayo on September 22.

To enter, simply complete this sentence.

I would like to give the Up The Dubs tee to [insert name] because__________

Lines close at 3.30pm

Up The Dubs tee (Nutmeg)

clarion-1024x574The broody, baby-talking and downright manipulative winner of the two night break with two kids in ANY one of the Clarion Hotels in Dublin, Cork or Limerick competition is…

Iwerzon: My daughter deserve a break at a Clarion at this precise moment because……she is presently inside her mammy’s tummy and while she doesn’t want to come out and say hi til September she thinks that she, and her sore and tired mammy, could do with a little relaxation (and daddy can wait on them both!).

Mmf.

Clarion Hotels

Thanks Ciaran Le Cool