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“THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP IN THIS TOWN, MATE. TURYSTA OR NO TURYSTA…!”
“I punch him hard in the mouth. But it’s like he sees it coming before I do, because he lands two blows in retaliation before I’ve even realised I’m in a fight…” Read the rest of the article here.
September 8th, 2009.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Remember this when it first came out. Really powerful stuff Eoin.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Thanks L. I’m just a powerful man, I guess.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I mean that in a Hardy Bucks kind of a way…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq-G2ugAG44
September 9th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Hardy Bucks are great. The main dude with the red hair is actually a scouser. I was talking to him recently and nearly died when the scouse came out of him. Talk about nailing a Mayo ‘townie’ accent. He should get an oscar for that alone (or at the very least an IFTA)
September 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Yeah, I’d only seen a couple of clips originally. But watched the series the whole way through last week and really laughed my ass off.
It’s obviously inspired by the Trailer Park Boys etc. I’m sure they’d admit that themselves. But its scary how accurate it is about Mayo!
September 10th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Haha..Notice your holocaust post turns into a discussion about the Hardy Bucks, and your Vidal/Mailer post into discussion about Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly….
September 10th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Your point being?
September 10th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Just that your mother is a whore…
September 10th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Right gotcha, I was afraid you were gonna start being obnoxious…
September 11th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Obnoxious, moi?
September 11th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Really great piece. Heavy though. Definitely understand where your coming from taking a swing at that guy. I’m not much of a fighter but I really hate when people are dickheads like that. I would have done the same whether its logical or not.
September 11th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Heavy to read? Jesus I still remember writing it… Not a barrel of laughs I can tell you.
September 11th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
@Eoin..ya it’s real trailer park boys but well acted/filmed/scripted etc nonetheless..check out these guys too
http://www.thedogmediawebsite.com/
there’s a bit of mayo here too..my personal favourites are ‘confession sessions’, ‘jenny balphe’ and ‘ringing in sick’..all great though