A minor annoyance
“I’m gonna set up a blog, Twenty”, said Dirty Dave, little chips of headboard still stuck to his cheek. The doctors say they’ll fall off in time, or become permanent fixtures like those things on Seal’s face.
“Is that so?”
“It is. And I’m going to put up the tagline about how I’m ‘annoying everybody’ since the date of inception”
“That’s original”.
“I thought so. But here’s the best bit, right …”
“Right”
“I’m going to write stuff to annoy people but when I do annoy them and they respond like you would expect an annoyed person to respond I’m going to go all holier-than-thou and bleat that nobody understands me. I’m going to accuse them of annoying me!”
“Genius”.
“Do you think there’s a market for it?”
“Oh God yeah. Plenty of room, Dave. Plenty of room”.
April 4th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I’d pay to read the thoughts of Dave!
April 4th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Don’t forget the bit about claiming to love women while every other post denigrates them for being uppity enough to exist.
That’s the cherry on top.
April 4th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
It that a swipe at Bock?
April 5th, 2009 at 12:04 am
This is not a swipe at Bock. this is, without doubt the most accurate summation of his online endeavours.
Bock’s week looked like this;
1. Drafted email pretending to be from widely read current affairs website, while conveniently forgetting that whenever he strays from Muster Rugby, or Leonard Cohen, his lack of any discernible talent or knowledge leaps from the screen like something which (if so inclined) would leap from a screen.
2. Receive comments which point to the error of his logic, motives, thinking. Answer these comments in a rather pointless and infantile manner.
3. Receive support from people who agree with everything he says anyway, regardless of subject matter.
4. Pretend to be hurt by unfavourable comment. Forget that he has been “offending everyone since 2006 / the day he used his parents’ credit card to buy a domain name”
5. Realise that people who commented unfavourably are too busy not giving a shit about his rather pointless views, to bother commenting all the time. Sees window of opportunity….
6. Forget about being hurt and then posts more crap about how fearless he is, pioneering new and interesting ways to be an asshole while castigating dissenters as “thought / metaphorical police”
7. Uses Excel chart to validate his responses to blog comments, when in fact his responses are twofold; you agree with me and we are friends, you disagree and I will point at a kitten and go “Look a kitten” and then hide, rather than debate an issue, because he is, a fucking tool.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:12 am
So you don’t like Bock then?
April 5th, 2009 at 12:29 am
to clarify, when I say
“this is, without doubt the most accurate summation of his online endeavours.”
I meant Twenty’s post, what follows is my summation of his online existence.
I neither like, nor dislike bock, I don’t know him. I do however dislike the pandering fallacy that is his blog, it’s lowest common denominator themes, its pretence at intellectualism, its pretend anger and its pretend hurt.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:53 am
eejit,
Since you have so much to say in your “critique” (?) one assumes that you think your own blog is better. Right?
April 5th, 2009 at 1:03 am
Better is subjective, I would think it is better because it doesn’t pander to baseless populism, you wouldn’t agree.
And that’s fine…
The reason it is fine is because I can accept that in a world of over 6 billion people, lots of them will disagree with me. And (whisper it) they might be right.
I won’t seek to take the high moral ground over it, nor will I use pointless rhetoric as a device to avoid answering criticism.
April 5th, 2009 at 1:09 am
[...] see Twenty wrote this, but didn’t have the balls to link to the person it was aimed [...]
April 5th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Can someone please explain to me this whole “…don’t have the balls” thing regarding the internet.
This is not myspace, there is no “balls” in linking a post just as there is no “lack of balls” when there is no link.
Unless you really do see this as a virtual playground.
Which would be sad.
I expect soon, on Bock’s site there will be a totally out of the blue comment thread from someone calling them-self “Close Family Friend” which, while completely genuine, will thank Bock for raising the issue of hypocrisy.
He may even preface his blog with it in a completely sincere attempt to contextualise the issue, and not as some may suggest, just to pretend that his blog is wide-reaching.
April 5th, 2009 at 1:29 am
eejit
I don’t know what you’re on, but it must be strong stuff.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Jaysus, you could cut the air in here with a spatula made of under-set jelly. If you could all see me, I’d try to lighten the mood by demonstrating the famous avuncular illusion, whereby I appear to separate the top of my thumb from its base. My uncle Jimmy was a master at it. Of course, he’s dead now. Not from the thumb thing, it was liver failure. Although he did dislocate his wrist once trying to the thumb-thing after downing a bottle of Jack Daniels.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Just when it looked like the feuding was over,a new one pops up.. 2 for the price of 1 aswell..
Bargain.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Eejit,
Among your blatherings you’ve written this:
“I expect soon, on Bock’s site there will be a totally out of the blue comment thread from someone calling them-self “Close Family Friend” which, while completely genuine, will thank Bock for raising the issue of hypocrisy.”
I haven’t the faintest idea what you think you’re talking about, but ‘Close Family Friend’ is a person connected to young AJ Hanlon who was shot in the USA. Bock posted extensively about AJ’s killing on his site. I suggest you go back and read those threads before you fling words around here. Your scattergun approach is nothing short of risible.
As for Medbh:
If she was trying to give feminists a bad name, she couldn’t have done better than the above. Extraordinary.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Oh, and I suppose we can *accurately* call Twenty’s post an “incitement to Bock-bashing”. Eh Twenty?
April 5th, 2009 at 9:33 am
My post was nothing to do with feminism or anything like it. I just thought it was funny that somebody who makes a point of ‘offending everybody’ took such offence when he wrote something offensive and people challenged him about it. That’s all.
I’m sure Medbh can stand by her comment, I can’t, and won’t, speak for her.
As for not having ‘the balls’ to link to his site, I’m really not sure why a link is required.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:43 am
He didn’t write anything offensive, Twenty. You were just determined to find offence in it. That’s all there is to it.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Medbh has stated here that every other post on my site denigrates women for being uppity enough to exist
This is a plain, manufactured lie, and a good example of the lunatic generalisations I objected to in the first place.
I have asked Medbh on my site either to substantiate it with facts or to withdraw it. This means producing the relevant quote or quotes from me. She will not be able to do this because I have never said any such thing except perhaps in Medbh’s imagination.
Since it is on your site, I have also asked you either to substantiate it or to distance yourself from it. If you can’t do that, you remain associated with the unprincipled warping of facts that is Medbh’s normal procedure, and which was what I objected to in the first place.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:02 am
He didn’t write anything offensive, Twenty. You were just determined to find offence in it. That’s all there is to it.
I said all I had to say about that post on the post itself.
Bock – talk to Medbh about it. You’re asking me to speak for her, which I can’t do. She is entirely capable of substantiating her own arguments.
And do you really want to go down the road where I become associated with every comment that’s left on my site considering some of comments that are left on yours?
April 5th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Oh, and I suppose we can *accurately* call Twenty’s post an “incitement to Bock-bashing”. Eh Twenty?
Call it what you want, Nora. It doesn’t make the slightest bit of difference to me.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:17 am
“I said all I had to say about that post on the post itself.”
Apparently not, given this post you’ve done now. Disingenuous, Twenty.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Comprehension is not your strong point, Nora, is it?
This is not about the post, but Bock’s reaction to it.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:22 am
You seem unaware of the irony in this. The entire argument started because I dared to question the use of gross generalisations to explain everything that men do.
I was careful to point out that I was not directing those comments at you, but at a blind, anti-thought feminist ideology,
Now you have an obvious example of exactly that, right here on your own site. A blatant lie, an invention, and on a post arising directly from the argument. Despite that, you stand back and claim to have nothing to do with it.
There’s a word for that: hypocrisy.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:25 am
And incidentally, since you mention my strong reaction, it was not about people criticising me or disagreeing with me. It was about another character-assassinating lie, quite similar to this one, in which I was accused of being a misogynist.
That’s just to keep the facts straight. You wouldn’t want to distort the facts, would you Twenty?
April 5th, 2009 at 10:28 am
You weren’t accused of being a mysoginist, as you rightly know. So don’t accuse me of distorting the facts.
I had an issue with your post, which I addressed in your comments.
You then took it to a whole new level accusing Gimme of being my ‘lapdog’ – something that might be referred to as, hmmm, let me see, ‘A blatant lie, an invention’ and ‘character-assassinating’.
So get off your high horse and don’t call someone a hypocrite when you tick all the boxes yourself.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Avoiding the question one comment at a time, Twenty.
Gimme can speak for himself.
Do you agree with Medbh’s statement here or do you not?
April 5th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Gimme can speak for himself, but Medbh can’t.
I see.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am
“This is not about the post, but Bock’s reaction to it.”
This is not about Bock’s post but Bock’s reaction to Bock’s post? Thanks for straightening me out, Twenty. :)
April 5th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Medbh chooses not to produce the facts behind her statement because there aren’t any.
It’s a simple question I have for you, Twenty: do you agree with the accusation Medbh has made, here on your site, on a post about me?
That’s not hard to answer. Even a simple yes or no would do.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
No idea who Bock is – has anyone a link ?
As for wimmin, sigh – big mistake giving them the vote. It has made them think their opinions are of interest.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Maggot, Medbh’s statement isn’t an opinion. It’s a lie.
April 5th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Why does it matter Bock ? How many other truthful things can be read here ? Maeve doesn’t like your site – OK. It’s hardly the end of the world, it’s not as if she has labelled you a paedophile in real life or a rapist or anything that has real importance, is it ?
April 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
This entire epoisode arose because I challenged such distortions of reality in my original post. After some commenter wheeled out the all-purpose patriarchy to explain Bourke’s actions, I objected because I felt it got in the way of understanding the crime. it;’s very easy to point at monsters but much more difficult to acknowledge that the potential for evil lies within all of us. And not just within men due to some abstract patriarchy.
I also think it’s important because distortion is part of Medbh’s modus operandi: quoting people and then informing the world what they really meant behind the words. She can do that all she likes with other people, but I won’t have it applied to me.
Finally, let me tell you something: I take responsibility for all the comments on my site, whether I agree with them or not, and if somebody asks me whether I agree with some particular comment, I will answer them, if I haven’t already challenged the commenter on their statement.
So it seems only reasonable to ask you again. Do you think Medbh is correct to accuse me on your site of questioning the right of women to exist?
April 5th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Bock, I’ll make this clear again – I will not, and cannot, speak for Medbh. If you’re happy to accept that ‘Gimme can speak for himself’, then why not show Medbh the same respect.?
Also, you might want to step back and realise that her comment, in line with the post on which it was left, has an element of ‘tongue in cheek’ about it. You’re the one taking it literally because it fuels your sense of moral outrage.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
“If you’re happy to accept that ‘Gimme can speak for himself’, then why not show Medbh the same respect.?”
Medbh has commented on this post. Gimme hasn’t – yet. Do you think Medbh’s statement was justified?
April 5th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
So allow Medbh to respond. Don’t keep asking me to do it for her. My opinion of what she said is not relevant.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Normally not so ’shy’ with your opinions, Twenty. What’s stopping you?
April 5th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
This is like pissing in the wind.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Maybe you should have had more sense and pissed elsewhere.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
That doesn’t make any sense at all. This is my blog, in case you hadn’t noticed.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Palm Sunday boredom has the harpies out looking for trouble.
April 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Twenty — Your opinion is very relevant. You hosted Medbh’s comment. As I said, I take responsibility for all comments on my own site.
So please clarify this one simple question. It’s not a difficult one: do you believe I have questioned the right of women to exist?
April 5th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I don’t believe Medbh’s comment suggested that you questioned the right of women to exist.
If you would like further clarification of what Medbh meant, ASK MEDBH. Stop fucking asking me.
April 5th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
every other post denigrates them for being uppity enough to exist
Did I notice you telling Nora that comprehension wasn’t her strong point?
April 5th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Can I ask what a harpy is. Anyone can answer; I’m easy.
April 5th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Well, denigrating somebody for being upitty enough to exist and questioning somebody’s right to exist are two entirely different things, so I’d suggest comprehension isn’t your strong point either.
April 5th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
It must be enough to drive you to drink Twenty
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/harpy
I was too lazy to type harridan.
April 5th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
This is like the Rumble in the Jungle..
Heavyweight…
April 5th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Is this why Twenty rarely blogs over the weekend ?
April 5th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
As Alan Partridge once said “Sunday,Bloody Sunday!”
April 5th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Partridge
Careful – They’ll say that having a go at a bird is sexist!
April 5th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Yes, my comment was hyperbole.
So?
Only someone full of entitlement and self-absorption would manufacture such “outrage” as a response.
Joke aside, there’s more than a kernel of truth to it.
I didn’t do anything more than state the obvious.
Bock is a misogynist.
Sure, he likes women enough when they know their place as lap cats.
Anyone who compares feminists to the Taliban has clearly lost the plot.
April 5th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I’d suggest everyone steps back and take a long hard look at how this looks to those on the outside.
April 5th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Bock,
You are a complete penis. Seriously.
April 5th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I think Mr. Bastard may be right. Medbh’s comment about women being uppity enough to exist and Bock’s feminist Taliban comment were in the same vein.
Jokes borne out of annoyance perhaps, but jokes none the less. This whole thing seems to be have become blown out of propostion by all involved.
April 5th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Meabh thinks bock is a mysoginist. Bock disagrees.
The rest is purely accademic.
Back to your lessons, children. Playtime is over.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Are you being Childist Dr?
April 5th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
It’s about time somebody thought of the children, isn’t it?
April 5th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Nice to be cheered up on a Sunday ! Most men love women especially woman with nice tits and a welcome sign near there beaver ! Up the rev!
On behalf of the Non-Grumpy Cunts Party
April 5th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Ye all should just meet in the pub tonight and settle your shit over over a few pints. Fuck sake.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Medbh — Hyperbole? You mean distortion don’t you?
Please point out where I denigrated women for being uppity enough to exist. Give the exact quotes, without rewording them as you normally do.
And as for the schoolyard misogyny accusation : you aren’t qualified to say what another person thinks or feels. You are not a mindreader.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
“Are you being Childist Dr?”
I try not to. But I’m an awful fartist alltogether. Except when I make them. Then theiy’re funny. But NO ONE else is allowed have an opinion on ANYTHING.
I’m John Waters in diguise. You can tell by how self righteous my typing is.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Bock, your posts speak for themselves.
I’ve no need to quote you.
My estimation of you should hardly be rated as persecution, so you can climb down from your cross now.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
“Bock, your posts speak for themselves. I’ve no need to quote you.”
Cop out.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Boobies.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Jesus, I know two year olds with more maturity than you lot.
With your adolescent sneering and your incessant point scoring, you have made yourselves look like the utter dicks that we can only assume you must be in real life.
Congrats.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Nora, I don’t believe that I have to re-state the obvious, what with the victim-blaming and intolerance for women and feminism on display over there.
But you are a dutiful lap cat, I’ll give you that.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
My Pork & Pepper Sausage casserole is nearly ready……..can’t wait ! Happy Cunting !
April 5th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Medbh — You seem to be saying that you can’t produce the damning quotes and I’m not surprised because they don’t exist.
You’re a fraud.
April 5th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
You’re a ham-fisted bully.
April 5th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Here’s an offer.
For every post on my site where somebody finds a comment denigrating women for being uppity enough to exist, I will donate €100 to a charity of their choice. We can agree a trusted third party to verify the payment.
I will post this offer on my own site as well.
April 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Medbh: Whatever you do don’t go onto Twenty’s forum..really!some of the stuff over there would make Bock look like a man hating feminist crusader….
April 5th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
theres loads of people taking the internet too seriously
rattled ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<<<<<< all of you !
April 5th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
[...] comment appeared on Twenty Major’s site here and I now make the following [...]
April 5th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Comparing femists to the Taliban seems fair comment to me – Womanity ? Herstory ? Bollix. They need rid.
April 5th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Bock – I hope you qualify that offer with the proviso that the comment had to be made before this – otherwise you will be asking for folks to pop over and make such posts ….
April 5th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
It’s not comparing feminists to the Taliban, it’s joke about those who take it too far. Like when you say the ‘pc police’.
April 5th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Grooooaaan.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Maggot — The offer concerns things I was accused of saying.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Medbh,
What’s a feminist?
April 5th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
http://www.dictionary.com you’ll find the answer there.
have you see bock’s new post? It’s like being accused of racism then bringing out all your black friends to prove you’re not.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Bock should be on the forum, because he seems like a cunt.
Nora should be there too as the cunts lackey.
That is all.
This is the internet and I’m a liar
April 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Mammy! Daddy! Don’t fight! I can change! I CAN CHANGE!
April 5th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
What’s a feminist?
Surprisingly accurate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_Tant
April 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
I think Maxi Cane said it best.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Thanks for that Lorcan,
Thank God she’s not a misandrist.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Maggot,
Nothing like a good piece of satire to undermine the pompous (men or women).
You’re surely not suggestin that feminists have no sense of humour.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I dunno, but all this talk is making me a bit of a misanthropist.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
C’est,
That’s the curse of all misogynists and misandrists. They hate humanity. Might be because they have self loathing.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Stipes — The money’s on the table, kid. It’s up to you to earn it.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Jesus Bock, let it go. Such long-winded hysteria about nothing.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Samson – a man’s good name is at stake!
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/ts/ts18.htm
April 5th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
May I be so bold as to suggest a fight to the death? Semi-finals of Twenty versus Nora, and Medbh versus Bock. Each combatant chooses one of four available weapons: chainsaw, bigger chainsaw, laser-mounted penny farthing, or pet lion.
My guess is that Twenty easily dispatches of Nora (unnecessarily beheading her), Bock edges a close contest with Medbh (applying a failed CPR to her carcass), and then in a hugely disappointing denouement, Bock and Twenty look each other in the eye, tear off their armour, embrace, and refuse to draw further blood for the baying crowd.
Exiting the arena, Twenty unexpectedly whips a box jellyfish out of his underpants and stuffs it down Bock’s back, killing him instantly. Bock dies a martyr, revered far and wide. Not that Twenty gives a shite…
April 5th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
“C’est La Craic Says:
April 5th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I dunno, but all this talk is making me a bit of a misanthropist.”
It’s making me a philatelist.
I’m funny.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
You cant have a fight to the death without one of the weapons being a 19″ dong.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
“My guess is that Twenty easily dispatches of Nora”
–Irishbegrudger
Don’t be daft, man. Twenty ran away earlier until Medbh arrived back. But the general idea sounds like great fun.
“Not that Twenty gives a shite…”
I’m not too sure about that. He gave this topic new legs for a reason.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
“You cant have a fight to the death without one of the weapons being a 19″ dong.”
In that case you better find one. JK Rowling can write a book about your travels.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
“19 inch dong.” – Doctor Orgasm
Why didn’t you just say ’small-to-regular sized dong’?
April 5th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
“But you are a dutiful lap cat, I’ll give you that.”
Medbh, I hope you’re not labouring under the illusion that most women share your world view. I found your instant post mortem reading of Tim Kretschmer’s mind quite bizarre. I find your whole blog bizarre. It gives me stomach acid.
But *IF* you could find those quotes, you could make a fortune for the Irrational Feminists Rehabilitiation Centre. Best of luck.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I’m for having a late night cheese omelette with salad. Beat that !
April 5th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
-Sweary
I don’t get it. (I had to look up philatelist too, so thanks for rubbing it in)
April 5th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Maggot,
Precisely put.
This dispute occurs on the internet, nobody’s going to the High Court.
There are no rules for ending these differences.
If someone has proof that Bock is a misogynist all they have to do is post it.
Otherwise they are men (or women) of straw.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
That’s “Rehabilitation.”
‘Night all.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Doc,
Now I know what philatelist’s do.
Jesus, you live & learn.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Nora,
Now I’m confused.
Has JK Rowling got a 19″ inch dong.
I hope Medbh’s ok with that comment. Because as far as I know JK Rowling is a womnan.
But maybe J stands for Jack. And JK Rowling is just fucking with everyone’s kid’s heads for money.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Has JK Rowling got a 19″ inch dong.
Ah, a variation on the Martina Navratilova question.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Maggot,
Are you saying that Martina Navratilova is a variant?
Is there a place for that in cultural feminism?
Has Medbh authorised this calumny.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Lorcan,
Is the SCUM Manifesto feminist doctrine or satire?
I’m thinking satire, but Medbh makes me question that.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I’m pretty sure the arms race started off over a disagreement like this.
Both Twenty and Bock both seem happy to escalate this and as it’s much easier for all of us to be bigger pricks in print than we dare to be face to face there appears to be no way to defuse the situation.
It’s already sucking in more and more fellow bloggers in the same way a full scale bar brawl erupts over a nudged pint.
As I’ve unilaterally decided that next year’s Irish Blog awards will be held in Belfast (following the simple formula that the organisers are going through Irish cities in reverse alphabetical order and D and C have already been done, coupled with the fact that the Euro goes further up North but more because the winner of most humourous blog ALWAYS comes from the host city and Manuel’s a local) it should at least mean that Damien Mulley could get away with booking a photo booth for the evening instead of the Europa. At the minute though it looks like he’ll be the only winner.
So, despite this spat being interesting from the point of view of the spectator couldn’t the lot of you just discretely send each other emails behind the scenes (which may or may not sort out the issues you disagree over) and therefore avoid, even if accidentally, dragging a lot of others in?
April 5th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
bender,
Is a bun fight and getting a gong all you think about?
Have you any evidence that Bock is a misogynist?
Put up or shut up.
And by the way, fuck the Irish Blog awards. Who the fuck are they?
Do they offer a gong for truth?
Or will they be shortly be on bended knee to the Queen of England looking for a Charter, or going to FAS (€1,000,000,000,000 per annum wasted) looking for an enterprise grant?
I know nothing of this man.
But this.
Put up or shut up.
Is Bock a misogynist?
April 5th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
That’s €1,000,000,000.
It’s easy to get confused between Billions and Trillons.
The two Brians will explian that to you on Tuesday when they fuck you upside down.
But hey, let’s be happy we have they Irish Blog Awards. Hellaloyha.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Abbott_Of_Iona, I’m not in any danger of getting a gong nor was I suggesting myself for one. A re-read of my comment should reassure you. A read of my blog will definitely convince you.
Most of the rest of your comment didn’t make any sense to me so I don’t know how to answer it.
I don’t think Bock thinks I think he’s a misogynist. I don’t think Twenty thinks Bock is a misogynist. But that’s just what I think and they might think different.
Good to see you grasped the essence of my previous comment though.
That last line might have been sarcastic.
April 5th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I will offer anyone €100 of Bock’s money when he admits he was wrong to start an email to a government minister with a blatant fucking lie*
*lie, in Bock’s terms is a “tactic” by the way.
For the record, Bock refers to me as someone 2who has been hanging around looking for a fight”
So, there you have it, if you agree with this childish, self aggrandising asshole, you are a friend who “should never be silenced”
If you disagree and point out that he is an egomaniac and a fucking liar, you are a “stalker” and a “fool”
My suggestion is that you keep your euros and spend them on a course in reality and objectivity. And for fuck sake, take your ritalin.
April 5th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I have read your comment.
“I’m pretty sure the arms race started off over a disagreement like this.”
I don’t think so. This is tinker logic.
“… pricks….”
I’m not a prick. I’m a human being.
“It’s already sucking in more and more fellow bloggers in the same way a full scale bar brawl erupts over a nudged pint.”
Is that an advertisement for your blog?
“As I’ve unilaterally……”
Blog, Blog, Blog……….Prize, Prize Prize………
“…from the point of view of the spectator…”
Well, excuse me.
I don’t have a blog. I’m not part of your club.
I am humbled.
By the way. Do you have any proof that Bock is a misogynist?
April 5th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
I had a cheese, garlic and coriander omelette with salad followed by two hot cross buns and two chunky kitkats – beat that!
April 5th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
http://bocktherobber.com/2009/01/new-laws-of-womens-rugby
an indication of his sexism, if not his complete lack of humour.
Abbot of Iona, let the whole “Blog Awards” thing go.
The shame was not in Bock losing out in his category, the shame was him being nominated in the first place, unless they have a new award for “Best reading of newspaper and adding an irrational slant to it” category
April 5th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
eejit,
“I will offer anyone €100 of Bock’s money when he admits he was wrong to start an email to a government minister with a blatant fucking lie”
What was the “blatant fuckink lie”?
Maybe you can explain?
April 5th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Nice of you to offer €100 of Bock’s money but not your own.
April 5th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
It’s just possible that bit about offering Bock’s money was a joke.
April 5th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I wouldn’t offer Bock’s money, it was a joke, if his cash is as worthless as his blog, none of us would eat.
Iona, he is a liar / tactician
http://eejitmeeja.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/when-is-a-lie-not-a-lie/
April 6th, 2009 at 12:01 am
What tpye of cheese?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:05 am
eejit,
“5th, 2009 at 11:45 pm”
Did you fall asleep in the last 15 minutes?
What was the lie?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Dromona mature cheddar – needed something gutsy with the garlic.
Now having a smoke of Murray’s Yachtsman Plug and listening to Sandy Denny. Life is good.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:11 am
I apologise iona, I assumed you weren’t so stupid that a hyperlink would confuse you.
I was wrong. I feel guilty
To summarise, Bock described his blog as a widely read current affairs blog, when challenged about this lie, he admitted that he only said is as a “tactic”
I hope this clears the issue up, because I am sure your nurse will want to let you rest now.
Maggot you are making me hungry and cheese gives me nightmares.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Sounds it.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Fergal,
It’s possible that one could offer another’s money, wealth or good name as a joke.
For myself. I wouldn’t do it.
I take my money, wealth and good name seriously. As I take that of others.
Do you have any evidence that Bock is a misogynist?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Iona = Bock methinks
Self righteousness – tick
Avoidance of anything that contradicts them – tick
Stupidity beyond the call of duty – tick
April 6th, 2009 at 12:21 am
“Do you have any evidence that Bock is a misogynist?”
Er, not on me. But then I never called him one.
“I take my money, wealth and good name seriously”
Normally I’d think this was a gag, but you’ve made it fairly clear that you don’t do jokes.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:24 am
maggot,
Can I suggest Montgomery’s Cheddar.
http://www.farmhousecheesemakers.com/cheesemakers/montgomery_s_cheddar/
And with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8
April 6th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Listening to it ! I saw her sing that live once – memorable concert!
April 6th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Fergal,
“Normally I’d think this was a gag, but you’ve made it fairly clear that you don’t do jokes.”
I do jokes. But not when it comes to my name or wealth, or for that matter yours.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:32 am
maggot,
It’s sublime. Listening now.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Sure never mind. You’ve given me a good laugh already.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:36 am
I’m listening to her “Banks of The Nile ” – next up will be the CD of her last concert just a few days before the accident.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:38 am
I have one and only one question for the moderator of this site.
Do you have any evidence that Bock The Robber is a misogynist?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:41 am
You should go on hunger strike until he answers your question. It would be a proportionate response.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:43 am
maggot,
Tragic loss.
Haunting voice.
Where are they now?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Iona’s. Wealth. Is. No. Laughing. Matter.
CAN. YOU. NOT. GET. THAT. INTO. YOUR. THICK. SKULLS!?!
His wealth I tell you. It’s no joke.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Fergal,
Done.
Can I have a drink of water?
By the way, who is the moderator?
Will he give me a drink?
April 6th, 2009 at 1:08 am
copernicus,
You appear deliberate in your misunderstanding, I said
“But not when it comes to my name or wealth, or for that matter yours.”
When I said “or for that matter yours” that included you.
Perhaps you are happy with others taking your good name and wealth and using both for their own advance.
You may be. I am not. We differ.
I sense that you think wealth equals greed.
I do not mean to use the word in that sense. But in its real meaning as “weald” the “forest”, the thing available to all. And if we behave, available to a community. That would be Commonweald or Commonwealth.
Apologies for the misunderstanding.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Actually, I think he was just taking the piss out of you. I’d love to stay and chat, because you, my friend, are hilarious, but it’s time for bed.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:34 am
twentymajor,
Do you have any evidence that Bocktherobber is a misogynist?
If yes, provide it.
If not, admit that you do not.
“Fergal Says:
You should go on hunger strike until he answers your question. It would be a proportionate response.”
I’ve decided that that is proportionate enough. I like my food, drink and smoke.
If Twentymajor can provide proof that Bocktherobber is a misogynist I will not speak.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Fergal,
I don’t think so. I think he just doesn’t get Common Wealth.
He thinks wealth is dirty, you know, unclean.
Maybe he’s a Catholic. They’re used to poverty. It’s what their leader wants.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:04 am
Fergal,
Really, you’re not that stupid. You just made that shit up.
April 6th, 2009 at 7:21 am
Morning Campers…….Have just passed last nights Pork & Pepper sausage casserole which by the way was lovely but my rusty sheriff’s badge is hurting now. Have a nice day boys and girls !
April 6th, 2009 at 7:26 am
twentymajor,
Do you have any evidence that Bocktherobber is a misogynist?
If yes, provide it.
If not, admit that you do not.
Why are you asking me to prove something I didn’t say?
How’s the hunger strike going?
April 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
That’ll teach you to blog at weekends Twenty!
April 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Have the bad men stopped shouting yet?
April 6th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Abbott_Of_Iona, perhaps you’re still reading too fast.
Again, your reply makes no sense. It’s possible to reason and debate in the face of ignorance but I’m at a loss at how to deal with stupidity.
April 6th, 2009 at 8:52 am
I love these arguments where everyone comes out looking like a tool.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:51 am
It’s fantastic entertainment.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:53 am
I was gardening.
In a word, what have I missed?
April 6th, 2009 at 9:56 am
I know it’s a picture and not a word but you get the drift, I’m sure.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Yes, it’s come up as of those little red Xs in a box with storm.jpg beside it.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Deleted the red X, I hate those.
It was a picture of a storm, in a teacup.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:39 am
bendersbetterbrother’s views disgust me.
I’m NOT from Cork.
April 6th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Sweary, I apologise. You’re quite right. I should have said resides. Near. But didn’t necessarily grow up in or was born in. Perhaps moved there later in life. Or drove through once.
Here’s a hand grenade though. What’s wrong with saying someone’s from Cork?
April 6th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I hear all Cork people have webbed feet. Scienticians speculate that, evolutionarily speaking, they’re on their way to having gills. They, and the rest of humanity, are on diametric paths: we’re coming out of the water onto the land, and Corkonians are slithering off the land into the water. Blue Whales, be warned. Soon yee’ll have company…
April 6th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Bock doesn’t like women? Is he gay?
I love women. I’m a lesbian.
There was a lot of …ists flying around over the weekend. I’m confused, what’s a misogynist again?
April 6th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Someone who hates gynecologists I believe.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I think I’ll be a Nihilist for this one…
April 6th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
WAIT!!! COME BACK! ANSWER THE QUESTION!!
Nobody’s answered the question, dammit! How will we sleep! Twenty?! Or Whatever your name is? Come back Answer the question, before I throw myself onto this biro, nose first.
I’ll do it!
Aaaagh….
April 6th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Was this load of absolute shite just a pathetic attempt to boost your readership (Bock and Twenty) or, have you been infected with an alien pathogen that forces both of you to act like total pricks in the eyes of the entire blog-reading world. Grow the fuck up?
April 6th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
How’s the charity fund going?
April 7th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Not one red cent so far?
Twenty boosted his hits — temporarily — by re-opening an issue that had effectively been closed. And lost all credibility in the process. As did Medbh.
Ho hum.
August 8th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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