The link in another thread about 101 great things about the new ConDem alliance got me thinking, are there actually positive things about our current leaders and Government?. Anyway here's my list of 101 things, I'm only up to 37 so feel free to add to it.
Am I being serious in some of these? yes. Am I taking the mick in some of these, possbily
As I said, feel free to add to this
1: They’re helping to reduce unemployment by keeping FF and Green TDs off the dole
2: It gives Jackie Healy Rae something to do
3: It means Beverley Cooper-Flynn is unlikely to try and sell you an investment product
4: In the likes of Mary Hannifin and Brian Lenihan, there may be future FF leaders who might actually be competent
5: They allow us to all feel “holier then thou” because, after all, it is their fault that we’re in the mess we’re in. The blinkered spending spree many of us went on was all Bertie and Brian's fault, not ours.
6: They keep union leaders occupied by giving them something to bitch about
7: They’re not Enda Kenny
8: Or Leo Varadker
9: Or George Lee
10: If Bertie Ahern hadn’t won so many elections, Michael Noonan could be Taoiseach
11: They’re not the Shinners
12: Which reminds me, the Peace Process
13: If you’re opening of off-license or pub, it’s easy to find someone to do it.
14: Think of all the fun you can have when the next election comes round and canvassers call
15: We won’t have to put up with a Lisbon referendum this year
16: Or Libertas for that matter
17:The volcano was not their fault, seriously, it wasn’t
18: Far fewer politicians at the Galway races
19: Lots of new Motorways
20: which now have far fewer SUVs and jeeps being driven by muppets who don’t know how to drive them on our roads
21: In fact, far less traffic on the roads as no-one can afford to go anywhere
22: A lot of chancers who made a fortune in the boom time have now lost it
23: We now own half of London, revenge for 800 years !!!
24: No one talks about how much money they made when they sold their house any more
25: Willie O’Dea, bless, he’s an entertaining little fellow if nothing else
26: By not calling by-elections, there are 3 less politicians in the Dail, thus saving the country money.
27: Dublin airport is far quieter
28: They don’t appear in sitcoms like John Prescott did
29: Or on gameshows like Lembik Opik or whatever his name is
30: Politician expenses and pensions have begun to be reformed
31: AAM would be so much more boring without them
32: Bertie won’t be President
33: Gift Grub in the morning
34: It’s a lot easier to get a tradesman at a realistic price
35: We’ve discovered that Irish retailers and businesses were ripping us off for years because Ireland was an “expensive” country to do business in. Amazing how they’ve all been able to cut prices
36: It keeps Fintan O’Toole occupied
37: The youngsters are learning that life isn't necessarily easy and ponies, cars and clothes don't grow on tree
Am I being serious in some of these? yes. Am I taking the mick in some of these, possbily
As I said, feel free to add to this
1: They’re helping to reduce unemployment by keeping FF and Green TDs off the dole
2: It gives Jackie Healy Rae something to do
3: It means Beverley Cooper-Flynn is unlikely to try and sell you an investment product
4: In the likes of Mary Hannifin and Brian Lenihan, there may be future FF leaders who might actually be competent
5: They allow us to all feel “holier then thou” because, after all, it is their fault that we’re in the mess we’re in. The blinkered spending spree many of us went on was all Bertie and Brian's fault, not ours.
6: They keep union leaders occupied by giving them something to bitch about
7: They’re not Enda Kenny
8: Or Leo Varadker
9: Or George Lee
10: If Bertie Ahern hadn’t won so many elections, Michael Noonan could be Taoiseach
11: They’re not the Shinners
12: Which reminds me, the Peace Process
13: If you’re opening of off-license or pub, it’s easy to find someone to do it.
14: Think of all the fun you can have when the next election comes round and canvassers call
15: We won’t have to put up with a Lisbon referendum this year
16: Or Libertas for that matter
17:The volcano was not their fault, seriously, it wasn’t
18: Far fewer politicians at the Galway races
19: Lots of new Motorways
20: which now have far fewer SUVs and jeeps being driven by muppets who don’t know how to drive them on our roads
21: In fact, far less traffic on the roads as no-one can afford to go anywhere
22: A lot of chancers who made a fortune in the boom time have now lost it
23: We now own half of London, revenge for 800 years !!!
24: No one talks about how much money they made when they sold their house any more
25: Willie O’Dea, bless, he’s an entertaining little fellow if nothing else
26: By not calling by-elections, there are 3 less politicians in the Dail, thus saving the country money.
27: Dublin airport is far quieter
28: They don’t appear in sitcoms like John Prescott did
29: Or on gameshows like Lembik Opik or whatever his name is
30: Politician expenses and pensions have begun to be reformed
31: AAM would be so much more boring without them
32: Bertie won’t be President
33: Gift Grub in the morning
34: It’s a lot easier to get a tradesman at a realistic price
35: We’ve discovered that Irish retailers and businesses were ripping us off for years because Ireland was an “expensive” country to do business in. Amazing how they’ve all been able to cut prices
36: It keeps Fintan O’Toole occupied
37: The youngsters are learning that life isn't necessarily easy and ponies, cars and clothes don't grow on tree