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by Diamonds of Frost
Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: A pity that this place is so quiet
Replies: 89
Views: 5014

Re: A pity that this place is so quiet

Nail on the head with this post. This place started out with great energy and promise. A place to have reasoned conversations and a laugh. But as always happens power corrupts and Il Duce, the gubunator let it go to his head and banned people left right and centre. Then you can't even mention plank...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Emmy
Replies: 13
Views: 39486

Re: Emmy

kadman wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:17 am Just to let you know folks .........he won. We are now the proud parents of the first irish winner of an emmy award for prostethics.


Celebrations ongoing

Tim
Oh wow congratulations Johnny. You must be thrilled kadman, it's a fantastic achievement :D
by Diamonds of Frost
Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: Any Other Business
Topic: Happy Christmas.
Replies: 4
Views: 13800

Re: Happy Christmas.

Happy Christmas to the Kadmans and to all the Gubunites. May your Christmas be merry and not shite :lol:
by Diamonds of Frost
Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:42 pm
Forum: Info & Expertise Requests
Topic: Shitting It
Replies: 24
Views: 19085

Re: Shitting It

August seems like a life time ago and I'm still alive and likely to stay that way :D
by Diamonds of Frost
Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: The Smoking Room
Topic: Bidets 🍑
Replies: 18
Views: 15576

Re: Bidets 🍑

I have also never used a bidet and the very thoughts of them make me feel a little queasy. Are they used instead of wiping I wonder?
by Diamonds of Frost
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: The Smoking Room
Topic: Post what's on your mind
Replies: 708
Views: 160398

Re: Post what's on your mind

I was in the shops today and decided to try on a pair of Skims. For those (all of you :lol: ) who don't know that that is they are an underwear/shape wear/lounge wear brand. In I went to the changing room armed with two bodysuit yokes for a "smooth" finish. How do women wear such things? S...
by Diamonds of Frost
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 1040
Views: 1714026

Re: Israel and Palestine

Well if looking at the psychology then you are looking at what is behind the attitude and actions of the parties as a means of explanation (not excuse) of the forces that brought on those actions. Presumably you are looking at both sides of this conflict and how they both take people off the street...
by Diamonds of Frost
Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 1040
Views: 1714026

Re: Israel and Palestine

You might very well be correct, as I read that the head of Hamas might have visited the hostages. If that is true then no doubt the treatment of the hostages was & is tightly controlled. That could be one/the explanation for the different behaviour the hostages experienced while being held. It ...
by Diamonds of Frost
Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 1040
Views: 1714026

Re: Israel and Palestine

I have my own - unsubstantiated - suspicions around the murder of innocent civilians on the 7th. Why did some go on a rampage? I also find it difficult to equate the reported behaviour of Hamas members regarding their captives and the indiscriminate murders of the 7th. Something does not sit right....
by Diamonds of Frost
Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:10 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 1040
Views: 1714026

Re: Israel and Palestine

Something is very odd. I will see if I can post a video. Hamas members talking with Red Cross workers and all looks very calm. Helping hostages in to the vans l, waves and smiles. I would find it very difficult to even stand beside a member of a monstrous group of people let alone speak. If I needed...
by Diamonds of Frost
Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:12 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 1040
Views: 1714026

Re: Israel and Palestine

Some video clips being shared of the released Israeli prisoners being thankful to the Hamas personnel for their kindness and respect. Apparently they were kept in groups and even had radio in at least one situation. Medicines were supplied as well as food ... although both are very scarce in Gaza a...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: General Current Affairs Chat - Global and Local
Replies: 1329
Views: 313540

Re: General Current Affairs Chat - Global and Local

isha wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:20 am Looks like big hair is having a moment. First Argentina, now that hotbed of far right politics, the....er, checks notes.... Netherlands.

Geert-Wilders.jpg
Oh wow :o
by Diamonds of Frost
Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:33 pm
Forum: The Smoking Room
Topic: None of ye noticed ... but I'll tell ye anyway.
Replies: 26
Views: 28237

Re: None of ye noticed ... but I'll tell ye anyway.

Oh, definitely me! But my friend is just that: a mad, penniless artist. I once witnessed her scrape the paint off a canvas because she couldn't afford to buy a new one. She'd turned down an offer of 200€ for the painting at an exhibition a couple of weeks before because she felt it was worth 400€ :...
by Diamonds of Frost
Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: The Smoking Room
Topic: Annoyances & Irritations
Replies: 1092
Views: 281206

Re: Annoyances & Irritations

I'm doing a bit of training. The content is interesting but the delivery isn't. We have been given homework and this morning I was interrogated about whether I have the material printed. I do not because I have a laptop a monitor and a phone. That's good enough for me. And don't ask me to read aloud...
by Diamonds of Frost
Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:44 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 1040
Views: 1714026

Re: Israel and Palestine

It has been reported that Egypt will allow those with foreign passports to pass through, including dual citizenship. Hopefully that at least comes to pass. Up to 7000 people it seems will be able to cross through Rafah including people who need medical attention. I read that Biden is calling for a ...
by Diamonds of Frost
Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:18 am
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 1040
Views: 1714026

Re: Israel and Palestine

I understand Israel's defence of itself and the need to retaliate. What Hamas did (well bandwagon jumpers of them anyways) was horrific. I read one account where the phone of one had a voicemail to his mother delighting in what he had done, talking about "Jews blood on my hands". That is p...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: The Smoking Room
Topic: Post what's on your mind
Replies: 708
Views: 160398

Re: Post what's on your mind

It's like a sarcastic parody of other online posters. For example if one is of the opinion that Russell Brand is totally guilty of all that he's being accused of they might sarcastically post something like "iT's a MediA wiTCh HuNt!!" as a dig against people who do think it is actually a ...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: The Smoking Room
Topic: Post what's on your mind
Replies: 708
Views: 160398

Re: Post what's on your mind

What does it mean when someone posts using a mix of lower and upper case letters? LiKe THiS.
by Diamonds of Frost
Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:37 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: "National Treasure"
Replies: 18
Views: 8226

Re: "National Treasure"

There are no National Treasures here on gubu, thats certain There may be aspirations elsewhere of course on Irish social media. Such are those that end behaving like rose violet or father ted this Ah now. Us Gubunites are certainly national treasures :D Rose and Violet from Keeping up Appearances? ...
by Diamonds of Frost
Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: "National Treasure"
Replies: 18
Views: 8226

Re: "National Treasure"

I don't really think about others in that way. There are some Irish people that I like and would vote for if there was a "name your favourite Irish person" competition. A sort of Lovely Girls but for personality :D John Creedon. Michael Harding. I seem to have reached a blank. I thought th...
by Diamonds of Frost
Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Russell Brand
Replies: 89
Views: 37902

Re: Russell Brand

More accounts of his behaviour coming out. This from The Times: "When Lisa allegedly refused to have another threesome with Brand, she says he “took it quite badly” and was “very instantly quite annoyed”. Lisa was wearing skinny jeans and an Ed Hardy hoodie and she remembers Brand becoming angr...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:19 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Russell Brand
Replies: 89
Views: 37902

Re: Russell Brand

I literally have no idea what is the truth of these allegations - I'm surprised they are in the media instead of being in court or under police investigation where there are procedures for such allegations. It's amazing how different the responses to the stories are, shows how absolutely polarised ...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Russell Brand
Replies: 89
Views: 37902

Re: Russell Brand

Exactly - I feel desperately sorry for the woman who he clearly did rape but saying “he didn’t call me” or regretting sleeping with someone who treats you bad is not the same. That being said he has never come across as a particularly decent human being and his career is effectively over. I do stan...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:34 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Russell Brand
Replies: 89
Views: 37902

Re: Russell Brand

I'm with PS on this one. There's been a run of reports in the French media recently of women being "raped" in the street and other "public" locations. In every single instance where details were given, it was various degrees of groping or what used to be called heavy petting. Su...
by Diamonds of Frost
Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:31 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Russell Brand
Replies: 89
Views: 37902

Re: Russell Brand

The allegations against Brand show him to be predatory and unstable. Sure he has spoken in the past about his promiscuity and addiction but the accounts given by those women paint a different picture. "...Before the first time they had sex, Alice says she told him she was a virgin and claims he...