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Irish Personal Ads
A collection of Irish personal ads, supposedly culled from the Dublin News, is doing the email rounds. They're in the genre of Brutally Honest Personal Ads (I've reported on examples of this genre before). In this case, I'm guessing that the ads, if they really did appear in the Dublin News, were meant to be tongue-in-cheek (though I haven't seen the paper, so I can't really tell). But whatever the case may be, they're definitely quite funny. Here they are:
Heavy drinker, 35, Cork area. Seeks gorgeous sex addict
interested in a man who loves his pints, cigarettes,
Glasgow Celtic Football Club and starting fights on Patrick
Street at three o'clock in the morning.
Bitter, disillusioned Dublin man, lately rejected by longtime
fiancee, seeks decent, honest, reliable woman, if such a
thing still exists in this cruel world of hatchet-faced bitches.
Ginger haired Galway man, a trouble-maker, gets slit-eyed
and shirty after a few scoops, seeks attractive, wealthy lady
for bail purposes, maybe more.
Bad tempered, foul-mouthed old bastard, living in a damp
cottage in the arse end of Roscommon, seeks attractive 21
year old blonde lady, with a lovely chest.
Devil-worshipper, Offaly area, seeks like-minded lady, for
wining and dining, good conversation, dancing, romantic
walks, and slaughtering cats in cemeteries at midnight
under the flinty light of a pale moon.
Limerick man, 27, medium build, brown hair, blue eyes, seeks
alibi for the night of February 27 between 8 PM and 11:30 PM.
Optimistic Mayo man, 35, seeks a blonde 20 year old
double-jointed supermodel, who owns her own brewery, and has an open-
minded twin sister.
(via Sore Eyes)
Heavy drinker, 35, Cork area. Seeks gorgeous sex addict
interested in a man who loves his pints, cigarettes,
Glasgow Celtic Football Club and starting fights on Patrick
Street at three o'clock in the morning.
Bitter, disillusioned Dublin man, lately rejected by longtime
fiancee, seeks decent, honest, reliable woman, if such a
thing still exists in this cruel world of hatchet-faced bitches.
Ginger haired Galway man, a trouble-maker, gets slit-eyed
and shirty after a few scoops, seeks attractive, wealthy lady
for bail purposes, maybe more.
Bad tempered, foul-mouthed old bastard, living in a damp
cottage in the arse end of Roscommon, seeks attractive 21
year old blonde lady, with a lovely chest.
Devil-worshipper, Offaly area, seeks like-minded lady, for
wining and dining, good conversation, dancing, romantic
walks, and slaughtering cats in cemeteries at midnight
under the flinty light of a pale moon.
Limerick man, 27, medium build, brown hair, blue eyes, seeks
alibi for the night of February 27 between 8 PM and 11:30 PM.
Optimistic Mayo man, 35, seeks a blonde 20 year old
double-jointed supermodel, who owns her own brewery, and has an open-
minded twin sister.
(via Sore Eyes)
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Categories: Email Hoaxes, Sex/Romance Posted by Alex on Mon Aug 16, 2004 |
Comments (5) |
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Hi,
These 'personals' have been doing the rounds here in Ireland for a while, and are a good joke, no more. I'm pretty sure there is no such publication as the 'Dublin News'.
Keep up the good work!
Mary
Posted by Mary Otten in Dublin, Ireland on Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 05:43 AM
These 'personals' have been doing the rounds here in Ireland for a while, and are a good joke, no more. I'm pretty sure there is no such publication as the 'Dublin News'.
Keep up the good work!
Mary
Yeah, I've seen the last two before, though I can't remember where. Runs about the same as the 'please send photo of boat' ones.
Posted by Flynn in California on Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 11:44 PM
I'm pretty sure these are from a humourous column that appears on the back page of the 'Irish Examiner' on Saturdays. The author of the column (damned if I can remeber the guys name) often uses does fake small town news.
Posted by Duggan in Cork (it's in Ireland, you bozo) on Wed Aug 18, 2004 at 04:34 PM
Bit late, I know, but being from Dubln I thought I'd comment, I've never ever heard of this "Dublin News"
But heck, they are funny.
Posted by Phil in Dublin on Sun Aug 29, 2004 at 02:35 PM
But heck, they are funny.
I lived in Dublin for six months (back in 1991) and I had never heard of the Dublin News either. But I googled the name, and something did turn up. It must keep a low profile.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Mon Aug 30, 2004 at 01:36 AM
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