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“THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP IN THIS TOWN, MATE. TURYSTA OR NO TURYSTA…!”

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“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.

13 Responses to ““THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP IN THIS TOWN, MATE. TURYSTA OR NO TURYSTA…!””

  1. L Says:

    Remember this when it first came out. Really powerful stuff Eoin.

  2. Eoin Says:

    Thanks L. I’m just a powerful man, I guess.

  3. Eoin Says:

    I mean that in a Hardy Bucks kind of a way…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq-G2ugAG44

  4. albinicus Says:

    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)

  5. Eoin Says:

    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!

  6. El Kid Says:

    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….

  7. Eoin Says:

    Your point being?

  8. El Kid Says:

    Just that your mother is a whore…

  9. Eoin Says:

    Right gotcha, I was afraid you were gonna start being obnoxious…

  10. El Kid Says:

    Obnoxious, moi?

  11. Chris Says:

    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.

  12. Eoin Says:

    Heavy to read? Jesus I still remember writing it… Not a barrel of laughs I can tell you.

  13. albinicus Says:

    @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

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