Tuesday 1st July 2008
A Sham and a Mockery
... is that this weather is. It's 1st July and the weather is depressingly October-esque. Now last year we were beyond optimistic. Even though Rihanna's Umbrella stormed up the charts, we still held out for the posibilty that we could put away our own rain-shielding apparatus for the summer. Alas we were FOOLS. And now, the weather looks disturbingly familiar. Sorry we're too depressed to blog...
Monday 30th June
Amy keeps her crazy in the beehive
Did you notice that Glastonbury got sun this year? Could the same be said for Oxegen? COULD IT!?
Did anyone see the Boyzone documentary on Sky at the weekend? Can you say LOL? Shane and Keith are laughin away through the whole thing knowing that all they have to do is turn up and flank the rest of the group on either side. Then there's Ronan and Stephen who are taking the whole thing serious to the max! Then there's Mikey. Poor aul Mikey. He got beaten up in Berlin last week y'know...
Tuesday 24th June
Guess the Artist and the Song
Everybody
everybody in the house of love
hey
Everybody
everybody in the house of love
hey
Everybody
everybody in the house of love
hey
One love - one god
Everybody in the house of love
Everybody in the house of love
One love - one god
Everybody in the house of love
We've got to stop the pain
And put the the wars on hold
Let the power of love inside the soul unfold
Free the mind
let it rise above
We've gotta change this world
To a world of love
Mother Earth she's on overload
One more war and she might explode
We've got to look back
And see a love from the past
We've got time to change it
But it's running out fast (out fast)
Not bothered about your colour
Concerned about your creed
in the house of love - elverybody's free
Everybody in the house of love ...
How many more tears must she cry
How many more fears must be felt inside
Before we realise we've gone too far
The creator created
We tone it apart
But love can guide us
Back on the right road
We've gotta save the planet before she explodes
We've gotta love our mother
Gotta let her know
Boom boom - before she blows
Not bothered about religion
Not bothered about belief
in the house of love - everybody's free
Everybody in the house of love ...
Born to live - we live to die
Our eyes can't see they can only cry
But our mother's tired of crying she's had enough
She's gotta surely blow 'cos we're giving up
Build the house oflove while we've got the time
Too many bombs in the world it's like a living mine
The house of love is what we must build
The past won't last
If the present is killed
Everybody in the house of love ...
Monday 23rd June
The Love List
Anne Doyle (she wears magestic white pants)
Maria Sharapova (she's barely seeded anymore but we still think she's deadly)
Will Ferrell (thank you for the movies)
The Janitor in Scrubs (he reinvented sarcasm)
Steve McDonald (not impressed with his latest antics, but he has a track record for being a total dude)
Joan Rivers (her colourful language gets her kicked off tv - and that's a good thing in our book)
Pope Benedict VI (he's a raving lunatic and he's comfortable with who he is)
Jim Corr (we believe you)
Wednesday 11th June
People we forgot to say we're sooo over
Callum Best (New MTV show? we'd rather set ourselves on fire... twice)
Michelle Heaton (moving to Ireland for good? Oh no no no no no)
Usher (Love in this club? Let's not and say we did)
Agyness Deyn (only fashion loves you. and that's a relationship built on sand)
That's enough venom for the moment. Tomorrow we'll DEFINITELY blog about people who we think are ledge-tanks.
And we're gonna be broadcasting live from McCafe on Grafton St. Pop in and say hello. We'll be doing car-azy things like playing the Game of Names live and chatting to Dirty Epics in the THursday Sessions. That means you can enjoy a bit of live music over a hash brown. That's about the most fun you can have with your clothes on to be honest...
Monday 9th June
People we are soooo over (and not in a good way)
Angelina Jolie (Go away you tattoo-totin', husband stealing, sandwich dodger)
Lauren Conrad (GET OVER YOURSELF)
Lindsay Lohan (and your poxy stolen fur coat)
Michael Buble (what AGE are you?)
Sharon Osbourne (Leaving X Factor? GIVE A SHIT!)
Amy Winehouse (ah it's all reeeeally boring now)
Everyone in Big Brother (and we dont even know who ye are yet)
David Tennant (yeah you're alright and all, but you're not THAT hot)
Cristiano Ronaldo (stop grooming yourself. just a little bit.)
Tomorrow... people we are sooo not over
Wednesday 28th May
Musical Food
We loved all your texts this morning on the above theme. The most memorable included:
Pjork, Damien Ricecakes, The Croutons, Justin TimberSteak, Kaiser Cheese, Jambon Jovi, Ham Sparro, Plain White Peas, Bread Zeppelin, Bundy, Ronnie Stew, BB King Prawns, Nat King Coleslaw and loads more witicisms. Well done youse!
We're broadcasting from McCafe at McDonalds on the Kylemore road tomorrow morning. We plan on gorging ourselves on egg mcmuffins, hash browns and plenty of coffee... as much as they'll give us really. So if you're in the area, be sure to call in for goo. The Kinetiks are joining us for the Thursday Sessions too. Jaysus it's gonna be a right aul laugh. You wouldnt wanna miss it. Seriously!
Tuesday 27th May
People lamping themselves is always funny
And what's hilarious is when you lamp yourself in a most precarious way, you're only too happy to come on the radio and share your tales of compromising blows to the face.
Basically, Rory with the Story dices with death on a daily basis. Yes he smokes but that's not what we mean. He goes around with his shoe laces untied and has a devil may care attitude to go with it. A dangerous combination you'll agree. Having been advised that one tends to trip on untied laces he replied 'Oh come on, have you ever seen anyone in real life ACTUALLY trip on their laces?' Cut to Rory in A&E waiting on his X Ray results.
So with this in mind we thought we'd invite your stories of cliched injuries. They were class! Jen's ma stood on a rake (a la Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons) and Derek dislocated his finger after he slipped on a banana skin. An anonymous texter regaled us of the the time they were chasing the roadrunner and an anvil fell out of the sky and hit them on the head. Dude! Hate that...
Thursday 22nd May
There was a match on last night was there?
Joe and Keith (but mainly Joe) were untouchable this morning. They were as happy as Sarah Jessica Parker in a hat shop. Aideen did feel a little sorry for any Chelsea fans out there who had to listen to the non-stop re living of Giggs' almighty penalty. But then she remembered that she gives very little of a shit about football and feels very sorry for those that do.
In OTHER news, Brian Cowen is a total ledge tank and Eamon Ryan can go and DO ONE! In case you havent heard, Eamon Ryan is the new communications minister and he is bringing in a new (very well thought out) bill whcih means broadcasters such as ourselves will be fined if we say words like w**ker, f**ker or sh*t. Maybe that's fair enough but even really inoffensive words like crap and arse are on the list. What? Whaaaat? But then Brian 'the legend' Cowen, our Taoiseach, the head honcho, the big chief... went and swore in the Dail yesterday and it was picked up on the mic for all to hear. The word in question? F*ckers.
Good man Brian. You rock our world.
And joining us on the Thursday Sessions was the amazing Ruth Anne. She wrote the song Too Little Too Late for Jojo. She performed her single 'Take Me Away' and as one texter quite rightly pointed out, if we'd sent her over to Belgrade instead of Dustin, we'd be onto a winner on Saturday right now. Boo!
Wednesday 21st May
My Lovely Horse
My lovely horse,
Running through the fields,
Where are you going with your fetlocks blowing in the wind?
I want to shower you with sugar lumps,
And ride you over fences,
Polish your hooves every single dat,
And take you to the horse dentist.
My lovely horse,
You're a pony no more,
Running around with the man on your back,
Like a train in the night yeah,
Like a train in the night
(Cue sax solo that we have to get rid of)
Thursday 15th May
Happy Receptionists Day!
We made a few impromptu calls to various business establishments today to inform their receptionists that they were doing stirling work (some more stirling than others we'd wager!)
Here's why they rock:
- they have the ear burned off them by lots of annoying people on a daily basis.
- they're always lovely and stylish
- they fend off calls that you dont want to take
- they're well able to do the hangover at work thing
Go receptionists, ye big load of rides!
Tuesday 13th May
Our News
Today is Tuesday. It is the thirteenth of May two thousand and eight. It is a sunny day. Joe ate a pear and a banana. Keith ate two clementines. Liam bought Aideen and Sarah Jane a coffee. They liked that an awful lot. Sarah Jane got clamped two days in a row. She didnt not like that at all. In fact she was sick as a dog over it.
Keith was thinking about secretly pimping Joe's car* out with stripes and tinting his windows. But then he told him on air today. And that was that.
*we use the word 'car' as a loose definition.
Thursday 8th May
Late Night Shopping
| The boys arent sure what to wear to Miss SPIN 1038 in Tripod on Saturday. They could wear their Meteor outfits but they're not sure if people were being polite when they said their Xpose outfits were cool. Joe, it's a great outfit but you'd be advised to ditch the Blue Stratos... We're quite looking forward to it now. The laydeez of Spin HQ are starting the fake tanning tonight. Youse can be guaranteed a great night. When we put these parties on (as Wiley would say) we usually drink, usually dance, usually bubble. |
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Wednesday 7th May
Arrrrrggghghgh BRILLIANT
Such a class weekend. And the weekend never ends when the weather's this good. To be honest, it's so good that we're blowing this popsicle stand and therefore no can bloggy!
Hasta manana!
Friday 2nd May
Pre Bank Holiday Ambitions
We pray to for the following:
That we dont spend too much money this weekend
That the weather is halfways decent. If even if it's cold, as long as it doesnt rain...
That we score
That we dont spend the whole next day suffering in bed thus cancelling out the amazing night we had the night before
That we manage to score tickets for one of the millions of cool gigs that are on in Dublin this weekend.
That we end up with a band member from afformentioned gigs back at our house to keep the party going.
That the 'how was your weekend' conversation in work on Tuesday morning is worth regaling.
Happy Bank Holiday Weekend yis big rides (yis)!
Thursday 1st May 2008
Hickeys are sooo 90s
Amy Winehouse went in to see her husband Blake Fielder Civil in prison for 'crisis talks'. She's basically being rumoured to have spread herself around Camden since he was shown to his room in the clinky and he's not happy with her. So unhappy, he assaulted her neck resulting in a massive hickey. Somebody tell Amy that love bites havent been considered an accessory since waay back in the day. They're kind of the fashion equivalent of the poncho - really big for a while but even at the time they looked pretty poxy.
For good measure, this blog will today feature a line from Anchorman...
" Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era."
Tuesday 29th April
Elmo, get over yourself!
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Why does Elmo need all these celebrities to help him do things that the rest of us ordinary Joes take for granted. Like falling asleep or crossing the road. Jebus! Oh and a very happy birthday to Daniel Day-Lewis. We Heart You! |
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Friday 25th April 2008
Plumbers and Eyebrows
Keith and his tweezing is a maintenance thing. It's not a monobrow thing, dont worry.
Today was National Plumbers Day. So we payed hommage to all those plumbers out there. Without them, we'd be waist deep in crap. We love you guys, we do!
If you get paid monthly, congratulations on your payday! Why was April the leanest month ever?
Here's a thought... you know the way E4 and E4 + 1 show episodes of friends every weekday? And you know how once they get to series ten they start right back at the beginning again? Well is it a good thing to have this constant in our lives? Are you pro friends repeats or not?
Either way, enjoy the Friday night tv in, or enjoy your night out. Either way, hope this weekend is savage for yis all.
Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Yis can talk about football all ye want...
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| ... I'll just stick my fingers in my ear and scream la la la la can't hear youuuuu. Today Joe and Keith affected an air of football jersey. They both wore hoops and were similarly co-ordinated. Keith went that bit further - he had grass stains on the knees of his jeans that he had forgotten he had gotten from a kickabout. It's funny but the Straw Poll result today surprised us again. The debate was Silence V Small Talk (as in with a person in a lift, or a hairdresser or taxi driver). Silence won! What's happening to Dubliners? MAke it stop! By the by, apparently there's a new dance move to go with Wiley's Wearing My Rolex called the percolator. Aideen bought a percolater for el breakfast crew last night! Coincidence? Dont think so, no... And Glenda Gilson will be joining us on air tomorrow morning. Keith and AIdeen will need to get ready for the mustard gas that is Joe's massive bottle of Blue Stratos. |
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Monday 21st April 2008
Aideen's big day off
Aideen was off today so we talked about football...a lot. Don't tell her she'll be very angry.
Other thing we talked about today -
The fact that everyone loves rollerbaldes and thinks they're the coolest things ever...except Joe.
Joe wore the top of a ladies pj's today, as a kind of a bib, coz he squirted kiwi juice all over his blue jumper, fresh out of the wash last night.
Keith wore a crisp white shirt to hide the fact that he felt like a tramp
Sarah Jane wore her new shoes.
Tomorrow everyone is wearing a PLO style scarf to annoy Joe.
Laters
Breakfast Xpress
Friday 18th April 2008
Happy Birthday to us!
We turned 6 today and to celebrate we ate loads of Tracy's rice krispie buns, played musical chairs (see link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qZyT... and generally overdid it in a sugar buzz kinda way!
Joe and Keith don't like when people ask you how your weekend was. They think it's a bad batch of small talk. But really, what they're annoyed about is that a bunch of SPIN heads are going to Manchester this weekend and they could have gone but they decided not to. Boo urns!
For the rest of yis, we hope your weekend is sooo good that you just cant stop bangin on about it come Monday morning. Go on, enjoy yourselves. We know it's a long way to pay day fnext week for a load of yis but d'ya know what... there's still a bang of carnage of this weekend anyway, so capitalise on it!
Wednesday 16th April
Go on Pat!
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Tuesday 15th April 2008
Blue V Black pens
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| the Straw Poll rocked today. here are some reasons you voted for black to win: “Black pen 4 life.... Blue pens are the reason 4 evil... The devil uses a blue pen.” “Black every time. Cant use a blue one. If i write a note in blue because i cant find a black one i will go back the next day and write over the blue words in black!” “Oh guys black without a doubt. I work in office an wud never write in blue pen” and here are some the reasons yis wanted blue to win (but it didnt cos it's GAY!) “Blue pens look better leaked on your hands than black “ “Blue especially when its kinda wastin. It makes my writin look really good” “The blue pen. There s lots of shades of blue even a light blue bic and a dark blue bic. But black is jus black.” |
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Monday 14th April 2008
The Shredder Aint Got No Love for Keith
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| It growled into action when Keith walked past it this morning. Some people might say it turned itself on for a moment coincidentally when K-dog was in the general paper shredder area... But to be honest, it was a bit more sinister than that. It was almost as if there was gonna be some sort of Hellraiser type episode. Thank God it's getting bright in the mornings when we're in so early. I would not want to be in a darkened SPIN 1038 with that moody yoke. Now here on Breakfast Xpress we like to yak about clearly irrelevant, silly things that somehow manage to be important. Today, we were discussing pens and how annoying it is when people say 'can i borrow this for a second' and disappear off to some part of the office with it. Your pen has gone to pen heaven and you aint gettin it back... no you're not! And is it acceptable to get annoyed about that? And by the same token, how do you end up with random random pens? You know the ones. Such a fine example came in from a texter who said they had a pen from the Almaty Hotel which is in Kazakstan, another had a pen made out of bark from Puerto Rico. The award for the randomest pen went to Jamie who's friend has a pen from Paramaribo in Surinam. (South America in case you're wondering). That is some high quality random work at its peak. Well done everyone! |
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Friday 11th April 2008
When Jeans Are Not Ok
So we pondered whether there is an age that you should give up wearing jeans. After fleshing out said topic we decided that the answer is no but there are terms and conditions when anyone is wearing the aul denim. Some of these T&Cs include not wearing a denim shirt with them. And dont go the extra mile like Brian's dad who wore the whole lot WITH cowboy boots and a moustache. Chuck Norris how are ya?
Joe's lego fixation rages on...
We have new blinds in the SPIN offices. In the words of our Operations Manager they look 'mighty fine'. Now it is pretty gay to get excited about blinds, we know. But they make us feel very professional and grown up - like we work in the Daily Planet or something. But out of Joe and Keith who's Clarke and who's Lois...? Aideen, if she was gonna be a journalist though, would rather April O Neil. That hair! That yellow jumpsuit!
Wednesday 9th April 2008
What's the First Sign of Madness?
Suggs in your driveway! lol and lmao!!
Keith tried to get a free coffee machine today. It didnt work out. Asher!
So the papers were reporting this morning that Pat Kenny and his neighbour 'jostled' during this ongoing dispute over land. Now, we could be wrong but there's just something a little mad about that idea. Would it not be really easy to take Pat down to the ground? No? Is that just us?
Joe's in trouble with one of you out there. Whoever texted in to say Joe's in trouble for saying that Chris died in Skins on Monday, will you call your girlfriend off!?
In the Swap Shop we were giving away tickets to see Linkin Park and Queens of the Stone Age at the RDS in July. Lucky Lucy bagged them with her tasty and tempting offer of over 600 Beano and Dandy comics from the 80s and 90s.
Someone else offered us "all the hairs on my legs and my ass"
Thanks we're set!
Tuesday 8th April 2008
Keith's pencil and Nespresso machine
Keith has a brand new thing. He's unnaturally excited about it. Although in fairness, when one gets up at 4.30am one tends to need the aid of the world's most used psychoactive drug. (That'd be caffeine folks!) So anyway apparently it's the this really nice, neat and shiny shiny coffee machine that makes coffee without any messin around.
And on a separate note, his favourite pencil he every had was triangular instead of round in shape and smelled of McVities biscuits. So now ya know!
Today's Tuesday Straw Poll was action holiday V sun holiday. The action holiday includes skiing and snow boarding and the like. Now when we went in this morning we thought the sun holiday would definitely clinch it. We were very impressed with the vim and vigour all you adrenaline junkies have for the activity holiday. Although in saying that, it does sound like the apres ski bender is an awful lot of fun. And a hangover in the sun is a lot harder to get rid of than if you were out on the slopes (we think). Anyway it would appear we are skiing our way away from obesity. And skin cancer as well, really. Go activities! Maybe we might get good at them and end up in the winter olympics or something. Like in Cool Runnings! Jaysus we could get even get a medal. This just gets better and better...
Friday 4th April 2008
"You've Some Hole on Ya!"
So, the Great Friday Debate - we were discussing wolf-whistling today and whether it's a harmless exercise or not. The verdict reached was that is fairly inoffensive and most women wouldnt mind it. Except when it's followed by other comments which... are a little... eh... shall we say tasteless? Our good friend Yvonne came on to tell us about when she wouldnt acknowledge the wolf whistles she was receiving so one of the fellas decided to shout "you've some hole on ya" at her. Listen lads, in all fairness, that's probably not the best way to get a phone number.
Earlier on, we were discussing euphemisms for crazy. And we got some good 'uns including some that you made up your good selves. These included:
Madder than a handful of jelly
Madder than peanut butter hairspray
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer
(His / her) elevator doesnt go all the way up
and our favourite one
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Rumour has it that it's only going to be nice today and tomorrow. It's meant to get really crap on Saturday night so better start your weekend the very minute you clock off work. Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now, say it, say it, say it...
Thursday 3rd April 2008
See ya later, Bertie
Now after the months of baying for his blood, watch the papers fawn over him. Tis terrible! It's almost as if Bertie has channelled David Hasselhoff and CHuck Norris and taken on this mighty aura of boundless knowledge and omnipotence. Did you know that Bertie gave birth to Northern Ireland? Did you know he was there when they brokered a peace deal at the end of World War II? And as Jen pointed out, he was on the Titanic and saw the ice berg before anyone else, it's just that he was quite hoarse that night.
We were asking you peeps what was the first film you ever saw in the cinema. Keith's first movie was Pete's Dragon. Aideen's was Peter Pan. (Can'r remember Joes... oops!) The texts we got in this morning telling us of your cinematic firsts include
Bambi
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Lion King
Beauty and the Beast
Kindergarten Cop
Batman (eh? is this not slightly scary for a first cinematic experience?)
Anyway dont forget to tune in tomrrow. We've a great Great Friday Debate, a savage classic rock Friday Flashback, and the last of our tickets to see The Enemy, Paddy Courtney to give away as well as the Cardigan's Best Of.
Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Yazz Bertie
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| Well nothing seems as important now as all this Bertie stuff that's kickin off. Do yis remember when we did all those politician interviews last year before the election? And we asked people like Enda Kenny what the letters LMAO stand for? Well we tried and tried to get Bertie to come on but we just couldnt get to him. We reckon he would have said yes to chatting to Joe and Keith. Well now finally, maybe we'll have that chance... So all thoughts on Bertie are invited now. And we'll chat more to yis about it tomorrow. Now on to Yazzrolling. Have ye heard of Rickrolling? If not... click here Now, we decided we wanted to use a new cult hero as for the same purpose as Rickrolling. We came up with Yazz. Some of your suggestions included Aqua, Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) and Climie Fisher (Love Changes Everything). For the moment though, we're going with Yazz. It's that train sound at the start that does it for us! We wanna get this ball rolling so start Yazzrolling your friends. |
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Tuesday 1st April 2008
April Fools a-plenty!
Well we did laugh heartily at the rest of the world trying to April Fool each other. Firstly, at ourselves and our feeble efforts (being stuck down the toilet was a particularly good one). Secondly we did chuckle heartily at all the newspapers and their lame-o attempts. And then of course, there were Joe and Keith's prank calls to Sarah Jane and Aideen (both sitting outside the studio), Tracy (who didnt answer her phone) and James (who was on the train but was listening to us at the time - and so he should be).
Now the Straw Poll today was thus - If you had to give up toast or chips, which would you give up first? Toast won... yes it did. Here are some of the reasons why:
Toast guys. Ya can have cheese on toast. Jam on toast egg on toast. Anytime
My granny used to make us batch toast with a stick and an open fire. Best toast by a mile. Toast for president. Shane
Nutella on toast makes me forget all about chips....
After a night on the beer the best hang over cure is beans on toast with grated cheese all over it, so i m going with the toast cos i m always on the beer
Buttery toast is delicious.toast gud,chips bad. Kim.
So now for yis! That's the end of it. And if anyone remembers the old Zig and Zag video from the 80s? You know the one that was called the Nothing-To-Do-With-Toast-Video? Well chips didnt feature in taht at all did it? And it was class. There be the end word. Toast.
Monday 31st March
Everyone hold your breath, don't say ANYTHING!!
The sun is out, there's a bang of summer and we're feeling very good right about now. So dont say a word, nobody comment on anything weather related and for god sake dont go doing anything stupid like ditching your scarves and boots - that's a surefire way to plunge us back into the depths of Shitsville.
On another note, skimmed milk pleases none.
Keith cant decide whether to buy a deep fat fryer or not. Pros include mmmm yummy chips. Cons include smelly kitchen, no space, changing the oil and a disimproved diet. But you could have amazing chips whenever you wanted... Oooh decisions, decisions.
Shona from Spin @ Work had a dream about Paula Reed from Project Catwalk. They were having breakfast together overlooking Inchidonney beach. If she ever meets her, she may tell her.
Happy Monday y'all
Friday 28th March
Boobs
Aren't they great? The verdict is in though... Page 3 is so 1985. Dont shoot the messenger! It was all decided during the Great Friday Debate.
Pamela Flood was on the show today and she was great craic. Her input on the Page 3 debate was very diplomatic altogether. In a nutshell, not a fan! She was talking to us about Marry Me her new tv programme based on fellas who were trying to think up mad elaborate ways to propose to their other halves. Apparently Irish blokes are very romantic and thoughtful. Jaysus! Didnt see that one coming?
Today is national pajama day. It is because they rock. They rock, though, in the privacy of your own home. They do not rock in other places. That is it definitively - sorry. DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER.
News just in at the time of going to press: Tyra Banks dismisses reports that she is quitting America's Next Top Model. Now in fairness, the programme has taken a turn for the worse. But still!
Thursday 27th March
Taking man boobs to new level
Eh there's a dude who is pregnant? How is that gonna pan out?
Ken of Autamata joined us in the Thursday Sessions to talk about his album Colours of Sound which is rather good indeed. If you wanna have a listen, we've podcasted it. Search iTunes for Breakfast Xpress Comedy et voila.
Thanks to all who forwarded us their last text message on their phone. It was a lot of fun reading them and wondering what sort of conversation yis had been having up until then. Here are some we made earlier...
Ye u are a weirdo, cant believe ur freakin over a watch..! Anyway drivin now,ring u later.x
Thought you might like to know there is an article in the indo today how excessive textin is a sign of mental illness . . . . I no i no . . . . You already knew
That big box in omni is a travelator???
Great nite! Ugh my hair! State of!!
Locked outta d house in last nites dress! I m freezin get home soon as possible xxxx
Eh heh heh... class!
Wednesday 26th March
Fight like me da as well!
Sinead O Carroll (formerly of B*witched and now of TV3 fame) joined us this morning for a very special edition of the Swap Shop. She was super-cool and told us about the the days when she was on tour with Britney and was in the school musical with Keith (her dance partner). Good times, man! Here comes the plug: Inside and Out is on TV3 on Tuesdays at 8pm
We had a caller on this morning called Keith who didnt know that men have nipples. Em...
Did you know that celery is an evil vegetable? Well there ya go!
The Star newspaper reported today that Cheryl Cole was the Girls Aloud member they'd least like to marry. I'm sorry, WHAT? Was this survey conducted in some parallel universe where 'men' have spoons where they should have eyes? Gah! we say to that survey.
And can someone tell us why Janet Jackson's latest song carries the line "I'm heavy like a first day period" ??
Tomorrow is Thursday which is also Friday Eve. The weekend was only two days ago and now we are only two days away from it rolling around again. Disco!
Tuesday 25th March
Fridge Magnets and General Elections
The title of this blog has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the blog.
So we're back! Well three quarters of us are. Joe's taking another few days off. It'll be Friday before Keith, Aideen and Sarah Jane and he are reunited.
The Straw Poll today was Baths V Showers. And man did showers kick baths' ass. In fact if the two were a soap, showers would be Coronation Street and baths would be Family Affairs. So now ye know.
And for all of you out there who didnt believe the couples toilet story, check this bad boy out: http://www.wiserep.com/productDetail...
Thursday 13th March
Happy Birthday to our Sarah Jane
She rocks our world, she does.
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Wednesday 12th March
Only the Crumbliest Flakiest Fat Controller
...he joined the lads today for a very special Swap Shop today. It was muy bien altogether! Several people texted in to say what a sexy voice he had and Clare even suggested he should have a go at singing along with Joss Stone on the Flake ad.
Now two things.
1 - As lovely a bloke as he was, he a character from yester-year and we really dont feel comfortable objectifying him like that.
2 - If anyone can find another reason for Joe and Keith to play that Joss Stone clip again, please hang on to it. We're trying to phase that woman out!
The lads randomly mentioned words that make you giggle and by God did ye respond in yisser droves. Words you mentlers find funny include:
Bubbles
Slush
Bedoinkins
Synonym
Discombobulated
Bra
Fallopian Tubes
Spongey
Cucumber
Oxyhaemoglobin
Socks
Ha! When you put it like that... indeed they are hil-airy-arse!
Tuesday 11th March
It is the Brunette
That's who won the Straw Poll.
But here are some other observations from today's papers that we really couldnt say on air:
Ulrika-ka-ka's fun bags have gone massive!
It'll be pretty funny when that Michelle Heaton photo turns up somewhere... possibly not at all actually.
Rude horse names in the Cheltenham Cup would be so much better and if we owned a horse and who was running in it we'd call him My Lovely Lad.
Joe won’t tell his good lady-wife how much his jeans cost cos she’ll kill him if she finds out he spent that amount on them!
And Keith has just lost three euro in the vending machine even though he had been warned that it was likely to happen seeing as everyone else has lost serious coinage to it over the last few days. But did he listen to Aideen? Noooooooo! He paid e4 for a Mars Bar. Well done Keith-reid.
Friday 7th March
Thursday's the new Friday
...if Tracy Clifford is anything to go by. She went out last night. Til 5am. So the logical thing to do is to sleep on the couch in the production studio until 8am. We had to send her out to the chemist across the road to buy herself a toothbrush. She's coping well though as we type. She's already sucessfully managed three bulletins. Aint no stoppin her now.
Keith's off to the Radio Adverstising Awards tonight. He wrote a load of ads and is up for an award. Apparently Keith Cunningham wont be anywhere near the venue...
And Joe's son is having his second birthday party tomorrow. All the relatives are coming over. He's fairly sure he wont be able to get near the telly to watch the football and the rugby tomorrow. But EVERYONE knows how these things actually work. The men take over the sitting room and hog the tv and the women sit in the ktichen eating cake bitching about the men who are shouting at the match.
Maybe you youse degree. Tune in on Monday to find out.
BTW we're giving away a really cool mash-ups CD on the Initials Quiz next week. And if you didnt get a chance to win tickets today to see Ross O Carroll Kelly - Last Days of the Celtic Tiger then fear not! We're giving them away all next week on the Game of Names.
Happy weekend y'all
Tuesday 4th March
Poor Aul Nicola Roberts
Somebody must fancy her? She's hot in a Stephen's Green Shopping Centre context no? Surely her sole purpose in Girls Aloud is not to field abuse away from woman who slaps toilet attendants and woman who has a gaylord for an ex. Well some of youse out there texted in some rather terrible messages. You boys are so bitchy! How did girls get such a bad wrap when fellas are just as shady? One of ye brought up Mel C as well and how ye wouldnt ride her into battle. Yis are fierce altogether - and not in a Tyra Banks way!!
The Straw Poll today was Washing V Drying (the dishes). Washing won, not by a whole lot in the end mind you! Some of the pro washing texts read thus:
- Dirty plates make me want to throw up all over myself. Dryin please.
- I have 2 wash cos my gay husband has a phobia about wrinkly fingers
- No competition. Washing ALL the way. If you dry you have to also put away!
- I hate drying, cant get glasses dry without leaving little fluffy bits on them. Air-dry all the way! Ronan
Some of the pro-drying texts looked like this:
- Drying everytime. Washing puts you in danger of bin juice. Darren
- Nobody has mentioned pots. Thats what swings it for drying for me. Its easy to dry a pot but washing you have to deal with all the gunk. Andy
- Yo dudes its always dryin cause the washer is finished first so they have to make the tea! :-) and when ur finished dryin u sit down to a nice cuppa oh yeah
So there ya have it! Now obvisouly if you have a dishwasher, in everyday terms, that takes the fun out of the whole debate. But it's irrlevevant people, it's a bleedin Straw Poll. And it's way more fun to take part in than that TNS MRBI shower.
Friday 29th February
Friday Blogness
Rain sucks arse. But it is Friday. There will be merriment. There will be tomfoolery. And take away. And cans with friends.
That is all
Thursday 28th February
Spiderbabies and Cake Jumpers
Today we paid homage to Dermot Morgan and Father Ted. Today is the tenth anniversary of Dermot's death so we thought we'd dig out a few clips and have the craic with them. Joining us especially for the event was Joe Rooney who played Father Damo in the episode where the whistle gets stolen. Joe was deadly fun and talked to us about everything under the sun.
So many people got very involved in the Ted-chat. Texts were coming in in their hundreds listing off yisser favourite characters and one liners. We had to move on eventually but feel free to leave your favourite Ted moment here.
We spoke to Cormac from Super Extra Bonus Party to congratulate them on their victory at the Choice Music Prize last night. Joe Rooney was very taken with them altogther and left SPIN with a copy of their album.
Now everybody join in...
My lovely horse running through the field,
Where are you going with your fetlocks blowing in the wind?
I want to shower you with sugarlumps,
And ride you over fences,
Polish your hooves every single day,
And bring you to the horse dentist,
My lovely horse,
You're a pony no more,
Running around with a man on your back,
Like a train in the night,
Like a train in the night.
Monday 25th February
We wish Daniel Day-Lewis was all ours
...Instead of him adopting Ireland as his home, we wish he could be all ours to brag about. Good God Daniel, how did ya get to be so handsome and brilliant!? As the is-he-English-is-he-Irish controversy raged on, our enlightened texter pointed out "when he wins he's Irish and when he loses, he's English". How right you are dearest texter.
So the verdict this morning on the whole Dustin whatnottery? Public opinion was split right down the middle between Dustin is an arse-candle Vs Dustin is a ledge-tank. There are a few bugs to be ironed before the big performance but here at Breakfast Xpress, our near-official line is Go On Ya Good Thing Ya!
Joe insisted on wearing his Australia hat to the Cafe di Napoli this morning. (Click here to see it). And he was wearing a lovely fleece as well. But we dont judge people on their taste in hats round here. In fact on any given day someone will be wearing NAtive American headgear, our SPIN hard hats and maybe a police hat so we usually do end up with a complete set of village people. We do yeah.
Friday 22nd February
Joe brought in a selection of hats for our Great Friday Debate. He wore four of them at the same time to test out how bad the hat hair would be. You can see the results in our gallery.
It was the last day that KSWISS decided to drop by for a chat. We were thinking about his greetings slash catchphrase thingies...
Monday: Banana slide! (think it means 'wicked')
Tuesday: Pick up yo lego! (???)
Wednesday: Porridge and Wax it up (???)
Thursday: Penguin Matinee (possibly means 'Alright')
Friday: Daffybounce (???)
Who knows but we think he was being a bit scabby. He was asked by Champion Sports to give away vouchers and trainers and he just uses the opportunity to get on the radio and try and launch his own catchphrases into popular usage.
Keith drove a white van into work today. It's moving day for him y'see. We wanted to hear from van drivers and find out what the etiquette for driving them was. We learned from many texts that for many reasons, (thanks for the tip Shane) owning a white van means you can do practically anything you want and violate quite the few parking rules! Even the clampers give you less grief. We know that for a fact due to an incident which occurred after the show was over. Wow! Who knew?
Thursday 21st February
Joe's Ragin'
Thanks for the comment Collie Byrne. Joe's sickened he didnt see it in time to relish his prediction almost coming true. That's right - a prediction that almost BUT DIDNT come true. Maybe tomorrow...
Thanks for all your comments on the Home and Away blog. Nothing like really getting into the song from the opening creidits. I mean REALLY getting into them. Like singing them on public transport with feeling. and gusto. and heart. and fervour. and passion. Yeah, man.
Darcy and Niamh from Ham Sandwich joined us in the Thursday Sessions today. They're all kinds of ledge-tank. In case any of you were wondering, yes, they were live LiVe in studio. Not like some other poor attempt at a radio station who were also playing a seemingly live (but not) interview with the Sandwich. They love Joe and Keith which makes them at least 7 times more deadly to us now.
Happy Friday Eve y'all. Not long now...
Wednesday 20th February
You Know We Belong Together
You and I forever and every,
No matter where you are,
You're my guiding star,
And from the very first moment met you,
I've never felt such emotion,
I'm walking on air,
Just to know, (Just to know)
You are there (You are there)
Hold me in your arms,
Dont let me go,
I want to stay forever,
Closer each day,
Home and Away
Let me be the one that you turn to,
Someone you can rely on
Closer each day,
Home and Awayyyyy
Monday 18th February
Who is this Keith Cunningham chap?
Keith Walsh? No? Oh Keith ...Cunningham? Who? No seriously who is he?
And that was the story of the Meteor Irish Music Awards on Friday night. Cheers for all of you who gave Joe and Keith such a big cheer on the night. We showed them Cork langers who's boss in this town. Sort of.
So apparently the new Daniel Day Lewis film is about to launch a catchphrase. It goes like this "I drink your milkshake. I drink it up!" NO NO NO NO NO. You cannot deliberately LAUNCH a catchphrase, that is not how it works. The best catchphrases were discussed on the show this morning. Some are really annoying, some are quite fun. But the point is, catchphrases can only happen after an ad or tv show or film has been around for a while. When people start to realise they notice the same line in each ad, that's when a catchphrase becomes a catchphrase. (Take for example "I dont know what a tracker mortgage is") So this web site idrinkyourmilkshake.com is so very, very annoying. It's like when ads deliberatley try to spawn a phrase. (Like most recently the one with Mr T going 'Get some nuts') That's just annoying. Like hellooo, we know what you're going for and it's not working!
Rant over! The ones that a few of youse actually like include the Amstel ads (This is gonna be great) and the Cillit Bang ad (Hi I'm Barry Scott). Thems the ones that dont make you wanna kill yourself when you decide you're too lazy to go to the kitchen for a cuppa during breaks in TV viewing. Ah yes, ads that make you chuckle, we likey. They're worth pushing some stuff outta the brain in order to remember the product they're hawking. Maybe.
Friday 15th February
We want to take this opportunity
to thank you all for your lovely messages of support for the Meteors tonight. Honestly, it was awfully nice to receive so many! And thanks to all who voted for us too. Now, we vow to never be soppy ever again.
There are too many butterflies in our tummies and we gotta leg it out of here for our disco naps. To the RDS!
P.S. who sent Aideen in the Valentine's card?
Thursday 14th February
Upping the ante on Valentines Day
Today's Valentines Day and we have noticed that people take it very seriously these day. The amount of 'say i love you' texts re received today was mad altogether. Who says we're not a romantic nation? We're practically as cheesy as Heidi and Spenceer from The Hills.
Ann Summers were giving away some vouchers for the Dublin store and to pick a winner, we aksed you to give us the best underpants films i.e pick a film and replace one word in the title with the word underpants. Some of the best included:
No Underpants for Old Men
Schindler's Underpants
P.S. I Love Underpants
I am Underpants
But the winner was... Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Underpants. Arf arf arf..!
Alright y'all, enjoy the rest of Trapattoni day ahem, we mean Valentines Day
Wednesday 13th February
Could Mel Gibson be staying in the Merrion Hotel?
We called there earlier to see if he was booked under a different name. A lovely lady called Maja tried searching the list for Mad Max, William Wallace, Martin Riggs and J. Christ.
And speaking of hotels, did ya hear the one where they plan to turn Mountjoy prison into a boutique hotel? And the GPO into a big shopping centre. And if you live in Clontarf or near Dollymount Strand you'd better take care of business - yer dog's business. Poop watch is coming to a community near you. Dublin City Council has gone all Rudy Guiliani on us.
And speaking of whipping us all into shape...
That brings us nicely onto the topic of our new football manager. Now that Trapattoni is here to stay for a while... YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOO! Could this be the greatest news ever? Could this mean we'll qualify for the World Cup? Could we get a new anthem akin to Put 'em under pressure? (which by the way Copper Face Jacks is partial to at the end of a night - so we've been told)
Tuesday 12th February
Don't knock the Lego stick right?!
It's Joe's baby and he'll be very upset if you do. Pretty soon we'll probably be able to upgrade it from the lego stick of truth to the lego stick of destiny... or something. You can keep an eye on our albums page for that!
So today saw an end to our three day weekend. Joe and Keith had a beer bonanza on Sunday night. (The bonanza bit is the part where they eat fast food). Sunday is the most illegal night of the week to drink on. Therefore lie-in on Monday = extra gratification. Aideen mooched around town all Monday and wondered why it's still fun to feed ducks in Stephens Green when you're in your twenties and really should have moved on to bigger and better thrills. (But then again, Joe's mad into the lego stick and the same applies really) Sarah Jane's back from her week away and had to do without the rest of Team Xpress for her first day back. Hate that!
How exciting is this Trapattoni drama? We're very wary of getting too worked up over it though. We've had this kinda thing happen to us before. It started when we were very young: like when you were brought to the shoe shop before school started back again and you thought you were gonna get that deadly pair of shoes but yer ma ended up getting you that pikey cheap pair instead?
Well it's something like that. Trapattoni! Don't toy with our emotions. We wanna think our football team is cool again. We deserve to strut upon the catwalk that is the World Cup 2010 in our finest pair of not-from-clarks shoes! (And yes you're probably right... only a girl could write a paragraph about football and get shoes somewhere in there. What's yer bleedin point, man?)
Friday 8th February
Woo! Alright... Yeah, Uh-huh!
Fri-day! Fri-day! Fri-day! This might actually be the first weekend where you dont need your winter coat when you head out for the night. Savage!
Right lads, the voting for the Meteor awards will close on Sunday. Please, please please vote for Joe and Keith in the Best Regional DJ category by texting 'Vote' and 'RDJ44' to 085 7114444 or simply by clicking here.
So the Initials Quiz jingle is going to be made available for you guys to Catch. We're all off on Monday but we'll let you know on Tuesday whether it's ready to download or not.
Speaking of the Initials Quiz, Hazel who was a contestant today, very graciously accepted her defeat. But the reason she was so magnamimous was down to the fact that Hazel was full sure her boobs would have won the quiz, if any of us could see them that is!
Now off with ye, ye wee scamps. Go and have a great weekend and we'll C U next Tuesday for the Random Unnecessary and Completely Irrelevant Tuesday Straw Poll.
Much love,
Team Xpress
Thursday 7th February
Holy Project Catwalk, Batman!
So Fionnuala Burke, the Irish hopeful from Project Catwalk, was kindly asked to leave the runway last night. The dress she had designed was deemed not worthy of the bargain basement in Michael Guineys. Pish pash! If any of you saw the programme, you'll agree it definitely was the best out of the 'worst three'. Anyway, Fionnuala was in great form and filled the lads in on all the goings on in Fashion Land. They learned new words like 'visual merchandiser'.
Keith's doin an interview in Irish with Raidio na Life about the Meteors and he was practising away earlier. None of this ciuinas, cailin, bainne, bothair stuff that's all the rage right now.
Joe had a shit banana today. He was not happy.
Thursdays are cool, Fridays are deadly. There'll be a Friday Flashback an' all so there will. (And if you have any suggestions for the aul Flashback, leave them here or email us at xpress@spin1038.com)
Tuesday 5th February
Happy Super Pancake Tuesday
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Wednesday 30th January
Gear to hunt duck-billed platypuss in
And none of that title is intended to have any innuendo.
So Joe and Keith Xpose-d themselves all over the place yesterday and got styled head to toe for the Meteor awards on Feb 15th. Now, anyone who saw the programme had an opinion and now Joe is upset. Will ye tell him his jacket is lovely lplease(even if you've not seen it).
Keith brought in five mandarins today. FIVE. Ridiculous.
And Gladiators returning to our screens? Better be good. This bandwagon is full and if the vintage aint good, then see ya later. This aint no shitmobile.
Tuesday 29th January
Joe and Keith - Fashionistas
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Monday 28th January
Mon-day! Mon-day! Mon-day! Mon-day!
Hello everybody.
Katherine Lynch from Working Girls visited us on the show this morning. She made us ROFL and LOL. It was great.
Keith dossed off for ages after the show by reading Hot Press. Joe has a doctor's cert to say he shouldnt be in work today. You could smell the burning martyr a mile away. Aideen noticed Joe's new haircut four days after it was actually cut. And she forgot to ask Joe how he was knowing that he wasnt well on Friday. That made the Monday grump way worse.
Tuesday will be better. No really! There's just this... sort of... mischief in the air. Not quite sure what the buzz is but we'll soon find out. Come on Tuesday. Tues-day! Tues-day! Tues-day...!
Thursday 24th January
The Candy Can Heist
So opposite you can see footage from our CCTV camera (aka the candy cam) that keeps an eye on the thieving scum that haunts the lofty halls of SPIN Castle.
A few points to note about said footage:
- We live sideways
- Keith is an unwilling member of the Thieving Scum. You can see that he doesnt actually really want to steal sweets but at the same time he doesnt want to let Joe know this in case it is seen as a sleight on his masculinity. This would account for the sly kick he gives the machine halfway through the heist.
- Candy Cam is mounted in such a way that it is in a fixed position. Try as it might to follow the perpetrators once the deed is done, it is forced to stand with a fixed line of vision and act as a lonely witness the skullduggery.
Super Jimenez joined us live in studio for the Thursday Sessions. Surely you didnt miss it? Oh you wanna hear it again? Well why didnt you say so? Search iTunes for Breakfast Xpress Comedy and you'll find it there, wanting, no, CRAVING to be downloaded.
Monday 21st January
Good Jaysus
How do you like your Mondays with a side of Burmese Python? Well we had a verrrry eventful morning. James and John from Reptile Village in Kilkenny drove up this morning to bring us a few examples of their work. They've got a zoo license and keep loads of really cool creatures. They've even helped home animals that have been seized by customs. So this morning they brought Alliya the python, Teddy the iguana and Norris the snapping turtle (Norris is actually a girl and didnt have a name before she came into SPIN. Listeners sent in suggestions and Norris ended up reacting to that particular oneso it stuck). The best random suggestion was 'Rhythm is a Dancer' as a name. Bit of a mouthful though, ya know? Norris is a narky little yoke. Teddy and Alliyah were total ledge-tanks. Poor aul James and John got clamped while they were waiting to go on air. The clamper wasnt even put off by the fact there was a 12 FOOT PYTHON in the car. For shame clampers, for shame. A plague on all your houses.
Not only that but Janet Phillips joined us on air today. Who, you might ask? You know her. She's the ma in the McDOnalds ad who calls her son a plank cos he steals her tinted moisturiser. We think it's brilliant but Rory with the Story has a major problem with the fact that he was going through his ma's toilet bag. Rubbish Rory. It was on the shelf of the bathroom that the whole family uses and he thought it would be the perfect crime.
Wednesday 16th January
Not Arsed
Today is a good day. Good things happen on Wednesdays in general. It's not Monday and it's not Tuesday and when it's over, you're on the home stretch to the weekend. And the telly improves mid week. Project Catwalk is on for gawd's sake. But as good as today is, one is not inclined to spend to long blogging.
However some bite size bits include...
Kellie, a caller, had a friend who met Will Ferrell in Longford on Saturday. She said he was sound out. We always new our favourite yazz flautist was a total legend in real life.
Jessy swapped us a Juicy Couture bag for a pair of Rock and Republic jeans in the Swap Shop today. We're looking for ways to defile it. Any suggestions?
We rolled out our new jingle for the Initials Quiz and we love it. As did a lot of you guys, so we may be able to make it available for download from the SPIN web site.
Oh look at that... practically a full blog entry!
Happy Wednesday 16th January 2008
Tuesday 15th February
Straw Polls that Divide the Nation
Today: Indian V Chinese (take away that is, not people. that would be a tad unfair)
The texts came in thick and fast like creamy korma. So many valid reasons were put forward on either side like Indian because the naan bread is amazing dipped in the sauce, Chinese because it's less fattening, but Indian has more variety for vegetarians, but Chinese cos ya just cant beat a 3 in 1 and prawn crackers after a night out dancing....
It was tighter than Victoria's Rock and Republics but the overall winner? Indian! So all you poppadom munchers, the next time there's a row over the Friday night take-away, you can quote Breakfast Xpress' Straw Poll of February 15th in the year of our lord, two thousand and eight.
And speaking of Rock and Republics, we have a very exciting his n' hers Swap Shop tomorrow. For the boys, league team entry in the Astropark Champion 5-a-side league for this Spring. For the laydeez, you could bag yourself a pair of RandR jeans thanks to Lara Boutique in Dame Lane and Terenure. And to answer one your texts this morning, no they're not just one size! You can go in and try a pair on to see what fits. I mean I know, boys present the show show and all but give us a wee bit o' credit would yas!?
By the way, Corey Delaney... total legend. TO-TAL!
Monday 14th February
Ode to Coppers
Motivational and feng shui experts are saying that you can actually get out on the wrong side of the bed on a given morning. Apparently if you get out on the left side you'll be happier, cheerier, and readier (and other words ending in 'er') for the day. Anybody who's single and who has a bed in the middle of their room (ie not up against the wall), yis are sorted. Ye can totally change your day around with one swift movement. All of the rest of youse who are half of a couple and sleep on the right side of the bed, or those of ye who are in student accomodation (they only ever have beds against the wall), ye will have to learn to live with life with a grumpy head on ye.
Continuing along a theme from Friday of post pub food, we had a few callers on today with some mad-assed ideas of what tastes good post club and post pub. Louise told Joe and Keith she's into dipping mcdonalds chicken nuggets in ice cream. Perhaps the fact that she and her mates usually stumble out of Copper Face Jacks has something to do with such a debased ingestion of 'food'. Ah Coppers...
Friday 11th January
The Best Post-Pub Food
Happy Birthday to Janet Carley. She's 108 today. The secret to her longevity? Daniel O' Donnell. Good God almighty, is that like some weird old woman self-flagellation thing?
We've got ourselves a brand new Fun Quiz Friday and it stars you fine people. Today Aidan took on Paul and narrowly beat him in a tie-break situation. He can thank Fiddy Cent for that. Wonder does anyone ever find themselves needing to thank Fiddy for anything. We should ask him. Em anyway that's not the point. If you wanna take part in next week's fun Quiz, get in touch here or on the bebo. Or you can text or email us. 085 7111038 and xpress@spin1038.com respectively!
Here what do you think of people who go jogging very late at night or very early in the morning. Why? What's that about. Are ye not wrecked tired. And surely the minute you get in the door you're gonna eat the lasagne leftover that you were saving for lunch tomorrow. Although in saying that, that happens on Fridays with the take-away. Except you know that if you leave a bit of naan bread and sauce behind you, it's gonna taste one hundred thousand times better when you get in at 3 in the morning. In fact... I'm looking forward to it already and it's only noon!
Happy Friday y'all.
Thursday 10th January
The Zoo Crew are DEAD to us
They ate 21 of our jellybeans and they must die.
Keith, Aideen and Emmet from No-H2o car valeting service played a delicious trick on Joe today. You can see some photos in our album already and a You Tube video that's quite rude but you'll have to tune in tomorrow to see how it all played out!
We had people on IQ: The Initials Quiz today who you could almost certify as insane! But we wouldnt wanna. Chris led the troops to victory and even decoded the clue 'Tyra Banks show ANTM (America's Next Top Model)'. Ah you're cred's in shreds now, Chris! But you got a DVD out of it so it's all good.
Tomorrow there are a number of people we're supposed to be talking to. We're hesitant to actually tell you who they are because of the plague on both our houses. When we say we're going to interview a certain person, they rarely turn up so let's just stay one person is supposed to be able to dance on ice and the other is now the judge when he used to be the judgee...! Can you see what it is yet?
Wednesday 9th January 2008
Midwives like Crocs
Today on the Swap Shop, we gave away tickets to see Rhianna in the RDS. Our most intrepid listener of the morning was Laura the midwife. She was on her way to work with three items in her bag which give away what her profession is. If Joe and Keith guessed what it was, then they got to keep the items. If they didnt guess, Laura got the Rhianna tickets. The bag contained a pair of crocs, a digital thermometer and a pink stethoscope. There was a happy ending; Keith went for a vet, Joe guessed she worked in Burger King. But here's the interesting bit, people. The crocs are the preferred footwear of midwives because they're easy to clean after...you know... EWWWWWWW!
Here d'ya know when people say ridiculous things? Like when P Diddy says in that song with Christina "I'm a beast!", the correct retort is "Close the biscuit tin". It's this new catchphrase we want to get into common usage. You use it in place of "ah would ya go on outta that". There was a programme on over Christmas on Channel 4 that counted down the 100 greatest catchphrases, so we decided we wanted to get into the chart ironically. And of course, have a bit of fun while doing it. You should treat it like learning a new word. Use it in a sentence today!
Mmmmm what else... oh yeah!
Oisin Davis from the Gooseberry Awards joined the lads on air earlier on. The award categories can be found on www.theelevator.ie and they include Worst Radio DJ, Worst Album of the Year and Worst Irish Programme of the Year. Poor aul Paddy Casey and the Sunday Independent take a bashing in many of the categories. We felt there were a few ommissions, like maybe Ryan Tubridy or absent categories like Most Pointless 'Celebrity' (we're not aiming that at anyone in particular ahem Glenda). Not to worry, there are plenty of other award ceremonies we'd rather preoccupy ourselves with.
And so that rounds off our humpday. (not being rude, that's what people call Wednesday nowadays - we've all gone just that little bit too clever, haven't we?)
Tuesday 8th January 2008
Howayis
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| Tuesday is the new Monday. Discuss. We had much intelligent and well thought out discourse on the show today. Our Straw Poll: Swings V Roundabouts. Swings did pretty well but there was the odd convincing argument in favour of the roundabout including their communal nature and the non-risk of chain pinch or rope burn. Was anyone watching Coronation St last night? Who the hell is this Tina McIntyre one? She's good craic though. Anyone who can evoke the Gail-face (you know the one), is friends with us. Oh and not forgetting Joe and Keith's First Ever Annual Innaugural Sporting Predictions. They're going to try and predict (in a laughably inept fashion) the outcome of various sporting events which will be taking place this year. For your own information and if you missed it this morning, the predictions look a little like this: Euro 2008 J - Spain K - Germany Premiership J - Arsenal K - Man Utd Champions League J - Man Utd K -Real Madrid All-Ireland Football J - Dublin K - Monaghan All-Ireland Hurling J - Waterford K - Kilkenny Wimbledon J - Andy Murray, Venus Williams K - Andy Murray, Serena Williams FA Cup J - Tottenham K - Arsenal Ryder Cup J - Europe K - America Six Nations J - Ireland K - France Irish Olympic medal haul J - 5 K -3 So they're gonna discuss these details with Paddy Power on the show tomorrow and seal their predictions in fancy spangly envelopes (the gayer the better). Then as the events take place we'll rip them open in a dramatic fashion and discuss the said results. Feel free to add your two cents on the bebo or text us in when we chat to Paddy tomorrow. No snooker, no eircom league and no ploughing championships. Sorreeee! |
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Monday 7th January 2008
Merry New Year and all that...
yes, greetings and good wishes etc etc
As Liam Gallagher once sang, Helloooo, hellooooo, it's good to be back, it's good to be back...
Wow, since we've been away Britney's really gone off the rails. Coincidence? I don't think so! So remember we did a straw poll a while back bewteen Amy Winehouse and Britney and who was more hell bent on self destruction? Well Amy won by a landslide. We might need to go back and have a look at that. So anyway, apparently Britney gorged on a 'purple monster' before she was stretchered off beaming like a stoned Anthea Turner. It contained the following: vodka, anti-flu syrup and an energy drink. Apparently that's on top of the diet pills, herbal uppers, antihistamines, sleeping pills, antacids, pepto-bismol, zantac tablets, ritalin and oxycontin (which is otherwise known as hillbilly heroin). Eh yeah right. Bren rather acutely suggested that she's trying to make a Flaming Homer. All she needs to do is set it on fire and she's set!
Dont forget the Meteors, y'all. The winner is decided on the number of votes one gets, and we really really wanna win! So if ya give us a dig-out with the votes (text Vote to 085 711 4444 or log on to www.meteor.ie and vote for the guys in the Best Regional DJ category) we'd be eternally grateful! We'll even throw a massive party if we win. Ah go on, go on, go on etc.
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