HOT: The Return of the Premiership
After a hugely disappointing World Cup, the premiership is back with a vengence. Already we have had four 6-0 victories and the usual suspects are leading the group. As always, it will be December before we really can take notice of the league tables, but ominously, Chelsea are looking dominant.
The transfer deadline is fast approaching and there will be undoubtably a few surprise signings as the managers try desperately to tinker with their ensemble cast of overpaid, dogging, serial rapists.
And the fact that Liverpool are still shit makes it even better.
NOT: Shit “Reality” Television Dominating The Media
The phrase “When it rains, it pours” is not just applicable to the floods in Pakistan this week. We had the return of the X-Factor, the build up to the finale of Big Brother. You couldn’t pick up a paper or turn on the telly without being informed of every miniscule detail of a day in the life of some attention seeking fucktard. Sadly, I do actually watch these shows, but with every viewing, a little bit of my, already dimished, self respect disappears.
Big Brother started as an interesting concept. Part social experiment, part voyeurism, it was fresh and intreiging. Sadly, that was 10 years ago. Now it is a vehicle for “KRAZY” so-called individuals, so desperate for a glimmer of fame and a feature in OK magazine, that they are willing to prostitute themselves under the guise of being “up for anything”. Big Brother dies this year, and I for one, will not be mourning.
The X-Factor came back to our screens, surrounded by controversy. “Louis Walsh Threatens to Quit” barked the Irish Mirror, “Cheryl Collapses” howled the Irish Sun but the most recent and laughable story was the revelation that, SHOCK, HORROR,…..sometimes the contestants voices are altered to suit whatever Herr Cowell decides he wants the public to think. The only shocking thing about this news story is the fact that the media thinks that we are unaware that the winner is predetermined before the show airs. You have to admire Simon Cowell, but only in the same way that you admire Hitler.
HOT: It’s Back to School Time!!
It’s that time of the year that strikes dread into anyone under the age of 16. You can’t walk though any shopping centre or any town without seeing “BACK TO SCHOOL” emblazoned in 4 foot high writing in every window. Nothing could be more terrifying to a child (other than maybe a picture of Fritzel holding Fred West’s knob while he’s bumming Barney the dinosaur who has a speach bubble proclaiming Santa isn’t real)
Those little bastards have 3 months off for summer, no rent, no bills, not a care in the world. Except school. And now it’s back. Not so fucking chirpy now are you, you little bastards!
NOT: The Recession Obsession
It’s been a couple of years now since we were all told that we are all doomed. We get it! Nobody has money, nobody has a job and we are all fucked. Grand! Let us get on with it and please shut the fuck up about it.
We’re being told now that Ireland’s credit rating has been downgraded, Anglo Irish are being opposed by the Green Party and NAMA is crippling our economy. I might be showing my ignorance but I have no idea about what all that actually means to me. I am trying to be interested but genuinely I dont really understand. 
During the Celtic Tiger, I didn’t have a pot to piss in. When the downturn began, I didn’t have a pot to piss in and now, during the recession, guess what? I still don’t have a pot to piss in. I just wish to fuck that people would shut up about it unless they have a solution to the problem.
It’s like being in hospital with a terminal disease and the doctors coming into you every day and saying “Hello Mr Dunne, I just want to remind you, you are dying, and you are slightly worse off today than you were yesterday”.
Shut the fuck up.
HOT: 90′s Revival
10 years ago, we had the 70′s revival, where every nighclub or concert had a Disco theme, films like Boogie Nights were feeding the nostalgia and Flares and big collars were all the rage. Then in the last couple of years, we had an 80′s revival where we all allowed the most horrific fashions and music to rear their ugly dayglow couloured heads and take over every facet of our lives. 
Sure, I got caught up in both of these nostalgic periods but as I was only born in 1981, I could never fully appreciate them as I never lived through them. But now, finally we are embracing a time that I can relate to.
It makes me a little sad that my teenage years are now classed as RETRO but fuck it, I made a right bollocks of them first time around, it’s nice to have a second go. There are a couple of upcoming 90′s night around Dublin and we here at Boob.ie (and by “we”, I mean “me”) are championing the 90′s revival.
Stay tuned to this site for upcoming competitions where we will be inviting you to throw on your two tone eclipse jeans, scanda jackets and boiler suits and dance like drug addled chimps to the best tunes ever!!!
NOT: Ryanair
I would like to reiterate what my colleague said here: http://boob.ie/2010/08/man-facts-10/
It’s a mess of an airline really. It’s a great idea but genuinely, they couldn’t give a fuck about their customers. I will continue to use them but only cos I am a cheap bastard but I will never have a good thing to say about them.
And it is because hundreds of thousands of punters are as stupid and as pikey as me and share my attitude, that Michael O’Leary and Ryanair will continue to smile smugly and spit on our backs as they fuck us roughly up the arse.
With no lube.
HOT: THORPE PARK
I’m not going to go into complete detail about my love for Thorpe Park. There will be a full and detailed recap of Boob.ie’s weekend of debauchery that included beers, tears, cheerleaders and rollercoasters.
But if you haven’t been to Thorpe Park yet, you don’t know what you are missing!
Not: Trying to Lose Weight
Why are all the nice foods fattening?? I used to be a skinny little runt when I was growing up. When I was in my mid-teens, I used be a ridiculously skinny 25 inch waist. Then all of a sudden, when I hit my early-mid twenties, overnight, I became this blubbery quivering mess.
I love beer. I absolutely adore it. I love takeaways too. But these two bastards are the main reasons I am the way I am. I need to exercise and I need to stop drinking and eating crap. It’s a shit state of affairs but it needs to happen.
It’s a simple equasion though. Use more calories than you put in your body. Sounds so fucking simple doesn’t it. Eat healthy and exercise. Can the average bloke like me or you do it? That’s what I am going to find out.
Starting on the 7th of September, for the sake of the readers of Boob.ie, I will go against every instinct I possess and will begin a month long trial, seeing if I can lose weight and tone up. I will be either cutting down on all my favourite vices and reporting in every couple of days to let you know what the update is. And believe me, if I manage this, then any one of you fuckers can do it.
So that’s my little recap of what has been floating my boat and indeed, sinking my battleship this week.
If you want me to include something in next week’s edition, either drop a comment below, go over to our forum or email me at paddy@boob.ie and let me know what’s tickling your fancy