Dublin Spire is a colossal waste of money...

Rhinocerous Surprise

Or at least that's what me and my friend told Mike and Jeff when we met them on O'Connell Street today!!!
Just walking along, suddenly I see a guy who looks like Jeff. Then I see a guy who looks like Mike. Then I realised - IT'S JEFF AND MIKE!!!
So, of all things to talk about, we ended up discussing our costumes for a masquerade ball with them, and how big a waste of money the Spire is...:D:D
Really cool guys, real down-to-earth. We shook their hands, didn't waste their time getting autographs or pics (as much as I regret that now...) And we never thought to ask who's opening...:(
I still haven't quite come down off the high it put me on...

Kirk-shoot Rapture

It was awesome, it has yet to sink in.... All I can really think about is how cool it was and what I should have said.

rony

i talked to them about the spire too!!!!!

i walked up to them just after jeff took a pic of mike at the spire, mike said to me it was pretty cool and i said to him that "most people think its a waste of money", then jeff asked me if there was a skate shop around and i walked with them up to the skate shop at trhe top o connell street (near the bridge)

i got their autograph though i luckily had the new cd in my bag!

Rhinocerous Surprise

rony wrote:

i talked to them about the spire too!!!!!

i walked up to them just after jeff took a pic of mike at the spire, mike said to me it was pretty cool and i said to him that "most people think its a waste of money", then jeff asked me if there was a skate shop around and i walked with them up to the skate shop at trhe top o connell street (near the bridge)

i got their autograph though i luckily had the new cd in my bag!

Lucky man... Was it me, or is Jeff a lot bigger in person?:D:D

Kirk-shoot Rapture

Dude, I mentioned to them how it was a waste of money too! They said to us how others thought it was a waste of money. Very fancy.

belfast1

nice one

i've always laughed at that big spire

it looks like a giant needle for picking a giants arse

or something....

anyway congratulations...

rony

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

Lucky man... Was it me, or is Jeff a lot bigger in person?:D:D

definatley he's a lot taller and wider (but no in a fat way) than i expected him to be and mike quites small too, i really liked Mike's glasses and his hair!!!!

Rhinocerous Surprise

rony wrote:

definatley he's a lot taller and wider (but no in a fat way) than i expected him to be and mike quites small too, i really liked Mike's glasses and his hair!!!!

I just love the fact that they dress like they're still in sunny America when it's a pretty crappy Irish day:)

rony

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

I just love the fact that they dress like they're still in sunny America when it's a pretty crappy Irish day:)

i can't even remember what they were wearing apart from they're faces, oh and jeff had a hmv bag in his hands.......i wanted to ask him what he bought but decided against it and jeff had like a toothpick in his mouth!!

ringo_l17

so, enough about PJ, is Dublin Spire really a colossal waste of money?

Kirk-shoot Rapture

Yeah, it really is. It was meant to boost the tourist industry, but that didnt pan out. It just gave the tourists something else to see.

That money [it also ran overbudget] could've been used on our terrible Health crisis or education or... well... something GOOD.

Rhinocerous Surprise

ringo_l17 wrote:

so, enough about PJ, is Dublin Spire really a colossal waste of money?

It's the most efficient way our government could find to waste our tax money...:D

rony

ringo_l17 wrote:

so, enough about PJ, is Dublin Spire really a colossal waste of money?

NO!!!! if it wasn't for the spire i wouldn't have seen Mike and Jeff

Rhinocerous Surprise

rony wrote:

NO!!!! if it wasn't for the spire i wouldn't have seen Mike and Jeff

Fair point.:D

Kirk-shoot Rapture

Dang, i forgot about that.... it did attract Pearl jam.... Well, that settles it. The Spire was built to attract Pearl Jam.

Rhinocerous Surprise

Kirk-shoot Rapture wrote:

Dang, i forgot about that.... it did attract Pearl jam.... Well, that settles it. The Spire was built to attract Pearl Jam.

And we told them it was a waste of money! What kind of fans are we?:D

Kirk-shoot Rapture

We're the kind of fans that confuse our idols so we can capture them and keep them as pets!

rony

Mike even said to me "its pretty cool" and i said back "people think its a waste of money!"

and i started talking about how much i think matt's amazing and love his side project but not once mentioning i like mike's and jeff's side projects!!!! i'm a fucking idiot

Rhinocerous Surprise

I was basically stumbling over my own starstruck words. I managed to say "I really did not see THIS coming."

To which Mike coolly replied "Neither did we."

3chords

i wish i had been there that time, too. i drove past the spire by bus on saturday and when i think about the band loitering there...it breaks my heart i din´t meet them :-(

by the way still need a ticket for the dublin show. anyone got a spare ticket?

Jennytree

3chords wrote:

i wish i had been there that time, too. i drove past the spire by bus on saturday and when i think about the band loitering there...it breaks my heart i din´t meet them :-(

by the way still need a ticket for the dublin show. anyone got a spare ticket?

A fellow Meathonian!!! *waves*

sorry can't help ye with the ticket situation though!

The Sneaky One

Fellow meathster here as well .... just a blow in to kerry

LovesLikeSuicide

What is the spire?

moho

LovesLikeSuicide wrote:

What is the spire?

It's a huge metal spire... like a big needle, in the middle of the main street (o'connell st.)... I always wanted to roll two huge balls up to it in the middle of the night!

wolfamongwolves

I was at the Spike (call it by its real name, people!) today! Why didn't I meet Jeff and Mike?! I only live 10 minutes from there.I could've had them back for !!! Damn! I'll have to throw some invitations to them on stage tomorrow - after-show tea and sandwiches at my house! I'm sure they've nothing better to do...

wolfamongwolves

double post. sorry. blame my crappy dial-up connection. Dublin, huh! They'll waste millions on a big metal spike that does nothing, but try to get broadband in the middle of the city....

peepingtom

wolfamongwolves wrote:

I was at the Spike (call it by its real name, people!) today! Why didn't I meet Jeff and Mike?! I only live 10 minutes from there.I could've had them back for !!! Damn! I'll have to throw some invitations to them on stage tomorrow - after-show tea and sandwiches at my house! I'm sure they've nothing better to do...

its called the spire ... "The Spire of Dublin" http://www.spireofdublin.com/

and i like it ... dublin needs more landmarks and monuments/sculptures etc. it makes walking through the littered streets that bit more interesting

Hitch-Hiker

peepingtom wrote:

its called the spire ... "The Spire of Dublin" http://www.spireofdublin.com/

and i like it ... dublin needs more landmarks and monuments/sculptures etc. it makes walking through the littered streets that bit more interesting

Officially perhaps, but The Spike is a far better name.

NumberTenOx

Heard it cost $5 million but there is probably $4 million stuffed inside it (that's what the tour guide said). Also it's the "millennium spire" but it was finished in February of 2003.

But I think it's pretty cool. And so is SpongeBob SquarePants in Gaelic.