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The gay pride march in Dublin today had a record breaking turn out of 22,000, which is awesome. But I couldn't help but notice the Jebus statue in the middle of O'Connel st. WTF did that come from? Did I pay for it

Heh i wish i was in dublin now. Describe please so I can start a thread over on politics.ie about it

After reading that I had to do a little googling and found this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyIr8fPowR4
It's in sign language but it's paid for by the Taxi Drivers it seems

Unless this is the wrong one....

The ones in Dublin are mad religious – I got a taxi recently and there was a shrine on the dashboard.

That sounds about right. It's right near the taxi rank. There's a plaque on it but I was too far away to read it.

I wonder if it's a way of exerting their dominance over the foreign, non-christian drivers they're always complaining about.

May God bless the taxi driver's [sic],
keep them safe and watch over them in there [sic] journey's [sic]
In Memory of Eugene Lawlor Rank Organiser.
R.I.P
-Maintained by the taxi driver's [sic] O'Connell St.

Is the grammar really that bad ?

The Abused Apostrophe is an awfully common error these days - probably it always was.
My pet hate at the moment is a local Cork taxi group who have decided they can drum up more trade for themselves by pasting horrible yellow stickers on their cars that proclaim proudly:

No extra's


I have to stop myself face-palming 'cos its beginning to leave a bruise.

JFC that's on the plaque? I nearly hyperventilated when I read that.

Must have been the same bloke who picked me up one night, my guy had pictures of the Turin Shoud in the visors.

Wouldn't you think that whoever printed the plate would know better.

Only been twice in a taxi in Dublin but can't help thinking that they better could erect a statue for the people using the same roads as the taxi drivers.

Why don't we get one cut with the corrected grammar and present it to them

Just saw another one up the town street;
NO BICYCLE'S

Surely, the old classroom rhyme was; "if in doubt, leave it out".

I once saw a sign in a bakery that read "PANINI'S"

It's wrong on two levels. Firstly, the ' is obviously wrong but Panini is actually an Italian word. The plural is Panina.