Wednesday, 16 September 2009

'The Irish Solution'


I think we have been too long without a new figure of speech, such as 'The Townsend Defence' 'The Peter Principle' or 'Murphy's Law'. So I'm going to propose 'The Irish Solution'

The Irish Solution:

def: The act of repeatedly pushing forward with an event, law or action until the desired result is achieved even if initial results are to the contrary.

from: The EU ordered repeat of the Irish Referendum on the EU Treaty after a majority NO vote was cast initially

usage: Mostly used by Government both national and local, but can be used by individuals.
Some recent examples

Q: "Those chaps we wanted for that bombing campaign have been found not guilty.
A: "Never mind we'll use The Irish Solution

Q: "But Miss you've already lost claims for race discrimination, constructive unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal Eventually we could see:

Reporter: "Sir Alex, that was a bad loss for Man United 5-1 down to Arsenal after 90 minutes"
Sir A F: " It was not a loss, I have told the referee that I'm going to use The Irish Solution and we are going to keep playing until we win."

Reporter: "But Arsenal won't be on the field"
Sir A F: "That's their problem not mine, the important thing is we will get the result that we want which is a win."

I can also see The Irish Solution being used for the new ISA , ID cards and so on.

Any more examples please post below.
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EDIT: Trixy has an excellent post on The Irish Solution as actually applied to Ireland and the Referendum over at Nourishing Obscurity
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2 comments:

  1. More the EU Solution to Ireland but it doesn't sound as good.

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  2. Clever, very clever.

    I like it.

    I'm innocent, and even though I was a million miles from the banana blast and Clown sucking penguin vault, I'll use The Irish Solution to self incriminate myself.

    The show trials are back.

    Post some more vending machine photos before it all goes black.

    The whole shit is getting Blite and Whack.

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