Article written by Kovacs.
Published on 16/12/2010 at 10:45 AM.
Spare a thought for the insolvent Irish. Not knowing what to do with the copious amounts of money that poured into the country when the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Google set up shop in the fabled green land of awesome Guinness, saints and scholars, the fools that we are went and blew it all on underground tunnels no one can now afford to use and make-up for our fearless leader. (True story)
Sony to the rescue of the Dublin mendicants, with news today that Sony Ireland (yep, there’s a Sony Ireland, their offices are actually quite nice) have hidden twelve PlayStation bundles around the capital. From the press release:
From early this morning through to Friday afternoon, people are advised to keep their eyes peeled as PlayStation Christmas gift boxes will be dropped at twelve random locations around Dublin city centre.
It’s what’s inside that counts though, as those lucky enough to claim one of the boxes will win the entire contents. Prizes include PlayStation 3 consoles, PlayStation Move Starter Packs, PSPs and a selection of fantastic PlayStation games.
What better way to get into the spirit of Christmas than with a new PlayStation console to show off to family and friends!
PlayStation is remaining tight lipped as to the exact location of this gift drop. However, you can log onto the PlayStation Ireland Facebook page, www.facebook.com/SonyPlayStationIreland, where clues to the twelve locations will be shared. After that it’s up to you to figure out where the next PlayStation gift will be dropped and make sure you’re there to try and claim your prize.
Thanks Sony! Anything you can do about €85 billion we now owe the ECB and IMF? I’d like my kids to not have to work in a bog down in Tipperary for fifteen hours a day in order to pay it off, if at all possible.
Editor’s note: This post was written by an Irish person. If you can’t laugh at yourself, you have no right laughing at anyone else.
Source: Press release
Crazy! They have to hide them good or else they are gone in 15 minutes.
Sony has been a good Santa to me also, I won the GT5 Signature Edition from Playstation Denmark a few days ago \o/
nice!
They have Playstation wrapping paper. I WANT Playstation wrapping paper.
They’re Sony. They have PlayStation everything. Yes, even loo roll. Don’t ask.
*Asks*
I had to use the little boys’ room. Happy now?
Yes.
I want to wipe my bum with green triangles! *notes tub of Quality Streets for Christmas* Hellllooooooo!!
OMG!!! – I want Sony branded toilet paper.
The Irish hiding suspicious black packages around cities. Hhmm.
You do realise that that comment is quite insulting to Irish people, right?
I know, my brother has been a victim of it. Sorry didn’t mean to offend.
Not really. Just tasteless, no?
You do realise the article itself is quite patronising dont you? Not only to Ireland but to Sonys office here.
How is it patronising to the office? I mention that it does exist because when I mentioned it before many of my fellow Irishmen and women said they didn’t even know Sony had a pressence here.
philbert8 does have a point though, if someone who was not familiar with sonys generosity finds 1 they will surely think its a bomb, i dont think sony have thought this through properly, maybe a poster on an ally wall with a token attached would have sufficed
Why should you have to explain that Sony have an office here? Why wouldnt they? And why does the writer state in the first paragraphy “their country” and in the last paragraph “85 billion we now owe”? Is he Irish or not?
My familys irish and im uninsulted, of course tasteless jokes are my (shit i cant spell this word why did i decide yo use it) forte’.
Despite the fact that most of the things like that are in northern ireland…………
have you seen Sons of Anarchy Season 3? they paint a beautiful picture of the N.I countryside, but potray Belfast as something out of WWII. If i was to base a visit to ireland on that program, I (I know its not relevant but i thought i’d share it as we’re talkin Ireland)
Are you referring to the “troubles”, or else I don’t get the joke.
yep this is quite insulting and tasteless
Well I guess I’ve somehow become the “Frankie Boyle” of TSA. Shall we just get back to the mindless violence of COD.
Dammit, I was there just the other week!
And you didn’t call in for some tea?
*modifies Christmas list*
I would have felt a bit rude as I did not have any biscuits to bring with me
Oh, well then. You had a narrow escape!
:D
I was there earlyer today and i never noticed any boxes :(
and sorry kovac’s, if i knew there was tea on offer i would have called in for a cup
I lived in Ireland for a year and nearly every bridge, highway and train system says part funded by the EU Union on it.
Im lost in the relevance to that :-) the eu union so the european union union
I live in Wales and I kid you not… it’s packed with Welsh people! Crazy times.
*Scribbles down*
Wales = Welsh people
LOL!
Touché!
Wow thats a nice thing for xmas P.S. bring it to birmingham!
Ugh I just woke up, couldn’t be arsed looking for them. That’s just my early morning mentality, wait till I have a cup of tea/coffee =P Haha just realised its not early morning ha =\
Stupid lazy greener
That’s super! Don’t live anywhere near though so good luck to those on the search for them! If I were to live there though and had seen this video yesterday then I would’ve got a group of friends to go to every known christmas tree in their cities to find them :)
I find the whole article racist
In this day and age its so not cool to beliitle other people
i think you should look at you own politicians expenses scandal
before belittling ours
and English people wonder why they are hated abroad
er, this article was written by a proud Irishman who lives in Dublin. This website is owned and edited by myself, I live in Belfast and have Irish, Scots and English blood in me. I’m immensely proud of every aspect of my heritage but I am perfectly capable of having a little laugh at certain aspects.
I think perhaps you missed a joke and leapt into the role of victim a little too easily.
Aah the power of editing. The original article clearly stated in the first paragraph “their country” and now has been changed. Perhaps he didnt know where he was from while writing that section. Proud indeed!
Just blame the whole thing on me. I’ve obviously left a bad taste in every ones mouth, and I never meant to. Can we lock this article, and I’ll just log out forever.
aw, don’t take it to heart, we know you’re only joking. No real harm done ;)