once again, I present: our opposition party

[waider]

Here, using the "something should be done" line, is Fergus O'Dowd, the Fine Gael transport spokesman, on an accident on Dublin's ring-road this morning:

"This is yet another example of the need for a quick reaction force with the necessary powers to keep traffic moving and to ensure emergency services can reach the site of an accident," Mr O'Dowd said.

What powers, exactly, Mr. O'Dowd? The power to warp physics? The power to magically create new offramps where nothing currently exists? The roadworks as they stand already provide an emergency lane to allow ambulances, etc. to "reach the site of an accident". And they have, y'know, those flashy blue lights, and the siren thingies, and the general goodwill of a populace who realises that some day they might need such a service and who therefore do what they can to squeeze out of the way.

This is yet another example of the need for an actual opposition party as opposed to the current shower of muppets.

Comments

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

the current shower of muppets

This is a usage of the word "muppets" with which I am unfamiliar.

[catbear.livejournal.com]

Muppets have a hand up their ass, right?
Same thing.

[waider.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure when it started here; I recall reading an article a long time ago wherein occurred the phrase. "...and [the then-leader of the opposition party] in full flight will always look like Kermit the Frog". It's now a fairly common form of abuse, particularly in Dublin where the expression "ya bleedin' muppe'!"[1] is not exactly rare, and a group of people behaving in a way one deems to be less than smart get labelled "a shower of muppets" (as illustrated) or some such variation. The recently-promoted Ride On has one of the characters, a Dubliner, asking a non-Dubliner if he's ever seen The Muppet Show, with an implied nudge and a wink to the reader that's probably lost on non-Irish people.

[1] trailing occurences of T and G tend to get lost in Dublin vernacular.