You could give everyone green and red thumb cards to hand out over the course of the night. See who gets the most of each.

Don’t host it on a Thursday though, most of the resident rabble rousers will be busy queuing that day.

David, Tim Jackson’s arms would be broken from trying to carry so many red thumbs, going by the response his posts get on here anyway.

You can’t do that to poor ol’ Tim, he might be away with the fairies but he doesn’t deserve physical punishment for it!

Well Martin, at least you’d stand out since you’d probably plaster yourself in stickers with the name of your website on them like you generally do with your posts here.

Your British accent would be a dead giveaway too, wouldn’t it? Nothing more noticeable than a Brit proclaiming what “we” here in Ireland *have* to do, eh?!

Wow … pot, kettle and black … with a name like Wolfgang … dyed in the wool Dub name there?

It’s the name of a Bond character, Peter. It’s not my actual name.

Wolfgang may not be the most polite of commenters but Martin, you do have a tendency to indulge in self-promotion on any politics-based article.

And why not . . . the place is buggered or hadn’t you noticed

@ Martin ( by thejournal standards, a prehistoric thread, so of course this is a conversation with Martin ) – why not? There’s abolutely nothing wrong with self promotion. You have my respect, you’re dedicated. You’ve political ambitions and, to tou’re credit, you’re transparent about this as well. It does mean that you’re neither stupid nor naive. However, it also means that I will never trust you, nor will I ever take anything you say at face value. Rather I will always spend a moment to reflect on the potential advantage you expect to gain in any comment or exchange. I mean no person offence but, in my humble opinion, this is the healthiest way to approach anything said by a political or a person with political ambitions.