10:31 < burp> didn't you try to join the civil defense john
10:31 < stesh> he tried to join the army
10:31 < stesh> in the officer cadet competition
10:31 < stesh> but they closed it because it was 2008 and Ireland was cancelled because of the recession
10:31 < nosmo> Lunney: A Life - the Biography by Stephen Shaw, coming 2016
10:32 < kopf> :')
10:32 < burp> memoirs out by the age of 30
10:33 < burp> (with bonus chapters directly from the qdb!)

13:58 < nosmo> That knife collection is kinda impressive 
13:58 < nosmo> something a bit more admirable about it than katanas or bastard swords or something
13:59 < Tapir> collecting knives is a bit :/
14:00 < Tapir> cloaky hobby
14:00 < nosmo> less so for those knives imo 
14:00 < nosmo> they're pretty run of the mill
14:02 < Tapir> john back me up here on knife collections
14:02 < nosmo> he can't hear you through the gasmask

00:41 < burp> well the irish army didn't want you
00:41 < burp> the finnish army actually have standards
00:41 < WEH> nice guys finnish last
00:41 <@johnl> burp: It was just cause the Irish Army had no money :P
00:41 < burp> as opposed to taking all the guys who weren't allowed into the ira
00:42 <@johnl> Wonder how you apply for the IRA
00:42 < spoon> Application forms available in the Padraig Pearse
00:42 < spoon> Please bring your dole slip and one other form of ID
00:42 < burp> lols