Irish phone companies seem to make an extra effort every Christmas to annoy the holy shit out of everyone with their irritating ads. You’ve got Vodafone with its ‘whaddya want for Chrimbo babe’ jerk. Then you have Three with its awful advert, the one that contains the stupid bimbo sending a picture of herself in trashy lingerie to the boyfriend, not realising that it will immediately be circulated to all his male contacts, and quickly end up on an amateur porn site. Daddy won’t be pleased, Claire. But I thought he was the one!
Nevertheless, the award for biggest Christmas douchebag goes to the bearded carol singer in the Meteor ads.
Beardy seems to be the epitome of the cocky Irish twentysomething. You’ll find him in Whelans every Saturday night, blathering on about Florence and the Machine, The Ting Tings and that time he met Glen Hansard in McDonalds on Grafton Street. Himself and Glen entertained the queues with their impromptu and heartfelt version of No Woman, No Cry. Beardy later on tweeted a picture of himself and Glen taking a disgusting shit in a Garda hat on South William Street before they went their separate ways.
If you ask Smugbeard what his favourite album is, he will decline to tell you, as you have probably never heard of the band.
Then he’ll wave you away with his stylishly ironic fingerless gloves.
Beardy/Smugbeard/Hipster Jesus scores at least one chick a night. And he NEVER wears a condom.
Over Christmas, you can catch the big bearded bopper bastard outside your local shopping centre, singing carols. Always ironically though.
EDIT – 8TH DEC: Beardy is miles ahead in the race to be the biggest Irish cunt. Beardy IS the biggest cunt, whereas Mary Harney HAS the biggest cunt.
Man you couldnt be more spot on with this. I was in tears. I bow to you sir
Cheers Brian. He is an irritating sort of fellow, to be sure.
You couldnt ACTUALLY be more wrong you twat. clearly got some deep rooted insecurities about the fact that you cant get a girl or pull of wearing fingerless gloves. i hope christmas finds you sad sad and alone you ABSOLUTE retard.
Hi ********, were you working on the ad too? What was I wrong about? Don’t get upset that everyone thinks beardy is annoying. I’m not really interesting in “pulling off fingerless gloves” as I don’t plan on becoming homeless any time soon. I’m very worried about the fact that I’m not a pretentious poser like you and your friend.
****, this guy is ranting on a website called, ‘bigmentaldisease’. Nuff said.
I read about this ‘annoying bearded guy’ in the Metro, and it is true, a lot of people seem to find him irksome. But egh, their main point is that they don’t like this guy because he looks good and seems confident…SELF CONFIDENCE ISSUES ANYONE? ANYONE???
Big mental disease…if it makes you feel good to rant over a complete stranger, off ya go. Whatever floats your boat. I’d say ‘annoying bearded guy’ really gives a shit what people like you think! Now look what you’ve done, I’ve wasted a good 10 minutes on you, think you should go have a walk son, clear your head. You’ll feel all the better for it, and please, wear whatever gloves you feel match your social status for God’s sake.
You’re hilarious! You’re telling me I care about mister bearded man? Em, I don’t really give half a scutter about the man, I’m talking about the smug character he is portraying. By the way, if you do a quick google search, you would see that the whole internet thinks the ad is annoying. Unlike you and your friend *NAME REMOVED*, I can separate reality from the world of acting. I think anyone with half a brain could see that it is not a rant at all. If you want to see some very cruel things said about the man, have a look at those links above. You also seem to confuse self-confidence with being a smug tosser. I think you should go outside and have some fun, rather than googling and getting upset over your carol-singing actor friend. Oh and by the way, I don’t see the whole gloves-social status connection.
Bahahaa ah God help ya. I know who you’re complaining about, I know you don’t know the guy and you’ve a problem with the character…same problemo though son, the character is confident and you don’t like it. Now why oh why oh why would that be?!?
Also, I think it’s hilarious that in your first paragragh you ask me to google responses to this ad (as IF I’d waste my bloody time!) and in the next you’re telling me to stop googling and go out and have some fun. I’m not the one submitting an article over 250 words long ranting about a fictional character in some advert on the telly!
You need to lighten the hell up. Go carolling…or something
Fin.
I find the ad annoying, most everyone does. You know everyone does, that’s why you’re googling him. If that pisses you off because he is your friend or you are madly in love with him, I can’t help that. “as IF I’d waste my bloody time!” No of course, you never waste your time.. apart from when you go on the internet to see what people are saying about your friend/boyfriend. It’s a bit sad. I love this horseshit about how people dislike him because of the self-confidence. I think you’ll find it’s because he plays a smug little pretentious tosser. No, I’m afraid you and your friends need to lighten up.
have ya no jobs to go to when ya can rant on like this. it is an add big deal. its not goin to end the world. chill out
@JimBob: It’s not a rant, I don’t think you know the meaning of the world. Also, learn to type. You’re not texting your mates.
A Meteor cell mast killed my dog last Christmas when it fell over on his kennel in high wind (twas no more than a gentle breeze if the truth be told). Ever since then I have vowed to hate everything connected with Meteor… but I just can’t seem to rise my hatred towards Mr. Beardy Fellow. I don’t know what it is, but every time I see the ad I develop a ginormous erection. It’s so strange as I’m usually only attracted to children.
I literally pissed myself reading this. And couldn’t agree more. thank god someone finally took that bearded idiot down a peg. absolute gold.
thankyou! i was trying to find a pic of this goon, i hate him.
by the way, i hate the man on a personal level, i couldnt care less what character he’s playing.
It’s not mobile, but close enough – the Jim guy from “Eircom support” is sooo annoying. As if you’d get through to some wannbe funky goatee doodler sipping a skinny latte and thrilling you with the newest eircom package! Who is managing all these saddo telecoms advertising accounts?
I hear you. When i got through to Eircom i was put through to some suicidal battleaxe. The ad is a load of guff, there’s no Jim character helping me to get the money they robbed from me back. In fact, I was advised not to bother talking to them anymore, because they always try to frustrate people into giving up.
mentaldisease youre a fucking legend just ignore these fucking tossers trying to defend that absolute cuntslice, they’re clearly cut from the same cloth, infuriatingly self-satisfied cockswallowers the lot of them. theres absolutely no point trying to talk to them,anyway heres proof that this man/character/lifestyle/blight/boil on the foreskin of irish society/absolute rancid anus of a man is as widely reviled as you say he is.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?v=feed&story_fbid=195214358811&gid=185276983811
Cheers buzzfuck, that’s a brilliant group. Would you believe, as I started typing this sentence the ad has just come on the television. The bastard.
BigMentalDisease: you’re a good man, with good morals unlike the smug prick and after reading this I would like to wish you well in all your endeavours. Gas stuff altogether! Fair plé!!!
The only thing that surprises me about the response of Mags and ******* is they haven’t yet resorted to using words like “jealous” and “begrudger”, terms commonly used by Irish fuckwits to describe anyone who dares to have a different opinion to them, or rightfully criticise anything that festers from the darkest depths of hell’s colon. Gosh darn, I’ve probably given them some ammo now…
I’m surprised they didn’t use those words also, they were certainly hinting at the idea of begrudgery. Those two commenters were a bit pathetic, coming here to defend their friend. This awful ad was thought up by a room full of douchebag marketing executives, who for some reason thought everyone would like the bearded guy; just shows how clueless they are.
Then you have the two girls getting worked up because someone has the audacity not to appreciate bland, clichéd commercialism. They get so vicious: take *NAME REMOVED* above, who is destined to have ‘retard’ appear alongside her name in google searches. She got a bit sore because I dared to criticise an ad that featured her friend from the Gaiety school of acting. A pretty harmless bit on the annoying character left her foaming at the mouth. A character that is universally hated, by the way. At least the Mags commenter could string an intelligent sentence together. ******* came off looking like one of those mentally unstable Youtube commenters. I can see how much of a shock it is for these ‘artistic’ types to hear something other than eternal praise. Those cliquey types pat themselves on the back all the time. They think themselves to be Irish Werner Herzogs, but in reality they’re spoilt kids who took a film course and hang out in old man pubs thinking they’re tortured genius-Bohemians.
couldnt agree more she is a spoilt untalented middle class twit
why oh why cause so much bother over an advert. oh yes thats right his guy is hated by EVERYONE as big metal disease man likes to put it. Isn’t that right big metal disease man.?
You are male yes?…I must say thank you for pointing something out to me.Ladies, meteor Man is hated by half the population!
Yes… the male half.
Now why would that be I wonder hmmmm….just deal with it guys;)
Ooooh mister, why are you getting so hot and bothered. I dont know who the guy is. I just think he’s dishy. Aren’t we all entitled to our opinions here. Male AND female? Clearly not. But glad I gave my two cents;)
You’re perfectly entitled to your opinion. But the whole ‘all the males are jealous’ bit is tiring and nonsensical. You should just accept that most people disagree with you. You can convince yourself it’s because he’s so attractive or something if you like (by the way, I don’t think he is all that attractive).
http://www.rollercoaster.ie/boards/mc.asp?ID=302295&G=37&forumdb=1
It’s official!
Pregnant women DIG him!
You mean some women do. A lot of other women want to DIG him a grave! I saw you on the facebook group, another one of his fervent supporters. Good for you I suppose!
Good for you you mean, at least you know not everyone hates him. I’m surprised I havent got the same treatment as other girls who post their thoughts on this site. Well? Grow up.
Unlike you, I don’t believe girls are timid, inferior creatures who shouldn’t be engaged with the same way as males are. That would be entirely sexist. Women are as capable of bile and crassness as males. Have a look at the comments above. So you grow up, and stop playing the victim. Another FAIL.
I think he is bleeding deadly…. I actually love when the ad comes on cause then i get to see him…anyone know who he is show him my way
HOT…
Here you go.
Worse still are the poster site ads showing Meteor’s wonderful products alongside Beardy McSmugface and his skeletal, eunuch-faced minions holding their hands midair as if trying to reach the high note. I keeel ju.
I heard from someone who was an extra on The Tudors that Smug Beardy was among the background nobodies. For some unknown reason this nobody suddenly says a line real dramatically (I assume in a smug way too), confusing the rest of the extras.
It’s ok though they soon found the reason why, he gets killed. Something to look forward to next spring.
-To the man who has a friend who is an extra on the tudors.
I was also an extra on the show for the last two seasons. And I tell you that from the actors I saw that came and went you couldnt come across a nicer fellow than the one your friend is talking about. I know he didnt have the biggest part, but he still sat and mixed with all of us between takes. From where I was he looked like he did a good enough job.
I’d say I’ve met your friend already. Curious now. paulleahy@hotmail.com
It’s refreshing to know that the man is humble enough to hang with mere mortals between takes. You wouldn’t catch Al Pacino doing that.
Al Pacino is a different story because well, he is who he is. What I’m saying is that on your average day out there actors come and go from their trailers directly to set and rarely mix with us as it’s not their job. Anyway, he seemed a decent sorta bloke.
maybe , just maybe he was asked to come accross as likeable as a rash covered scrotum? ever thought of that? in that case he is one of the truly outstanding irish talents of our generation.
I find it hilarious that this guy’s mates have to come on here and defend him. As if it was personal. It’s a fictional character in an ad who happens to look like a bit of a beardy cunt we hate not the actual person himself.
And then women say we only hate him because he’s such a hunk and he’s so dreamy and all this other bollocks. We hate him because he looks like a tosser and it’ll be a sad day for the country when you can’t dislike someone just because you don’t like the look of them. That’s what the nation was founded on for Christ’s sake.
In reality Mr Smugbeard could be a living saint who runs an orphanage for stray kittens for all I know. However on this ad he is eminently punchable.
@Mark: You’ve summed up my feelings exactly.
Big Mental Disease,
You’re the biggest jealous begrudging bastard i’ve ever seen. Yes yes. I can see you. I can’t believe I created you. I’m going to smite you. You’re going to die. You or your family. Enjoy. Also i love the ad. it makes me feel christmassy and like people are singing me into the world. I love it. Well done Meteor. Also nice stings for The Apprentice. Big Mental Disease- did you like the Meteor ads for The Apprentice or were you jealous and begrudging of them too??
Great post.
I have decided not to ever use Meteor again due to this advert.
Bunch of ********. I hope they go bankrupt.
Hi Jesus, you would think that the Saviour of mankind would be a bit sharper. You need to realise that the begrudgery argument is the last refuge of a hopeless person. It’s a crock of shit, really. It means ‘I’m upset that you don’t like this thing I like so I’m going to pretend that it’s because you’re jealous; after all how could someone not agree with me?!’
Message for Jesus: you’re not funny. Pretending to be Jesus is not funny. It’s not edgy, it’s just old. It’s like pretending to be Santa, you fucking moron. Also, Jesus would be able to spell.
I have hated pretty much every meteor ad that has have appeared on tv. They seem to go out of their way to cast the most irritating people on the planet! This ad is possibly the worst of them!
Bigmentaldisease, your rant had me in stitches today. I nearly had to leave my desk.
To anyone who says Bigmentaldisease is just jealous…grow up. That’s a comeback a child would come out with.
(I am female and do NOT think this guy is good looking)
My mates fancy the **** off of him! And I’m a bit guilty too – however annoying the add is!
Maybe bmd is just a ‘little’ bit jealous?
Just a tiny bit…
Or maybe there’s nothing to be jealous of? Maybe you and your friends just have awful taste? Perhaps you are a ‘little’ bit jealous of people with good taste? Just a tiny bit…
Just checked *NAME REMOVED*’s photo there I didn’t realize she was retarded…maybe we should go easy on her.
I hate that bearded cunt in both the add and real life.
I hope that smug crusty fucker gets aids.
I think he seems like a smug git… so its not just guys.
In the advert the other carol singers are better than him so rather than admit that he calls everyone he’s ever met (I find it hard to suspend belief enough to accept they are all his friends) to sing louder than them… who’s the jealous one with confidence issues now? (I know its fiction but it is the fictional character and not the actor who plays him I hate)
but I personally think the tool with the snow machine in the vodafone ad is more annoying
hard to believe there is a bigger twat than glen hansard. restored my sanity. The face of the celtic tiger-being a bigger smug twat than the other guy-bring on the recession an what will the marketing crowd come up with? cant wait. good un
Ive always hated this guy too but to be fair to him any actor in that role would piss me off. As an aside an amazing amount of guys have always disliked me but after reading all of the posts its obviously just because so many many women fancy the pants off me. whew
Hahaha! True – I’d ride ya even though you’re probably an arsehole!