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"Vehicle" or "Veh-icle"? Garda Twitter account tackles the big questions

John Joe and Ronan were on Q&A duty at the Garda Twitter account this evening.

JOHN JOE AND RONAN were manning the @GardaTraffic account this evening with an hour long Q&A session that lasted over three hours. (Although they played dumb on the overtime question)

We’re big fans of the Garda Síochána Twitter account here at TheJournal.ie so when we heard they were having a Q&A session we were all over it.

The questions ranged in topic from rules of the road for cyclists at junctions to the eternal Irish tea debate.

Here’s some of this evening’s best responses.

Are yiz livin’ local?:

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Myths busted:

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Eye in the sky:

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*cough cough:

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Now you’re told:

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Beverly Hills (of Donegal):

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    Mute Jack Dooner
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 12:26 AM

    Only in Ireland would the Police force be this funny on a social network lol.

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    Mute Niall Sullivan
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 1:54 AM

    They’re probably steaming from the free booze from shell :}

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    Mute Niall Sullivan
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 1:55 AM

    allegedly

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    Mute Niall Sullivan
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 10:54 PM

    Cops stops you at a checkpoint.
    He says “Blow into this bag”
    You say “Why Guard?”
    He says “cos me chips are too hot”….

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    Mute Joey JoeJoe Shabadoo
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 11:35 PM

    “Ambulance escort with a happy ending”……

    …. Sounds hot!

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    Mute Alan Kelleher
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 4:11 AM

    Jesus people need to lighten up. Article shows that gardai are human after all.

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    Mute Dhakina's Sword
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 1:11 AM

    Fair play to the guards for engaging in the playful philosophical discussion of the pronunciation of cars. Here’s my attempt. Vee Hick Ill. Beat that.

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    Mute Marty Borgnine
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 10:54 PM

    Thought Harry Price might have had a question or two…

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    Mute Stewie Griffin
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 1:20 AM

    dont give him ideas

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    Mute Stephen Doyle
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 11:03 PM

    Guards or Gardai?

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    Mute Niall Toher
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 4:33 AM

    One guard, Several Nnardaiiii!!

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    Mute Karen Crofton
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 10:51 PM

    A friend of my brother’s was breathalysed one night. Garda says to him “Blow into this lad” , to which he answered “Why? Are yer chips too hot for ya?” :-)

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    Mute Joe OShea
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 11:20 PM

    This is so endearing. Up there with Gerry Adams talking about his teddy bear.

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    Mute RealCorkLanger
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 11:09 PM

    Whats the “*cough cough:” about?!?!?!?

    I’m glad I got the tea question in though!!Sickened I forgot to ask about biscuits!

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    Mute John Conroy
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 11:17 PM

    An ambulance escort with “a happy ending” ….. Cough cough!!!!

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    Mute Larissa Nikolaus
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:56 AM

    Still don’t see the point for “cough cough” as the context makes quite clear what happy ending means in this case

    Maybe someone should get their minds out of the gutter

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    Mute Snorre Sturleson
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 11:27 PM

    Wa*kers or wan kers. ..gadai or gardai

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    Mute Robin Pickering
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 9:31 AM

    Are you a tw@t or just an eejit?

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    Mute Simon Jester
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    Sep 2nd 2013, 11:07 PM

    When do you finish a sentence with the word,now! If official busisness or just as a substitute full stop?
    And what does “Keep it country” mean in Garda ese?

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    Mute Sorting Hat
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 12:15 AM

    It means you’re not Irish in any speak !

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    Mute Lára de Siúin
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 10:08 AM

    Very very surprising that an organisation that is so conservative and anti-social media has began running a rather liberal twitter account!

    I wonder do the guards mind that photographs of them doing their job/getting fed before duty, are being tweeted out for the world to see?

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    Mute Sarah Sue
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    Sep 4th 2013, 2:04 AM

    I agree Laura, it is surprising given how guarded (no pun intended!) they usually are with media/public information, but I think its a great idea, whoever are supplying the answers are doing it in a wonderfully witty yet informative way. Might take some of the mystery out of the workings of the Gardai and Harry Price and co will have to go obsess over something else!

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    Mute Sorting Hat
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 2:06 AM

    Is it my property tax, my general tax, my VAT, my excise duty , my your Irish pay through the nose for the european banking crisis tax that pays for two grown and highly trained Gardai to sit around and tweet ?
    Just wondering that’s all ; It’s great to see the gardai with such a sense of humour !
    On a completely different note did anyone see Darren Browns apocalypse , where they hacked into a guys computer and fed him false information ?

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    Sep 3rd 2013, 4:15 AM

    Sorting hat is probably on social welfare and its the poor Gards property tax, pension levy, USC etc. that pays for him to sit around all day and write comments on the journal.

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    Mute Patrick
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    Sep 3rd 2013, 11:50 AM

    Elocution should come standard as garda training.

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