Eisteddfod what a load of shit ?

[Paul Durden]

Why does the bloke in the white dress pull out his sword, then ask the audience is there peace in Wales, then without listening to a soul or even the mood of the moment pushes it back in it's sheath....will somebody please tell the deaf old git there is not peace in Wales. He must also be blind the poor out of touch bugger. How much longer do we have to put up with these brown noseing jobsworth's, please give us a break, wake up, get real, stop living in a dream pagent, You got a chance of being totaly honest for once in your lives before you just sink into that great ocean of meadeocraty...sorry about the spelling, I put it down to my Welsh education, still never mind egh.

[Ceri Shaw]

Well Paul....it seems you take a slightly jaundiced view. But come on...its just a ceremony. Lighten up ...chill...have another sixpack.

[gwyncy jones]

as mr durdens pr chap i must point out my client is a vodka man.....as befits a true red soldier!!!.....diolch......

[Ceri Shaw]

I shall bear that in mind if he accepts our invite to the LCE next year? And what is your poison sir?

[gwyncy jones]

i myself...and i....are teatotal.......but bearing in mind the old colonial ethos......make that an americano!

[Ian Price]

It's all down to that Iolo Morganwg - an opium abusing charlatan and fraudster who started the whole charade on Primrose Hill in London on June 21st 1792. It's funded by the 22 unitary authorities in Wales - 80% of whose population are monoglot English speakers and therefore not welcome on the Maes.

The day when this made up nationalistic tin pot tribalism drops the Druidic bollocks and becomes totally bi-lingual will be the day I'll shout its merits to the roof tops. Thank the stars for the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen.

[Ceri Shaw]

A bit harsh Ian....surely Iolo Morgannwg is also one of our most amusing eccentrics? Also....since when was talking crap ( under the influence of dope or beer ) a problem in Wales?

[Ian Price]

True! Oh so true. LOL.

[Gareth Williams]

The day it becomes Bi-lingual is the day Owain Glyndwr gives up the Ghost, and comes out of the cave, riding down the mountain gathering up his men of arms along the way ................................ I am not against Bi-lingualism but Colonisation. Why should Eisteddfod be in English? It is Cymraeg as is Cawl .................. NO TRANSLATION.

[gwyncy jones]

poor iolo.......he too like mr durden.....fooled all the academics.......gwillym tew...........if your going to pass yourself off as a poet you may as well pick a good one!!!......i am in fact the bastard son of dylan thomas......i sit and stare at these stumblin staggering streets that make up this wall less prison,rapid rhondda rain diagonally dissects the orange glow of some artless architects concrete cock up......etc.....yes lads....i have my fathers gift!.....don't you think!!!......hwl!

[Rebecca Redmile]

Well, it's a good thing Wales has both the international and the national Esteddfod, then isn't it? As for me, just to add a little extra flavour to this soup, I'll defend the monoglot status of the National Eisteddfod and say, we need places where Welsh is the only language spoken, if we hope to ever achieve real bilingualism there. Minority languages always encounter opposition to designating unilingual status.
I'm not sure the statistics you quoted are correct, regarding the ability to speak Welsh of the people in counties where the Eisteddfod is funded. Where did they come from?

[Gareth Williams]

Tri cynnig i Gymry (Three tries for Welsh). There's 3 Eisteddfod (Without counting regionals and schools etc) .
International Eisteddfod, National Eisteddfod and Urdd Eisteddfod

[Paul Durden]

Try Patagonia, I find it always works for me, Nos Ta and Tat Tar.