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St Patrick's Day- do you enjoy it?

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    #32
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Django99 wrote: »
    I think you'll find all of those things exist in every country in the whole world bar none.

    Tends to be more prevalent on these shores though (Britain included), would you agree? You'll find different attitudes to alcohol on the continent.

    I'm ashamed to say it but the drunken paddy stereotype seems to be based in a lot of truth.


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    #33
    Wheeliebin30
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    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Unfortunately I actually agree with this to an extent. I dont think Irish people are as kind and friendly to each other as they are to outsiders when playing up to the 100,000 welcomes and friendliest country in the world tags. A lot of begrudgery and constantly trying to take fellow countrymen down exists in our society.

    We have horrible culture of people out for themselves and trying to scam as much as they can whether it be tax avoidance, welfare fraud, compo claims etc.

    We aren't that nice of a bunch.


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    #34
    Wheeliebin30
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    irishguitarlad wrote: »
    That's a terrible comment, you should live in Spain for a while, they drink a way more than the irish.

    No no they don't.

    What's so horrible about the comment?

    It's the truth.


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    #35
    ChikiChiki
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    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    We have horrible culture of people out for themselves and trying to scam as much as they can whether it be tax avoidance, welfare fraud, compo claims etc.

    We aren't that nice of a bunch.

    Yes it exists, but its not an entire nation. All of the above could easily be solved by good governance which has been lacking since the foundation of the state.

    I wholly agree with your sentiments on gambling. Horrific epidemic across the country.


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    #36
    Omackeral
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    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    We have horrible culture of people out for themselves and trying to scam as much as they can whether it be tax avoidance, welfare fraud, compo claims etc.

    We aren't that nice of a bunch.

    Speak for yourself there. The Irish fans in the Euros (as annoying as they were to me personally all over social media) were pretty much held in great regard when they went abroad.


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    #37
    Django99
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    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    Not to the extent here.

    You won't find bookies in the majority of countries in the world.

    Bookies are like a second home to many in this country.

    I don't even have to go into alcohol.

    Bookies seem to be even more plentiful in the UK in my experience. And there's a lot more money being gambled too by the looks of it.

    The alcohol thing, there are plenty of countries that abuse alcohol to similar levels as Ireland. A Friday night in Dublin you'll see the same things in London, Moscow, Sydney and Boston. People like to abuse alcohol.


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    #38
    Wheeliebin30
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    Django99 wrote: »
    Bookies seem to be even more plentiful in the UK in my experience. And there's a lot more money being gambled too by the looks of it.

    The alcohol thing, there are plenty of countries that abuse alcohol to similar levels as Ireland. A Friday night in Dublin you'll see the same things in London, Moscow, Sydney and Boston. People like to abuse alcohol.

    So the UK is worst only?

    Great.


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    #39
    osarusan
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    Speak for yourself there. The Irish fans in the Euros (as annoying as they were to me personally all over social media) were pretty much held in great regard when they went abroad.


    Agreed. The 'We're a gas bunch of lads with our wacky antics' on social media is a bit grating, but in comparison to other countries' fans, they are absolutely held in high regard wherever they go.


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    #40
    Django99
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    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    So the UK is worst only?

    Great.

    Well no, Asians gamble much more money much more recklessly than Irish or U.K. people. They fill casinos 24/7 gambling obscene amounts, far more than the lads socialising in bookies do.


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    #41
    .........
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    Love Saint Patrick's Day.
    Day off work, nice bunch of fresh shamrocks for the lapel, mass nice and early, followed by a lovely fry up in town, and newspaper, then lay a few bets on Cheltenham, then off to some local sports and a local fundraiser later, and perhaps the cinema tonight. Great day, and not a drop of poison required.


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    #42
    Django99
    Registered Users Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Django99


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Tends to be more prevalent on these shores though (Britain included), would you agree? You'll find different attitudes to alcohol on the continent.

    I'm ashamed to say it but the drunken paddy stereotype seems to be based in a lot of truth.

    Perhaps a little more prevalent but not to the level that's suggested in my opinion.

    I think if you spent a Friday night in a nightclub in any major city in the world, Dublin included, you would see similar levels of alcohol abuse.


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    #43
    Míshásta
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    Django99 wrote: »
    That whole thing never really bothers me. Americans have no real culture to call their own because it's such a young country, so they cling to their ancestors culture. For some Americans that's Irish people who moved there a couple of hundred years ago. Not that long ago in the grand scheme of things.

    "Americans have no real culture to call their own" Are you joking? And the whole world imitating the yanks.

    Just take music. Ragtime, Jazz, Blues, R & B, Rock 'n Roll, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel etc., etc. Is that not "culture".

    That's the music that is the most popular in Ireland. Irish Trad even though flourishing, is very much a minority taste here.


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    #44
    Doctor Jimbob
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    irishguitarlad wrote: »
    That's a terrible comment, you should live in Spain for a while, they drink a way more than the irish.

    They drink more often, but they certainly don't drink ridiculous amounts to the same extent we do.


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    #45
    Django99
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    Míshásta wrote: »
    "Americans have no real culture to call their own" Are you joking? And the whole world imitating the yanks.

    Just take music. Ragtime, Jazz, Blues, R & B, Rock 'n Roll, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel etc., etc. Is that not "culture".

    That's the music that is the most popular in Ireland. Irish Trad even though flourishing, is very much a minority taste here.

    I probably phrased that wrong. I meant more so in historic terms. They have nothing that stretches back hundreds of years because their country is not that old.

    There's no stories like the St Patrick story in America, because the people who live there now haven't been there long enough.


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    #46
    Berserker
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    Complete pain in the ___ of a day. Roads closed where we live for some silly parade and if we decide to go into Dublin City centre later today the place will packed with drunks. Might go to a shopping centre for a few hours but they are going to be packed too. On a side note, why do people go to mass today? The day is of no significance to Christians.


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    #47
    vicwatson
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    And Sheelah day tomorrow eh (sounds like an Australian thing)


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    #48
    vicwatson
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    Berserker wrote: »
    Complete pain in the ___ of a day. Roads closed where we live for some silly parade and if we decide to go into Dublin City centre later today the place will packed with drunks. Might go to a shopping centre for a few hours but they are going to be packed too. On a side note, why do people go to mass today? The day is of no significance to Christians.

    Is there anything to be said for another mass?


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    #49
    Pete Moss
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    Not a lot of "stereotypical drunken Paddies" in here, but plenty of the stereotypical self-depreciating, inferiority complex, begrudging Paddies on show.

    Keep up the good work lads.


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    #50
    Sam Kade
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    And a Happy St Patty's Day to you. Two Irish Car Bombs please. I'm 1/4 Irish!!!
    Let me guess you are 3/4 yank.


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    #51
    mosstin
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    Pete Moss wrote: »
    Not a lot of "stereotypical drunken Paddies" in here, but plenty of the stereotypical self-depreciating, inferiority complex, begrudging Paddies on show.

    Keep up the good work lads.

    It must be a bitch when people don't see things exactly the way you do. Opinions eh?


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    #52
    Ol' Donie
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    I happen to like snakes.

    Who the f*ck does this guy think he is?


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    #53
    Mountainsandh
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    I'm thoroughly enjoying this first ST P'S day at home relaxing, gardening... After years of having to drag myself and kids out to a mind numbing small town parade consisting mostly of advertisement barely disguised as entertainment.
    Hardly needed any persuasion with the well travelled kids for whom breathing in tractor and lorry fumes while staring at unimaginative garden centre potted plants floats is not the kind of excitement they once seeked.

    Later we'll have bacon and cabbage, and I'll have a can of something tonight while watching something on Netflix. Blissful day off.


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    #54
    Sam Kade
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    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    I happen to like snakes.

    Who the f*ck does this guy think he is?
    He didn't get rid of all of them, there are plenty two legged snakes still around.


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    #55
    learn_more
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    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    I happen to like snakes.

    I'm thinking of bringing them back and banishing the cc. Poor misunderstood snakes.


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    #56
    Graces7
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    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    I'm thoroughly enjoying this first ST P'S day at home relaxing, gardening... After years of having to drag myself and kids out to a mind numbing small town parade consisting mostly of advertisement barely disguised as entertainment.
    Hardly needed any persuasion with the well travelled kids for whom breathing in tractor and lorry fumes while staring at unimaginative garden centre potted plants floats is not the kind of excitement they once seeked.

    Later we'll have bacon and cabbage, and I'll have a can of something tonight while watching something on Netflix. Blissful day off.

    Sounds great and perfect
    well planned..


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    #57
    [Deleted User]
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    I'm a bit strange when it comes to these kind of days. I don't do anything different. The best thing is having the day off to read my books and watch my stories. Easter is the same for me. Nothing different tends to happen.


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    #58
    vicwatson
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    PADDY was Welsh ffs.


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    #59
    mr170
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    Honestly no not a big fan of it at all. I will just stay at home today and chill out then go for a few pints tomorrow..


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    #60
    Omackeral
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    And a Happy St Patty's Day to you. Two Irish Car Bombs please. I'm 1/4 Irish!!!
    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Let me guess you are 3/4 yank.

    No buddy, 1/4 Irish 1/4 German 1/4 Filipino and 1/4 Martian. Slawnchaah!


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    #61
    [Deleted User]
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    I'm currently living in very close proximity to a crappy Celtic bar, this evening is going to get messy.


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