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  • #92
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Dublin 15.....doesn't that extend into Meath....:)

    That's Castleknock you're thinking of, starts at the Phoenix Park, ends somewhere around Dunboyne.


  • #93
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    That's Castleknock you're thinking of, starts at the Phoenix Park, ends somewhere around Dunboyne.

    I once had someone, in all seriousness, tell me that they lived in "Castleknock Upper"

    Where's that? I asked.

    Again in all seriousness they explained it was from Auburn Ave /. Georgian Village to the Park.

    What about the village, says I.

    That's "Castleknock Middle" says them.

    And beyond the village? I queried.

    Oh that's "Castleknock Lower".........they answered.

    I think a good chunk of what you are referring to is Castleknock Lower.....


  • #94
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    petethedrummer wrote: »
    Where do most scousers come from?

    Everton Town.


  • #95
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    I think banter between friends is fine, but casting an aspersion on an entire area in the name of a cheap joke never sits easy with me.

    Maybe I should be less sensitive, I'm not even from the area.


  • #96
    doiredoire
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭doiredoire


    Raam wrote: »
    I think banter between friends is fine, but casting an aspersion on an entire area in the name of a cheap joke never sits easy with me.

    Maybe I should be less sensitive, I'm not even from the area.

    No I don't think you should be less sensitive.

    I really enjoy slagging and banter between friends and acquaintances but humour can and is often used to put people down. If the slagging is directed at vulnerable or minority groups it crosses a line. I remember working in London in 80s and the jibes and puts downs from some English people was quite clearly a way of trying to put you in your place. When you challenged them the answer was 'I was only joking, have you no sense of humour, it's all in a bit of fun?'

    Some of the comments about Coolock in this thread remind me of similar comments I would have got in London years ago.


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  • #97
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    I think banter between friends is fine, but casting an aspersion on an entire area in the name of a cheap joke never sits easy with me.

    Maybe I should be less sensitive, I'm not even from the area.

    Go back to Poshmarnock and the manor!


  • #98
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Roddy Doyle has a lot to answer for........



    .......so has Paul Howard!


  • #99
    stecleary
    Registered Users Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭stecleary


    Seriously are people from coolock actually taking offence here? Im from coolock all my life and with out winning the lotto I'll be staying here. Its a **** hole like everywhere else in Dublin.
    It's the people that make the area not the houses.
    There are some serious gick balls all around Dublin not just in coolock


  • #100
    Kav0777
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭Kav0777


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Dublin 15.....doesn't that extend into Meath....:)





    Grew up further South (down the Malahide Road) - if people from Cooooooolock can't take a bit of banter they should move to Artane or Beaumont or whatever Donnycarney is calling itself these days......

    Clontarf?


  • #101
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Kav0777 wrote: »
    Clontarf?

    Clontarf North maybe?

    I'm from Clontarf West (Marino).........

    .........it's D3, it counts


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  • #102
    Kav0777
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭Kav0777


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Clontarf North maybe?

    I'm from Clontarf West (Marino).........

    .........it's D3, it counts

    straws.jpg

    here's something else for you to grasp at ;)


  • #103
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users Posts: 7,761 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    That's Castleknock you're thinking of, starts at the Phoenix Park, ends somewhere around Dunboyne.

    I live in the "disputed territory of Dublin 15".


  • #104
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    doiredoire wrote: »
    No I don't think you should be less sensitive.

    I really enjoy slagging and banter between friends and acquaintances but humour can and is often used to put people down. If the slagging is directed at vulnerable or minority groups it crosses a line. I remember working in London in 80s and the jibes and puts downs from some English people was quite clearly a way of trying to put you in your place. When you challenged them the answer was 'I was only joking, have you no sense of humour, it's all in a bit of fun?'

    Some of the comments about Coolock in this thread remind me of similar comments I would have got in London years ago.

    Yeah, I got that. Mind you, our local (cyclists welcome!) has a lot of banter/slagging going on but there's such a mix of Irish/British/other there - it's usually good natured.


  • #105
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    Good article here

    http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/cyclists-why-do-they-ride-in-the-middle-of-the-road-_62617


  • #106
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    Inspector Coptoor wrote: »
    Good article here

    http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/cyclists-why-do-they-ride-in-the-middle-of-the-road-_62617

    really enjoyed that nice sensible piece


  • #107
    No Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭No Pants


    Inspector Coptoor wrote: »
    Good article here

    http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/cyclists-why-do-they-ride-in-the-middle-of-the-road-_62617
    Is that from the same guy who writes the IPayRoadTax website? The writing style is quite similar.


  • #108
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    No Pants wrote: »
    Is that from the same guy who writes the IPayRoadTax website? The writing style is quite similar.

    Yes. It's Carlton Reid.

    He's also writing http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com


  • #109
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    monument wrote: »
    He's also writing http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com

    The observation of lady cyclists in this article gave me a giggle

    Autocar1899p1-940x525.jpg


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