Only in Ireland ...

LoneGunM@n · 03-12-2003 1:18pm #1

Only in Ireland .... can a pizza arrived at your house quicker than an ambulance

Only in Ireland .... Do banks leave their doors open and chain the pens to the counter

142 Irish people were injured in 1999 by not removing all the pins from new shirts

58 Irish people are injured each year by using a knife instead of a screw-driver

13 Irish people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights are still plugged in

Irish hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year from cracker pulling accidents

101 Irish people since 1999 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys removed from the soles of their feet

18 Irish people had serious burns in 2000 due to trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth

A massive 543 irish people were admitted to A&E in the last 2 years after trying to open beer bottles with their teeth

5 Irish people were injured last year in accidents involving out of control scalextric cars

And finally ....

In 2000, 8 irish people cracked their skulls whilst throwing up into the toilet!!

Töpher · 03-12-2003 1:46pm

think i've seen it before in relation to America

i.e.

Only In America do you have braile on a drive thru atm

Only In America do you order large fries, 2 burgers, icecreams, and a diet coke.

etc.

angelofdeath · 03-12-2003 1:48pm

Originally posted by LoneGunM@n
13 Irish people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights are still plugged in

omg, is this actually true??....:eek:

Commissar · 04-12-2003 8:44am

Originally posted by LoneGunM@n

Irish hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year from cracker pulling accidents

brilliant:D

Agent7249 · 04-12-2003 8:47am

Only in Ireland .... Do banks leave their doors open and chain the pens to the counter

Thats my fav.

jaarius · 04-12-2003 9:25am

Originally posted by LoneGunM@n
5 Irish people were injured last year in accidents involving out of control scalextric cars

WTF?

jaz?

CyberGhost · 04-12-2003 2:39pm

Only In America do you order large fries, 2 burgers, icecreams, and a diet coke.

A massive 543 irish people were admitted to A&E in the last 2 years after trying to open beer bottles with their teeth

In 2000, 8 irish people cracked their skulls whilst throwing up into the toilet!!

ROLF!!!!!!

Unpossible · 04-12-2003 5:18pm

Man i can see people doing most of those things

ps what does ROLF mean???

Sleipnir · 04-12-2003 5:20pm

Originally posted by Unpossible
ps what does ROLF mean???

Rolling on floor laughing

Unpossible · 04-12-2003 5:23pm

aaaah arent there some variations of it, or did those ppl just misspell it?

Hairy Homer · 04-12-2003 5:25pm

Irish hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year from cracker pulling accidents

I tried to pull a cracker once but she slapped my face and broke both my fingers. Does that show up in the statistics.

BTW I'm rolling on the floor laughing my ass off that some people don't know what ROTFL or ROTFLMAO means.

Ebonyks · 04-12-2003 5:31pm

Really? huh, i thought it was "Right Old F**king Laugh", but i guess thats a bit stupid.

Those beer bottle cap injuries i can well believe funnily enough

(says alot for irish ingenuity and well...determination)

Unpossible · 04-12-2003 5:35pm

ROTFL or ROTFLMAO

wait they make more sense now

Those beer bottle cap injuries i can well believe funnily enough

there was a guy at a house party i went to once who could actually do this without hurting himself, we all thought it was hillarious (sp) and kept giving him bottles to open

Spud · 04-12-2003 6:18pm

Originally posted by Unpossible

ps what does ROLF mean???

Rolling on Laughing Floor

quank · 04-12-2003 8:52pm

Originally posted by LoneGunM@n
Only in Ireland .... Do banks leave their doors open and chain the pens to the counter

LOL, my favourite.
so true :rolleyes:

de5p0i1er · 04-12-2003 10:12pm

In 2000, 8 irish people cracked their skulls whilst throwing up into the toilet!!

Love it.

Victor · 04-12-2003 10:44pm

Originally posted by Spud
Rolling on Laughing Floor

No, I'm convinced he was talking about that Harris guy.

CyberGhost · 05-12-2003 12:44am

ahahahah!

Rolling on laughing floor!!!!!!!

muffen · 05-12-2003 2:15am

Irish hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year from cracker pulling accidents

What's a cracker? (I'm not native english (or irish)).

Unpossible · 05-12-2003 10:34am

a really good looking woman,

or some kind of decorative game or such

CyberGhost · 05-12-2003 12:40pm

where you from muffen?

muffen · 05-12-2003 2:57pm

where you from muffen?

Sweden

CyberGhost · 05-12-2003 3:24pm

you must have a very fast and cheap internet connection!!!

muffen · 05-12-2003 5:00pm

you must have a very fast and cheap internet connection!!!

I would have if I hadn't moved to Ireland

100Mbits if going for 80euros a month in the greater parts of the 3 largest cities (+ some more places). Upto 2Mbits is largely available in the country, and I think almost everyone can get the standard 512 connection.

Out of those connections, only the 100MBit one is capped, and the cap is 300gigs a month.
The funny thing is, lots of people complain about the cap. Many people get the 10Mbit connection just because the 100Mbit one has a cap. I've seen usage stats of people transferring over 500gigs a month, constantly!

Ah well, it's a different world I guess :-/

cujimmy · 05-12-2003 7:07pm

Only on Ireland could an overpriced below height tunnel win a design prizeDublin port tunnel

CyberGhost · 05-12-2003 8:10pm

My GOD! i'm moving to Sweden!!!

btw why oh why did you move to Ireland?

muffen · 05-12-2003 8:46pm

btw why oh why did you move to Ireland?

I've been moving around in europe for the last 7 years or so... I was working for a company that decided to move to Ireland... and I had nothing better to do, so I came with the company

Been here for a year and a half now...

Ireland's alright, but I find it unlikely I'll be here after next summer... I'm either gonna leave Europe, or move back to Sweden... but I'm done with this whole moving around in europe thing.. 7 years is long enough

Winters · 05-12-2003 9:37pm

Originally posted by cujimmy
Only on Ireland could an overpriced below height tunnel win a design prizeDublin port tunnel

Actually the tunnel is built to european standard. The hugh ****off trucks that cannot fit into it are banned in europe. Only place you will see them is in the UK and a bit of Ireland. The trucks are bigger then double deck busses and dont fit under a good few bridges on out motor ways cos they are too damn big. Also, they are dangerous in high winds, thing of a giant square block on a motorway doing 60mph with a big gust

..... hotpants will be everywere.

13 Irish people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights are still plugged in

18 Irish people had serious burns in 2000 due to trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth

A massive 543 irish people were admitted to A&E in the last 2 years after trying to open beer bottles with their teeth

Ireland has a growing number of idiots i see. I am gonna move to Sweden and get that 10mb connection

unkel · 07-12-2003 3:26am

Originally posted by muffen
100Mbits if going for 80euros a month ... and the cap is 300gigs a month

OMFG :ninja:

I realised we were about 3 years behind (retarded is a more appropriate word), but it looks more like 5 now :mad:

unkel · 07-12-2003 3:26am

Originally posted by muffen
100Mbits if going for 80euros a month ... and the cap is 300gigs a month

OMFG :ninja:

I realised we were about 3 years behind (retarded is a more appropriate word), but it looks more like 5 now :mad:

Seth Brundle · 07-12-2003 8:42am

Originally posted by muffen
What's a cracker? (I'm not native english (or irish)).

oooh, how do I describe it.
It is this thing that (for me) comes out at Christmas. You take it firmly at both ends and pull hard. It is good fun pulling by yourself but is much better if you have a partner. However having two other people pulling isn't quite as musc fun.
When you pull hard and it pops usually this stuff comes out and goes on the floor or wherever.
As I said, crackers usually appear @ Christmas. It would be nice if you could get some during the rest of the year but maybe if you could, pulling them wouldn't be as much fun.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to some pulling over Christmas. I'll get my wife, sister or even maybe my parents to join me in pulling my cracker!

muffen · 07-12-2003 5:19pm

Thanks for the explanation... I know what they are now (just didn't know that the english word for them was cracker)

CyberGhost · 07-12-2003 8:31pm

100Mbits if going for 80euros a month ... and the cap is 300gigs a month

WOW!

i want to move to Sweden!

unless the company would pay me a lot of money, i mean a lot, i wouldn't move anywhere!

CyberGhost · 07-12-2003 8:43pm

dang i already said it before!

but can't stop thinking about 100MBs!!! and for 80 euros!

Capt'n Midnight · 07-12-2003 9:00pm

Don't forget it's not really BB - it's capped

You'd only be allowed to download 4 Terrabytes per year.

CyberGhost · 08-12-2003 1:21am

4TBs(actually 3.6) are more than enough!

300GBs a month are you kidding? how many good movies do you know/want? lets say about 100? each is about 700 megs, that's 70 gigs. Music? how much like 30 gigs at most? games - like 50 gigs, browsing - 1 gig at most, streaming stuff 10 gigs, downloading some apps 5 gigs

total = 166 gigs, you have 134 gigs left a little less than a half, and you downloaded everything!

i'd say for 80 euros and 100MB speed, this is AWESOME!

btw muffen how is English in Sweden? do many people understand it there?

muffen · 08-12-2003 2:40am

'd say for 80 euros and 100MB speed, this is AWESOME!

Actually, I just realized that with the exchangerate now, it's almost 90 euros

btw muffen how is English in Sweden? do many people understand it there?

You should have no problem with only english there. We're forced to learn it in school for a minimum of 5 years, and most people (like 85% or so) study it for 8 years. I managed to live in England and Ireland... and I grew up in Sweden, so I only knew english from school

Also, all TV/movies are only subtitled, so you're almost required to understand english.

unless the company would pay me a lot of money, i mean a lot, i wouldn't move anywhere!

I moved before these connection came around ... but to be honest, I'm happy I didn't stay in Sweden. I've lived in four countries so far, and trust me, when you move countries, you learn a lot, and I wouldn't give that up, not even for 100Mbits

BTW, if you wanna see something interesting, look up gigasunet on google. It's the Swedish university network, and they have 2 * 2,5gigabits going out from every university, and the main access onto the internet is from KTH in Stockholm, also 2 * 2,5gigabits.

Currently, my sister is studying in a swedish university, so she has 10MBits (alot of student houses have 10MBit connections included in the rent).
My dad (who uses internet for online banking only) has 2MBits. I use the internet all the time, and I have 1Mbit for which I'm paying 204 euros a month (uncapped Eircom line). Sometimes, it's just not fair!

CyberGhost · 09-12-2003 3:21am

Actually, I just realized that with the exchangerate now, it's almost 90 euros

i'd be willing and happy to pay 200 for 100Mbs

it's cool English is good in Sweden, i don't really like the idea of forcing though

I've lived in four countries so far, and trust me, when you move countries, you learn a lot, and I wouldn't give that up, not even for 100Mbits

wow! i didn't know you could move countries! now that's a force! i wouldn't give it up either, not for 100 megs not for anything else

BTW, if you wanna see something interesting, look up gigasunet on google. It's the Swedish university network, and they have 2 * 2,5gigabits going out from every university, and the main access onto the internet is from KTH in Stockholm, also 2 * 2,5gigabits.

MY GOD! i think the only country that comes close is Finland, then Japan, of course USA and UK must have a very fast connection(imo faster than Sweden faster than Japan) but not for the public like in Sweden! and not as cheap!

Currently, my sister is studying in a swedish university, so she has 10MBits (alot of student houses have 10MBit connections included in the rent).
My dad (who uses internet for online banking only) has 2MBits. I use the internet all the time, and I have 1Mbit for which I'm paying 204 euros a month (uncapped Eircom line). Sometimes, it's just not fair!

i'm crying! i'm crying!

btw why don't you switch to Netsource 1MB line? it's something like 169 a month www.netsource.ie

Only in Ireland ...

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