Irish "culture test"

simu

I came accross this whilst surfing on the interweb. It's a bunch of stuff that most people who are American or have lived there for a while are likely to be familiar with.

They have these "culture tests" for other countries as well but there's none for Ireland!

So, what sort of stuff do ye think would be in the Irish version?

Sarky

"Do you ever say, or have you ever said, "tura loora loora"?"

simu

"Do you ever say, or have you ever said, "tura loora loora"?"

If answer is yes (excluding situations where taking the piss out of leprechaun films), you are definitely not Irish!

Sarky

"How long, on average, should a pint of Guinness take to pour?"

(Any answer below four minutes is highly suspect.)

bizmark

if you fit in to any irish sterotype you more than likely not irish

Exit

From the American one:

Contributions to world civilization

You know the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Michael Jackson, Simon & Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt. If not, you know Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, and Kate Smith.

Am I reading this wrong or do they think The Beatles and The Stones were American?

Sarky

Probably, like beer, pies and freedom.

bizmark

From the english one

The Irish drink lots and lots of Guinness, are all devout Catholics and set off bombs in Belfast every so often. They are also irremediably stupid.

aww isnt that lovely :rolleyes:

simu

Am I reading this wrong or do they think The Beatles and The Stones were American?

It just means you know who they are!

blondie83

also from the English one

The nationality people most often make jokes about is the Irish (and occasionally the Scottish, on account of their meanness or national dress).

Hmmm, you wouldn't know what to say really:rolleyes:

Agent Smith

let them all suck donky dick's?

zAbbo

Originally posted by Exit
From the American one:

Contributions to world civilization

You know the Beatles, the Rolling Stones,...............

Am I reading this wrong or do they think The Beatles and The Stones were American?

Most Americans believe that Stones and Beatles are yanks

Silvera

For the Irish version -

(As stated by an English reporter on CNN, when talking about Ireland taking over the EU presidency this month)

"Everybody (i.e. every country) loves the Irish" and

"Everybody gets on with the Irish"

mike65

Originally posted by bizmark
From the english one

The Irish drink lots and lots of Guinness, are all devout Catholics and set off bombs in Belfast every so often. They are also irremediably stupid.

aww isnt that lovely :rolleyes:

Well 3 out of 4 is'nt too bad!*

Mike

*jokey joshing honest

claire h

So, what sort of stuff do ye think would be in the Irish version?

-- You spend most of your time in the pub.

-- You mock silly Americans. Constantly.

-- You're Catholic, but only nominally.

-- Christmas time means the Late Late Toy Show, and it hasn't been the same since Gay Byrne stopped doing it.

-- You're always late to meet your friends, but it's okay, because they're never on time either.

-- You feel disdain and distrust towards most politicians.

-- You have a great sense of humour.

-- You can speak a bit of Irish, but you don't. Ever. Unless you're in a foreign country.

-- Public transport is craptacular, and should be avoided at all costs.

tinkerbell

hahahaha that's brilliant Claire

ooh and you are Irish if you can stay in the pub for days on end without leavin it

Faust

Yes lets all generalise and stereotype people and put them into social boxes,yey!
You're all racists i tell yez

Tazzle

Originally posted by claire h
So, what sort of stuff do ye think would be in the Irish version?

-- You spend most of your time in the pub.

-- You mock silly Americans. Constantly.

-- You're Catholic, but only nominally.

-- Christmas time means the Late Late Toy Show, and it hasn't been the same since Gay Byrne stopped doing it.

-- You're always late to meet your friends, but it's okay, because they're never on time either.

-- You feel disdain and distrust towards most politicians.

-- You have a great sense of humour.

-- You can speak a bit of Irish, but you don't. Ever. Unless you're in a foreign country.

-- Public transport is craptacular, and should be avoided at all costs.

Haha, great

pickarooney

Originally posted by tinkerbell
hahahaha that's brilliant Claire

ooh and you are Irish if you can stay in the pub for days on end without leavin it

despite the fact that opening hours are among the shortest on earth.

superconor

i think its healthy to take the piss out of ourselves. i do it all the time.

- you are a culchie if you know a "mickey joe" and a "paddy francy" from "over the road"
- you think of the english as "backstards takin our country!" even when you know fine well all the good they did for us
- you spend time thinking of ways to take the piss out of your country on the internet

Exit

- You hate 'those fooking Brits' but you support Man Utd.
- You hate 'those fooking ******s' but you listen to Bob Marley and/or rap music all the time.

rymus

Originally posted by Exit
- You hate 'those fooking ******s' but you listen to Bob Marley and/or rap music all the time.

I think the politically correct term is "asylum seekers"

Faust

Originally posted by superconor
i think its healthy to take the piss out of ourselves. i do it all the time.

- you are a culchie if you know a "mickey joe" and a "paddy francy" from "over the road"
- you think of the english as "backstards takin our country!" even when you know fine well all the good they did for us
- you spend time thinking of ways to take the piss out of your country on the internet

Racism is healthy now?

Zaph

Another one for the list:

You expend much time and effort sending e-mails to everyone in your address book exhorting them to vote for the latest Irish joke candidate in an internet poll (all the better if it's organised by the BBC)

Faust

Originally posted by zaph
Another one for the list:

You expend much time and effort sending e-mails to everyone in your address book exhorting them to vote for the latest Irish joke candidate in an internet poll (all the better if it's organised by the BBC)

what!?

bizmark

i thinks he means "a best of"" like the wolftones winning a bbc best band poll or something because half the irish population voted for them lol

Zaph

Surely you must be familiar with the e-mail campaigns to subvert various internet polls? Ronnie O'Brien for the Time Magazine Person of the Century, "A Nation One Again" by the Wolfe Tones for the BBC's greatest song ever, Peter Canavan for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and probably others I've forgotten. Generally there are concerted e-mail campaigns to get everyone to vote for a completely inappropriate candidate. It's seems to be a predominantly (although not exclusively) Irish pastime.

tinkerbell

Originally posted by pickarooney
despite the fact that opening hours are among the shortest on earth.

Not during the Fléadh Cheoil! A couple of years ago, when the Fléadh was on, the pubs stayed open from Friday afternoon straight through to Sunday!!

There was quite a lot of people pished out of their heads as a result Not me of course, coz I get drunk way to easily, but everywhere you went, people were stumbling around!

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by tinkerbell
There was quite a lot of people pished out of their heads as a result Not me of course, coz I get drunk way to easily, but everywhere you went, people were stumbling around!

Maybe "You find this type of behaviour acceptable and/or something to brag about" could go on that list too.

Sarky

Originally posted by claire h
So, what sort of stuff do ye think would be in the Irish version?

-- You feel disdain and distrust towards most politicians.

Bonus points if you vote for them anyway.