An American in Dublin Airport

OFDM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-EH7BAWdbY

Wind forward to 0:49 and listen as the guy struggles to come up with a term to describe people from Ireland.

Do they not teach geography in Yankland?

Ruu_Old

Irelinians! Nope all Americans know is about their back yard and thats about it. The blinkers on their little world, simple.

Flukey

Some do, some don't. America isn't noted for it's geographical knowledge, but then they know about other things. Take the internet and a lot of computer technology. A big part of that is down to American knowhow. So we would not be having this debate without it. Geography and other things aren't their strong point, but they have expertise in a lot of areas and none of us are experts in everything.

elivsvonchiaing

Seriously reckon if it wasn't for WWII - trocaire funds would be going to underfed orthodontically challenged people - just because they are over-fed shouldn't they be getting trocaire funds? seriously!:rolleyes:

Pink Bunny

Yeah that's guys an idiot. Everyone knows it's really Irelandish, scheech! :rolleyes:

Karoma

00:52
... Did he also say "the Welish"?

elivsvonchiaing

America figured out that war was good in WWII. No economist can dispute this. I really don't think GW bush has figured out yet that there are probably 1000 + scientists worldwide - that are not going to flee to america.

<America owes a lot to brain immigration which occured in the '40s most notable - Einstein>

It is these people who will change the face of our world.

Lust4Life

Yes, all Americans have the same mentality, the same job, the same hair colour, same type of pet... Geesh! Talk about generalizations!

elivsvonchiaing

OMG the two party system is an illusion then!

What bothers me is i can't work out if you are a republican or a democrat!

elivsvonchiaing

Esta la veritas! Vero! Well fuck me then!

solas

the guy is terrified. funny stuff.

greenteaicedtea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMy-tbbtJk8&mode=related&search=

gauging from that one, sounds like jetlag at work on this guy.

There's no feeling like getting on a plane at 10am EST, and then landing 8 hours later, at 10am UTC, having to face another half day of doing stuff, all jetlagged and tired.

Kintarō Hattori

Now now we shouldn't rag on Americans just because it's popular, but it fairness that's kinda hilarious. But kudos to him for actually having a passport and using it.

pvt. joker

elivsvonchiaing wrote:

America figured out that war was good in WWII. No economist can dispute this. I really don't think GW bush has figured out yet that there are probably 1000 + scientists worldwide - that are not going to flee to america.

<America owes a lot to brain immigration which occured in the '40s most notable - Einstein>

It is these people who will change the face of our world.

um, aside from native americans we're ALL immigrants over here

AngryBadger

lollers still, full credit to the guy for being part of that tiny percentage of americans that actually leave the states, let alone their own state. Go Team!

Raekwon

Is it true that something like 10% of American's have passports? I guess they have all they need in their own country?

I was actually on holiday in America earlier this year and some American guys came into the hotel bar and asked the barman; 'Where are those Irish guys that are staying here at?’ The barman pointed to me and my mates sitting in the corner and the American guys came over to use. Suddenly, before anyone had time to say a word, one of them asked us about 'the war' in Ireland and said that we were no better then the Iraqis!!!! :eek: WTF! I was speechless! (Plus in fairness this crap didn't deserve a response!) Anyway he continued this rant for 5 minutes, then he offered us a drink, which we obviously declined.

Thank god we aren't harbouring weapons of mass destruction

chillywilly

irelinians....thats fookin hilarious:D

Terry

Karoma wrote:

00:52
... Did he also say "the Welish"?

"this is like that war movie, ehh, snash, with the pikes and the wellish and the..." i couldn't make out the rest. something about the accents.

Raekwon wrote:

I was actually on holiday in America earlier this year and some American guys came into the hotel bar and asked the barman 'where the Irish guys that were staying here at?’ He pointed to me and my mates and the American guys came over to use all smiles. Suddenly one of them asked us about 'the war' in Ireland and said that we were no better then the Iraqis!!!! WTF! I was speechless! (Plus in fairness this crap didn't deserve a response!) Anyway after his 5 minute rant he offered us a drink, but we obviously declined. What a bell-end!

did you try to explain the situation here?

Raekwon

julep wrote:

did you try to explain the situation here?

Well we were all shocked and offended by his drivel and one of my mates even actually tried to explain to him that the IRA had disarmed and decommissioned their weapons etc but it was falling on deaf ears. The guy had his mind made up about us 'Irelinians' so it was like talking to a brick wall.

The only thing that I added to the conversation was; 'So I guess you are a Bush supporter?' to which he relied; 'Hell yeah!'

I rest my case

mike65

I think he thought you were Iranians!

Mike.

cournioni

We all sound like Pikes from Snatch apparently...

Pocari Sweat

So what would he make of something described as "Orwellian"?

Pompey Magnus

Ah don't pick on the poor Americans, imagine if you landed in somewhere like the Ivory Coast...how many people would know what to call the natives? Ivory Coastian, Ivory Coastish, Ivorian Coastonians?

Pocari Sweat

Tusks of course.

Black Swan

Lust4Life wrote:

Yes, all Americans have the same mentality, the same job, the same hair colour, same type of pet... Geesh! Talk about generalizations!

lol:D

Terry

Raekwon wrote:

Well we were all shocked and offended by his drivel and one of my mates even actually tried to explain to him that the IRA had disarmed and decommissioned their weapons etc but it was falling on deaf ears. The guy had his mind made up about us 'Irelinians' so it was like talking to a brick wall.

The only thing that I added to the conversation was; 'So I guess you are a Bush supporter?' to which he relied; 'Hell yeah!'

I rest my case

ahh. one of those.
the thing is, you get them everywhere.
as bad as the Iraqis? i love that. 'yeah, we'll just stand back as you invade our country and blow everything up. sorry about any inconvience you may encounter, Mr. american soldier, sir'.

the guy in the video doesn't seem to be an idiot. just poorly educated in the geography department.

what amazes me though, is with americans you usually get the 'i'm half Irish/ italian/ frence/ german/ insert nationaltiy here. surely he would have met someone who claimed Irish decendency at some stage. WTF did he thing "Irish" meant?

Muggy Dev

He seems totally bemused at the sight of so many getting sh*t-faced drunk in the middle of the afternoon.

Welcome to Ireland.

Raekwon

julep wrote:

ahh. one of those.
the thing is, you get them everywhere.
as bad as the Iraqis? i love that. 'yeah, we'll just stand back as you invade our country and blow everything up. sorry about any inconvience you may encounter, Mr. american soldier, sir'.

the guy in the video doesn't seem to be an idiot. just poorly educated in the geography department.

Yeah exactly. The Iraqis did nothing to warrant an invasion from Uncle Sam's mean, lean, killing machine. The whole weapons of mass destruction, (cough) we want your oil (end cough) is well documented but I guess this guy that I encountered had some issues that he need to get off his chest :rolleyes:

In fairness, there is still a question mark over the guy in the videos intelligence..........after all he thought that making faces at the end of the video was so cool that he did it twice lol

Terry

Raekwon wrote:

Yeah exactly. The Iraqis did nothing to warrant an invasion from Uncle Sam's mean, lean, killing machine. The whole weapons of mass destruction, (cough) we want your oil (end cough) is well documented but I guess this guy that I encountered had some issues that he need to get off his chest :rolleyes:

i don't really want to get into a whole debate about the legality (of illegality, in my opinion) of that war, but i'll just say that the initial name of the invasion was Operation Iraqi Liberation. later changed to operation iraqi freedom.

In fairness, there is still a question mark over the guy in the videos intelligence..........after all he thought that making faces at the end of the video was so cool that he did it twice lol

well dressed. enough money to travel.
he obviously has a half decent job to be able to do that and that would indicate some sort of intelligence. he is also fairly well spoken which would indicate at least a half decent education. albeit one that didn't include geography classes.
he was probably excited by his surroundings and that might explain the faces.

then again, he might just have won the lottery.

Raekwon

julep wrote:

i don't really want to get into a whole debate about the legality (of illegality, in my opinion) of that war, but i'll just say that the initial name of the invasion was Operation Iraqi Liberation. later changed to operation iraqi freedom.

I don't really want to get into that either, I was just saying that if he wants to compare people in Ireland to people in Iraq then he should atleast get his facts straight because what he said made no sense to me what so ever

julep wrote:

well dressed. enough money to travel.
he obviously has a half decent job to be able to do that and that would indicate some sort of intelligence. he is also fairly well spoken which would indicate at least a half decent education. albeit one that didn't include geography classes.
he was probably excited by his surroundings and that might explain the faces.

then again, he might just have won the lottery.

Or maybe he won a trip to Paris (via Dublin of course) on JEOPARDY! then bought a fake Lacoste shirt off some skanger in Dublin airport?

Terry

Raekwon wrote:

I don't really want to get into that either, I was just saying that if he wants to compare people in Ireland to people in Iraq then he should atleast get his facts straight because what he said made no sense to me what so ever

that wasn't directed at you. i just didn't want people coming in and turning the thread into a debate on the war in iraq.

OFDM

I've often heard people call Americans idiots, usually after a trip to America that involved and American asking them things like "Do you have electricity in Ireland?". But then I got to thinking, why would an American necessarily know anything about Ireland?

For example, I've often wondered where (or what) is Guam? Answers I've come up with included somewhere near Indonesia and Vietnam, somewhere off the coast of Africa or a type of glue that comes from trees.

As it turns out, it's ironnically an American Territory in the western Pacific:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam

So why should Americans have any knowledge of a country like Ireland that they have little interaction with? The reason why they should that I can think of is that Ireland's one of the few English speaking countries in the world.

[Jackass]

Yeah.


Oh, and because of the millions of Irish in their country. (or at least 5th generation americans who still hold claim to their Irish roots, and because of the biggest street festival in major american citys is the St.Patricks day parades with Irish flags every where and shamrocks and guinness.... oh and because of our renound history that made world news for years...and possibly the token presidential visit to our country, that used to be anual, to make beieve talk about resolving the troubles, to lure in the Irish vote....oh, and the thousands of Irish bars around their country...)

But then again, Guam HAS made a big impact on the world...

Pocari Sweat

Whats guam again?

[Jackass]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMy-tbbtJk8&mode=related&search=

Check out the same dude on the plane! Doing that stupid face again and a nice shot of his girlfriends boobies!

Gandhi

Nick wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMy-tbbtJk8&mode=related&search=

Check out the same dude on the plane! Doing that stupid face again and a nice shot of his girlfriends boobies!

BOOBIES????? All is forgiven.

solas

nick wrote:

and because of the biggest street festival in major american citys is the St.Patricks day parades with Irish flags every where and shamrocks and guinness.

linky

elivsvonchiaing

They don't teach geography in the US. They don't teach history in Germany either.. Despite that - fairly sure Dubya is the worst president of my lifetime... (when a kid my father made me watch Nixons empeachment speech.) Dubya makes Nixon look like a Mother Theresa!

I'm not willing to say how old I am but am willing to state this: Nixon; Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush - there are two Bushes too many there...

Its a simple equation: everyone world-wide are paying more for energy courtesy of Dubya....

\m/_(>_<)_\m/

Flukey wrote:

Some do, some don't. America isn't noted for it's geographical knowledge, Geography and other things aren't their strong point, but they have expertise in a lot of areas and none of us are experts in everything.

that must explain their foreign policies...

you must be a yank...only a yank would come up with this statement

"Geography and other things aren't their strong point"

Goodshape

He said Irish first. To me, it sounded like the rest of it was just trying to get a response out of his tired, moody looking girlfriend.

spurious

The fact that the Soviets got into space before they did browned their trousers for them and led to an urgent emphasis on Math(s) and Science in their schools.
Sadly, Geography, History and Languages suffered.

An added factor is the lack of news in the US (outside some print media), as anyone who tried to keep track of world events while on holiday there will know.

The ones we get here are the intrepid inquiring minds who've bothered to get a passport - now that's the frightening thought.

Dragan

MY favourite bit was when he said "This is like the movie Snatch.....all the accents.....the Pikes, the Welish"!

Poor dude......i don't know about you guys , but many is the time i have stood in a foreign country and felt a little out of place, overawed, awkward and confused....and i would hope that no one was just the rest of Ireland on what i might have been saying/doing at the time.