How to spot someone just arrived in Dublin

dumbyearbook

Hi,

having lived in Dublin a year and a half....ok not long but are there tell tale signs for ppl who did'nt grow up in Dublin?

now serious ones not - they talk like farmers..........:eek:

ppl who always name the place they are going to getting on the bus for example, rather than say 1.40 or whatever?

Sleepy

Lads that still order Guinness in the pubs forgetting how awful it is in Dublin!

copacetic

but if u grew up in dublin wouldn't you be well used to it?

Have to disagree on that anyway you get the best pints in Dublin, sure isn't it the home of guinness...

dumbyearbook

Sleepy wrote:

Lads that still order Guinness in the pubs forgetting how awful it is in Dublin!

An admirable comment from a dub i was expecting the "farmer" B$ !

I'd never heard that the Guinness was better outside the pale

Paulj

i'm not from dublin and have to admit the best pints are in dublin.

Tails142

Jeans and black kickers style shoes usually teamed up with some sort of check patterned shirt

Nowadays I usually have to say the destination when getting on the bus cause I've no idea what the fare is anymore as they keep changing the damn things.

Country people are hilarious though and something to be admired =p

Wishbone Ash

dumbyearbook wrote:

ppl who always name the place they are going to getting on the bus for example, rather than say 1.40 or whatever?

I do that if I'm getting the bus. Two reasons:
1. The passenger is required to state their destination.
2. It is up to the driver to state the fare required, not the passenger.

Paulj wrote:

i'm not from dublin and have to admit the best pints are in dublin

Yes I agree, especially in the city centre. It doesn't seem to travel well.

melekalikimaka

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I do that if I'm getting the bus. Two reasons:
1. The passenger is required to state their destination.
2. It is up to the driver to state the fare required, not the passenger.

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are you being sarcastic? thats hilarious

joolsveer

copacetic wrote:

but if u grew up in dublin wouldn't you be well used to it?

Have to disagree on that anyway you get the best pints in Dublin, sure isn't it the home of guinness...

Sorry but Leixlip is the home of Guinness.

Leixlip is also home of Arthur Guinness's first brewery where he brewed ales until he moved to St. James's Gate Brewery, Dublin in 1759.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leixlip

copacetic

joolsveer wrote:

Sorry but Leixlip is the home of Guinness.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leixlip

No, it's not. read your own link!!

Or read Arthurs own entry, he didn't brew the black stuff in Lexlip.

knighted

forget wickapedia-he brewed first pint in london where his company was registered -called the prodestants black stuff to keep the catholics drunk -at one stage in dublin city u had to drink stout and ale cause u couldnt drink the water

Piste

Culchies spend a day trying to figure out the Luas machines, there's always a huge queue behind them!

Moonbeam

dumbyearbook wrote:

ppl who always name the place they are going to getting on the bus for example, rather than say 1.40 or whatever?

Possibley because they dunno how much it is?


I agree with the luas machines bit but not jsut for culchies for anyone who doesn't use them regularily!

Fratton Fred

Moonbeam wrote:

Possibley because they dunno how much it is?


I agree with the luas machines bit but not jsut for culchies for anyone who doesn't use them regularily!

it's not just culchies, I struggle with the parking machines:o

OLDYELLAR

LOL , Im actually moving to Dublin soon , Im a complete culchie , even the bf dunno what I do be saying half the time luckily I got a great Deise slang word book for anybody I encounter in Dublin.

Im wan a these people that cant use the Luas machine , Im usually shouting hey boi whats the craic with those yoke I just wanna go to town at random passers by.

I think it`ll be a bit of a culture shock alright , LOL Will letters reach me with The big Scmhoke as part of the address ?

Gotta say though Im a muck savage an dead proud a it so they`ll be none a that How a yis business outa me boi.

silverharp

dumbyearbook wrote:

ppl who always name the place they are going to getting on the bus for example, rather than say 1.40 or whatever?

I disagree, I grew up in dublin and always say where I'm going as I only use the bus every couple of months and can't remember the fair or it has gone up in the mean time.

uglyjohn

they wait for a green man before crossing the road, or is that just foreigners?

Gran Hermano

They wear one of these:
http://pie.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055095415

DonJose

joolsveer wrote:

Sorry but Leixlip is the home of Guinness.

LOL Leixlip smells like it had a couple too many Guinness. Travelled through there recently and it smells so like a sewer.

Wishbone Ash

silverharp wrote:

always say where I'm going as I only use the bus every couple of months and can't remember the fair or it has gone up in the mean time.

Same here!

botvot

I have to say, the tell tale sign is when people are waiting (at a traffic light) to cross a street, and, as the little green man shows, with that noise...they mimick it! GRRRR...TATATATATATATATA

If this post doesn't make any sense, well, then use your imagination.;)

antodeco

the most obvious one would be that they have jsut gotten off a plane/train!

Generally you know by how slow they walk through Grafton Street.

If they're Irish: Big GAA shirt on them/ Its pissing rain and they're wearing shorts or jsut a T-Shirt

If they're American: Aran Jumper, or their bag is going over horizontal on their stomach

If they're (other): Hottest day of the year and they have their Jackets on.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Piste wrote:

Culchies spend a day trying to figure out the Luas machines, there's always a huge queue behind them!

And Northsider's!.

Thelikefaneire

Moonbeam wrote:

Possibley because they dunno how much it is?


I agree with the luas machines bit but not jsut for culchies for anyone who doesn't use them regularily!

I grew up taking the bus from Balinteer to Ranelagh and i allways just put in the childs school fare, even when i was over 16. Never said the destination, only say it if i dont know where im going and dont know the bus, had to do that for placement in Stewarts hospital, payed 150 or so most days but sometimes the driver actually said it was more. But i eventually shut up and payed 150 anyway, they never check and the bus ride was only 15 minutes or so all the way from Pearse street to just before the m50 tollbridge.

Thelikefaneire

Mairt wrote:

And Northsider's!.

Lol, you obviously dont use the Red Line. Its in the city centre, i guess you consider the Liffey as the north-south line too.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

You can tell by the fact that they come up to you to speak to you (asking for directions or whatnot) and you don't have a clue who they are.
People from Dublin, don't ask for directions in Dublin. FACT! And anyone who does, usually gets given the wrong directions for not knowing. Tourits and newbies are given directions when they need it, but fellow Dubs get the pi55 taken out of em.

Wishbone Ash

CaptainNegative wrote:

People from Dublin, don't ask for directions in Dublin. FACT! And anyone who does, usually gets given the wrong directions

Do you normally contradict yourself in two lines? FACT!:rolleyes: