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The Spanish are coming

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  • 03-07-2008 8:47am
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    wheres me jumpa
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    Yes, its that time of year again, where Carlow and most of Ireland is over run with mopey Spanish students! What is the attraction to Ireland?!


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    Predhead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    wheres me jumpa wrote: »
    Yes, its that time of year again, where Carlow and most of Ireland is over run with mopey Spanish students! What is the attraction to Ireland?!

    :rolleyes: To learn English. Better than a load of drunken Irish idiots going to Spain. We've got it easy.


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    inarut
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    Theres no attraction. They really just come annually as part of large groups to learn English in language schools. I would compare it to us going to parts of the West of Ireland as teenagers to learn Irish in the Gaeltacht areas...


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    racso1975
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    Plus historically our religious believes maked us an attractive option.


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    wheres me jumpa
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    Predhead wrote: »
    :rolleyes: To learn English. Better than a load of drunken Irish idiots going to Spain. We've got it easy.

    Touche!


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    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭testicle


    It's like Grant Theft Auto out there!


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    Nalz
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    talking on stairs and taking up the whole width of paths


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    wheres me jumpa
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    Trilla wrote: »
    talking on stairs and taking up the whole width of paths

    No, thats the French, the French talk on stairs!


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    fricatus
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    Trilla wrote: »
    talking on stairs and taking up the whole width of paths

    Yeah, but cum on... just stand there for 10 minutes, open your eyes wide and fill up the oul' w@nk bank!


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    shenanigans1982
    Registered Users Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭shenanigans1982


    I'm just back from Florida and that was full of them with their matching backpacks and annoying accents that make u feel like they are talking about you.

    And at least Carlow is small enough that you don't need to use public transport where they get on at the first stop and off at the last...also whats up with them never sitting beside each other?


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    stick-dan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,456 ✭✭✭stick-dan


    Ah leave the spanish students alone will ya,they are lovely :D

    ya should actually make an effort to meet a few of them, you would be quiet surprised how willing they are to try out their new found english language skills on us.

    They are nice people in fairness, and a breathe of fresh air from some of the eejits who plague this country.


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    testicle
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    stick-dan wrote: »
    Ah leave the spanish students alone will ya,they are lovely :D

    ya should actually make an effort to meet a few of them, you would be quiet surprised how willing they are to try out their new found english language skills on us.

    They are nice people in fairness, and a breathe of fresh air from some of the eejits who plague this country.

    Trying to get the leg over then???


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    Don1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,172 ✭✭✭Don1


    So what age would they be......................

    No Spaniards for me this year. Ahhh.


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    carlowguy32
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    once there spending the euros in this bad time we are experienceing i dont think we should be complaining, especially when their country is being wreaked every summer by the irish & english lager louts


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    eddiehead
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    carlowguy32 wrote: »
    once there spending the euros in this bad time we are experienceing i dont think we should be complaining, especially when their country is being wreaked every summer by the irish & english lager louts

    Whos complaining? Bring on the Spaniards


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    HoneyButterfly
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    Ah they're grand...I just get very jealous of their tans
    But whats up with them always hangin around outside fairgreen?? Fun filled trip for them!


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    ShayK1
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    too young for the pubs??


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    #18
    wheres me jumpa
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    HoneyButterfly wrote: »
    But whats up with them always hangin around outside fairgreen?? Fun filled trip for them!

    Thats not just Spanish students. I think there is some additional gravitational force in place in the main doorway. People insist on standing there, with trolleys/kids/smoking and generally just blocking people entering!


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    shenanigans1982
    Registered Users Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭shenanigans1982


    I don't remember the phemomenon of hanging around outside entrances to building ever being this bad before the smoking ban. Maybe by getting as close to the doorway as possible ppl feel they are in some small way cheating the ban. I know ppl who have walked away from pubs because they thought the ppl outside smoking was the queue to get in.


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