Aren't the Yanks just mad as a brush?

neaideabh

Was lukin at Obama's Deomcratic Convention there on rte.ie for a laugh. Thay are dancing and everything in the audience. I'd doubt you'd see such hideous behaviour at the Fianna Fail Ard Dheis!:D

R0ot

In before overheal complaining.

brianthebard

R0ot wrote: »

In before overheal complaining.

Dammit! Aw the yanks, always being oppressed.

ejmaztec

neaideabh wrote: »

Was lukin at Obama's Deomcratic Convention there on rte.ie for a laugh. Thay are dancing and everything in the audience. I'd doubt you'd see such hideous behaviour at the Fianna Fail Ard Dheis!:D

But the Americans always dance when gunslingers are shooting at their feet. It's a kind of folk tradition.

Cunny-Funt

yeah the way elections are run over in the US is insane. They treat it like a hollywood movie or some****.

Like those horrible TV adverts where they dish the dirt on the other the party and stuff.

The simpsons was great at taking the piss outa american tv http://votesideshowbob.ytmnd.com/

Dudess

/Pre-empts Overheal:

"The yanks" - why is that catch-all term used so often for over 300 million people...?

I agree, many aspects of American culture are bizarre, but I don't think that means every single American person is a bit of a nut job. Just sayin...

ewj1978

lots of fat stupid people here too... bit too much of generalisation that....

Kintarō Hattori

neaideabh wrote: »

Was lukin at Obama's Deomcratic Convention there on rte.ie for a laugh. Thay are dancing and everything in the audience. I'd doubt you'd see such hideous behaviour at the Fianna Fail Ard Dheis!:D

Why does that qualify them as mad? They dig their politics and hope that their man gets in to replace the damage that the republicans have caused over the last 8 years. Maybe if we got up and had a wee jig we wouldn't have a political system where the TD's renovate their offices to the tune of €100, 000 while telling us all to shop around for our groceries 'cause times are tight.

Why is that mad?




/ goes off to look for dancing shoes.

OPENROAD

They are giving it loads right now on bbc news

Black Swan

Crash their party and get free chicken and beer!

brianthebard

But American beer sucks!!!

Joe Cool

Great food and great TV.

Black Swan

brianthebard wrote: »

But American beer sucks!!!

True, but what do you expect in the home of the brave naive and the land of the free (beer)?

brianthebard

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

True, but what do you expect in the home of the brave naive and the land of the free (beer)?

lolz. Well a decent brewski wouldn't go amiss. whats wrong with a beer that tastes of beer???

skelliser

neaideabh wrote: »

I'd doubt you'd see such hideous behaviour at the Fianna Fail Ard Dheis!:D

its ard fheis!:p

Black Swan

brianthebard wrote: »

lolz. Well a decent brewski wouldn't go amiss. whats wrong with a beer that tastes of beer???

What really baffles me is that so many Irish drink that watered down swill called Bud, when St James Gate makes a brew that you can sip with a yummmy taste.

Jigsaw

As in many walks of life, the most stupid are the loudest. I am listening to the Democratic Convention on the radio. I have a very dim view of the general perception of Americans. They are annoying. However, those Americans I have met in person seem to be decent folk who are just like any of us, trying to do well in work, earn a bit of cash and provide for their family etc. There is a range of people in all countries.

Ruu_Old

They call 'jam', jelly and eat it with peanut butter on sandwiches. Mad schtuff.

Cunny-Funt

The spell colour with out the U. Insane, the lot of them.

sdanseo

Ruu wrote: »

They call 'jam', jelly and eat it with peanut butter on sandwiches. Mad schtuff.

Well you must like it, you live there

Mad yokes the lot of them. Is aoibheann liom Éire!

LolaLuv

A yank here! Thought I'd clear some stuff up.

1. This is the biggie, and it's been bothering me for weeks now. Yanks is not a derogatory term. You will not offend any American by calling him or her a Yank, unless you preface it with something horrible. You might piss off a Southerner, but that doesn't take much.


2.

brianthebard wrote: »

But American beer sucks!!!

You, my drunken ginger friend, have obviously never had Yuengling, and my heart weeps for you.

3.

Ruu wrote: »

They call 'jam', jelly and eat it with peanut butter on sandwiches. Mad schtuff.

Now that's just plain not true. They are two different things. Jam has chunks and jelly is smooth. Although some Yanks bumble that up, most of us know the difference.

PS-Don't knock peanut butter.

4.

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

The spell colour with out the U. Insane, the lot of them.

We also spell "without" without a space. :P

Hellm0

PillyPen wrote: »

A yank here! Thought I'd clear some stuff up.

1. This is the biggie, and it's been bothering me for weeks now. Yanks is not a derogatory term. You will not offend any American by calling him or her a Yank, unless you preface it with something horrible. You might piss off a Southerner, but that doesn't take much.


2.

You, my drunken ginger friend, have obviously never had Yuengling, and my heart weeps for you.

3.

Now that's just plain not true. They are two different things. Jam has chunks and jelly is smooth. Although some Yanks bumble that up, most of us know the difference.

PS-Don't knock peanut butter.

4.

We also spell "without" without a space. :P

Well put,
Now if only your country could learn to produce proper bacon, bread, cheese, milk and just about any basic staple of food(fast food doesn't count, you guys got that right).

The Election is a madness over here right now, the "Daily Show" and the seemingly popular "Colbert Report" are running constantly, bursting at the seems with what would be witty political commentary were it not for its persistent repetition.

Personally I dislike both candidates, I find each to be populist and insincere.

LolaLuv

Hellm0 wrote: »

Well put,
Now if only your country could learn to produce proper bacon, bread, cheese, milk and just about any basic staple of food(fast food doesn't count, you guys got that right).

Oh yeah? Well at least we have corn!

Yep, the elections are sickening. The DNC has been a horrible embarrassment. They lost me when they opened with all sorts of different prayer just to pander to the religious right. I have lost all faith in American politics.

Hellm0 wrote: »

Personally I dislike both candidates, I find each to be populist and insincere.

I agree. I met Obama and he was a terrible wanker. McCain is McCain so he's no better.

The only McCain I like

Manic Moran

PillyPen wrote: »

You might piss off a Southerner, but that doesn't take much.

About the only thing I can think of. I've had a couple of people from South of the Mason/Dixon line question me when I use the generic 'Yank'.

You, my drunken ginger friend, have obviously never had Yuengling, and my heart weeps for you.

It ain't all that, if you ask me. Whatever America's virtues (V8s and .45s), bear ain't one of them. I still go for Carlsberg or Harp. After spending the last six months in the State of Maker's Mark, it doesn't have a patch on a decent Bushmill's 10-year malt.

3. Now that's just plain not true. They are two different things. Jam has chunks and jelly is smooth. Although some Yanks bumble that up, most of us know the difference.

Spoken like a true ignorant American!

Here's a clue. If you ask for 'Jelly' in the rest of the world, you're going to get a somewhat clear wobbly thing, usually in green, yellow or red, with as near to no relationship to a fruit as makes any difference. If you ask for "Jell-O" over on the other side of the water, you will get confused looks.

It's like "entrée." How the hell the Americans decided that that meant "main mourse" is utterly beyond me. I mean, it even sounds like the English equivalent, "entry." How can one balls that up? Then again, they also pronounce "coupé" wrong, and I seem to be fighting a losing battle in the US Army as to the correct pronounciation of "cache". One would have thought that being in proximity to Quebec, and having a francophone population in Louisiana that they might at least get the French words right, but no...

NTM

LolaLuv

Manic Moran wrote: »

It ain't all that, if you ask me. Whatever America's virtues (V8s and .45s), bear ain't one of them. I still go for Carlsberg or Harp. After spending the last six months in the State of Maker's Mark, it doesn't have a patch on a decent Bushmill's 10-year malt.

Ok, you know what? I don't think anyone that thinks one of America's greatest virtues is a disgusting vegetable juice drink should have any input into the beer discussion. :pac: And seriously, everyone knows the Irish are a bunch of raging lushes. I don't know why you all pretend to have discriminating palates when the entire world knows you'd drink motor oil if it had an alcohol content.

Manic Moran wrote: »

Spoken like a true ignorant American!

Here's a clue. If you ask for 'Jelly' in the rest of the world, you're going to get a somewhat clear wobbly thing, usually in green, yellow or red, with as near to no relationship to a fruit as makes any difference. If you ask for "Jell-O" over on the other side of the water, you will get confused looks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdusRdfdsCQ

The Man has spoken. If he says "Jell-O", then Jell-O it is. Unless you're some sort of commie pinko bastard. Which you're not, because we glorious Americans put a stop to that bullshit back in the day.

Manic Moran wrote: »

It's like "entrée." How the hell the Americans decided that that meant "main mourse" is utterly beyond me. I mean, it even sounds like the English equivalent, "entry." How can one balls that up? Then again, they also pronounce "coupé" wrong, and I seem to be fighting a losing battle in the US Army as to the correct pronounciation of "cache". One would have thought that being in proximity to Quebec, and having a francophone population in Louisiana that they might at least get the French words right, but no...

NTM

Like the Irish have never bastardized anything. You eejits think pants means underwear. I think I've proven my point.

Boooo-yaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kintarō Hattori

PillyPen wrote: »

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Oh Noessssss..... another silly american coming to ireland...... :P

LolaLuv

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Oh Noessssss..... another silly american coming to ireland...... :P

All I hear is jealousy!

I can't even write it in jest. America sucks, everyone knows that. If an American denies it it's because they're suffering the effects of generations of trailer-park inbreeding. It makes me pretty sad that a nation with so much potential is so destructive and senseless.

Kintarō Hattori

PillyPen wrote: »

All I hear is jealousy!

I can't even write it in jest. America sucks, everyone knows that. If an American denies it it's because they're suffering the effects of generations of trailer-park inbreeding. It makes me pretty sad that a nation with so much potential is so destructive and senseless.

Ooooh I wasn't expecting that...........




/walks off and hangs head in shame.

LolaLuv

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Ooooh I wasn't expecting that...........




/walks off and hangs head in shame.

It is a very hard country to defend.

Still, it could be worse. I could have been a Frog. You know, they'd be speaking Kraut if it weren't for us. Craven, gutless ghouls can't win a war to save their lives.

pickarooney

Manic Moran wrote: »

Then again, they also pronounce "coupé" wrong, and I seem to be fighting a losing battle in the US Army as to the correct pronounciation of "cache".

Pointless factoid: coupé cars are called 'breaks' in French. Needless to say, the local pronunciation is unfathomably remote from the spelling.

Ponster

brianthebard wrote: »

But American beer sucks!!!

Some of the best beer I've ever tasted is American. They ship the crap out to Ireland and keep the good stuff for themselves.

Ponster

Manic Moran wrote: »

It ain't all that, if you ask me. Whatever America's virtues (V8s and .45s), bear ain't one of them. I still go for Carlsberg or Harp. After spending the last six months in the State of Maker's Mark, it doesn't have a patch on a decent Bushmill's 10-year malt.NTM

How can someone in San Jose drink Harp? I mean, even the Irish don't drink that anymore, being mildly better than yellow-pack Quinsworth beer.

Los Gatos Brewing is a nice brew and I could drink Anchor Steam until it came out of my ears.

LolaLuv

Have you ever had Brooklyn Lager? That's the shiznit. Yo.

PillyPen

PillyPen wrote: »

All I hear is jealousy!

I can't even write it in jest. America sucks, everyone knows that. If an American denies it it's because they're suffering the effects of generations of trailer-park inbreeding. It makes me pretty sad that a nation with so much potential is so destructive and senseless.

Your in for one big shock when you land here, if you think you have seen the effects of inbreding in the melting pot.

LolaLuv

Moonbaby wrote: »

Your in for one big shock when you land here, if you think you have seen the effects of inbreding in the melting pot.

But stupidity is so much more bearable when it comes with a charming accent! I'm going to try to find some PA rednecks and post it under the accent thread. It's unbearable.

PillyPen

PillyPen wrote: »

But stupidity is so much more bearable when it comes with a charming accent! I'm going to try to find some PA rednecks and post it under the accent thread. It's unbearable.

It is the ugly and mother lust you should be worried about.
Are you single?

LolaLuv

Oh there's plenty of ugly here. Mother lust isn't fun.

Absolutely single.

PillyPen

PillyPen wrote: »

Oh there's plenty of ugly here. Mother lust isn't fun.

Absolutely single.

I'd pay good money to see your first impression of coppers niteclub.

LolaLuv

Is this it?

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3758853455

Kintarō Hattori

That's the place.

LolaLuv

I'm getting conflicting reports. Some websites are saying it's very nice and there are hot men everywhere and others are saying it's all for culchies.

Kintarō Hattori

PillyPen wrote: »

I'm getting conflicting reports. Some websites are saying it's very nice and there are hot men everywhere and others are saying it's all for culchies.

It's full of men looking for women with no standards. You only go there when you are absolutely desperate. None of the lovely ladies on boards would even consider going there............................... with the possible exception of coolsmileygirl who would consider it something of a hunting ground.

PillyPen

PillyPen wrote: »

I'm getting conflicting reports. Some websites are saying it's very nice and there are hot men everywhere and others are saying it's all for culchies.

Hot is a relative term.

It is relative to the amount of alcohol you have consumed times the duration of your dry spell.

LolaLuv

Moonbaby wrote: »

Hot is a relative term.

It is relative to the amount of alcohol you have consumed times the duration of your dry spell.

Lol! 18 months. I'd probably find Jabba the Hut attractive if he talked dirty to me. :rolleyes:

LolaLuv

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

It's full of men looking for women with no standards. You only go there when you are absolutely desperate. None of the lovely ladies on boards would even consider going there............................... with the possible exception of coolsmileygirl who would consider it something of a hunting ground.

I'm going clubbing with coolsmileygirl!

Kintarō Hattori

PillyPen wrote: »

I'm going clubbing with coolsmileygirl!

You are a brave brave soul or either you're living up to the stereotype of americans as being a little dim. Heh heh I just haven't figured out which it is.

brianthebard

PillyPen wrote: »

Have you ever had Brooklyn Lager? That's the shiznit. Yo.

there won't be any of that "shiznit" business where you're going missy.

Edit: also, nothing wrong with culchies, we just need a bit of training.

Sherifu

R0ot wrote: »

In before overheal complaining.

Thought he'd be still banned.

Zzippy

PillyPen wrote: »

2. You, my drunken ginger friend, have obviously never had Yuengling, and my heart weeps for you.

Mmmm, Yuengling! Can't wait til January to get my annual fix....

Any chance you'd bring a few bottles over when you're moving??

bean

brianthebard wrote: »

But American beer sucks!!!

Nope, it doesnt. Only the domestics p1ss that they send over here sucks. The countless microbrewerys, samual adams have dozens of varieties (all tasty) and others like blue moon on kentucky.

Beats our small offering to the world of beverages