Irish People and Talking about the weather

G_R

Why do we do it al the time??

can we think of nothing better. Fair enough if we ave a hurricane u can talk about it, but when its raining out, its just not interesting.

so i ask you, why???

devereaux17

happens in other countries, won't say all but i know for a fact in czech republic they do and the uk.

its called small talk.

galwayrush

Too much rain ****ed up our genetics.

magick

the Chinese say "have you eaten?" and they move it onto a conversation about food

Ruu_Old

Great way of cutting the ice. Better than awkward silence.

galwayrush

Ruu wrote: »

Great way of cutting the ice. Better than awkward silence.

I love creating awkward silences.

AnonoBoy

dannym08 wrote: »

Why do we do it al the time??

can we think of nothing better. Fair enough if we ave a hurricane u can talk about it, but when its raining out, its just not interesting.

so i ask you, why???

Ah sure a grand soft day like today is enough to dry up most conversation and lead us to talk of the weather, isn't it?

I mean last summer we didn't have all these weather conversations at all , did we? Sure that was just a pure bad summer altogether. Hardly a summer at all I'd say - more like a weekend of sun and then the rain, am I right?

Ah jaysus that's always the way. Not like the summers when I was young - wall to wall sunshine we had back then.... Jaysus nostalgia - it ain't what it used to be, wha?

dlofnep

It all started with "Tá an ghrian ag taitneamh" (a blatant lie btw!)

espinolman

I've never seen anything like the rain yesterday , grand day today , whats the forcast for tomorrow .

dsmythy

espinolman wrote: »

I've never seen anything like the rain yesterday , grand day today , whats the forcast for tomorrow .

RAIN

G_R

espinolman wrote: »

whats the forcast for tomorrow .

twill be very close

KeyLimePie

I hear it a million times a day at work damn service role, and then one person will say oh it's gonna rain tomorrow and i'll be like oh right and then 5 minutes later someone will say it's gonna be sunny tomorrow....

titan18

I always thought we just moaned about the weather.

patchybaby

every single time i go into the butchers the fella says "Looks like the wethers clearing up"....in the midst of our mini heatwave(!) a couple of weeks ago he said it. I think he may be bored with his job or something

Escapism

dlofnep wrote: »

It all started with "Tá an ghrian ag taitneamh" (a blatant lie btw!)

Ah thats brilliant .... best observation i've read in a while

mink_man

hows she cuttin'

G_R

i used ta work in a shop and i swear by the end of the day you'd be borderline suicidal.

if its raining....people moan its too wet
if it cloudy....people moan that its depressing
and god forbid if its sunny.... then its too hot!!!

WE GET IT: Ireland isnt blessed with with great weather, however moaning about it to me and anyone else who will listen will do no good!!!!!!

id love ta just say go to new orleans and see how u like the winds over there

sorry, rant over

ottostreet

i hate small talk about the weather.
i hate small talk in general actually.
its just so contrived, and ****e.
go to the barbers
'jaysus the weathers grand isnt it' 'certainly is'

they give up quick. friendly arent i?

Sharpshooter

dannym08 wrote: »

Why do we do it al the time??

can we think of nothing better. Fair enough if we ave a hurricane u can talk about it, but when its raining out, its just not interesting.

so i ask you, why???

Just weather it, chill.:pac:

TheZohanS

dannym08 wrote: »

Why do we do it al the time??

can we think of nothing better. Fair enough if we ave a hurricane u can talk about it, but when its raining out, its just not interesting.

so i ask you, why???

Because we get a lot of weather in Ireland.

I can't honestly remember one day that we didn't have 24 hours of it.

jenny2hat

seriously...

people are just way too hard to please.

DonJose

dlofnep wrote: »

"Tá an ghrian ag taitneamh"

I swear to god, one day I'll decipher this lizard overlord language!!!

LuckyCharms

I think its better to talk about the weather than just stare at someone.Plus everyone in Ireland loves talking about the weather, no idea why its so fascinating but what can you do.

cashback

I noticed they talk about in New Zealand a lot too. Probably because they have very variable weather patterns like ours so it could rain in the morning, sunshine in the afternoon and hailstones in the evening.

Conversation in the Atacama desert would probably get a little repetitive.
"Could Do with a drop of rain."
"They're not giving any for a while."

Executive Steve

LuckyCharms wrote: »

I think its better to talk about the weather than just stare at someone.Plus everyone in Ireland loves talking about the weather, no idea why its so fascinating but what can you do.

Can you imagine - you're a bedouin trader, trekking a camel train laden with salt across the sahara desert, alone for weeks on end, and next thing you encounter a camel train coming across the shimmering horizon towards you - you gradually get closer and closer and pull to a halt beside each other in the blazing heat of the afternoon desert...


you're hardly going to be able to break the ice by smiling at the chap and giving him a conspiratorial wink, rubbing your hands together and saying "jaysus that's shocking weather" - thank god for the fact that we actually have a weather to talk about and not just a climate!

Fulton Crown

Ah! Dere yah are...grate wedder isn't it ?

Bit too hot for me pal...sweatin like a fcukin pig ?

Should have a go at the shorts....great bargains in Pennies.

Aw jaysus not wit de pins I've got ..last time dey seen sun was up in Bettystowen in 96.

Dey says it's goin to break tomorra..could do wit a bit o rayen for the gardin.

A fook that I let's the missus do all dat..since i done me back after a fall in the Stone boat...fcukin well gargled i was ...took down fcukin 4 tables wih me ...spent the nite in Jamese's.

Did yah ger anthin from de insurance ?

Ah gor a few bob awl right....had to give up the auld golf an Karate until me clayem was settled.

Fair play to yah..dem insurance companies has too much money...where di yah hear about de wedder.

On Telifis Eireann...las nite..the one with the shiny black hair was tellin us......
..jaysus wouldn't mind throwin the leg over her.

Ah no the blond one on TV 3 is better..crackin little ar$e on her......

Are yeh goin for a few ????

Ah! sure why not .......


Weather talk......endless possibilities !:D