Things you expect to see in the big smoke (Dublin) and other major cities in Ireland.

Lando Griffin

Just to even things up between the country folk and city slikers what things do you expect to see in the big smoke and other major cities in Ireland ? Scumbags, traffic jams, quality hookers, bus queues, ATM machine queues, lost country people, pipe laying

Cookie_Monster

public transport :pac:

*in before someone says Dublin forum*

alwaysadub

Fights
Beggars
Blocks and blocks of apartments
Too many people all in the one place

DubMedic

Civilization.

goat2

smog

Nemanja91

Drugs

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Scumbags, traffic jams, quality hookers, bus queues, ATM machine queues, lost country people, pipe laying

In order:

Yes.
Absolutely.
Ireland?? - never!
In the cities that actually have busses, yes.
Harsh - never noticed them when I was in Ireland.
People get lost when in unfamiliar surroundings - live with it.
No idea.

Also:
Confused alcoholics.
Mooning.
Vomit spewed everywhere.
Wispas.

fonecrusher1

Loadsa culchies in lookin for da Christmas presents for the littl'uns.

thetonynator

A list of the bad things:

Traffic jams
Closed roads
Scumbags
Smog
Drunk people falling all over the place
20 stone women in tracksuits
Methadone clinics
Heroin addicts ( not many of them in rural Ireland)
Big issue
Beggers
Buses coming half an hour late in groups of 4 :mad:
More scumbags
Graffiti
Temple bar ( ties in with no.5)
People sleeping rough
the entire city shutting down due to 2cm of snow
the government and dail

and loads more i cant think of right now . . .

Mr. Rager

litter and buckfast bottles.

everywhere.

Wibbs

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

public transport that doesnt work very well :pac:

FYP

DubMedic wrote: »

Civilization.

[pretentious twat]Well one would expect that as the word stems from the word for cities *sniff*[/pretentious twat]:D

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Drugs

You're kidding right? :eek:;):D

xOxSinéadxOx

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Just to even things up between the country folk and city slikers what things do you expect to see in the big smoke and other major cities in Ireland ? Scumbags, traffic jams, quality hookers, bus queues, ATM machine queues, lost country people, pipe laying

:rolleyes:

owenc

Buses.
Shops and shops everywhere.
Maybe trams?
etc...

Burgo

Taxi's and the charming people that drive them.

CreepingDeath

Traffic lights

Junco Partner

junkies

thetonynator

Forgot one:

Bus lanes in the worst places, preventing any traffic other than buses and those ignorant taxi drivers from actually getting anywhere.

:mad:

Donkey Oaty

Pedestrian crossings that speak to you.

Newsagents that do not.

patwicklow

bloody pavements after a shooting/stabbing nite before

DaveHeno92

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Just to even things up between the country folk and city slikers what things do you expect to see in the big smoke and other major cities in Ireland ? Scumbags, traffic jams, quality hookers, bus queues, ATM machine queues, lost country people, pipe laying

Quality hookers? :eek: I think you must be misinformed. If there are indeed any hookers in Irish cities I'd guess they're not exactly quality. No high class escorts here I'm afraid!

Hackysack

Intelligence.


(Waheeeeeeeeey!)

rockmongrel

Getting the daily "bitch about Ireland" thread out early I see.

thetonynator

DaveHeno92 wrote: »

Quality hookers? :eek: I think you must be misinformed. If there are indeed any hookers in Irish cities I'd guess they're not exactly quality. No high class escorts here I'm afraid!

If they were quality ones they wouldnt be on the streets.

Coriolanus

thetonynator wrote: »

If they were quality ones they wouldnt be on the streets.

Obviously a man who knows what he's talking about.

patwicklow

people in the supermarket buying ready made meals

Dr. No

burned out cars, bareback horse riding, fights outside abbra kebabra, pissed nurses and guards in coppers

orourkeda

thetonynator wrote: »

A list of the bad things:

Traffic jams
Closed roads
Scumbags
Smog
Drunk people falling all over the place
20 stone women in tracksuits
Methadone clinics
Heroin addicts ( not many of them in rural Ireland)
Big issue
Beggers
Buses coming half an hour late in groups of 4 :mad:
More scumbags
Graffiti
Temple bar ( ties in with no.5)
People sleeping rough
the entire city shutting down due to 2cm of snow
the government and dail

and loads more i cant think of right now . . .

I take it alcohol, cars, public transport, homelessness, hard drugs, obesity, unemployment, vandalism, democracy, roads and snow havent arrived in rural Ireland yet

Cormac2791

Sirens

orourkeda

Dr. No wrote: »

burned out cars, bareback horse riding, fights outside abbra kebabra, pissed nurses and guards in coppers

all gardai and health care professionals in rural ireland are teetotal I take and would never dream of going to the culchie equivalent of coppers

thetonynator

orourkeda wrote: »

I take it alcohol, cars, public transport, homelessness, hard drugs, obesity, democracy, roads and snow havent arrived in rural Ireland yet

Alcohol:Yes. People falling all over the streets because of it?Generally, no ( mainly because the streets aren't out in the country :P)

Cars: yes, traffic jams: not unless theres a tractor or a bad accident.

Public ransport: NO

Homelessness: Homeless people tend to stay in cities.

Hard Drugs: In towns yes, out in the country no.

Obesity: If there is a macdonalds nearby!!!

Democracy: yes, but the government dont spend any time out in the country.

Roads: Poor ones.

Snow: When an inch of snow falls in the country, it isnt mentioned in the news or the traffic reports and the whole place doesnt come to a standstill. In the city it does.

Lando Griffin

orourkeda wrote: »

I take it alcohol, cars, public transport, homelessness, hard drugs, obesity, democracy, roads and snow havent arrived in rural Ireland yet

Not all together with the one person anyway. And i forgot the Zoo.

jordan..

infrastructure

thetonynator

orourkeda wrote: »

all gardai and health care professionals in rural ireland are teetotal I take and would never dream of going to the culchie equivalent of coppers

Coppers is one of a kind, there is no culchie equivalent!!!


*thats not how i'm supposed to spell equivalent is it??

alwaysadub

thetonynator wrote: »

*thats not how i'm supposed to spell equivalent is it??

Yep,it is:D

thetonynator

alwaysadub wrote: »

Yep,it is:D

It looks wrong for some reason . . .

rossie1977

no hard drugs down the country alrite http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=227576&cID=1

on topic
american fast food restaurants
university students

alwaysadub

thetonynator wrote: »

It looks wrong for some reason . . .

It does, doesn't it!? i had to check it again myself before i answered. It must just be one of them words that never look right!

Dr. No

thetonynator wrote: »

Coppers is one of a kind, there is no culchie equivalent!!!


*thats not how i'm supposed to spell equivalent is it??

i agree. had many a good night/ early morning there

Lando Griffin

DaveHeno92 wrote: »

Quality hookers? :eek: I think you must be misinformed. If there are indeed any hookers in Irish cities I'd guess they're not exactly quality. No high class escorts here I'm afraid!

We will beg to differ on that one so. They might not radiate quality from the outside, but from within .

thetonynator

Lando Griffin wrote: »

We will beg to differ on that one so. They might not radiate quality from the outside, but from within .

Who honestly picks a hooker based on her personality???

Seriously, like, wtf???

Mal-Adjusted

jordan.. wrote: »

infrastructure

to be fair, the infrastructure of a city is no better than the country. with the amount of one-way lanes and narrow pokey windy streets, it takes ages to get anywhere

whatdoicare

Lando Griffin wrote: »

They might not radiate quality from the outside, but from within .

They radiate something from within, alright..I doubt it's quality, though.:P

vampire of kilmainham

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Drugs

Sure theres drugs everywhere:eek::eek:

vampire of kilmainham

The culchie equivlent of coppers is in Glenfarne co leitrim the ballroom of romance:D:D:eek:

Barna77

Useless traffic lights

Old bikes / traffic cones / shopping trolleys (and maybe a corpse) on the Liffey

People risking their own life swimming in the canals

Lots of dog sh1te, but no dogs to be seen

Road signs to the M50 / country

Stags and hens

Molly Malone statue used to be in Dub, now it can't be seen under layers and layers of tourists :rolleyes:

What other major cities in Ireland? :pac:

Mal-Adjusted

bluewolf wrote: »

What other major cities in Ireland? :pac:

Limerick, Derry, Cork, Belfast, Galway...

starbelgrade

Cyclists wearing silly helmets

Chelsea tractors doing the school run

Knackers in Celtic jerseys

D4 types in rugger jerseys, who pronounce Leinster as "Lunstur"

Crips

People who don't know how to drive on icy roads

Ugh Boots

An extra 50% mark up on all goods & services (also known as the "Dublin Tax")

Traffic jams

People driving under the speed limit

Public transport

Batta buuuuugaaas

Junkies

People over 16 who don't have a driving license

People over 30 who still don't have a driving license

Small shops that actually charge for plastic bags

No change out of a fiver for a pint

danh789

Scumbags that live on frozen food from lidl

stovelid

Thousands of culchies.