The assumption that you like GAA because you're from ''that part the country

dienbienphu

why the fcuk do some people presume you like the gaa because you're from the country? 75 percent of the conversations i have with strangers always end up on the topic of the gaa. some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?'' thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect. personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with. could you imagine if that was the answer i gave every time some moron asked me that question?

FatherLen

why dont you just say nah man i dont really follow that but i am all about ultimate frisbee!


and they ask because those sports are more popular in the country...

The_Kew_Tour

OK you don't like GAA, that's fine we get it....

People may presume all you need to say is I have no interest...

Then change subject or if they had any sense not talk to ya again.

dienbienphu

sometimes i say i like rugby, just to annoy them and they are left with a bewildered look on their faces

Naomh

dienbienphu wrote: »

i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with.

Never had that myself, being from "the country".

What does the term "bog Irish" mean as far as you see it?

Degag

What annoys me are the GAA heads who think their sport is the only sport worth playing and every other sport is "boring" "full of sissys" etc.

They are out there.

sollar

I have no interest in GAA but i'm jumping on the bandwagon for a few weeks now while Donegal are in the Quarter finals .

On the topic of assumptions - I've been asked before who do you support Liverpool or Man Utd. As if they were the only 2 options.

Ricardo G

Next you'll be telling us that you don't spend your Sunday afternoons competing in "Bog snorkling" contests

dienbienphu

Naomh wrote: »

Never had that myself, being from "the country".

What does the term "bog Irish" mean as far as you see it?

bog irish is a term i use for the ''people'' who descend upon a town on a sunday to watch a gaa match thats commentated on by a 70 year old man

mardybumbum

C'mon Mayo

dienbienphu

up mayo

StephenHendry

its no big issue OP just to say that the gaa is not for me, and if the people who you work with it/live etc. can't deal with that or have issues if you prefer rugby (which traditionally would be more popular or associated in the past with urban areas) then you are better off withouth them i say

Naomh

dienbienphu wrote: »

bog irish is a term i use for the ''people'' who descend upon a town on a sunday to watch a gaa match thats commentated on by a 70 year old man

Elaborate on the bold please, I'm intrigued...

I totally agree with other posters that some gaa heads can be quite condescending towards other sports, which is wrong imo. Nothing like a bit af variety in the world.

Liam Byrne

dienbienphu wrote: »

some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?''

No idea what "hurlen" is, but speaking of assumptions.....

dienbienphu wrote: »

.....thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect.

dienbienphu wrote: »

personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport.

Never met an "irish savage" either - what's with the crappy attitude ?

As for the "bog irish sport" phrase, it's probably escaped your notice that the above games are played in all of the cities too, and Dublin has actually reached the quarter-finals of hurling.

But hey, don't let me damage that fake superiority chip on your shoulder.

Spacedog

If you are from Kilkenny and dont like hurling to will die.

The county was named after Rob Kenny, who was publicly executed after expressing a mild indifference for the sport.

True story.

Liam Byrne

dienbienphu wrote: »

bog irish is a term i use for the ''people'' who descend upon a town on a sunday to watch a gaa match thats commentated on by a 70 year old man

What about matches that are commentated on by a 27-year-old man ?

http://www.live95fm.ie/entertainment/blogs-list.aspx?pres_guid=3af75b89-999f-474f-a4b0-597725a7bdd9

Pherekydes

sollar wrote: »

I have no interest in GAA but i'm jumping on the bandwagon for a few weeks now while Donegal are in the Quarter finals .

+1. I'm interested in the GAA now that "we" are in the hurling semis and the football quarters.

Hello, people, "we" are the only county that can do the double this year

OP, it must be very awkward swimming the butterfly (or whatever sport you're into-if you're not into sport then I know a good counsellor) with a chip on each shoulder.

dienbienphu

Naomh wrote: »

Elaborate on the bold please, I'm intrigued...

serfs...peasants

Naomh

dienbienphu wrote: »

serfs...peasants

Troll much?....

Liam Byrne

Quazzie, your "thanks" button is obviously stuck! :eek:

dienbienphu

im serious. doesnt the catholic church still not award the minor all ireland champions with the winning trophy? LIKE HELLO...??

dienbienphu

Patron of the GAA :pac:

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Seeing as Dublin are one of the most successful counties in the history of the GAA I never understood the 'GAA is for culchies argument'. Besides soccer is more popular in most areas of the countryside anyway.

Sykk

Degag wrote: »

What annoys me are the GAA heads who think their sport is the only sport worth playing and every other sport is "boring" "full of sissys" etc.

They are out there.

Usually the argument when someone says GAA is shíte. In comparison, "soccer" is a sissy's game. However, GAA in comparison to Muai Thai is a sissy's sport. So when you call it **** be prepared for such a response!

So those of you who don't like GAA, why not leave those of us who do, alone. You clearly know nothing about it, never got involved enough or you weren't very good at it.

Same goes for every sport. I wouldn't call handball a crap sport.. Because I've never played it for more than a few hours and know nothing about it.

Liam Byrne

dienbienphu wrote: »

im serious. doesnt the catholic church still not award the minor all ireland champions with the winning trophy? LIKE HELLO...??

What does that have to do with your earlier objections and bigoted phrasing ?

Naomh

dienbienphu wrote: »

im serious. doesnt the catholic church still not award the minor all ireland champions with the winning trophy? LIKE HELLO...??

Right, so the fact that the organisation has links with the church (cant say I agree with it) makes it for peasants? i.e approx 87% of the population of the country are RC. Whether people practice / actually believe or not, does that make them all peasants so?

dienbienphu

Liam Byrne wrote: »

What does that have to do with your earlier objections and bigoted phrasing ?

its even more of reason to hate it. it reminds of an organisation which is very much stuck in the past

Caraville

It always makes me laugh how people who don't like the GAA assume they're making some sort of dig at us (who are into hurling or football) when they say "watching the bog ball with some 72 year old man commentating" or whatever.

Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh is 81 and I'd happily listen to him commentating on any sport over Ryle Nugent any day (nothing against Ryle, I don't mind him, I'm just saying being younger doesn't make you a better commentator).

Yeah there are GAA heads who think other sports are sissy or crap or whatever, but there are plenty of soccer heads or rugby folk who think the GAA is full of mucksavages and country bumpkins. There are plenty of tools in every walk of life.

People are only looking for something to flippin talk to you about OP, if they're strangers they just want to find a common ground seeing as possibly a lot of people from your county (by the sounds of things) are into the GAA. It's not a bloody insult, get over it. I don't particularly like rugby but it wouldn't bother me if people assumed I was. They're not accusing you of being some sort of freak, relax!

Kensworld

Everytime someone talks to me about sport them assume I love Rugby because I'm tall and well built when in fact I hate Rubgy. It doesn't bother me if they ask and it doesn't bother me if they don't

Liam Byrne

dienbienphu wrote: »

its even more of reason to hate it. it reminds of an organisation which is very much stuck in the past

What organisation does it remind you of ?

As for "stuck in the past", have a look at the indebtedness of the English soccer teams who pay still pay boom-time silly money to over-rated primadonnas.

I like soccer, btw - just pointing out a few home truths.

smash

Do you like planking?

mikemac

Up Tipp!

saywhatyousee

dienbienphu wrote: »

why the fcuk do some people presume you like the gaa because you're from the country? 75 percent of the conversations i have with strangers always end up on the topic of the gaa. some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?'' thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect. personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with. could you imagine if that was the answer i gave every time some moron asked me that question?

OP you sure your from Ireland?Why do you keep refering to it in the third person.
Alot of insults you threw in there aswell.

Sunnyisland

I like and watch soccer,rugby & Gaa games,don't see the problem with any of them, Especially interested if my county or country is involved,There sports games whats the big deal.

Sunnyisland

Thanks for the thanks quazzie,I know your very particular who you thank. :-)

krudler

meh, I'm from Limerick and have zero interest in rugby, so this usually leads to awkward "some match wasnt it?" "what match?" conversations. Nothing against it, have watched a few games but dont follow it at all.

Minstrel27

OP you are displaying all the hallmarks of an inferiority complex.

flahavaj

Gowan the Déise.

Ruu_Old

All people are bastids!

jimthemental

OSI wrote: »

There's usually nothing else to do out that way.

The general assumption is that you're into whatever is available. So if you're from the country it's assumed you're either into GAA, or your Coursin.

I love the hurling and coursing. Two great sports with long traditions in this country. You're not into them and fair play to you but do you mind not continually insulting those of us who are.

dienbienphu wrote: »

bog irish is a term i use for the ''people'' who descend upon a town on a sunday to watch a gaa match thats commentated on by a 70 year old man

He is class. Ray Darcy did a brilliant interview with him this morning.

krudler wrote: »

meh, I'm from Limerick and have zero interest in rugby, so this usually leads to awkward "some match wasnt it?" "what match?" conversations. Nothing against it, have watched a few games but dont follow it at all.

So....are you into stabbings or drug dealing?:)

ColeTrain

dienbienphu wrote: »

why the fcuk do some people presume you like the gaa because you're from the country? 75 percent of the conversations i have with strangers always end up on the topic of the gaa. some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?'' thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect. personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with. could you imagine if that was the answer i gave every time some moron asked me that question?

It's called small talk. There aren't many insightful things you can say to someone you don't know. Talking about GAA is a decent conversation starter considering a lot of people would have at least a passing interest in the game. Fair enough you don't like it, just move onto talking about the weather or whatever floats your boat - it hardly matters.

DCUlad

There is a huge lack of knowledge of GAA on this site. I was recently red carded from the GAA forum for stating this, despite people agreeing with me.

It seems the majority of boards posters would know far more about Star Wars and other nerd activites as opposed to the real issues in life GAA, Sex and Beer.

Caraville

DCUlad wrote: »

There is a huge lack of knowledge of GAA on this site. I was recently red carded from the GAA forum for stating this, despite people agreeing with me.

It seems the majority of boards posters would know far more about Star Wars and other nerd activites as opposed to the real issues in life GAA, Sex and Beer.

And I suppose you're in the minority, Mr. Coolio McSlickpants?

Oh God, no, I've gotten sucked in by a troll, what have I become???
:eek::(:eek::(:eek::(

N.B. It is most imperative that readers read the above properly. It could sound bad otherwise.

Liam Byrne

jimthemental wrote: »

So....are you into stabbings or drug dealing?:)

Pathetic :rolleyes:

Mind you, since you consider coursing a sport.......

kingtut

GAA is complete and utter sh*t :cool:

/thread :pac:

c_man

The assumption that you like GAA because you're from ''that part the country

In my experience you're far more likely to be asked what English soccer team you support. I don't support any and say so. I don't fly into a rage over what is a-not unresonable assumption. They're just trying to make small talk ffs.



Also :pac: at the hopeful Mayos in the thread. I'll never ceased to be amazed at yer optimism!

Dionysus

Degag wrote: »

What annoys me are the GAA heads who think their sport is the only sport worth playing and every other sport is "boring" "full of sissys" etc.

They are out there.

They are indeed, probably glued to Sky Sports this minute watching something really different, exciting and new like ... another extraordinarily commercialised, over-hyped soccer game from Britain.

PS: And, as with c_man above, they get really offended when you express no preference about, never mind interest in, some random soccer team in Britain.

Dionysus

dienbienphu wrote: »

why the fcuk do some people presume you like the gaa because you're from the country? 75 percent of the conversations i have with strangers always end up on the topic of the gaa. some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?'' thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect. personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with. could you imagine if that was the answer i gave every time some moron asked me that question?

Did you ever think that perhaps, just perhaps, they mention the GAA because they sense that having a serious, intelligent, deep conversation with you would not be an option and bringing up the GAA is the Irish equivalent of a sweet nothing nicety to wile away the time while they're stuck with you?

It's the most blatantly obvious means to make a connection with an Irish person. This isn't rocket science. It's basic politeness and both sides usually accept it as the nicety that it is and conversation moves on to something else.

Social skills, eh?

Dionysus

saywhatyousee wrote: »

OP you sure your from Ireland?

Was thinking that when I saw "Irish savage" - has Edmund Spenser risen from the sixteenth-century dead for another go at the Irish?

Mo14

Yes, being from Kilkenny, when I talk to people not from here, it's usually assumed I eat, drink and sleep hurling. The look of utter disbelief on some people's face when I tell them I'm not interested in hurling is incredible.

Witchie

Being from Monaghan where people are obsessed with Gah I draw looks of horror from them anytime I say I dont give a toot about it. Its like I have insulted their mum and had sex with their dad while whipping their brother and kicking their dog.

Get over it. Not everyone likes GAA. I was brought up with it, dragged to matches with my dad and enjoyed them until I discovered Monaghan United FC and saw what its like to support a real team where you dont have such parochial backwards attitudes and only being selected coz you were born or bred somewhere.