Stuff Irish People Like

mikemac1

Pride in your county :cool:
You would not even dream of buying a second hand car with a reg from your fierce rivals over the border
You shall have your county colours out during championship season, you will even use chalk to write good luck on the main road in the village


The Brits don't have this passion, well maybe the cricketers do but it's not as intense

Festy

mikemac1 wrote: »

Pride in your county :cool:
You would not even dream of buying a second hand car with a reg from your fierce rivals over the border
You shall have your county colours out during championship season, you will even use chalk to write good luck on the main road in the village


The Brits don't have this passion, well maybe the cricketers do but it's not as intense

All while wearing a Man Utd top under the GAA jersey.:pac:

kfallon

Festy wrote: »

All while wearing a Man Utd top under the GAA jersey.:pac:

Why would you wear a jersey under a jersey?

Irish people love saying 'runners' instead of trainers, sneakers etc!

mikemac1

Sneakers?
You'd sound like a Yank if you said that

Festy

Dutch Gold
Tap Water
Picking their nose and eating it when driving
There mammy's cooking
Shouting tiocfaidh ar la while wearing a premier league jersey

fasttalkerchat

kfallon wrote: »

Why would you wear a jersey under a jersey?

Irish people love saying 'runners' instead of trainers, sneakers etc!

And Taytos. Do ye sell walkers taytos? WhatWhat?

kfallon

mikemac1 wrote: »

Sneakers?
You'd sound like a Yank if you said that

I'm just trying to put across the point that nowhere else in the world do people refer to them as 'runners' only here!

mikemac1

Aye, not doubting ya jockey lad

You like dinner in the middle of the day, around midday. And that's it, that's all you eat until supper at 8pm, no wonder I was a scrawny slim young lad

Potatoes every day, pasta is for them eye talians. Rice is considered exotic, I certainly never had rice at home growing up.

Jelly and icecream is a special treat. As for vienneta, that's for rich people!

Terrified of leaving the immersion on and in mortal fear of ESB bills, you will ensure you don't mess this up

Judge a car by the year on the reg.

2litre of milk is known as a gallon of milk

Talk about mpg yet you don't buy fuel by the gallon and roadsigns are in km. Why has mpg not died out?

Take your car for a spin but make sure you don't spin it

On your drive you'll see the wasters from the council leaning on their shovels as if the weight on the world was on their shoulders

The corpo became the council over a decade ago but you still call it the corpo

If you are a farmer you give the nazi salute, if you live rural thou shalt salute everyone with a subtle tap on the steering wheel. You will be known as a snob if you fail to salute

You like to stand at the back of the church or outside on the porch, sitting down is for women and children

You like a grand short mass and you like when the priest works something about GAA into their sermon. Yes, this happens

kfallon

mikemac1 wrote: »

You like a grand short mass and you like when the priest works something about GAA into their sermon. Yes, this happens

You spent the first 10-15 minutes of the mass praying he won't give a sermon so you can get home earlier to watch the Beatbox......and you spent the journey home praying that Smiley Bolger's 'segment' on the Beatbox was over when you got back :pac:

fasttalkerchat

mikemac1 wrote: »

You like a grand short mass and you like when the priest works something about GAA into their sermon. Yes, this happens

Old priest in Armagh one Sunday: "And no excuses on account of the football next week, I'll be going to Clones myself."
Following sunday he said a 20 minute mass and wished the county team all the best.

PrincessLola

mammys calling their childen 'chicken'

old hippy

mikemac1 wrote: »

Pride in your county :cool:
You would not even dream of buying a second hand car with a reg from your fierce rivals over the border
You shall have your county colours out during championship season, you will even use chalk to write good luck on the main road in the village


The Brits don't have this passion, well maybe the cricketers do but it's not as intense

LOL; you should try living here. I assure you, they have patriotism & jingoism down to a fine art.

I don't get this pride lark, tbh. It's all rather parochial and twee in the grand scheme of things, dontcha think?

mikemac1

County first, country second!

old hippy

mikemac1 wrote: »

County first, country second!

One world, brother

Copper_pipe

If the priest in our parish knew that there was a match on he would say a 20 minute mass with no cernon, every other time its 45 minutes

Knex*

Making sure you get so drunk that you can barely tell the difference between your arse and your elbow, before you ever work up the courage to hit on a girl that you like.

Talking to women whilst sober is gay.

Festy

kfallon wrote: »

Why would you wear a jersey under a jersey?

Irish people love saying 'runners' instead of trainers, sneakers etc!

Because we're Irish :pac:

Festy

mikemac1 wrote: »

Aye, not doubting ya jockey lad

You like dinner in the middle of the day, around midday. And that's it, that's all you eat until supper at 8pm, no wonder I was a scrawny slim young lad

Potatoes every day, pasta is for them eye talians. Rice is considered exotic, I certainly never had rice at home growing up.

Jelly and icecream is a special treat. As for vienneta, that's for rich people!

Terrified of leaving the immersion on and in mortal fear of ESB bills, you will ensure you don't mess this up

Judge a car by the year on the reg.

2litre of milk is known as a gallon of milk

Talk about mpg yet you don't buy fuel by the gallon and roadsigns are in km. Why has mpg not died out?

Take your car for a spin but make sure you don't spin it

On your drive you'll see the wasters from the council leaning on their shovels as if the weight on the world was on their shoulders

The corpo became the council over a decade ago but you still call it the corpo

If you are a farmer you give the nazi salute, if you live rural thou shalt salute everyone with a subtle tap on the steering wheel. You will be known as a snob if you fail to salute

You like to stand at the back of the church or outside on the porch, sitting down is for women and children

You like a grand short mass and you like when the priest works something about GAA into their sermon. Yes, this happens

lol'd hard at this

Festy

Wearing the GAA jersey abroad.Can't believe nobody mentioned that one yet.:)

mikemac1

Fail your driving test and then drive home

Eve_Dublin

kfallon wrote: »

I'm just trying to put across the point that nowhere else in the world do people refer to them as 'runners' only here!

Wrong! They call them runners in Canada (or at least in Vancouver)! My old housemate referred to runners as "runners" one day and I was like, "Whaaaa??? That's my bleedin' word! :mad: Thief!".

herosa

mikemac1 wrote: »

Fail your driving test and then drive home

That was quite a culture shock for me and I only live outside Newry.There are Northies who still dont believe me about that one.

Driving on your own with a provisional licence. Its changing now but it was interesting while it lasted.

Palytoxin

Toasted sandwiches.

fasttalkerchat

herosa wrote: »

That was quite a culture shock for me and I only live outside Newry.There are Northies who still dont believe me about that one.

Driving on your own with a provisional licence. Its changing now but it was interesting while it lasted.

Probably because you would be up in court for it up North. Difference is that very few people up North have insurance until they have a license because the instructor has insurance.

fasttalkerchat

mikemac1 wrote: »

On your drive you'll see the wasters from the council leaning on their shovels as if the weight on the world was on their shoulders

Driving through coleraine just before the NW200 (motorbike race). Council workers were painting the kerbs. There were 6 workers with one paint brush and one tin of paint!

AdamB

Carrying a shtick whilst out for a walk.....
Cream in their mashed poppies/spudz
Not complaining!!
Taking, posting and sharing photographs of hotels/hotel rooms that they just stayed in!
Complaining!...

Burt Lancaster

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Driving through coleraine just before the NW200 (motorbike race). Council workers were painting the kerbs. There were 6 workers with one paint brush and one tin of paint!

They're there to hose the blood off later on

orangesoranges

not buying reebok runners because of the english flag!!

fasttalkerchat

orangesoranges wrote: »

not buying reebok runners because of the english flag!!

Reebock trainers with the union flag replaced by a tricolour - courtesy of tipex and gel pens.

Merkin

Leaving Mass at Communion

Saying "there's a grand stretch in the evenings" as soon as we get to around late February

FREDNISMO

Clearing their nasal passage with their thumb and index finger by some strange catapult motion

LuckyFinigan

An aul plate of dinner, bit of chicken, few spuds, bit of collyflower on the side if their feeling feisty.

SilverKrest

And then saying the evenings are closing in around mid october.

GastroBoy

Calling a can of coke a, "tin of coke"
also, calling a tin of beans a, "can of beans".

Wait, I've confused myself now,...what?

old hippy

Merkin wrote: »

Leaving Mass at Communion

Saying "there's a grand stretch in the evenings" as soon as we get to around late February

Do ye still go to mass, then? I thought we'd moved on from all that!

I've never heard that saying - is it a rural saying?

kfallon

A good feed of stew!

Battered sausages from the chipper

flutterflye

Are all these things country things or something?
Coz I haven't heard of most of them.

kfallon

flutterflye wrote: »

Are all these things country things or something?
Coz I haven't heard of most of them.

Get out and broaden your horizons!!!

flutterflye

kfallon wrote: »

Get out and broaden your horizons!!!

Where?
In Ireland or abroad?
What are you on about?!
All I know is I'm from south Dublin, and I've never come across any of these things, so that's why I asked if it was a country thing.

Btw - I have of course heard of stew and battered sausages!!
I'm talking more of the sayings, and things like that.

fasttalkerchat

LuckyFinigan wrote: »

An aul plate of dinner, bit of chicken, few spuds, bit of collyflower on the side if their feeling feisty.

Be grand.

Any key?

Festy wrote: »

Wearing the GAA jersey abroad.Can't believe nobody mentioned that one yet.:)

thats cause people don't really,not over here anyway.Not when ya have to live somewhere.
Pennys
Supportin the parish
Predrinkin

kfallon

flutterflye wrote: »

Where?
In Ireland or abroad?
What are you on about?!
All I know is I'm from south Dublin, and I've never come across any of these things, so that's why I asked if it was a country thing.

Yeah get down the country, you'll have loads of new sayings to amaze your friends with when you come back!

mikemac1

A big turnout at a funeral
And everyone will judge and comment on the turnout


I've seen funerals on British TV and there are only a handful of people there often times
And I wonder was this person realy unpopular? Did they lead an awful life?
But it's neither, funerals just aren't a big thing I suppose


Larry Murphy would get a bigger funeral in Wicklow then some of these British funerals get

fasttalkerchat

This theme tune:

fasttalkerchat

mikemac1 wrote: »

A big turnout at a funeral
And everyone will judge and comment on the turnout


I've seen funerals on British TV and there are only a handful of people there often times
And I wonder was this person realy unpopular? Did they lead an awful life?
But it's neither, funerals just aren't a big thing I suppose


Larry Murphy would get a bigger funeral in Wicklow then some of these British funerals get

Irish funerals are a bigger even than elsewhere. Just look at the reaction when the RUC tried to disrupt funeral processions during the troubles.