Differences between Irish and British people

Lapin

Augmerson wrote: »

My experience of England is admittedly very brief. Went over to Birmingham twice....

If you pleaded guilty from the start they'd only send you to Birmingham once.

Fratton Fred

That's a point, chippers, or chippies as we call them, will have cod and chips ready at peak times. If I walked in to my local chippy at 6:30 on a Friday and was given a number and told to wait 15 minutes I'd walk out.

Lapin

dxhound2005 wrote: »

What about Harrogate Ladies College?

Fine if you enjoy the company of coal miner's daughters.

Respectable girls go to Benenden.

RDM_83 again

The Irish like children, the english like pets.

stefan idiot jones

Fratton Fred wrote: »

That's a point, chippers, or chippies as we call them, will have cod and chips ready at peak times. If I walked in to my local chippy at 6:30 on a Friday and was given a number and told to wait 15 minutes I'd walk out.

When I were a lad, my local chip shop had a huge choice compared to Irish chippers (not the kebab, burger, pizza ones).

We had saveloys, sausages, battered sausages, jumbo sausages, battered jumbo sausages, Cornish pasties, flat pasties, gravy, mushy peas, beans, curry sauce, rissoles,scallops, fishcakes, steak and kidney pies, chicken and mushroom pies, roast chickens plus a choice of fish. The range seemed to be stuffed with choice.

My local chip shop in Edinburgh sold whisky and cat food.

Legs.Eleven

Omackeral wrote: »

Maybe not hate but you will find a large percentage that revel in the down fall of any sporting English teams. You'll find people with anti-British/English sentiment up and down the country while decked out in Arsenal/Man U/Liverpool jerseys and seeing no irony in it. They'll cheer Wayne Rooney on a Saturday and call him a scumbag on a Wednesday

Yeah I know the kind you're talking about. Fools.

Legs.Eleven

RDM_83 again wrote: »

The Irish like children, the english like pets.

They REALLY love their pets.

Fratton Fred

Hhmmm saveloys.

Distinct lack of pies in Ireland, especially Pukka pies.

MonstaMash

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Distinct lack of pies in Ireland, especially Pukka pies.

This...but we do have spice burgers, only ever found them off the island in Glasgow

Paddy Cow

Alun wrote: »

I'm English and I've never heard anybody call it a 'pass machine' here either.

Out of interest what do ye call it? I've only ever heard it referred to as the pass machine or sometimes the atm. As my friend the chef pointed out, it is bizarre that we call it that just because a bank used it on their card but most people I know say "pass machine", even though BOI stopped putting PASS on their cards years ago!

Pinch Flat

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I've only ever heard it referred to as the pass machine or sometimes the atm.

Cash point in the uk in my experience

Augmerson

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

My local chip shop in Edinburgh sold whisky and cat food.

****ing genius. No milk tho?

Lapin

Yep. The Brits really do fish 'n chips properly. And pies. I'd kill for a Jamacian Patty right now.

And beer in pubs.

Go anywhere in Ireland with the exception of a few speciality beer houses in cities and you're faced with the same choice of Guinness, Smithwicks, Bulmers and a couple of lagers on tap. Boring nitrokeg pish.

Go from one town to the next in Britain and you have a different choice of locally brewed proper real ale. I'd murder a pint of Marston's Pedigree right now to wash down that Jamacian Patty.

Burton upon Trent is one of the few useful towns up north.

stefan idiot jones

Burn Baby Burn wrote: »

Playing raps again?

whisky_galore

RDM_83 again wrote: »

The Irish like children, the english like pets.

Think the Continentals dote on their kids more, and they don't feed them half the crap the Irish do.

The British are very pet-friendly, you see dogs in pubs a lot more. Here, except as a regular down in a country pub, expect to be shown the door with one. A lot more responsible owners as well, less dog sh*t on pavements and dogs chasing cars.

Re pies, the idea of a COLD pork pie with that clear jelly stuff initially disgusted me. There's some nice ones 'oop North' though, the packaged Southern ones are sh!t.

Fratton Fred

whisky_galore wrote: »

Re pies, the idea of a COLD pork pie with that clear jelly stuff initially disgusted me. There's some nice ones 'oop North' though, the packaged Southern ones are sh!t.

Melton Mowbrey is the Mecca of pork pies.

Nigh on impossible to get white pudding in England though, which is a major bummer.

Pinch Flat

whisky_galore wrote: »

Re pies, the idea of a COLD pork pie with that clear jelly stuff initially disgusted me. There's some nice ones 'oop North' though, the packaged Southern ones are sh!t.

Pie, mash and liquor, particularly down the East End of London. "Loverly". Sadly a lot died out since my time there.

whisky_galore

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Melton Mowbrey is the Mecca of pork pies.

Nigh on impossible to get white pudding in England though, which is a major bummer.

You don't get to say 'pork' and 'Mecca' in the one sentence all that often.:pac:

maguic24

whisky_galore wrote: »

Re pies, the idea of a COLD pork pie with that clear jelly stuff initially disgusted me. There's some nice ones 'oop North' though, the packaged Southern ones are sh!t.

I absolutely friggin love pork pies!!! They have to be cold. And bovril on toast. My granaunt lived in London for years so maybe that's why we had pork pies from time to time. There was always bovril in the press too but no one in my family EVER drank it, twas for the toast. Om nom nom.

Paddy Cow

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Cash point in the uk in my experience

I understand that but in Ireland what do you call it? Like I said, most people I know call it the pass machine.

maguic24

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I understand that but in Ireland what do you call it? Like I said, most people I know call it the pass machine.

I just call it the atm.....

whisky_galore

maguic24 wrote: »

I just call it the atm.....

Think 'Pass' was an old brand name for it from AIB or BOI, I would call it Banklink, Hole In The Wall or Drinklink.

SEPT 23 1989

they look after their cars better in the UK

OldNotWIse

mad muffin wrote: »

The difference? In a nutshell?

The Irish get conquered.

The British conquer.

They have yet to conquer the sausage.

maguic24

whisky_galore wrote: »

Think 'Pass' was an old brand name for it from AIB or BOI, I would call it Banklink, Hole In The Wall or Drinklink.

Oh yeah, I call it the hole in the wall as well!

WoollyRedHat

questionmark? wrote: »

-The Brits love a good Queue. The Irish will skip the Q or bitch and moan about it.

It's been engrained in their culture since the years of rationing during the war, which meant long long ques to get better cuts of meat and fruti and veg on a first come first served .

Bit of history for ya.

whisky_galore

OldNotWIse wrote: »

They have yet to conquer the sausage.

All we had until recently was just one universal pale pink pork sausage, and that was it.

dxhound2005

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

It's been engrained in their culture since the years of rationing during the war, which meant long long ques to get better cuts of meat and fruti and veg on a first come first served .

Bit of history for ya.

From my observations I think Irish people join long queues so as they can have a moan at how long the queue is.

dxhound2005

whisky_galore wrote: »

All we had until recently was just one universal pale pink pork sausage, and that was it.

Pale pink something, probably not pork.

lashofeye

Pudding not dessert !!!!