Carry on.. we're Irish

HiJacques

Ever invoked the international immunity clause of Irish citizenship?

corner of hells

HiJacques wrote: »

Ever invoked the international immunity clause of Irish citizenship?

All the time.
Generally the doormen just tell me to **** off.

Ruu

Thought this was about a revival of the Carry On series!

nullzero

Ruu wrote: »

Thought this was about a revival of the Carry On series!

Ooh matron.

Birneybau

nullzero wrote: »

Ruu wrote: »

Thought this was about a revival of the Carry On series!

Ooh matron.

*Bra goes flying through the air*

Is this Freeman sh1te?

El Chapo

Kind of.

Visited Amsterdam with three friends a few years ago, one of the lads was never there and wanted to try a joint in one of the coffee shops. Off we went, we got one joint between the four of us as none of us were too keen on smoking weed, €4 it cost. The first timer took about three puffs and within a few minutes he went as white as I've ever seen anyone, he was absolutely motionless too. The owner was all to familiar with this situation so he gave him a glass of water with some sugar in it and sent us outside for some "fresh air".

He was getting worse if anything, he could barely summon the energy to speak. We were starting to panic. Then two police men were walking by when they spotted us, they were asking what the hell we were at and were getting pretty annoyed with us. One of the cops goes "fcuking English" while rolling his eyes to the clouds. I responded smart arsed, "we're Irish, actually". Their whole demeanor changed after those three magic words and they offered to take the patient and one of us to a nearby hospital, an offer we took them up on.

The patient returned to the hotel after a few hours a bit groggy but overall he was fine. Blood sugar level hit the floor apparently.

Thank you, big racist Dutch cop.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Repeatedly for swearing. I get away with it, too.

"Do you have Tourett's syndrome?"
"No, I'm Irish."
"Ahhh, ok then."

KingBrian2

Yeah we Irish are brilliant.:cool: So proud to be Irish.:) Mean that quite literally.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

On the east coast of the US the accent is almost like currency. The west, not as much.

P. Breathnach

LexieOnRale wrote: »

On the east coast of the US the accent is almost like currency. The west, not as much.

On the west coast, they might think you are from Boston.

LordSutch

LexieOnRale wrote: »

On the east coast of the US the accent is almost like currency. The west, not as much.

Or in some parts of Australia where an Irish accent might get you beaten up!

Your Face

Diplomatic Immunity !
*laughs diabolically*

marcbrophy

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Repeatedly for swearing. I get away with it, too.

"Do you have Tourett's syndrome?"
"No, I'm Irish."
"Ahhh, ok then."

I don't trust people who never swear!

Fcuking shower of cnuts

PirateShampoo

El Chapo wrote: »

Kind of.

Visited Amsterdam with three friends a few years ago, one of the lads was never there and wanted to try a joint in one of the coffee shops. Off we went, we got one joint between the four of us as none of us were too keen on smoking weed, €4 it cost. The first timer took about three puffs and within a few minutes he went as white as I've ever seen anyone, he was absolutely motionless too. The owner was all to familiar with this situation so he gave him a glass of water with some sugar in it and sent us outside for some "fresh air".

He was getting worse if anything, he could barely summon the energy to speak. We were starting to panic. Then two police men were walking by when they spotted us, they were asking what the hell we were at and were getting pretty annoyed with us. One of the cops goes "fcuking English" while rolling his eyes to the clouds. I responded smart arsed, "we're Irish, actually". Their whole demeanor changed after those three magic words and they offered to take the patient and one of us to a nearby hospital, an offer we took them up on.

The patient returned to the hotel after a few hours a bit groggy but overall he was fine. Blood sugar level hit the floor apparently.

Thank you, big racist Dutch cop.

So one of you took a few puffs of a joint and the 4 of you ended up in hospital?

I think you should have stuck with being English.

Butters1979

In Argentina, almost constantly. You'd be surprised how fresh the Falklands war is to them. There's references to it everywhere. One army base we passed close to the Brazil border had a large map of them outside at the gate to the base.

We met people from lots of different nationalities over there but very few British. Anyway as English speakers the locals were very wary, very standoffish until we mentioned we were Irish, then the change was noticeable. Very friendly and welcoming. Really changed the atmosphere. We learned very quickly to drop the 'were Irish' as soon as possible.

beach_walker

HiJacques wrote: »

Ever invoked the international immunity clause of Irish citizenship?

Not a fan of this but yeah, once. In a small-ish town in Massechutus. End of the night, lads have dispersed and it's me and two friends (one of whom was passed out). So the two of us are carrying him up the road, unsuccessfully trying to hail a cab. A police cruiser pulls up. Uh-oh, I mean we all know about cops in the US... The officer asks what's up, as soon as he hears my accent everything changed. They gave us a lift back to the house we were staying in and had much sh!te-talk along the way.

DvB

P. Breathnach wrote: »

On the west coast, they might think you are from Boston.

Or Australia... got that a few times in San Fran & San Diego. Sprayed beer the first time I heard it....

El Chapo

PirateShampoo wrote: »

So one of you took a few puffs of a joint and the 4 of you ended up in hospital?

I think you should have stuck with being English.

I think you should read the post before passing comment. In no way does it say four of us ended up in hospital.

Now, run along.