Whats the most pretentious part of Dublin?

fryup

Was up from the country yesterday to collect my folks from the ferry in Dun Laoghaire, so had a few hours to spare ..so dropped into a cafe in monkstown..for breakfast.

And i have to say the ears nearly dropped off me with all the D4 pompous claptrap from the various tables..."oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September" "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old" "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price" it was almost like a game everyone trying to out BS each other:rolleyes:

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

PhoenixParker

The ferry in Dun Laoghaire? Yesterday?

corglass

fryup wrote: »

Was up from the country yesterday to collect my folks from the ferry in Dun Laoghaire, so had a few hours to spare ..so dropped into a cafe in monkstown..for breakfast.

And i have to say the ears nearly dropped off me with all the D4 pompous claptrap from the various tables..."oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September" "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old" "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price" it was almost like a game everyone trying to out BS each other:rolleyes:

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

I've another idea where the bs lies in this thread

corglass

fryup wrote: »

Was up from the country yesterday to collect my folks from the ferry in Dun Laoghaire, so had a few hours to spare ..so dropped into a cafe in monkstown..for breakfast.

And i have to say the ears nearly dropped off me with all the D4 pompous claptrap from the various tables..."oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September" "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old" "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price" it was almost like a game everyone trying to out BS each other:rolleyes:

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

I've another idea where the bs lies in this thread

hairyslug

Ohh fancy you having your own yacht.

judeboy101

Sheriff street

Mary63

He must mean a cruise ship.

There are no ferries coming into Dunlaoghaire for the past two years.

griffdaddy

fryup wrote: »

Was up from the country yesterday to collect my folks from the ferry in Dun Laoghaire, so had a few hours to spare ..so dropped into a cafe in monkstown..for breakfast.

And i have to say the ears nearly dropped off me with all the D4 pompous claptrap from the various tables..."oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September" "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old" "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price" it was almost like a game everyone trying to out BS each other:rolleyes:

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

Why must you turn my office into a house of lies?

Mech1

C'mon OP tell the truth, no more bs about ferries in Dunlaoire.

Zaph

Monkstown is not in D4. This whole thread is based on a foundation of falsehoods.

moleyv

The biggest hole in this story is that they would be eating in the same place.

vicwatson

Well most of "Foxrock" is infact in Deansgrange but they like to claim it as the rock

Anesthetize

fryup wrote: »

Was up from the country yesterday to collect my folks from the ferry in Dun Laoghaire, so had a few hours to spare ..so dropped into a cafe in monkstown..for breakfast.

And i have to say the ears nearly dropped off me with all the D4 pompous claptrap from the various tables..."oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September" "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old" "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price" it was almost like a game everyone trying to out BS each other:rolleyes:

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

I don't see what any of that has to do with being pretentious. Those people are actually higher-middle class toffs. They're not pretending to be.

Peregrine

Your story is full of holes, OP.

Zaph

vicwatson wrote: »

Well most of "Foxrock" is infact in Deansgrange but they like to claim it as the rock

It's a well known fact that Foxrock is the largest area in Dublin covering an area encompassing everywhere from Killiney to Ballsbridge, depending on who you speak to. Obviously parts of it overlap with the second largest area in Dublin, which is Killiney itself.

Stealthfins

Anesthetize wrote:

I don't see what any of that has to do with being pretentious. Those people are actually higher-middle class toffs. They're not pretending to be.

Billy Connolly had a great sketch about these knobs.

Middle class toffs,more like knobs ha ha

Tigger

So much potential to reel the op in wasted, Op a question ; did this happen a few years ago and you thought you'd talk about it now and that you would move it to yesterday to stay current or is it simply a complete act of fantasy?

Mech1

OP has over 8.5K posts on here, how many of those can be trusted now?

MissFlitworth

Several of my country colleague's kids are off to Trinity over the next few weeks. Gurteen College of Agriculture must be below them. Upwardly mobile, pretentious brats. Who do they think they are getting the requisite Leaving Cert results. Probably haven't even gotten Bishop's dispensation.

Hope your pretend breakfast was nice, OP!

Barry Badrinath

fryup wrote: »

Was up from the country yesterday to collect my folks from the ferry in Dun Laoghaire, so had a few hours to spare ..so dropped into a cafe in monkstown..for breakfast.

And i have to say the ears nearly dropped off me with all the D4 pompous claptrap from the various tables..."oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September" "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old" "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price" it was almost like a game everyone trying to out BS each other:rolleyes:

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

Lies, lies, lies.

I frequent those cafes on a weekly basis and never hear any of that bolloxology.

Admit you are making this up or you risk looking like a complete tool.

Stealthfins

Throw a spanner in the works lol

ricardo1

Tigger wrote: »

So much potential to reel the op in wasted, Op a question ; did this happen a few years ago and you thought you'd talk about it now and that you would move it to yesterday to stay current or is it simply a complete act of fantasy?

No. I think the OP was watching Damo & Ivor last night and just letting off some steam.

There's another programme called Made in Chelsea OP. Have a look and tell us how pretentious SW3 London is.

spurious

I'm not sure if it's pretentious or beyond cool to call a cruise ship a ferry.

Peregrine

Mary63 wrote: »

He must mean a cruise ship.

There are no ferries coming into Dunlaoghaire for the past two years.

http://dlharbour.ie/cruise-schedule/

And, according to this, there hasn't been a cruise ship in Dún Laoghaire in over two weeks. I think the OP is telling porkies.

Peregrine

Peregrine wrote: »

http://dlharbour.ie/cruise-schedule/

And, according to this, there hasn't been a cruise ship in Dún Laoghaire in over two weeks. I think the OP is telling porkies.

To be fair it doesn't take checking ferry schedules to know the OP is lying. The whole post is ridiculous.

And at some point in future if I'm proud of my kids for getting their course in Trinity makes me pretentious, then sign me up.

Hunchback

Even though my toes are rigidly curled inwards with embarrassment for the OP , I wonder what was his/her motivation for this tale.

alastair

I sent the chauffeur out in the Duesenberg to collect my butler from the Howth tram last week, and he mentioned that there were some very uppidy merchants out in Kingstown all right.

Birneybau

Hunchback wrote: »

Even though my toes are rigidly curled inwards with embarrassment for the OP , I wonder what was his/her motivation for this tale.

Self loathing I'd presume.

endacl

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Admit you are making this up or you risk looking like a complete tool.

That ferry has sailed!

:pac:

Breaston Plants

Busted.

El Tarangu

Stealthfins wrote: »

Billy Connolly had a great sketch about these knobs.

Middle class toffs,more like knobs ha ha

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Good one.

andekwarhola

Give the guy a break.

It's obviously an impressionistic vignette written from inside a Bagatelle song.

drake70

Zaph wrote: »

It's a well known fact that Foxrock is the largest area in Dublin covering an area encompassing everywhere from Killiney(Ballybrack) to Ballsbridge, depending on who you speak to. Obviously parts of it overlap with the second largest area in Dublin, which is Killiney itself.

Aye Bosun

PhoenixParker wrote: »

The ferry in Dun Laoghaire? Yesterday?

There hasn't been a ferry in Dun Laoghaire in 3+ years, maybe the odd one at Christmas and they have completely pulled out of the harbour since April..I smell bull****!

The Hill Billy

Aye Bosun wrote: »

I smell bull****!

There is not a hint of male bovine ordure in Monkstown. Chanel No 5 is all.

One's thread is balderdash & piffle, I say!

Stealthfins

El Tarangu wrote:

Good one.

El Tarangu wrote:

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I've seen it a few time's it's funny alright,Billy Connolly never seems to have a negative slant at old money or the working class.

It's always the middle class pullover wannabe toffs he seems to take the proverbial out of.

I suppose when you have nothing or everything and are happy out its check mate isn't it....

endacl

The Hill Billy wrote: »

There is not a hint of male bovine ordure in Monkstown. Chanel No 5 is all.

One's thread is balderdash & piffle, I say!

Enough with the fancy mod talk.

:mad:

Mav11

Aye Bosun wrote: »

There hasn't been a ferry in Dun Laoghaire in 3+ years, maybe the odd one at Christmas and they have completely pulled out of the harbour since April..I smell bull****!

Not that I can't smell the BS but:

http://www.dublinbaycruises.com/cruises/dun-laoghaire-howth/

The Hill Billy

endacl wrote: »

Enough with the fancy mod talk.

:mad:

No worries, bud. I'm back now. I had me butler look after me account while I was at a 'Power-Tripping' class.

mrcheez

fryup wrote: »

all the D4 pompous claptrap

- "oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September"
- "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old"
- "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price"

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

Boggers don't go to Trinity or buy/sell cars/houses now?

fryup

whats with all this mud slinging???

they were on the day ferry/cruise > Howth to Dun laoghaire

and if you must know the name of the cafe was Cafe du Journal, with a whole pile of tables & chairs outside, just down from the car dealership Jeeze!

and yes it was full of D4 knobends

Walter H Price

fryup wrote: »

Was up from the country yesterday to collect my folks from the ferry in Dun Laoghaire, so had a few hours to spare ..so dropped into a cafe in monkstown..for breakfast.

And i have to say the ears nearly dropped off me with all the D4 pompous claptrap from the various tables..."oh my Simon is going to Trinity in September" "oh i'll have to change my BMW soon its nearly two years old" "i think i'll sell the house for 1 million thats a fair price" it was almost like a game everyone trying to out BS each other:rolleyes:

a world apart from where i come from i tell ya

In what world is having a child going to college / university , buying a new car or selling your house pretentious ?

To be honest sounds quite similar to conversations you'd hear in Cafes all over the city.

You can probably add other posh "notions" topics such as foreign holidays , books , theatre and jobs to that list :P

endacl

Walter H Price wrote: »

In what world is having a child going to college / university , buying a new car or selling your house pretentious ?

To be honest sounds quite similar to conversations you'd hear in Cafes all over the city.

You can probably add other posh "notions" topics such as foreign holidays , books , theatre and jobs to that list :P

Stag weekends?

:pac::pac::pac:

alastair

fryup wrote: »

whats with all this mud slinging???

they were on the day ferry/cruise > Howth to Dun laoghaire

and if you must know the name of the cafe was Cafe du Journal, with a whole pile of tables & chairs outside, just down from the car dealership Jeeze!

and yes it was full of D4 knobends

Bit late to be having breakfast, wasn't it?
How did your folks get to Howth in the first place?

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^

all day breakfast,

the ferry, return trip

alastair

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^

all day breakfast,

the ferry, return trip

Not really a 'Howth to DunLaoghaire' cruise then, was it? Asides from not being a ferry.

HivemindXX

Another possible explanation, apart from simply making up stories that is, is that you have a massive inferiority complex. This could cause you to overreact to perfectly normal conversations about children going to college and buying new cars. You seem to have a problem with the accents, perhaps that is what tipped you over.

endacl

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^

all day breakfast,

the ferry, return trip

Were they serving shoulder chips?

Aye Bosun

Mav11 wrote: »

Not that I can't smell the BS but:

http://www.dublinbaycruises.com/cruises/dun-laoghaire-howth/

That's not a ferry, it's tourist boat. The ferry was operated by Stenaline, who have not being operating a service in the harbour for years..at present all the infrastructure for the ferry service is been taken down. Definitely no ferry here..my office window overlooks it!

Walter H Price

Aye Bosun wrote: »

That's not a ferry, it's tourist boat. The ferry was operated by Stenaline, who have not being operating a service in the harbour for years..at present all the infrastructure for the ferry service is been taken down. Definitely no ferry here..my office window overlooks it!

No doubt the OP's story is BS , just odd the fake topics of conversation he picked to illustrate the pretentiousness in Dublin.

Kids going to college, buying and selling property (even at in and around 1M) and upgrading cars are hardly pompous pretentious topics in the modern world.

Definite shoulder chips in evidence

Teyla Emmagan

Morto for you OP.