Interesting trait of Irish people

completedit

Extrapolating talents, skills and feats of famous irish people to the population at large. We are all playwrights, musicians, dramatists, interlocutors, whimsical ntellectuals and poets. Bizarre.

begbysback

eh?

Gregor Samsa

Does this mean all Belgians are action movie stars?

nullzero

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Does this mean all Belgians are action movie stars?

A very charitable thing to relate to Belgium...

Quantum Erasure

Saints and scholars

Kermit.de.frog

Step away from the alcohol

Vita nova

It's the Irish man/woman's burden when abroad to sound like a Yeats or a Heaney when most of us are anything but.

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Your Face

I know exactly of whom you're talking about.

con747

You forgot we are cantankerous bastards.

spring lane jack

drunks

Kaybaykwah

Yes, well, I find that the fair solution is to settle for a hybrid trait of inebriate pugilistic bards. Let's face it, even the dainty lasses have to own up to this.

Tell me how

completedit wrote: »

Extrapolating talents, skills and feats of famous irish people to the population at large. We are all playwrights, musicians, dramatists, interlocutors, whimsical ntellectuals and poets. Bizarre.

You just made up a statement, and then called it Bizarre.

Is the left side of your brain not talking to the right?

ILoveYourVibes

completedit wrote: »

Extrapolating talents, skills and feats of famous irish people to the population at large. We are all playwrights, musicians, dramatists, interlocutors, whimsical ntellectuals and poets. Bizarre.

I'm not but part of my DNA isn't Irish. So i put it down to that.

But i will say this.

Most irish people in my mind ...are beautiful speakers. And i love to listen to you all.

I wish i had your gift.

Gorteen

Begrudgery

ILoveYourVibes

Gorteen wrote: »

Begrudgery

Very true.

Pkiernan

completedit wrote: »

Extrapolating talents, skills and feats of famous irish people to the population at large. We are all playwrights, musicians, dramatists, interlocutors, whimsical ntellectuals and poets. Bizarre.

You forgot thieving bastards.

ILoveYourVibes

Pkiernan wrote: »

You forgot thieving bastards.

Got your wallet!;)

Black Swan

Immigration

kowloonkev

I once told an American I don't drink and his response was... "Oh, were you an alcoholic?"

kowloonkev

completedit wrote: »

Extrapolating talents, skills and feats of famous irish people to the population at large. We are all playwrights, musicians, dramatists, interlocutors, whimsical ntellectuals and poets. Bizarre.

I suppose you have to take into account the type of people who were left; who survived the famine; and the English and the poverty. They'd have to be the dreamers.

ILoveYourVibes

kowloonkev wrote: »

I suppose you have to take into account the type of people who were left; who survived the famine; and the English and the poverty. They'd have to be the dreamers.

Don't think so. I think the dreamers mostly leave.


We are tough mother ****ers.

zanador

A friend of mine said when he moved here he was never quite sure when confronted with a shouting drunk Irishman if he was going to get punched or making a friend for life and he often didn't know til the last second

ILoveYourVibes

zanador wrote: »

A friend of mine said when he moved here he was never quite sure when confronted with a shouting drunk Irishman if he was going to get punched or making a friend for life and he often didn't know til the last second

I don't think i would want someone like that to be a friend for life.:pac:

whisky_galore

Don't post while high OP.

Placebo Effect

The Cáca Milis

ILoveYourVibes

Placebo Effect wrote: »

The Cáca Milis

Username here

Placebo Effect wrote: »

The Cáca Milis

Tá scamaill sa spéir.

dxhound2005

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Very true.

True.

ILoveYourVibes

Placebo Effect wrote: »

The Cáca Milis

i wasted 17 mins of my life and now so must you

There is always that dude on public transport though.

EmmetSpiceland

Irish people tend to be, highly, “sensitive” to criticism.

Aongus Von Bismarck

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Irish people tend to be, highly, “sensitive” to criticism.

That is correct. This is a site that primarily exists so people can complain and dish out criticism about other people, but when a poster like myself points out extremely valid traits about the Irish then other posters get extremely tetchy and defensive.

Some examples include:

- A lot of Irish people have horrific teeth. Things have improved, but you still set a lot of people wandering around with a set of teeth on them that wouldn't look out of place in the movie Deliverance.

- Overweight men in their 30's and 40's still wearing bootcut jeans and looking like they are looking forward to attending the Witnness Music Festival in the year 2000.

- That thing where Irish people go abroad and up the levels of Paddywhackery as they somehow believe it impresses the poor misfortunates who end up in their presence. This reaches its zenith when Ireland qualify for a soccer tournament, and will usually involve sunburn, drunkenness, a man in a fountain, and a desperate need to feel they are liked. Cringe inducing.

- Buying absolutely awful low-end cars on PCP finance.

Gregor Samsa

nullzero wrote: »

A very charitable thing to relate to Belgium...

It's a scientific fact, based on the characteristics of all their famous people combined.

Church on Tuesday

Tell me how wrote: »

You just made up a statement, and then called it Bizarre.

Is the left side of your brain not talking to the right?

Leave him alone he's an artiste.

For Forks Sake

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Does this mean all Belgians are action movie stars?

That's not usually the first thing that springs to mind when Belgium is mentioned

Our ability to get sun burned.

RandomViewer

kowloonkev wrote: »

I once told an American I don't drink and his response was... "Oh, were you an alcoholic?"

That's a fairly common question when someone refuses a drink,

For Forks Sake

For Forks Sake wrote: »

That's not usually the first thing that springs to mind when Belgium is mentioned

Belgium is a bit like Tir na n'og, Longford, Atlantis or the Bermuda Triangle... not sure if it's a real place.

dxhound2005

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

That is correct. This is a site that primarily exists so people can complain and dish out criticism about other people, but when a poster like myself points out extremely valid traits about the Irish then other posters get extremely tetchy and defensive.

Your points may or may not be valid, others can decide. But by couching them in such extreme terms, you can expect extreme reactions.

dxhound2005

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Your points may or may not be valid, others can decide. But by couching them in such extreme terms, you can expect extreme reactions.

Goal achieved then.

whisky_galore

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Irish people tend to be, highly, “sensitive” to criticism.

Irish making fun of other countries = havin' de craic.

Foreigners making fun of Ireland = highly offensive.

English people making fun of Ireland = Jihad declared.

vriesmays

completedit wrote: »

Extrapolating talents, skills and feats of famous irish people to the population at large. We are all playwrights, musicians, dramatists, interlocutors, whimsical ntellectuals and poets. Bizarre.

Most of them were Protestants yet the Irish Catholic majority think they have the exact same traits.

vriesmays

vriesmays wrote: »

Most of them were Protestants yet the Irish Catholic majority think they have the exact same traits.

I think you're talking about a time when education was elitist.

If you cannot think of many Irish people of varied backgrounds that have had a global impact in the OPs categories you're highly unlikely to be a candidate yourself.

EmmetSpiceland

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Irish people tend to be, highly, “sensitive” to criticism.

I would say we love it. One of the most self critical nations on Earth. I mean this whole thread is Irish self criticism.

ILoveYourVibes

We make good jockeys.

We have a way with horses.

Also .....i have a horse outside.

A part of Irish pride is tied to horses.

ILoveYourVibes

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

A part of Irish pride is tied to horses.

Strange thing about horses in Ireland, it's either the Traveller "class" (settled or not) or upper middle class that generally have a thing for horses... which are you?

boardise

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

We make good jockeys.

We have a way with horses.

Also .....i have a horse outside.

A part of Irish pride is tied to horses.

Extremely true. Cf documentary film CAPALLOLOGY ( 1968)
+ pound for pound best breeders, trainers and jockeys in the known universe.

Not forgetting the equine predilections of the significant ethnic minority known currently under the appellation 'Travellers'.

Gregor Samsa

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Strange thing about horses in Ireland, it's either the Traveller "class" (settled or not) or upper middle class that generally have a thing for horses... which are you?

Or just ordinary people, particularly in rural areas.

peasant

Deleted User wrote: »

I would say we love it. One of the most self critical nations on Earth. I mean this whole thread is Irish self criticism.

Being self-critical or not taking yourself too seriously is just an Irish prevention mechanism not to be criticized or laughed at by others

dxhound2005

Is owning a horse a trait? What about a bicycle?

ILoveYourVibes

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Is owning a horse a trait? What about a bicycle?

Sure. But we are not really bike people. that is the dutch.:)

ILoveYourVibes

boardise wrote: »

Extremely true. Cf documentary film CAPALLOLOGY ( 1968)

I will try and search for this on youtube.