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Only in Ireland...

  • 21-03-2022 9:51am
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    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,513 ✭✭✭


    Over the last few weeks or so I seemed to have noticed in media many people say "only in Ireland..." and then mention something not unique to Ireland. The ones that get me are when it a reporter quotes somebody saying it and never says anything about reality. I have friends all over the world and they have also mentioned the idiotic saying being said about where they live.

    Friend from the USA relayed this story tome. A house was being done up on his street and there was a bidet in the driveway along with other sanitary ware. One of the neighbours asks what it is and is told. He laughs and says "Only in America" and my friend says the name is a huge hit that it is not American and also more common in lot of countries. The guys response "yeah but only in America right?"

    There was a report in the Irish Times and a person struggling to buy a home say "Only in Ireland could rent be more than a mortgage" No this is standard around the world as basic financial ramifications of buying a property and renting it. Just casually said and left in the article.

    If it was just a irritation of stupidity that would be fine but I do believe it has a psychological effect on people who actually believe that everything is unique and worse in Ireland because they don't know any better.



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