What the Americans think of Ireland

Dinner

I cant help detecting some sarcasm in that first Yank's post. Maybe its just me though.

Basq

Ha... look where chilipop has wandered off to!

Or could J.Keating be chilipop.....

Gazza22

You ever talk to any Americans on the net? They are a bit mad, they fall over there heels when you say you are from IrrrrrrrrreLand....

They think we are living on this magical little island isolated from the rest of the world, i was even asked once did i ever hear of McDonalds :rolleyes:

Humblebee

He was obviously being mostly sarcastic. Everyone knows the last of the mermaids was killed off years ago by over-hunting.

Wertz

basquille wrote:

Ha... look where chilipop has wandered off to!

Or could J.Keating be chilipop.....

Tune in next time...

Oh and what is an FAB? Some sort of chip manafacturing machine?

Gazza22

yep...chip FABrication

DublinWriter

J.Keating wrote:

they really don't have a clue

I'm old enough to remember when Americans were considered 'rich'.

Here's a good one...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8191.htm

Chad ghostal

The link doesnt work. it requires login, perhaps
you could tell us what forum or thread its iN?!?

Chad ghostal

Oooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkk..the OP has disintigrated from the thread.....

monkeyfudge

Chad ghostal wrote:

Oooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkk..the OP has disintigrated from the thread.....

Yeah. How does he do that? He left me looking like some nipple crazed loon in another thread....

Chad ghostal

monkeyfudge wrote:

nipple crazed loon

lol..

i assume he got very banned (as opposed to just banned)..
hes been pulled from the entire board it seems...
which means i cant find out what caused it..

monkeyfudge

Chad ghostal wrote:

lol..

i assume he got very banned (as opposed to just banned)..
hes been pulled from the entire board it seems...
which means i cant find out what caused it..

Maybe he traveled back in time and killed his own grandfather and thus completely wiping all trace of himself from history.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we forget.

Sparky

I have to laugh when they come over to IrrrreeeeLand and try to rent a car the best some can afford is a micra or 206.
Just wait till they go to the petrol or "Gas" station and find out its $1.32 a litre not $1.32 a gallon.
There even amazed we have Satellite TV and Xbox's also not to mention a flushing toliet.

OY

Sparky_S wrote:

not to mention a flushing toliet.

OMG! Are you serious? Where?
Lucky sod!

DonkeyStyle \o/

It really makes you wonder how Ireland is marketed abroad at all at all :rolleyes:
I suppose it's what's worked for us in the past.

Sparky

nevernev wrote:

OMG! Are you serious? Where?
Lucky sod!

Yea i got mine installed just 2 days ago, it even re-fills itself
I feel like 1 in a million

Sparky

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

It really makes you wonder how Ireland is marketed abroad at all at all :rolleyes:
I suppose it's what's worked for us in the past.

Hey dont you remember we have to market that we still have Leapreachauns hiding in the woods.

(i assume i spelt Leapreachauns wrong, i hope i did'nt make that mistake in the brochure aswell )

Sparky

Was this J.Keating person Banned for posting crap like this


Originally Posted by J.Keating
Hey people here is my brand new alternative to fix it friday on the radio
If anyone has any questions they cant solve
post it here and We will try to answer you
I will then post them in a pdf file every two years,
see my definitive guide to buying laptops in my sig.

Every two years WTF.

MissyKiki

gazza22 wrote:

You ever talk to any Americans on the net? They are a bit mad, they fall over there heels when you say you are from IrrrrrrrrreLand....

They think we are living on this magical little island isolated from the rest of the world, i was even asked once did i ever hear of McDonalds :rolleyes:

You have to realize our history lessons start in Ancient Greece, go to Rome, mention some invasion from the north, then America gets discovered. We get very little else except from TV and Movies, which show little cottages, little green men and their gold, and lots of whiskey. (Actually, I like the whiskey part.) Many Americans are ignorant, uncultured swine who can barely speak one language let alone 2. So , do you really have McDonalds? (just kidding)

MissyKiki

Sparky_S wrote:

I have to laugh when they come over to IrrrreeeeLand and try to rent a car the best some can afford is a micra or 206.
Just wait till they go to the petrol or "Gas" station and find out its $1.32 a litre not $1.32 a gallon.
There even amazed we have Satellite TV and Xbox's also not to mention a flushing toliet.

Wait....you have XBOX? Really? I don't even have one of those...LOL We can afford computers and we can put a man on the moon, but we can't make people believe it isn't that much different in other places in the world. And I have to say the whole metric conversion screws a lot of Americans up. I guess everyone here think thigs haven't changed over there since Frank McCourt grew up.

ApeXaviour

A conversation I had about a year ago:

"Where are you from?"
"Ireland"
"Oh my god! So does that mean you have an accent!!?"
"er.. I suppose"
"I love accents!"
"Do you, I like your accents too"
"Huh?"
"..You also have an accent"
"lol, naw-aw hun, I'm from america!"

This is why I love the american people They're either really astute and well-informed because they had the impetus to learn about the world by themselves (ie democrats). Or (as more often is the case), they are a complete parody of themselves.. Fukkin hilarious!

Exit

ApeXaviour wrote:

"lol, naw-aw hun, I'm from america!"

They actually say 'lol'!? Weirdos.

Megatron

Exit wrote:

They actually say 'lol'!? Weirdos.

I know a few sweeds who acutally do say LoL when they find something funneh

Branoic

Ha! That's nothing! When I was in the US about 10 years ago I was in a car being driven by a young American woman (about 20ish). We passed a graveyard and I noticed that the vast majority of the head stones were actually laid flat in the ground, as opposed to standing upright, which is the more usual fashion in Ireland. I considered this to be quite odd and so I gave the graveyard more than just a passing glance. The American, noticing my slight interest, explained it all to me.............

"Oh yeah, you see, over here, when people die, we bury them."

ApeXaviour

lmao

jesus christ.. I actually don't know whether to laugh or puke

the_syco

Branoic wrote:

"Oh yeah, you see, over here, when people die, we bury them."

What a waste!

Braaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnsssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

RobertFoster

Megatron wrote:

I know a few sweeds who acutally do say LoL when they find something funneh

I know some Dutch guys who also do the same. There word meaning "laugh" is actually "lol" in Dutch.

Sparky

There are just 3 things to sum up americas stupidity

GEORGE W BUSH

StupidLikeAFox

You shower of stereotyping little feckers!

Sparky

Oh myyyyy Goooddddd. they have the sun over here aswell.

Well TBH im amazed we have the sun here sometimes.:)

radiospan

I heard a story about an American exchange student who came over to one of the secondary schools in Cork for transition year, and was asking about the noises that the pedestrian crossing makes:

"What's that noise from the traffic lights?"
"That's so blind people know when the lights have changed."
"Oh, in America, we don't let blind people drive."

Gaz

When you have a population of 200 million or so , if only 1% are idiots , thats still 2 million morons.

Just remember most of your favourite movies are made there , most major scientific/medical advaces happen there , alot of technology is developed there , I bet your using an american OS ?

Maybe its just more and more trailer parks are getting internet access.

Sparky

plazzTT wrote:

I heard a story about an American exchange student who came over to one of the secondary schools in Cork for transition year, and was asking about the noises that the pedestrian crossing makes:

"What's that noise from the traffic lights?"
"That's so blind people know when the lights have changed."
"Oh, in America, we don't let blind people drive."

They did on Jackass

Actually we do allow blind people to drive, thats why our insurances are so high

Sparky

I remember hearing the story of an americian filling in his medical stuff in his wallet and in the BLOOD GROUP he writes in the word RED.

Thick or what.

[Jackass]

What Irish People Think Of Americans:

Fat, Igonorant, Stupid, Hippocrits, with a government that took part in the most flawed, illegal, and nationally embarresing war campaign since history has been recorded. They re-elect him. They come from the most hated country in the world, which will cause them to be spat at in at very least anywhere outside the western "axis of evil", but more than likely they will be kidnapped or murderd for there nationality.

We're Irish, we're loved in every corner of the globe. We won the lottery of life by being born here. If you don't like us, go home.

MissyKiki

Sparky_S wrote:

There are just 3 things to sum up americas stupidity

GEORGE W BUSH

I'd have to agree wholeheatedly with that one! And yes, I say LOL, i'm just too lazy to type "Laughing Out Loud" I can't wait to move UGH!

MissyKiki

ColHol wrote:

You shower of stereotyping little feckers!

Well, That's mostly true, but we aren't all that way. However if I had tuppence for every time someone asked me where my English co-worker was from, I'd buy a small island and retire.

MissyKiki

plazzTT wrote:

I heard a story about an American exchange student who came over to one of the secondary schools in Cork for transition year, and was asking about the noises that the pedestrian crossing makes:

"What's that noise from the traffic lights?"
"That's so blind people know when the lights have changed."
"Oh, in America, we don't let blind people drive."

Oh my God, tell me you made that up.....sadly, I believe you and I'm reminded of stupidity everyday. We even have people who think they need a passport to go to Hawaii because it's out of the country. I think the Irish have a name for these people - you guys call them tourists.

MissyKiki

Darth Homer wrote:

When you have a population of 200 million or so , if only 1% are idiots , thats still 2 million morons.

Just remember most of your favourite movies are made there , most major scientific/medical advaces happen there , alot of technology is developed there , I bet your using an american OS ?

Maybe its just more and more trailer parks are getting internet access.

You make an excellent point. However, most of our prominent doctors, scientists and engineers came from India, the middle east, Japan, China. There are a few home grown, but they are getting fewer in number.

MissyKiki

DubGuy22 wrote:

What Irish People Think Of Americans:

Fat, Igonorant, Stupid, Hippocrits, with a government that took part in the most flawed, illegal, and nationally embarresing war campaign since history has been recorded. They re-elect him. They come from the most hated country in the world, which will cause them to be spat at in at very least anywhere outside the western "axis of evil", but more than likely they will be kidnapped or murderd for there nationality.

We're Irish, we're loved in every corner of the globe. We won the lottery of life by being born here. If you don't like us, go home.

You forgot apathetic. And the rest of the country is fat because they eat McDonalds and drink Starbucks, maybe it's becoming a world wide trend. And, yes, the war is stupid and Bush is an Idiot. Luckily I'm working hard on sounding like I'm from anywhere but here

tovalee

these kinds of threads make me laugh. I'm american and when i was in Ireland, i got the same kind of ignorant remarks from the Irish. "you mean everyone doesnt have a gun?" "you're american? have you ever seen a bear?" wtf?
the truth is theres idiots everywhere, and if more americans knew what a sore lot you all really were they wouldnt be falling all over themselves for you.

boo4842

Anna971 wrote:

Many Americans are ignorant, uncultured swine who can barely speak one language let alone 2. So , do you really have McDonalds? (just kidding)

Many Irish are the exact same? You think everyone is multilingual in Ireland and speaks them both fluently? "Oi'm goin te me bleedin mot's gaf"

Imagine if an American came to the square for a day, and concluded that all Irish have babies, wear tracksuits or knock off 501's with tight haircuts, football jersey's and are showered with the cheapest jewelry money can buy.

And "money" as in social welfare cheques.

And "buy" as in steal.

cordelia

Where's the hospitality folks?
Talk about stereotyping...get back to your dancin' in the crossroads, begorra jeysus, 'tis a soft day don't ye know, and all that yerself.
I'm gonna put my fat a@@ in a pair of stirrup pants and head on down to McDonalds for a doublecheese burger and a Starbucks coffee (hell, there's one on every corner...) before I go back to my trailer park and watch Fox News to find out if the Pope has been witnessed to by Jerry Falwell and finally discovered the Lord (can I hear an amen?). Then I'm gonna put on the Jerry Springer Show, cornrow my hair and go pick up my ten illegitimate children on the way to the welfare office.

Meanwhile, yous lads go put on yer white socks and black slippers, grab yer favourite sheep and head on down to the pub for a few pints o' the black before yes go to mass to be fondled by the parish priest at the top o' the mornin' and head back home to yer mammies. :eek:

*Yeah, half the country are f#nkin' idiots, but there are quite a lot of smart and informed people around as well... why, some of us even gradiated university with a dawgree o higher learnin'.

boo4842

Anna971 wrote:

And I have to say the whole metric conversion screws a lot of Americans up. I guess everyone here think thigs haven't changed over there since Frank McCourt grew up.

Maybe its because Ireland uses BOTH systems that confuses people. Street Sign: Sligo - 140kms

"Oh well the limit on the road is 70, so I should get there in 2 hours."

No I'm afraid some of the signs are metric, the others are imperial.

Oh so the distance signs are metric then?

Yes! ... I mean no, I mean yes, except for the older white signs they are still in miles. Well most of them. Some towns have them in kms. Well maybe not the whole town, but some roads have the same system.

Which roads?

Well the one that paddy with the red hair lives on. We're not entirely sure the names of all the roads. We prefer to give directions as "the road with the hill on it." "Or 2 roads passed the 3rd roundabout after the spar shop."

:cool:

boo4842

Sparky_S wrote:

Yea i got mine installed just 2 days ago, it even re-fills itself
I feel like 1 in a million

When I worked in Dublin, we had a quick poll, and about 70% of our dept had a relation who either had or still has a toilet that is detached from their house, that they remember using as a child. Or at least had parents that did.

Cake Fiend

cordelia wrote:

*Yeah, half the country are f#nkin' idiots, but there are quite a lot of smart and informed people around as well... why, some of us even gradiated university with a dawgree o higher learnin'.

Are we talking about the US or Ireland here?
Seems to me (especially after reading this thread) that it applies to both countries



I love the irony of people blah-blahing about ignorance and stupidity, while tarring almost 300 million people with the same (ill informed) brush...

Branoic

There's a slight difference between tarring 300 million people with the same brush and various people relating various encounters they've had with various stupid people who just happen to be American.

I certainly don't judge all Americans this way. I know a lot of very intelligent Americans. I also know a lot of mind bogglingly stupid ones.

Hobbes

Encounters I've had...

1. One asking me if I knew "Micheal Collins" because he is Irish too.
2. One person asking me if I knew "The knights of tir na nog".
3. Someone asking me where is Ireland? After widening the area to "Europe" they said "Ooh France".
4. Asking how are things in Belguim because thats in Europe too.

cordelia

Did you know Michael Collins?
Knights of Tir Na Nog?

Please tell me you're joking, man, please!!!
If not, please tell me that you strengthened the gene pool by offing these people...

Sleepy

I think the majority of Americans have the same rose-tinted ideas of Ireland as the ex pats who gave them that idea. Think about it, every genuine Irish pub (i.e. one that Irish ex-pats drink in) that I've ever been in has been full of Ra-loving, ballad singing people that have no concept of what life's like "back in the old country".

When you consider how many Americans would have some Irish heritage or other (given that we sent millions of people over there during the past few centuries), it's not hard to understand why the country as a whole shares the same rose-tinted glasses.

It seems to be a fact of life that anyone that leaves their home will eventually forget all that was crap about it and only remember the good things (or in extreme cases, start to think of the bad things as good with the brain-adling elixir of nostalgia). It's pretty similar to school. When you meet old school-friends you don't recollect all the dreary wet tuesdays when nothing exciting happened, you remember all the fun things that were pretty out of the ordinary when you were there.

iguana

Working in Dunnes 6 years ago and a couple come to my register.
"Oh my gawd, George," says the woman looking at the rows of sweets by the checkout, "they have all the same candy here that we have at home. Mars, Snickers, Twix.........................."