"He was a Character"

posturingpat · 2016-12-19 18:32:03

Random enough thread but something that dawned on me over the weekend whilst having a pint with some older gentlemen was how they recalled old "characters" that had left the area or passed away. The thing i noticed was all these apparent characters were pretty much wastes of space,below i have the 4 categories that…

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#32 20-12-2016 04:47PM

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He was a character is code for he was a drunken prick that made a fool of himself every time he left the house and would entertain the patrons in the local pub by singing old songs and talking ****e. Every town has them, when they alive they're known as wino's and bums. When they die, they're known as "characters"

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#33 20-12-2016 05:00PM

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A chancer, up to any scam or scheme to make a few pound, often found in FF circles, especially the Galway tent.

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