Cringeworthy irish traditions that won't just die

Jerichoholic · 11-12-2017 03:23PM

Joe.ie is everything in this thread.

For Forks Sake · 11-12-2017 03:40PM

seachto7 wrote: »

Going on the pi55 as a night out. Imagine paying 100e for something in a shop, and the shop keeper telling you it'll make you puke your guts up, wipe out the day after, give you a blinding headache, and you may pi55 your pants too, or get into a fight. You'd say no wouldn't you?

I suspect you're doing it wrong.

SuperSean11 · 11-12-2017 03:44PM

Floody Boreland wrote: »

Tidy Towns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqekPeNPWY

Recycling in general, it’s just a scam.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 11-12-2017 03:51PM

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »

Aul wans saying 'Bless You' when you sneeze. Is there a place where they go to get ordained to be able to bestow such a gift on you?

If you sneeze on the New York City Subway, more often than not, someone will say 'Bless You'. It could be an old woman, or it could be a young man who looks like a gangbanger. It was quite bewildering the first time I heard it, but I think it's quite nice.

SuperSean11 · 11-12-2017 04:00PM

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

If you sneeze on the New York City Subway, more often than not, someone will say 'Bless You'. It could be an old woman, or it could be a young man who looks like a gangbanger. It was quite bewildering the first time I heard it, but I think it's quite nice.

It’s a social gesture not a religious one

21Savage · 11-12-2017 04:14PM

Elemonator wrote: »

Thinking when we go abroad everyone loves the Irish. They don't.

Self congratulating ourselves on everything whether it be football fans or "craic". Self congratulations is moot.

Thing is, a lot of people do love the Irish or at least idea of Ireland. I can see why the idea has spread but the fact we say it about ourselves is what makes it cringey. Just let it be.

whisky_galore · 11-12-2017 04:59PM

SuperSean11 wrote: »

It’s a social gesture not a religious one

Once worked with a Jehovah's Witness who urged us to stop using the phrase, as it was....superstitious...

Ash.J.Williams · 11-12-2017 05:14PM

Jerichoholic wrote: »

I was thinking more of the cringey dance that mostly gimps do...

e.g

When something gets as far as the Ellen show you know it's over!!

namloc1980 · 11-12-2017 05:52PM

Virtually everything in this thread is not in the least bit just an Irish tradition but found the world over.

It's like when your see something in the news about a politician or someone in authority caught doing something dodgy. You'll see plenty of "shur, they'd only do it Ireland" or "that would only happen in Ireland". If you say that I can only assume that you've never stepped foot outside Ireland and never seen any news from anywhere else in the world.

21Savage · 11-12-2017 06:02PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

Virtually everything in this thread is not in the least bit just an Irish tradition but found the world over.

It's like when your see something in the news about a politician or someone in authority caught doing something dodgy. You'll see plenty of "shur, they'd only do it Ireland" or "that would only happen in Ireland". If you say that I can only assume that you've never stepped foot outside Ireland and never seen any news from anywhere else in the world.

The everybody loves us thing is definitely an Irish thing. I've never ever seen it said anywhere before.

But I agree, lmao at that 'only in Ireland' page where they post a video of like some old one and invariably it has taken place in Russia or somewhere like that.

seachto7 · 11-12-2017 06:31PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

if all the things in bold happen to you during a piss-up then perhaps alcohol is not for you.

They don't but I don't act surprised or shocked when someone doesn't go out and drink alcohol.

namloc1980 · 11-12-2017 06:36PM

21Savage wrote: »

The everybody loves us thing is definitely an Irish thing. I've never ever seen it said anywhere before.

But I agree, lmao at that 'only in Ireland' page where they post a video of like some old one and invariably it has taken place in Russia or somewhere like that.

In fairness though, everybody does love us.

Fred Swanson · 11-12-2017 07:49PM

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Ipso · 11-12-2017 07:55PM

Asking celebrities what they think of Ireland and if they're going to visit, then complaining that said celebrity gives some clichéd response of how they love Ireland.

darkdubh · 11-12-2017 11:03PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

"Hundreds die in *insert natural/manmade disaster*, no Irish people are believed to be involved."

Oh that's grand so...

Not just an Irish thing. I remember a Monty Python sketch where they mocked the English tendency towards this.

burnsey1987 · 12-12-2017 12:40AM

That 21 kisses thing. I refused to have a 21st birthday party because of that alone

FanadMan · 12-12-2017 02:01AM

burnsey1987 wrote: »

That 21 kisses thing. I refused to have a 21st birthday party because of that alone

Is this a thing? Can I be 21 again? Am 44 and single

JupiterKid · 12-12-2017 02:08AM

The Mrs Doyle “ah, you will, you will, you WILL!!” and the recipient/guest going “ah no, sure I can’t” even though they actually want to accept the offer. What is all that dancing around about?

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-12-2017 06:53AM

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13-12-2017 08:25AM

I'm unsure whether this is an Irish thing but the whole No Sinners in the graveyard, only Saints. In other words, don't speak ill of the dead. "Shhh ya can't say that". Look, if someone was a dick for their whole life their death doesn't change that.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 13-12-2017 11:12AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

The Mrs Doyle “ah, you will, you will, you WILL!!” and the recipient/guest going “ah no, sure I can’t” even though they actually want to accept the offer. What is all that dancing around about?

My God, this x1000000. I just don't get the 'refuse it three times' first mentality.

The weird thing is, whenever someone offers me a cup of tea and I want one, I'll say it straight away on the first offer. To hell with the polite tea foreplay ritual. I want my damn cuppa fast, and I want it now.

And there's usually a sort of stunned silence for a second while they try to comprehend what has just taken place. Some blurt out a sort of confused "Oh....ok." Like I've just dropped my pants and pinched out a log right there in the middle of their kitchen.

Speedwell · 13-12-2017 11:33AM

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

My God, this x1000000. I just don't get the 'refuse it three times' first mentality.

The weird thing is, whenever someone offers me a cup of tea and I want one, I'll say it straight away on the first offer. To hell with the polite tea foreplay ritual. I want my damn cuppa fast, and I want it now.

And there's usually a sort of stunned silence for a second while they try to comprehend what has just taken place. Some blurt out a sort of confused "Oh....ok." Like I've just dropped my pants and pinched out a log right there in the middle of their kitchen.

I'm a Yank. I've lived here for more than three years as an Irishman's wife and am eligible to apply for citizenship, but most people don't know that when they hear my accent. ("Where are you from?" "Sligo." "Is that in America?" "...") I get away with all kinds of crap because people assume I'm a clueless American. So I can accept tea gratefully without playing footsie, and people make me the tea. I also have Asperger's. But you'd never know it because you will first assume I'm just being a Yank, lol.

I use my village-idiot powers for good, though. Relevantly, to cut the crap when "cringeworthy Irish traditions" get in the way. (I also gratefully accept charges of being a cringeworthy American when those charges are true.)

I think it's worth mentioning that Irish traditions that are cringeworthy to Irish people are different from Irish traditions that are cringeworthy to non-Irish people. Why can't every sink have a mixer tap ffs...

passatman86 · 13-12-2017 11:36AM

Ending a phone call , bye bye bye bye see you bye bye bye ok yeah bye bye bye

brainfreeze · 13-12-2017 12:05PM

Speedwell wrote: »

Why can't every sink have a mixer tap ffs...

This is the real crime against humanity. Why are modern houses in Ireland and the UK still built with two taps?

It's stupid.

LirW · 13-12-2017 12:21PM

I use my village-idiot powers for good, though. Relevantly, to cut the crap when "cringeworthy Irish traditions" get in the way. (I also gratefully accept charges of being a cringeworthy American when those charges are true.)

I do the same but as Austrian who's permanently mistaken as Dutch (Apparently the accents sound so similar when spoken, even though it's a different language ffs). But it works, you really get a free ticket to avoid a few of these traditions.
One thing though was when we just did up our house and had to decide where the washing machine goes: My Irish partner knows it in the kitchen, we'd put it in the bathroom back home. We compromised and did some kind of utility corner under the stair. My FIL could genuinely not understand that. But I get away with plenty of things, maybe because I'm pretty blunt too.

Which kind of brings me to the next thing: It seems the older generation has an irrational hate towards dishwashers. Have heard that from several people now that they passionately hate them, like seriously mention that word and they lose it. It peaked when my FIL threw a fit that we could put our washing machine into the kitchen if there wouldn't be a dishwasher, because soap and warm water does the job too.

Speedwell · 13-12-2017 12:26PM

LirW wrote: »

It peaked when my FIL threw a fit that we could put our washing machine into the kitchen if there wouldn't be a dishwasher, because soap and warm water does the job too.

It does the laundry as well. Hand your partner's auld boy a bucket and a plunger and invite him to do the family's underwear.

Otherwise, yeah. I found out that if I tried to run the dishwasher and the clothes washer at the same time, the clothes smelled like dirty dishes. Ew. If I built a house it would have a (gasp!) utility room. Affected posh thing that I am, might as well have screens on the windows.

Gwynplaine · 13-12-2017 01:09PM

passatman86 wrote: »

Ending a phone call , bye bye bye bye see you bye bye bye ok yeah bye bye bye

My brother does this. The next time he rings I will answer to "hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello"

Speedwell · 13-12-2017 01:18PM

Gwynplaine wrote: »

My brother does this. The next time he rings I will answer to "hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello"

NO. My mother-in-law does this. "Hello? Oh, hello! Hello, hello. Hello there."

Jerichoholic · 13-12-2017 04:11PM

"hello, YES"

Hotblack Desiato · 13-12-2017 04:13PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

The Mrs Doyle “ah, you will, you will, you WILL!!” and the recipient/guest going “ah no, sure I can’t” even though they actually want to accept the offer. What is all that dancing around about?

Post-Famine survivor's guilt

Cringeworthy irish traditions that won't just die

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