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The head on him

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  • 10-08-2020 06:43PM
    #1
    suicide_circus
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    Remember when we used to be able to go on holidays abroad? Yeah, good times.

    Well it's a common experience that, when away on foreign shores, we can recognise a fellow Irishman at 300 yards. I would point out the paddies in a haystack and the wife (non national ie: foreign) would often question how I could make that determination of someone she wouldn't pick out of a crowd. The answer was invariably the same; the head on him.

    I smile at the recollection but if push came to shove I don't think I could quite quantify the qualities of the ceann in question.

    The head on him - what does it actually mean?


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    #2
    Rimmy
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    His head looks like someone from Ireland. Pretty easy to distinguish nationalities.

    Line up an Irish man, a Chinese man and a Nigerian and pretty sure I could pick out the Irish person.


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    Did he have a GAA jersey on him? That’s often a giveaway.


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    completedit
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    Its one of the cringiest things ever when Irish people scoff at Irish people for wearing GAA jerseys or whatever when abroad. Like imagine if it was a group of Germans wearing football jerseys, nobody would bar an eyelid but because their skin is as bit milky and they're wearing a jersey, it's "embarrassing".

    But I can spot an Irish lad abroad. Will be wearing a snapback and some t shirt that is way too small for him and outrageously short shorts. I call it "I'm trying to fit in but stick out like a sore thumb" irish college lad abroad


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    Jaxton Massive Bedbug
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    I was in a restaurant in Spain a few years ago and the waiter could tell people's nationality just by looking at them.

    I put him to the test and he got 14/14.


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    completedit wrote: »
    Its one of the cringiest things ever when Irish people scoff at Irish people for wearing GAA jerseys or whatever when abroad. Like imagine if it was a group of Germans wearing football jerseys, nobody would bar an eyelid but because their skin is as bit milky and they're wearing a jersey, it's "embarrassing".

    Do Germans wear football jerseys while away on holidays? While not attending a football match / tournament or watching a match in the pub etc?


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    completedit
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    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    Do Germans wear football jerseys while away on holidays? While not attending a football match / tournament or watching a match in the pub etc?

    I'd say so. This is a people who love the sandle so I wouldn't put it past them.


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    Piper Some Truck
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    I like playing that game in the airport when waiting


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    [Deleted User]
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    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    Do Germans wear football jerseys while away on holidays? While not attending a football match / tournament or watching a match in the pub etc?

    Quite often, yes.


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    completedit wrote: »
    I'd say so. This is a people who love the sandle so I wouldn't put it past them.

    Yes, never trust the Germans. Capable of anything.


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    Beechwoodspark
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    Usually a inflamed and blistered lobster red “tan” is the give away


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    Alf Veedersane
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I was in a restaurant in Spain a few years ago and the waiter could tell people's nationality just by looking at them.

    I put him to the test and he got 14/14.

    He guessed because they were the ones that asked for tomaho sawwwwse


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    He guessed because they were the ones that asked for tomaho sawwwwse

    I throw them off the scent by asking for catsup.


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    JeffreyEpspeen
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    I've been mistaken for Polish by Irish people and Polish people. One time a group of Polish lads adopted me into their group in the nightclub under the assumption I was one of them but basically told me to **** off when I told them I was in fact Irish.

    I think it's because I'm 6 ft. 3 and have an awful dour demeanour about me.


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    TheValeyard
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    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    Yes, never trust the Germans. Capable of anything.

    Stealing all the sunbeds at 5.30 in the morning

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



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    Insect Overlord
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    Couldn't put it any better than the master himself.

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


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    Badly Drunk Boy
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    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    Did he have a GAA jersey on him? That’s often a giveaway.

    In 2001, I was in the Valley of Kings in Egypt, dressed in black shirt, black jeans, and black steel-toe-capped boots, when I noticed a yellow-belly Wexford jersey on some lad. :D I didn't approach him...


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    dh1985
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    In 2001, I was in the Valley of Kings in Egypt, dressed in black shirt, black jeans, and black steel-toe-capped boots, when I noticed a yellow-belly Wexford jersey on some lad. :D I didn't approach him...

    What was the story with your own get-up. Were you excavating the place


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    punisher5112
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    Throw a 5 cent coming on the ground..... You'll definitely know he is Irish, but moreso Cavan man


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    [Deleted User]
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Throw a 5 cent coming on the ground..... You'll definitely know he is Irish, but moreso Cavan man

    Eh? An Irish person wouldn’t strain their back for their €5, let alone 5c.


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    Church on Tuesday
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    In 2001, I was in the Valley of Kings in Egypt, dressed in black shirt, black jeans, and black steel-toe-capped boots, when I noticed a yellow-belly Wexford jersey on some lad. :D I didn't approach him...

    I'd say you were melting that day fair play to ya.


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    pgj2015
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    JeffreyEpspeen wrote: »
    I've been mistaken for Polish by Irish people and Polish people. One time a group of Polish lads adopted me into their group in the nightclub under the assumption I was one of them but basically told me to **** off when I told them I was in fact Irish.

    I think it's because I'm 6 ft. 3 and have an awful dour demeanour about me.



    I get mistaken for Polish a lot but i'm Irish, my great grandfather was English. I was just asking someone lately though about something, I was in a nightclub in Germany and this German woman came over and started talking to me in English, I was wondering how she knew I wasn't German.


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    [Deleted User]
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    JeffreyEpspeen wrote: »
    I've been mistaken for Polish by Irish people and Polish people. One time a group of Polish lads adopted me into their group in the nightclub under the assumption I was one of them but basically told me to **** off when I told them I was in fact Irish.

    I think it's because I'm 6 ft. 3 and have an awful dour demeanour about me.

    How square is your head?


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    Church on Tuesday
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    I get mistaken for Polish a lot but i'm Irish, my great grandfather was English. I was just asking someone lately though about something, I was in a nightclub in Germany and this German woman came over and started talking to me in English, I was wondering how she knew I wasn't German.

    I've been mistaken for being Polish too by an English work college.

    Mind you, he was a fairly simple chap so...


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    pgj2015
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    How square is your head?



    is that a polish or Irish trait?


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    pgj2015
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    JeffreyEpspeen wrote: »
    I've been mistaken for Polish by Irish people and Polish people. One time a group of Polish lads adopted me into their group in the nightclub under the assumption I was one of them but basically told me to **** off when I told them I was in fact Irish.

    I think it's because I'm 6 ft. 3 and have an awful dour demeanour about me.



    Never laugh if trying to pretend you are polish, gives you away every time. ;)


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    #27
    BuboBubo
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    The head on him...

    He'd make a b1tch eat her own pups :)


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    dh1985 wrote: »
    What was the story with your own get-up. Were you excavating the place

    Graverobbery outfit.


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    TheValeyard wrote: »
    Stealing all the sunbeds at 5.30 in the morning

    If you want a window into how depraved mankind can be, visit Munich. The birthplace of “munting” I believe.


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    [Deleted User]
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    is that a polish or Irish trait?

    We have big round heads.


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    Alf Veedersane
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    In 2001, I was in the Valley of Kings in Egypt, dressed in black shirt, black jeans, and black steel-toe-capped boots, when I noticed a yellow-belly Wexford jersey on some lad. :D I didn't approach him...

    Used see that kind of get up in the Harriers in Tullamore in the 90s.


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