The Infestation Has Begun!

TwoShedsJackson · 08-07-2004 05:03PM

Originally posted by simu

They're handy for me coz I'm learning Spanish at the moment and I try to see if I can follow their conversations!

Same here, amazing the conversations you overhear in the Stephens Green centre.

Anyway, start roaring '¿Mis bolas es frío, puede usted calentarlos con su lengua por favor?' and then move forwards, they'll get out of the way fast.

Sleepy · 08-07-2004 05:14PM

Had to babelfish that admittedly, but what if they don't have tongue piercings?

TwoShedsJackson · 08-07-2004 05:20PM

Originally posted by Sleepy
Had to babelfish that admittedly, but what if they don't have tongue piercings?

Personally that would bother me not, although it should have been lengua not lengueta, as that's the tongue of a shoe. Bonus points for bizarreness for using it though, perhaps.

kida · 08-07-2004 05:50PM

walk up to them and at the top of your voice shout
"get the flock out of my way"

works every time:D

simu · 08-07-2004 07:06PM

Originally posted by neev
I really don't like Spanish students!!! They're so noisy and annoying and noisy and annoying...in their day-glo gear...and they NEVER queue!!! What is it with them and barging past everyone else? And what's with the fluorescent "outfits"? (I use the term loosely).

Sorry for the rant.

You could complain to the companies that organise their trips if they annoy you all that much. Tell them to teach them Irish ways of q-ing etc.

The Song Thrush · 09-07-2004 12:27AM

Here's a tip: avoid HMV in grafton street!!!!

Last summer I was in there and then a load of at least 100 spaniards came in and nobody could move or look at anything, or breathe fresh air for that matter. Took me half an hour to get outside.

flogen · 09-07-2004 12:32AM

Originally posted by The Song Thrush
Here's a tip: avoid HMV in grafton street!!!!

Last summer I was in there and then a load of at least 100 spaniards came in and nobody could move or look at anything, or breathe fresh air for that matter. Took me half an hour to get outside.

they're like a Flash Mob, but they don't seem to do it intentionally... when I worked in GAME (which is small enough), the place would go from empty to jam packed in 2.4 seconds.. then they'd all keep asking you if the game they were holding was in spanish, and if I could put it on the demo machines to let them find out...

flogen

tba · 09-07-2004 12:37AM

This topic is so racist in general. I quite like Spanish People and find alot of the comments in this thread derogatory.

RobertFoster · 09-07-2004 12:38AM

Originally posted by flogen
then they'd all keep asking you if the game they were holding was in spanish, and if I could put it on the demo machines to let them find out...

Do GAME smile or frown upon you asking to demo a game? I didn't know you could request what you demo...thought you just put up with what was there...if it was on...if the joypad was connected...if the joypad was working....

flogen · 09-07-2004 12:44AM

when I was there they didn't change the games, they usually put a new game in the machines, or ones they were trying to shift, and that was it... I dont think I've ever changed them over for a customer to try it out...

tba, I dont know if you consider my comments racist, but I'm just commenting on experience, obviously I understand that not all spanish are rude, or loud or ignorant, but I've come across many that are. Naturally, I've come aross thousands more Irish that are just as bad... if you want I can tell you stories on that too, but I'm sure you know yourself.

flogen

munkeehaven · 09-07-2004 12:50AM

yes they are all around...but i dont mind..the older spanish guys are very very sexxxxyyy..mmm..:D

......i saw one guy today in town and i nearly dropped my bag......

flogen · 09-07-2004 12:52AM

Originally posted by munkeehaven
i saw one guy today in town and i nearly dropped my bag......

Is that some kind of hip to the groove slang, or something?

flogen

munkeehaven · 09-07-2004 12:56AM

no..i nearly dropped the bag i was carrying because the guy i spotted was exceptionally good-looking (in my opinion)..he had long hair,lots of piercings and deep dark eyes...:o my friends thought he was horrible..ahh well, like i give a f'uck.

tba · 09-07-2004 01:31PM

Originally posted by flogen
tba, I dont know if you consider my comments racist

Its more the title that I think is wrong

joe_chicken · 09-07-2004 01:34PM

I think this thread is racist too!!!

we still havent given out about the italians! they're just as bad!

full forward · 09-07-2004 01:41PM

Originally posted by HelterSkelter
I have a better idea, let's kick all the culchies out of Dublin, then there will be a lot more room for everyone

But then who would you work for?

andrew163 · 09-07-2004 02:43PM

i agree with a few people on this thread...leave the spanish alone, its the scangers that need to be chased out

seriously though, the spanish students are great.... we had one staying over few years ago, he was really friendly...and the girls are hot :eek:

leeroybrown · 09-07-2004 03:04PM

They can be irritating in large crowds but generally they're not too bad. In any event Spanish students clogging the paths and making loads of noise isn't anything new; it's been going on for years. The one thing that does irritate me is that sometimes they seem to be left to their own devices to roam the streets until quite late at night.

The funny thing about it is that Irish parents (I presume) are being paid to keep them and are probably sending their own kids of to the Gaeltacht (or abroad if they're lucky) and making a profit on it.

joe_chicken · 09-07-2004 03:18PM

my neighbour had a spanish student a good few years back...

they thought he was reasonably nice and didnt mind him being there...

during the week they started noticing things missing from the house!!!

...ornamants from the mantlepiece and the likes

when he was leaving, they thought his bag looked considerably bigger than when he arrived and that he hadnt really bought anything that big...

they confronted him and got him to open the bag

and right enough there we go bobs your uncle!!! the bag was full of stuff from their house (he said he didnt have enough time to shop for his relatives so he took some stuff to bring back)

he had even left behind some of his own stuff to make room for things in the bag!

besides that I've never had a problem with spanish students, even when they shout up and down the length of the bus when I'm sitting in the middle!

Dun · 09-07-2004 04:26PM

Just push past them - that's what they do at home, so they won't notice it. Their idea of manners are a lot different to ours and things like bumping into people or pushing past and not saying sorry, or not holding the door open for someone that's coming in behind you, is not seen as rude.

Also they are a good bit louder than us anyway, as the deafening (relative) silence that greeted me in Dublin airport when I arrived back after four months en España proved.

There's a ton of them with blue backpacks up here in Buncrana, Co. Donegal.

The Song Thrush · 10-07-2004 01:16AM

We have a 12 year old spanish boy staying here with us. His room is next to mine and I'm just afraid that he'll sneak in when I'm out and use my computer or rummage through my stuff. After all when I was downstairs (underneath my room) I left my door open and I heard him step inside to have a peek around.

Big Ears · 10-07-2004 01:48AM

Originally posted by HelterSkelter
I have a better idea, let's kick all the culchies out of Dublin, then there will be a lot more room for everyone

no lets start a Civil Wat between the Culchies (like myself ) and the pale , we'll show yee all how to use hurl then .

Tommy Vercetti · 10-07-2004 02:30AM

IMO they are a breath of fresh air! Granted the guys are mostly raging homosexuals (which is cool anyway, better than the usual filthy tracksuit scum), most of the girls are absolutely beautiful! We used to keep them in our house years ago, I had a 3 week romance with one!

jesus_thats_gre · 10-07-2004 06:52AM

Originally posted by flogen
touché simu!
I have no problem with the big groups, except when I'm on a bus with them, and they just shout and shout... are we that bad in Spain? I know there are the lad types who go to spain and get drunk and sing, but these are only kids... you cant even call them yobs!

flogen

I am pretty certain that the regular Irish visitors to Spain are considerably worse than the young ones that come here.

jesus_thats_gre · 10-07-2004 06:53AM

Originally posted by full forward
But then who would you work for?

haha that has em confused

jesus_thats_gre · 10-07-2004 06:57AM

Originally posted by Big Ears
no lets start a Civil Wat between the Culchies (like myself ) and the pale , we'll show yee all how to use hurl then .

I always argued that the Pale, being the only decent part of the country, should be be able to cut of rest of Ireland off... During the winter, a connecting chain could be loosened so that the Whest can float off and mind its own business. During the summer months, the Whest can be pulled closer and we can use it for summer holidays... Sorted i think...

Then we could nuke the northies!

Tommy Vercetti · 10-07-2004 08:12AM

Originally posted by jesus_thats_gre
I am pretty certain that the regular Irish visitors to Spain are considerably worse than the young ones that come here.

Very,very true. And we are a lot uglier too.

As for civil war with the culchies, let's see how good your hurls are when we bring out the sawn-off shotguns that we stole from your elderly farmers! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it (in a pub too, you lawbreaking scum).

Kastro · 10-07-2004 04:46PM

and there was me thinkin of headlice.

Big Ears · 10-07-2004 06:50PM

Originally posted by Tommy Vercetti
Very,very true. And we are a lot uglier too.

As for civil war with the culchies, let's see how good your hurls are when we bring out the sawn-off shotguns that we stole from your elderly farmers! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it (in a pub too, you lawbreaking scum).

oh ya well , any1 16 can get a shooting license out in the culchiside , leaving us with a higher conscription rate , and being better equipt .

Also everyone knows u cant steal guns off farmers thats immpossible :ninja: .

munkeehaven · 10-07-2004 07:04PM

ha ha... this whole culchie/townie thing is hilarious! NOT.:dunno:

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