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Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-01-2009 01:39AM #1

So, home for a few days. Have discovered a few things I miss and a few I do NOT miss.

Miss
Pub grub. Walked past a pub serving food, nearly fainted.
Finches Orange. Almost forgot how good it was.
Yore....

Don't Miss
Groups of three teenager girls trying to work out how to buy LUAS tickets from a machine. "Do we want a return or not?" "What button do I press?" "I don't know... There no guys in jackets to help us..." WHY the **** is this still happening?? How do these people survive? Mini rant over.
TV - "Fat girls and feeders" - WTF??? It's gotten worse!
Piers Morgan investigating luxary pads in Dubai. Oh. Dear. God.
Dial-up internet - ah, the joys of visiting your parents...

What about the rest of you?

themadchef · 22-01-2009 01:46AM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

So, home for a few days.

Did they discover the body that quickly?

(dont think i will ever forget that thread)

Pen1987 · 22-01-2009 01:46AM

Dutch made, produced and packaged Galtee. Ummm... the taste of Conemara.

Hank Scorpio · 22-01-2009 01:49AM

the ability to have a **** anywhere in my apartment.

also not having to clean up after myself!

edit: as you mean cultural things, well, mhm, brussel sprouts?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-01-2009 01:52AM

themadchef wrote: »

Did they discover the body that quickly?

(dont think i will ever forget that thread)

Let's just say it's surprising what you can and cannot take on board a Ryanair plane as hand luggage...

Terry · 22-01-2009 01:53AM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Let's just say it's surprising what you can and cannot take on board a Ryanair plan as hand luggage.

Tissues?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-01-2009 01:54AM

julep wrote: »

Tissues?

Supplied free. And when Ryanair supplies somethign free, you make damn sure you use it...

banshee_bones · 22-01-2009 02:42AM

Good things about being at home:

Being waited on hand and foot!
three savage feeds a day (not cooked by you!)
Tea..lots of tea!!
Being with your family

Bad stuff
Being with your family! or more so the spanish inquisition about what your doing with your life and the rows that ensue.....

22-01-2009 02:59AM

Pen1987 wrote: »

Dutch made, produced and packaged Galtee. Ummm... the taste of Conemara.

don't you mean tipperary?

deecom · 22-01-2009 03:11AM

Hmmmm.......

The things i miss are far outweighed by the things i've gained!

Miss,

A good pint of Guinness
My family

Dont miss the weather, and everything else!!!

gerky · 22-01-2009 03:37AM

nuxxx wrote: »

the ability to have a **** anywhere in my apartment.

also not having to clean up after myself!

:eek: ehhhh I'm guessing your apartments sticky.

sdanseo · 22-01-2009 06:15AM

nuxxx wrote: »

the ability to have a **** anywhere in my apartment also not having to clean up after myself!

Quite a disgusting combination imho...:P

Edit: beaten to it by 3 hours. My brain needs sleep, apparently.

Ben_Kav · 22-01-2009 06:49AM

Miss: The Food, the comforting joy of a non microwaved dish from your one who spat ya out of her

Dont miss: The half an hour mind-numbing interrogation about your actions over the last month remembering this was the reason in the first place it took so long to come back

spinandscribble · 22-01-2009 07:29AM

miss:
real fish and chips. i'm sick of american crap.
being with my friends and just hanging out.
the walks i used to go on around galway city.
seeing my family.

don't miss:
slow internets.
the constant rain.
the tango twits.
getting my ass molested on nights out.
the fear of bumping into "him".

jester77 · 22-01-2009 08:12AM

Miss
Family
Irish brekkie
Guinness

Don't Miss
The greed & no one having time to just have a chat - altough that looks like it might not be a problem next time
Rain and no summers
Slow Internet
Lack of public transport
Scumbags on corners
Paying silly prices for everything

Silenceisbliss · 22-01-2009 08:25AM

I'm just about to catch a flight home in a few hours to go go home. I've been living in Germany for the last 8 months. Im finished here now.

I miss:
my family
my dogs
Breakfast roles
a proper bed
the fresh air and the piece of the country side

What I dont miss is:
scumbags
knackers
travelers
chavs
etc.
that no public service like trains or buses work exist.

I'll be in Ireland for a week, and i'm going to think: "damn, I miss germany"
there's so much that i'm leaving behind here. Friends, faces, places. and my girlfriend.

Ireland better cheer me up today.

Sherifu · 22-01-2009 09:39AM

Miss:
Family/Friends
Irish breakfast (can get a half-assed version of it here)
Guinness (can get it here but it's usually tack)

Don't Miss:
Rain
Recession talk
Paying over the odds for everything

missmatty · 22-01-2009 11:17AM

Ben_Kav wrote: »

the comforting joy of a non microwaved dish from your one who spat ya out of her

Thanks for my first proper laugh of the day

biko · 22-01-2009 11:36AM

julep wrote: »

Tissues?

You have tissues man :pac:

Turd Ferguson · 22-01-2009 11:38AM

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

Ireland better cheer me up today.

I actually lolled at that. Why would this place be cheerfull?

Things I like about going home:

Sky+
Free food
Annoying my little brother

Things I dont like:

Dial-Up internet (i dont even bother with it anymore)
Not having public transport so having to organise lifts everywhere days in advance
My family annoying me in general

cjt156 · 22-01-2009 05:13PM

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

I miss:

Breakfast roles

Which role would you usually play?

oztots · 22-01-2009 05:28PM

Going back on saturday.

Loooking forward to
-Mammies food, think everyone has this one
-Dogs,
-Friends
-Speaking English at a normal pace

Not so much
-The scumbags
-The useless gards
-Price of anything
-The recession, oh no not the recession.
-Weather

tony 2 tone · 23-01-2009 04:56AM

oztots wrote: »

Going back on saturday.

Loooking forward to
-Mammies food, think everyone has this one
-Dogs,
-Friends
-Speaking English at a normal pace

Not so much
-The scumbags
-The useless gards
-Price of anything
-The recession, oh no not the recession.
-Weather

There are some dodgy feckers around the Reeperbahn, they not classed as scumbags?

BraziliaNZ · 23-01-2009 05:48AM

Yeah, German scumbags are wurst

brendansmith · 23-01-2009 05:51AM

I miss:
my family
my dogs
Breakfast roles
a proper bed
the fresh air and the piece of the country side

What I dont miss is:
scumbags
knackers
travelers
chavs
etc.
that no public service like trains or buses work exist.

S.I.R · 23-01-2009 05:57AM

erm....

good:

irish ciggerettes (

)

pubs/club/social occasions, irish partys are the best

the coast... even dublins rubbish one.. :rolleyes:

bad:

posers,

scum bags

the french

BraziliaNZ · 23-01-2009 06:09AM

So "scumbags" seem to be ex-pats main gripe with Ireland. I agree. I'm really not looking forward to going into town and seeing tracksuit clad crew-cut sporting muppets everywhere.

S.I.R · 23-01-2009 06:12AM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

So "scumbags" seem to be ex-pats main gripe with Ireland. I agree. I'm really not looking forward to going into town and seeing tracksuit clad crew-cut sporting muppets everywhere.

we're all not like that i swear,

now,

gimme your wallet :rolleyes:

tony 2 tone · 23-01-2009 06:25AM

Do they not have scumbags in other countries? Or are they not as obvious as our scumbags? :pac:

BraziliaNZ · 23-01-2009 06:29AM

they do but they don't seem to be as threatening or numerous. Plus the fact that they're supposed to be your fellow Irish citizens makes them worse.

tony 2 tone · 23-01-2009 06:42AM

Ah the more classy European scum bag! Do they have the strange variant of the native accent though? Cant imagine a high pitched German scum bag

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