Honestly amazed..

anniehoo · 18-03-2009 01:07AM #1

I was on the bus into town today for the oul festivities, sun shining and was in grand form. Cue a few rowdy teenagers down the back of the bus. This is how the conversation went with one girl on the phone to her friend:
"Alreeet wer uuuuu? Im on da bus der in a minut"
Blah blah
Whaaa..roit...ill meet ya at the river...eh ..da liffey...yeh the liffey thas wha its called innit the big river near the spiral?"
Blah
Blah
"Ah jaysus is thats too far roight...see ya at the spiral so bud in ten"!

Actually burst out laughing as i couldnt believe the ignorance of the girl not knowing if she was correct about the name of the Liffey and naming the Spire the Spiral! What is being taught or learnt for that matter in our schools? Unbelieveable!:rolleyes:

Creamy Goodness · 18-03-2009 01:08AM

maybe they were meeting DJ Spiral?

skyhighflyer · 18-03-2009 01:10AM

I know, I was talking to someone the other day who didn't know the difference between the word 'cue' and 'queue'. Can you believe that shit?

18-03-2009 01:13AM

Hrm... if only Boards had some type of forum specifically for Dublin and its environs. *Stroking chin*

Why should the national curriculum include the distance from the Spire to the Liffey? Not much good to someone in Monaghan or Cork.

latenia · 18-03-2009 01:15AM

I used to work with a woman who would say "I love Nestlé chocolate" except she pronounced it to rhyme with vessel. How the f can you not have heard the word Nestlé; it used to be sung the Milky Bar ad ffs.

shenanigans1982 · 18-03-2009 01:16AM

00112984 wrote: »

Hrm... if only Boards had some type of forum specifically for Dublin and its environs. *Stroking chin*

Why should the national curriculum include the distance from the Spire to the Liffey? Not much good to someone in Monaghan or Cork.

Being in Monaghan or Cork isn't much good for them either.

Donny5 · 18-03-2009 01:25AM

skyhighflyer wrote: »

I know, I was talking to someone the other day who didn't know the difference between the word 'cue' and 'queue'. Can you believe that shit?

Is it you? The OP got it right.

Mr.Lizard · 18-03-2009 01:26AM

OP, believe it or not but there are literally millions of very dumb people living in this country right now who are oblivious to anything in the world that doesn't directly effect the minutaie of their pointless little lives.

Ardscoil Ris · 18-03-2009 01:30AM

I can't tell the difference between butter and I can't believe it's not butter

stepbar · 18-03-2009 01:31AM

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

OP, believe it or not but there are literally millions of very dumb people living in this country right now who are oblivious to anything in the world that doesn't directly effect the minutaie of their pointless little lives.

A lot of them are on the dole at the moment........

tony1kenobi · 18-03-2009 01:33AM

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

I can't tell the difference between butter and I can't believe it's not butter

Nor can they.....it's why they can't believe it.

Sharpshooter · 18-03-2009 01:34AM

skyhighflyer wrote: »

I know, I was talking to someone the other day who didn't know the difference between the word 'cue' and 'queue'. Can you believe that shit?

Donny5 wrote: »

Is it you? The OP got it right.

She sure did.
/those thanks are snookered now.

joseph brand · 18-03-2009 01:34AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I was on the bus into town today for the oul festivities, sun shining and was in grand form. Cue a few rowdy teenagers down the back of the bus. This is how the conversation went with one girl on the phone to her friend:
"Alreeet wer uuuuu? Im on da bus der in a minut"
Blah blah
Whaaa..roit...ill meet ya at the river...eh ..da liffey...yeh the liffey thas wha its called innit the big river near the spiral?"
Blah
Blah
"Ah jaysus is thats too far roight...see ya at the spiral so bud in ten"!

Actually burst out laughing as i couldnt believe the ignorance of the girl not knowing if she was correct about the name of the Liffey and naming the Spire the Spiral! What is being taught or learnt for that matter in our schools? Unbelieveable!:rolleyes:

She probably watches Fair Sh*tty, Eastenders, corrie and Emmerdale. Then watches anything with Simon Gowell, where ye have to text/ ring, to vote, spending £'s. The dregs of society, that's all.

Idiocracy, the movie, has some valid points. watch it for a laugh, and a scare. :eek:

JerryHandbag · 18-03-2009 01:34AM

My mother thinks Argos is a plural word, in other words Argo's.

Captain-America · 18-03-2009 01:40AM

JerryHandbag wrote: »

My mother thinks Argos is a plural word, in other words Argo's.

So when she needs a new iron or whatever she goes down to the local Argo?

Brilliant.

joseph brand · 18-03-2009 01:41AM

JerryHandbag wrote: »

My mother thinks Argos is a plural word, in other words Argo's.

Brilliant.

Saibh · 18-03-2009 01:55AM

Donny5 wrote: »

Is it you? The OP got it right.

Sharpshooter wrote: »

She sure did.
/those thanks are snookered now.

nah, I'm still thanking that post

JerryHandbag · 18-03-2009 01:55AM

Captain-America wrote: »

So when she needs a new iron or whatever she goes down to the local Argo?

Brilliant.

Yep, good ol Argo, he'll sort you out!

anniehoo · 18-03-2009 02:26AM

Saibh wrote: »

nah, I'm still thanking that post

I knew i shouldnt have questioned my semi drunken grammar! So i can definitely post "WHO THE FECK doesnt know the name of the Liffey?now"

/Monaghonians/Corkonians need not apply..er reply

Saibh · 18-03-2009 02:43AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I knew i shouldnt have questioned my semi drunken grammar! So i can definitely post "WHO THE FECK doesnt know the name of the Liffey?now"

/Monaghonians/Corkonians need not apply..er reply

I wasn't talking about your post

anniehoo · 18-03-2009 02:49AM

Saibh wrote: »

I wasn't talking about your post

Thats ok then carry on :pac:

ronivek · 18-03-2009 02:54AM

I don't think anyone should ever be surprised by what our learned friends who populate the upper back seating areas of buses come out with.

road_2_damascus · 18-03-2009 02:58AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I was on the bus into town today for the oul festivities, sun shining and was in grand form. Queue a few rowdy teenagers down the back of the bus. This is how the conversation went with one girl on the phone to her friend:
"Alreeet wer uuuuu? Im on da bus der in a minut"
Blah blah
Whaaa..roit...ill meet ya at the river...eh ..da liffey...yeh the liffey thas wha its called innit the big river near the spiral?"
Blah
Blah
"Ah jaysus is thats too far roight...see ya at the spiral so bud in ten"!

Actually burst out laughing as i couldnt believe the ignorance of the girl not knowing if she was correct about the name of the Liffey and naming the Spire the Spiral! What is being taught or learnt for that matter in our schools? Unbelieveable!:rolleyes:

Ok, Im not from Dublin, but I knew for years that there is a tunnel going under the Phoenix Park that the Guinness brewery used to use to send kegs up to Castleknock, via mini rail link.. the tunnel still exists... I was listening to Gerry Ryan a few years back, and discovered that he didnt even know that it was there... I have many other examples from living in Dublin over the years

tech77 · 18-03-2009 03:04AM

Donny5 wrote: »

Is it you? The OP got it right.

No.
She got it wrong.
/Bangs head on desk in disbelief.

nobodythere · 18-03-2009 04:15AM

00112984 wrote: »

Hrm... if only Boards had some type of forum specifically for Dublin and its environs. *Stroking chin*

Please don't inflict the hole that is Dublin on the rest of the country

18-03-2009 06:40AM

JerryHandbag wrote: »

My mother thinks Argos is a plural word, in other words Argo's.

classic.. so gonna steal it.

Rented Mule · 18-03-2009 06:42AM

anniehoo wrote: »

I was on the bus into town today for the oul festivities, sun shining and was in grand form. Queue a few rowdy teenagers down the back of the bus. This is how the conversation went with one girl on the phone to her friend:
"Alreeet wer uuuuu? Im on da bus der in a minut"
Blah blah
Whaaa..roit...ill meet ya at the river...eh ..da liffey...yeh the liffey thas wha its called innit the big river near the spiral?"
Blah
Blah
"Ah jaysus is thats too far roight...see ya at the spiral so bud in ten"!

Actually burst out laughing as i couldnt believe the ignorance of the girl not knowing if she was correct about the name of the Liffey and naming the Spire the Spiral! What is being taught or learnt for that matter in our schools? Unbelieveable!:rolleyes:

Could you let us know what bus route this happened on ?

I am dying to know. lol

18-03-2009 07:14AM

Rented Mule wrote: »

Could you let us know what bus route this happened on ?

I am dying to know. lol

Probably the one where the drivers draw straws and the one with the shortest gets to drive the bus! :pac:

Big Wave · 18-03-2009 09:28AM

Donny5 wrote: »

Is it you? The OP got it right.

No she didn't. It should be "cue" - the OP said "queue". You're both wrong.

Terry · 18-03-2009 09:39AM

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/queue
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cue

Jumpy · 18-03-2009 10:01AM

Big Wave wrote: »

No she didn't. It should be "cue" - the OP said "queue". You're both wrong.

I think it was cue and the op edited it after reading the other post.

Honestly amazed..

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