How many of you have non Irish friends

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 11:25AM

oeb wrote: »

Right now I am in my sitting room peeking out throught the crack in the blinds looking at the suspicious people up the street.

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Tirabaralla · 31-03-2009 11:27AM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

:eek: Mamma mia

Yeah, I know, I know...:rolleyes:

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 11:29AM

marzic wrote: »

yeah fcuking loads! its really not a big deal in ireland any more cos we've been exposed to other nationalities for so long:
we were to the fore front of religious education in europe since ... whenever

we were among the biggest carriers of passengers from africa to the US in the 1600's, the budget carriers of their day!

we've been going to australia since the 17/1800's, way before the whole backpacker thing

we went Stateside, for spring break I think, in a major way after the big potato strike of 1845

we've obviously had foreign direct investment(FDI) come to the country for centuaries from the normans, vikings, british

and of course perhaps the most forgotton aspect of our rich multicurtural, multiethnic, multinational history is that 'rowdy' bunch of blacks and tans came over for St. Patricks day in 1920 and went a bit mad!

*I'd like to buy the world a home, and furnish it with love...*
:pac::rolleyes::p:cool::P:o:)

But none of them effect Irish today i don't think:o
Barr the fact we have always been very laid back country and we had student visitors throughout majority of our lives.And had to bare the brunt of attacks and stereotyping from other nationalities also.

Tirabaralla · 31-03-2009 11:30AM

shqipshume wrote: »

Dont worry i aint poking at all
Just wanted to see how well Irish are mixing with everyone.Someone tried to say we only love irish so i am making a Point Irish only judge by personality.
Goes without saying Italians and Irish will always get on well

I was just joking...out my irish friends ^_^

I dunno...my impression (living round here since one year) is that usually irish people are quite friendly and open to understand your background.
But...I "judge" my friends by personality but also religion, nationality and many more things...judge doeasn't mean having prejudices (<--- is that correct in english? hope so)...I think everything counts in the making of a person and there's nothing wrong with that. My 2 cents.

Sanjuro · 31-03-2009 11:34AM

Friendships are friendships. Doesn't matter where they're from.

Unless they're Micronesian.

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 11:37AM

Tirabaralla wrote: »

I was just joking...out my irish friends ^_^

I dunno...my impression (living round here since one year) is that usually irish people are quite friendly and open to understand your background.
But...I "judge" my friends by personality but also religion, nationality and many more things...judge doeasn't mean having prejudices (<--- is that correct in english? hope so)...I think everything counts in the making of a person and there's nothing wrong with that. My 2 cents.

lol thats cool my Italian friend

No everyone is entitled to make friends on how they feel,I am just type of person i dont work off stereotype like they are muslim then they must be bad or they have criminals then they must be all the same.I just hate the stereotyping.And i dont think majority of Irish people do either.
Welcome to Ireland btw hope you are very happy here:)

marzic · 31-03-2009 11:38AM

shqipshume wrote: »

But none of them effect Irish today i don't think:o
Barr the fact we have always been very laid back country and we had student visitors throughout majority of our lives.And had to bare the brunt of attacks and stereotyping from other nationalities also.

well i think you completely missed the point I was trying to make with me aul satire/sarcasm, but no matter, we're all *gods* children (substitute with relevant being/object of devotion):)

seanybiker · 31-03-2009 11:40AM

why is there a no option and a dont think about it option. Some people might think about it the pick no whereas others might think about it and pick yes. Then ya have people who dont think about it and just say yes as opposed to the ones that dont think about it and say no. Ya know loike

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 11:40AM

marzic wrote: »

well i think you completely missed the point I was trying to make with me aul satire/sarcasm, but no matter, we're all *gods* children (substitute with relevant being/object of devotion):)

No i got it lol hence the

lol

Yep treat eachother good and get on who cares where they are from.:)

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 11:41AM

seanybiker wrote: »

why is there a no option and a dont think about it option. Some people might think about it the pick no whereas others might think about it and pick yes. Then ya have people who dont think about it and just say yes as opposed to the ones that dont think about it and say no. Ya know loike

Oh stop trying to be a wisenhymer :mad::D:p

Sútalún · 31-03-2009 11:43AM

2/3 really good foreigner friends.
All really nice people...or really hot. Either or.

marzic · 31-03-2009 11:55AM

shqipshume wrote: »

No i got it lol hence the lol

Yep treat eachother good and get on who cares where they are from.:)

hmmm... I dont think you did, but thats ok, we irish have a wicked sence of humour that many other nationalities dont get? where'd you say you were from again? wheres that?

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 12:03PM

marzic wrote: »

hmmm... I dont think you did, but thats ok, we irish have a wicked sence of humour that many other nationalities dont get? where'd you say you were from again? wheres that?

That is debatable,If Irish think they have wicked sense of humour and others don't get it how do we know we have wicked sense of humour we only get (exhale):o:Dlol
I am Irish :)cant you tell i do million words a second :ohahaha

Wagon · 31-03-2009 12:05PM

I voted yes only becuase the stupid OP confused me. I looked at your thread title, assumed the poll would be the same and no. It was a completely different question. What the **** kind of performance is that?! Stupid poll question mate, poor show. And no it doesn't factor in my friendships.

marzic · 31-03-2009 12:07PM

shqipshume wrote: »

That is debatable,If Irish think they have wicked sense of humour and others don't get it how do we know we have wicked sense of humour we only get (exhale):o:Dlol
I am Irish :)cant you tell i do million words a second :ohahaha

yes you are definately Oirish, cos you just wont let it go, will ya?:P

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 12:08PM

Wagon wrote: »

I voted yes only becuase the stupid OP confused me. I looked at your thread title, assumed the poll would be the same and no. It was a completely different question. What the **** kind of performance is that?! Stupid poll question mate, poor show. And no it doesn't factor in my friendships.

Sorry i killed two birds with one stone:ofunny though your only one complaining you wagon :mad::D

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 12:09PM

marzic wrote: »

yes you are definately Oirish, cos you just wont let it go, will ya?:P

Hahahaha yeah thats what my bf had to get used to lol Passionate crowd we are

:Dhe is getting there tho

KnifeWRENCH · 31-03-2009 12:13PM

Nationality makes absolutely no difference to me. I have a friend who's English and one who's Filipino.

Religion - none of my friends are any way religious so I've never thought about that really. If they were religious it wouldn't bother me as long as they weren't constantly preaching or trying to convert me.

donmeister · 31-03-2009 12:15PM

I have like,ummmm an awful scatter of friends that are foreign! Never really thought about it until now,English,American, Canadian,Nigerian,South African mhhhhhhhhhhhhh *stokes fictional white beard*

Latchy · 31-03-2009 12:18PM

Yes I have dozens of non Irish friends .Which probably has more to with living in England than anything else

.Their religion is umimportant to me and are a mixture of mainly catholics, protestants and non believers .

Tech3 · 31-03-2009 12:22PM

I have a few polish and nigerian mates due to college and work. Sound lads and better mates than some of my Irish pals.

ShooterSF · 31-03-2009 12:40PM

Of course it doesnt make a difference, sure most of my Irish friends are catholic and I forgive them

so I hardly care about fordner religion. I have a few good english and australian mates.

BeerWolf · 31-03-2009 12:59PM

I'm not Irish - can I include myself in that poll?

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 31-03-2009 01:33PM

Couple of Americans I'd count as good friends (until they went home

) and one German who's a very good friend. Apart from that I'm reasonably friendly with a few English and a couple of Polish. As for religion-one jewish (tight bitch as well actually, not saying anything, just saying....) and a couple of half-arsed Catholics, the only reason I know they're Catholic is because they've come straight from Saturday night mass to the pub a couple of times

shqipshume · 31-03-2009 01:43PM

BeerWolf wrote: »

I'm not Irish - can I include myself in that poll?

Ofc

Also as i neglected to add in my post any other nationality also take part. Does it matter to you religion nationality,are you also easy going and have many Irish friends and other nationalities,Sorry guys

Mark200 · 31-03-2009 01:56PM

Eh my best friend is a Polish girl, and I'm also good friends with a Slovakian girl. The only factor nationality plays is that I tend to find the Eastern Europeans a lot friendlier than a lot of Irish people....

metaoblivia · 31-03-2009 02:18PM

Let's see... my foreign friends come from the Ireland, England, Australia, China, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Japan, Eritrea, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, Tunisia, Norway, Canada, Kuwait... and that's all I can think of for now.
I love having foreign friends. I wish I had more.
As for religions, as long as they don't get preachy with me and tell me I'm going to hell, it doesn't really matter. My friends come from all over, so they have various religions. I have a few friends who were born into religious cults and one friend who's a Pennsylvanian Amish.

Wagon · 31-03-2009 03:32PM

shqipshume wrote: »

Sorry i killed two birds with one stone:ofunny though your only one complaining you wagon :mad::D

That's because im brave enough to speak up young man. If you want to play fisticuffs, we'll play fisticuffs!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 31-03-2009 03:47PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

No. Foreign people smell.

Ewwwww

Only so that blind people can hate them too :P

To answer the question, I clickec 'yes' - I have a few, mostly Polish, Russian, Moldovan, Ukraine and most of them I've met through Judo.

I've no African friends here, unfortunetly they either don't mix well or are just into the same interests as I am. However I met a few on United Nations service we stayed in touch for awhile but gradually drifted.

Do Brits, Scots and Welch count?.

Fratton Fred · 31-03-2009 04:06PM

seanybiker wrote: »

one of me best mates is english. I call him my little tan friend. Anytime he asks me to do something I tell him to piss off cos he dont own us anymore. Tis fun.

Aah yeah, but I bet you'd do anything for him if he gave you a few spuds

Mairt wrote: »

Do Brits, Scots and Welch count?.

Racquel?

Most of my friends come from countries previously invaded by my forefathers, does that count as foreign?

How many of you have non Irish friends

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