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Crappy holiday stories

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  • #32
    Panda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,623 ✭✭✭Panda


    While on a family holiday to turkey we all got food poisoning.

    Thats 4 people pebble dashing ONE toilet in 40 degree heat probably 80 percent humidity and no aircon.



    Then there was that time i got tonsilitis (which led to an infection in my jaw) while in the middle of a tour up the west coast of australia.

    This time it was 50 degree heat with 100 percent humidity.


  • #33
    RMD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RMD


    cherryghost wrote: »
    you must be a huge hit with the ladies

    Sadly not, so I tend to drown my sorrows in a lot of drink while the rest of the lads succeed.


  • #34
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    when i was three my parents took me and my one year old twin siblings on holidays to portugal

    they didnt organise a babysitter when they were going drinking, instead they left us kids alone in the apartment

    pretty bad holiday for me


  • #35
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    sam34 wrote: »
    when i was three my parents took me and my one year old twin siblings on holidays to portugal

    they didnt organise a babysitter when they were going drinking, instead they left us kids alone in the apartment

    pretty bad holiday for me

    And this from a psychiatrist .. :rolleyes:

    Sad.


  • #36
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    And this from a psychiatrist .. :rolleyes:

    Sad.



    report the post if you've a probem with it


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  • #37
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    sam34 wrote: »
    report the post if you've a probem with it

    Unfortunately, making jokes about dead toddlers is not against the charter, otherwise I would.


  • #38
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Unfortunately, making jokes about dead toddlers is not against the charter, otherwise I would.

    unfortunately for you you'll just have to sit on your high horse and surround yourself in moral outrage then.

    have a nice day!

    PS- have you information the rest of us dont have, as to the best of my knowledge (and that of the investigating police) she hasnt been found dead


  • #39
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    sam34 wrote: »
    unfortunately for you you'll just have to sit on your high horse and surround yourself in moral outrage then.

    Not on any "high-horse" at all.

    Strange that you think because someone comments on a "gag" you make about a dead / missing child that they must be on a high-horse.
    sam34 wrote: »
    PS- have you information the rest of us dont have, as to the best of my knowledge (and that of the investigating police) she hasnt been found dead

    The guy in the sticky at the top of this forum is also missing, shall we make gags about that too? Or is just missing children that you find funny?

    I say plenty of things on AH that get's called rubbish.

    Pretty much everyone disagreed with me yesterday when I said Eddie Izzard wasn't in the least funny and I have no issue with that, people have a right to comment on what I post.

    So don't act as if me daring to comment on what you post is somehow wrong and misplaced.


  • #40
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Rosslare, 1990.

    Myself and a few mates went to Connolly Station all set to head off to the first Trip II Tipp.

    Only thing being that trains from Connolly don't go that way :p

    So we ended up in Rosslare, as someone told us it was like Blackpool.

    When we got there it was so bad we just walked to Courttown, which was also crap so we thumbed a lift to Wexford.

    Couldn't get a B&B and so had to sleep in an abandoned bus.

    We couldn't drink in any pubs as we were all underage.

    Just a nightmare from start to finish.


  • #41
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Not on any "high-horse" at all.

    thats not how the below comment appeared:
    OutlawPete wrote: »
    And this from a psychiatrist .. :rolleyes:

    Sad.

    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I say plenty of things on AH that get's called rubbish.

    Pretty much everyone disagreed with me yesterday when I said Eddie Izzard wasn't in the least funny and I have no issue with that, people have a right to comment on what I post.

    So don't act as if me daring to comment on what you post is somehow wrong and misplaced.

    i didnt act as if your action of commenting was wrong or misplaced - i am aware that this is a discussion forum, after all.


    what i found amusing was your moral outrage, ie the content of your comment, not the fact that you "dared" comment on a discussion thread.


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  • #42
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    sam34 wrote: »
    thats not how the below comment appeared:

    Yes it is, I just made sure you were aware of why I found it 'sad', how is that being on a highhorse exactly?

    It isn't.
    sam34 wrote: »
    i didnt act as if your action of commenting was wrong or misplaced

    Yes you did, you told me to report it as if my commenting was wrong.

    Why would I report a post that doesn't break any rules and is not against the charter of the forum it was placed on.
    sam34 wrote: »
    i am aware that this is a discussion forum, after all.

    Grand so.
    sam34 wrote: »
    what i found amusing was your moral outrage

    Where is the "outrage"?

    Make any jokes you want Sam, but be prepared for a reaction when the punchline concerns missing children feared dead.


  • #43
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Yes it is, I just made sure you were aware of why I found it 'sad', how is that being on a highhorse exactly?

    It isn't.

    I wasnt particularly aware of why you found it sad, as your original comment merely referenced my profession.

    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Yes you did, you told me to report it as if my commenting was wrong.

    Why would I report a post that doesn't break any rules and is not against the charter of the forum it was placed on.

    no, i never said that your action of commenting was wrong.

    if you found my post offensive, you are entitled to report it, even if it is not explicitly against charter rules

    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Where is the "outrage"?

    Make any jokes you want Sam, but be prepared for a reaction when the punchline concerns missing children feared dead.

    i should be prepared for a reaction to my posts?? seriously?? on a discussion forum of all places??? gee, thanks for the tip:rolleyes:


  • #44
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭positron


    First ski holiday ever, in Italy with then gf - three of four days into the trip most of the class that we started with started dropping off, and who ever is left is rather good on the snow. So the instructor took us to this medium difficult area, which was just ice and really scary steep! She slipped on the hard snow right just below the top and broke something and was in major agony. I kept her warm with my jacket till help gets to us (about five minutes) and then the instructor brought a stretcher for her and flew down the hill with her. Ambulance was already waiting at the bottom of the slop at this stage and by the time I got back on my feet, they are ready to go and waiting for me to come down - waving and shouting - typical Italian style! And here I am at the top of the slope, no jacket, shaking (cold and fear) and wondering how the f*ck I am going to get down without breaking something like she did. :o That was a bad few minutes - but I somehow made it down with decent speed, some narrow misses with couple of other skiers and I could see the instructor covering his face at the bottom of the slope... it was mad.

    On the flight back, seat arrangement was like Me, gf, leg, leg! :o


  • #45
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    sam34 wrote: »
    I wasnt particularly aware of why you found it sad, as your original comment merely referenced my profession.

    Yes and that's why I found it sad, would have thought that was obvious.

    I only know it's your profession as you never stop reminding everyone.
    sam34 wrote: »
    no, i never said that your action of commenting was wrong.

    You implied it by telling me to report your post.
    sam34 wrote: »
    if you found my post offensive, you are entitled to report it, even if it is not explicitly against charter rules

    I didn't find it 'offensive', I found it sad.

    I have made jokes that other's have found sad and objectionable, I take it on the chin and move on.
    sam34 wrote: »
    i should be prepared for a reaction to my posts?? seriously??

    Yes, especially when joking about missing or dead kids.

    Ya see Sam, it's kind of a controversial issue, just a head's up for ya.
    sam34 wrote: »
    on a discussion forum of all places??? gee, thanks for the tip:rolleyes:

    Be as facetious as you wish, but you were the one accusing me of being on a 'high-horse' for commenting that, in my opinion, joking about missing children is 'sad'.

    Have a nice day yourself.


  • #46
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Yes and that's why I found it sad, would have thought that was obvious.

    ah, so because of my job i shouldnt find certian things funny, or have a black sense of humour?

    i seeeeeee


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I only know it's your profession as you never stop reminding everyone.

    i never stop? exaggerate much?

    if its relevant to a thread, i post what my job is (such as the thread in AH yesterday on someone with a mental illness)

    i have almost 3000 posts here and relatively few of them would include reference to my job, and none would include gratuitious reference

    but hey, if it makes you feel better, continue to exaggerate, i dont really care


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    You implied it by telling me to report your post.

    again, if you have a problem with a post you can report it - whether it offends you or makes you sad

    reporting it doesnt mean you cannot also comment on-thread about it




    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I have made jokes that other's have found sad and objectionable, I take it on the chin and move on.[/QOUTE]

    good man. fair play to you

    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Ya see Sam, it's kind of a controversial issue, just a head's up for ya

    i'm well aware of that, thank you

    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Have a nice day yourself

    good day to you

    i wont be replying to you on this thread again


  • #47
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Pete and Sam, please stop arguing. You're bumming me out.


  • #48
    JamBur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 966 ✭✭✭JamBur


    14 hour bus trip from south of Brazil to the north. The bus was a lovely luxury job, and there was only about a dozen other passengers. A huge black american guy on the bus goes to the toilet and blocks it. This happened at the start, so we spent almost the entire trip retching and gagging on the smell.

    In Thailand we were on a 10 hour overnight train trip, the ticket included a meal at the start. The entire train ended up with severe scutters, I remember queueing with at least 8 or 9 others at a time, desperately trying to get into the 1 tiny, fetid toilet

    In Bolivia my buddy decided to try some marching powder in a local night club. I didn't have any, but I had a few drinks. My friend suddenly "forgets" that he got his stuff from the local dealer at the bar. Cue him going up to the dodgiest looking group of scum I have ever seen and trying to get stuck into them. I manage to get him out of there, but he's turned on me at this stage and is punching me. I get him back to the hostel and head back out. The night gets better and I meet a local lass, who is giving me some pleasure in a quiet spot...... when all I hear is my name being roared. Sure enough its my buddy, who is all apologetic. However it scares my companion away. I figure the night is a loss, so I head off to my room for sleep. I wake in the morning to my buddy and a gal that he pulled, coming running naked into my room to wake me up. I was hopping mad!!!!

    Theres more but thats enough for now. I dont look on them as bad experiences, they add colour to my trips....and its great to have them to look back on. I did all the touristy, explorer stuff, but its nice to have these type of things in there as well;)


  • #49
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    sam34 wrote: »
    ah, so because of my job i shouldnt find certian things funny,

    Yes, call me old fashioned but I'd like to think that mental health care professionals, should be in better mental health than their patients.
    sam34 wrote: »
    exaggerate much?

    Not at all, must have read you post it dozens and dozens of times.

    People get sick of me saying how much Springsteen rocks, don't worry about it.
    sam34 wrote: »
    if its relevant to a thread, i post what my job is

    I never said you posted where it wasn't relevant.

    However now that you mention it, I have seen you bring it up a few times in threads where it wasn't necessary. Just yesterday you brought it up because someone joked about a poster being a psychologist:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65025336&postcount=31

    Of course, nobody needed to ask you were you really one, wonder why.
    sam34 wrote: »
    again, if you have a problem with a post you can report it -

    AGAIN, I don't have a problem with your post, but you keep on saying I do if THAT makes YOU feel better.
    sam34 wrote: »
    reporting it doesnt mean you cannot also comment on-thread about it

    Really???

    Never knew that Sam :rolleyes:

    AGAIN, why would I report a post that broke no rules and wasn't against the Charter?? Stop trying to garner the attention of the Mods AGAIN by implying that I did something wrong by commenting.
    sam34 wrote: »
    i wont be replying to you on this thread again

    Thank fcuk for that.


  • #50
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Any more from you two and it's a crap holiday.


  • #51
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Yeah, i once went 'out foren' with four wannabee pioneers. They have a very unhealthy attitude to alcohol. i.e. they think its the devil's nectar! So i literally have a crappy holiday story!


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  • #52
    Frisbee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,587 ✭✭✭✭Frisbee


    Getting up at 7am massively hung over to get a boat from Ko Phangan to Ko Tao, get to the pier only to be told theres really rough seas and all the boats are running late, of course more and more bus loads of people keep turning up so in the end there's about 2000 people sitting on the ****tiest little pier being intermittently lashed out of it by torrential rain and baked by the sun.

    4pm rolls around and we're told all boats are now cancelled and we'll have to try again tomorrow.


    Other was on a 23 hour bus from Vang Vieng in Laos to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. About an hour in the toilet downstairs breaks and overflows, so we had to spend the rest of the journey with the smell of fresh s**t in our noses as a sea of urine gradually filled the bottom of the stairwell with little poobergs floating around in it.


  • #53
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    72 hours on the train from Athens to Istanbul. Didn't get seats so we had to sit on the floor in the walkway all the way, with people squeezing past. Not a wink of sleep.


  • #54
    andy1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭andy1981


    Ibiza - 2000
    Me and 2 lads went on hols, one committed suicide while there.. Cant believe its nearly 10 years ago


  • #55
    pikachucheeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭pikachucheeks


    andy1981 wrote: »
    Ibiza - 2000
    Me and 2 lads went on hols, one committed suicide while there.. Cant believe its nearly 10 years ago

    God, that's rough.
    You poor thing :(

    I was going to come in and tell people the story of me being attacked by a load of goats in France, but I think yours is much worse, by comparison ... :o


  • #56
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Got delaed two days at Rosslare port due to French fishermen blocking french port in the 80ies. Captain ordered us all on board despite this, ended up over two nights on board and docked at Rotterdam. Ended out well as we were able to claim expenses for extra meals etc.

    Got stuck in Darwin 1990 when Deluxe coach lines went bankrupt, I had a round the country bus pass which wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. Ended up hitching most of the journey back to Sydney. Had a few lifts in some roadtrains which was worth it.


  • #57
    Saft Hans
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭Saft Hans


    In France about 10 years ago on the last day, we had a few hours between check-out and when the shuttle bus was coming to take us to the airport so we went to check out the games room.
    A few minutes before we're due to leave the hotel my sister hits me in the nose with the puck!:( So all the way to the airport I had a nosebleed. And it didn't stop...picture a 10-year old girl with a terrible nosebleed sitting in a French airport for over an hour.:(
    Then to make matters worse the pilot came over and made me pop my balloon before we boarded the plane! It was the only thing that was keeping me from crying...:(


  • #58
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Flight cancelled once from Buenos Aires (and then subsequent missed connections) and took nearly two days of hanging around airports to get home.


  • #59
    Novella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    I remember when I was really young, about seven or eight, we went on a holiday. For some reason, we ended up staying in a b&b one night.
    My parents went out and left myself and my brother sleeping in the bedroom. (I've no idea if this was the done thing, or if I have really bad parents!)

    Anyway, I woke up at some stage to find the couple who owned the b&b stood beside the bed, watching me! Then I remember them speaking but I couldn't understand a word. (Turns out it was Irish!)
    I told my parents the next morning but they didn't believe me. I'm still always terrified I'm gonna wake up to someone looking at me! :pac:


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