Take Me Out - Irish Version [ATTN: Please read Mod Note in OP)

leggo wrote: »

Irish girls are fine. They're harsher than other nationalities I've experienced but also much easier to get along with when you get past that shield.

Incidentally, Irish men also tend to be much more cynical and likely to take the piss.

That's who we are: a nation full of messers and piss-takers. And the rest of the world loves us for it.

If you don't 'get' that, or if you approach the dating scene from an insecure perspective with your heart on your sleeve, you'll get ripped apart and think women are bitches or men are arseholes. That's not the case at all.

We're also a nation who suffers from massively low confidence and self-loating though, so we're our own worst critics.

This show (and equally the reactions to it) has been great for examining Irish attitudes to dating, if nothing else. Single lads should be taking notes and single gals should see aspects of themselves they mightn't like in the girls on the show and work on getting rid of them.

(Btw, I'm on this Friday. Check it out </cheapplug>)

taking notes?

are you having a laugh?

i wouldn't go near the vast majority of girls on the show, not just their looks, some of their comments show them up to be a bit immature, mean-spirited or just a bit dim to be honest

the english show is better, they are obviously screening the contestants more closely and the result is the women on it, at least in my view seem to be more interesting/funny/articulate/attractive/nice

maybe it's to do with editing/lighting too

and the nature of the show means that the ladies are going to have to act like right bitches at times, to be honest and i've made this point before i don't understand why any girl would want to appear on it other than to say they've been on tv because it doesn't paint a flattering picture of them (not completely their fault, the show makes them look bad)

a lot of women say it was a bit of craic and all that but you can use that excuse for anything

I used to be a pimp and a drug-dealer and it was a bit of craic (no i'm not comparing appearing on the show to pimping and drug-dealing, i'm merely pointing out that the "bit of craic" justification doesn't carry a lot of water)

I'm just saying I don't really get why ladies apply to go on a show that generally makes then look bad, i'm sure they won't lose any sleep about that

Irish women aren't asbad-looking as a ot of people say, w ehave plenty of decent-looking women, dark-haired beauties with a twinkle in the eye, it's just that sometimes and this applies to men too, we have quite a smalltime, immature, insecure attitude to dating and sex and that is deeply unattractive, we need to get sloshed to express ourselves and that is very unattractive particularly on women......generally continental women have a more mature attitude to sex and dating and have a strong sense of femininity and elegance that Irish women are sometimes lacking, but then again the Irish woman can compensate for that by being a better laugh, by being witty or funny or easier to banter with, youze can't have your cake and eat it lads

so what's it to be lads , the continental classy ice-queen or the tipsy Irish burd who'll laugh at your dirty jokes instead of slapping you in the face?

Poor Craythur wrote: »

One thing that does get me about Irish women is the amount of times I've seen an Irish girl with a killer figure swamp it under a huge, masculine hoodie and/or trackies with uggs. Why? Why not make the best of your great figure?

And don't get me started on fake tan.

I don't think the getting sloshed thing is particularly attractive on either sex, TBH, let's not put that all on the females!

But one thing I think is great about Irish people, male and female, is our world-weary cynicism. Maybe some people don't like it, but I do.

i'd agree with all of that

Don't get the hoodie obsession at all. My name was always being put down for class hoodies in college and my answer would always be "If you get me that hoodie, it will fester at the back of my wardrobe". The most unfeminine clothing you could wear. And believe me, it wasn't lack of confidence that had some of the class wearing them.