The assumption that you like GAA because you're from ''that part the country

mikemac · 28-07-2011 03:03PM

Up Tipp!

saywhatyousee · 28-07-2011 03:09PM

dienbienphu wrote: »

why the fcuk do some people presume you like the gaa because you're from the country? 75 percent of the conversations i have with strangers always end up on the topic of the gaa. some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?'' thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect. personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with. could you imagine if that was the answer i gave every time some moron asked me that question?

OP you sure your from Ireland?Why do you keep refering to it in the third person.
Alot of insults you threw in there aswell.

Sunnyisland · 28-07-2011 03:13PM

I like and watch soccer,rugby & Gaa games,don't see the problem with any of them, Especially interested if my county or country is involved,There sports games whats the big deal.

Sunnyisland · 28-07-2011 04:36PM

Thanks for the thanks quazzie,I know your very particular who you thank. :-)

krudler · 28-07-2011 04:39PM

meh, I'm from Limerick and have zero interest in rugby, so this usually leads to awkward "some match wasnt it?" "what match?" conversations. Nothing against it, have watched a few games but dont follow it at all.

Minstrel27 · 28-07-2011 04:42PM

OP you are displaying all the hallmarks of an inferiority complex.

flahavaj · 28-07-2011 04:46PM

Gowan the Déise.

Ruu_Old · 28-07-2011 04:49PM

All people are bastids!

jimthemental · 28-07-2011 04:59PM

OSI wrote: »

There's usually nothing else to do out that way.

The general assumption is that you're into whatever is available. So if you're from the country it's assumed you're either into GAA, or your Coursin.

I love the hurling and coursing. Two great sports with long traditions in this country. You're not into them and fair play to you but do you mind not continually insulting those of us who are.

dienbienphu wrote: »

bog irish is a term i use for the ''people'' who descend upon a town on a sunday to watch a gaa match thats commentated on by a 70 year old man

He is class. Ray Darcy did a brilliant interview with him this morning.

krudler wrote: »

meh, I'm from Limerick and have zero interest in rugby, so this usually leads to awkward "some match wasnt it?" "what match?" conversations. Nothing against it, have watched a few games but dont follow it at all.

So....are you into stabbings or drug dealing?:)

ColeTrain · 28-07-2011 05:11PM

dienbienphu wrote: »

why the fcuk do some people presume you like the gaa because you're from the country? 75 percent of the conversations i have with strangers always end up on the topic of the gaa. some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?'' thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect. personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with. could you imagine if that was the answer i gave every time some moron asked me that question?

It's called small talk. There aren't many insightful things you can say to someone you don't know. Talking about GAA is a decent conversation starter considering a lot of people would have at least a passing interest in the game. Fair enough you don't like it, just move onto talking about the weather or whatever floats your boat - it hardly matters.

DCUlad · 28-07-2011 05:19PM

There is a huge lack of knowledge of GAA on this site. I was recently red carded from the GAA forum for stating this, despite people agreeing with me.

It seems the majority of boards posters would know far more about Star Wars and other nerd activites as opposed to the real issues in life GAA, Sex and Beer.

Caraville · 28-07-2011 05:45PM

DCUlad wrote: »

There is a huge lack of knowledge of GAA on this site. I was recently red carded from the GAA forum for stating this, despite people agreeing with me.

It seems the majority of boards posters would know far more about Star Wars and other nerd activites as opposed to the real issues in life GAA, Sex and Beer.

And I suppose you're in the minority, Mr. Coolio McSlickpants?

Oh God, no, I've gotten sucked in by a troll, what have I become???
:eek::(:eek::(:eek::(

N.B. It is most imperative that readers read the above properly. It could sound bad otherwise.

Liam Byrne · 28-07-2011 05:52PM

jimthemental wrote: »

So....are you into stabbings or drug dealing?:)

Pathetic :rolleyes:

Mind you, since you consider coursing a sport.......

kingtut · 28-07-2011 05:53PM

GAA is complete and utter sh*t :cool:

/thread :pac:

c_man · 28-07-2011 06:01PM

The assumption that you like GAA because you're from ''that part the country

In my experience you're far more likely to be asked what English soccer team you support. I don't support any and say so. I don't fly into a rage over what is a-not unresonable assumption. They're just trying to make small talk ffs.

Also :pac: at the hopeful Mayos in the thread. I'll never ceased to be amazed at yer optimism!

Dionysus · 28-07-2011 06:48PM

Degag wrote: »

What annoys me are the GAA heads who think their sport is the only sport worth playing and every other sport is "boring" "full of sissys" etc.

They are out there.

They are indeed, probably glued to Sky Sports this minute watching something really different, exciting and new like ... another extraordinarily commercialised, over-hyped soccer game from Britain.

PS: And, as with c_man above, they get really offended when you express no preference about, never mind interest in, some random soccer team in Britain.

Dionysus · 28-07-2011 07:08PM

dienbienphu wrote: »

why the fcuk do some people presume you like the gaa because you're from the country? 75 percent of the conversations i have with strangers always end up on the topic of the gaa. some of these idiots make stupid assumptions like ''oh you must be mad into hurlen if you're from there?'' thats normally when the conversation dies for me as such assumptions are a good indication of an individuals intellect. personally, i never liked hurling (or hurlen as the irish savage calls it) or football or any other bog irish sport. its a part of ireland i have no interest in and the one which i want no association with. could you imagine if that was the answer i gave every time some moron asked me that question?

Did you ever think that perhaps, just perhaps, they mention the GAA because they sense that having a serious, intelligent, deep conversation with you would not be an option and bringing up the GAA is the Irish equivalent of a sweet nothing nicety to wile away the time while they're stuck with you?

It's the most blatantly obvious means to make a connection with an Irish person. This isn't rocket science. It's basic politeness and both sides usually accept it as the nicety that it is and conversation moves on to something else.

Social skills, eh?

Dionysus · 28-07-2011 07:16PM

saywhatyousee wrote: »

OP you sure your from Ireland?

Was thinking that when I saw "Irish savage" - has Edmund Spenser risen from the sixteenth-century dead for another go at the Irish?

Mo14 · 28-07-2011 07:58PM

Yes, being from Kilkenny, when I talk to people not from here, it's usually assumed I eat, drink and sleep hurling. The look of utter disbelief on some people's face when I tell them I'm not interested in hurling is incredible.

Witchie · 28-07-2011 08:00PM

Being from Monaghan where people are obsessed with Gah I draw looks of horror from them anytime I say I dont give a toot about it. Its like I have insulted their mum and had sex with their dad while whipping their brother and kicking their dog.

Get over it. Not everyone likes GAA. I was brought up with it, dragged to matches with my dad and enjoyed them until I discovered Monaghan United FC and saw what its like to support a real team where you dont have such parochial backwards attitudes and only being selected coz you were born or bred somewhere.

later12 · 28-07-2011 08:05PM

Well I'm from Tipperary and Yes, I do like the GAA, and yes, I do drink pints in Flannerys and yes I do shift trainee teachers in the smoking area, and Yes, I do still say shift, I am pretty sure I say hurlen too. So the F*ck what.

However, if you're different, just say "sorry, I don't follow GAA at all" and talk about something else. Some of us who do take an interest in GAA (and other sports) have more than one store of conversation topics in our heads. Try it some time.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 28-07-2011 08:08PM

Witchie wrote: »

Get over it. Not everyone likes GAA. I was brought up with it, dragged to matches with my dad and enjoyed them until I discovered Monaghan United FC and saw what its like to support a real team where you dont have such parochial backwards attitudes and only being selected coz you were born or bred somewhere.

Well someones itching for a fight with GAA fans.

As it happens I play Gaelic Football and I don't follow any other sports at all. I still don't have anything against other sports and I don't feel the need to insult them or their supporters. People like different things thats just the way it is. I don't follow the premiership, a lot of my friends couldn't care less about how Mayo or Roscommon are doing.

Dudess · 28-07-2011 08:08PM

I'm from Cork, and a part of Cork where hurling is huge and the GAA club is well known, so people quite regularly say to me "Oh you must be mad for the hurling" or start asking my opinion on particular players or whatever. I just politely say I'm not and/or that I wouldn't know anything about it. Job done. Doesn't bother me - or them.

stovelid · 28-07-2011 08:14PM

What's funniest is that so many of the rabid GAA fans always somehow think that simultaneous devotion to Manchester United or Liverpool (note that its rarely ever, say, rochdale or tranmere) somehow exempt from their otherwise valiant disdain for Brit culture.

c_man · 28-07-2011 08:19PM

stovelid wrote: »

What's funniest is that so many of the rabid GAA fans always somehow think that simultaneous devotion to Manchester United or Liverpool (note that its rarely ever, say, rochdale or tranmere) somehow exempt from their otherwise valiant disdain for Brit culture.

That's common throughout the entire populace of this country.

Witchie · 28-07-2011 08:19PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Well someones itching for a fight with GAA fans.

As it happens I play Gaelic Football and I don't follow any other sports at all. I still don't have anything against other sports and I don't feel the need to insult them or their supporters. People like different things thats just the way it is. I don't follow the premiership, a lot of my friends couldn't care less about how Mayo or Roscommon are doing.

Maybe coz I know plenty of victims of their backwards ways including Shamrock Rovers (Thomas Davis case), 2 of our players almost having their careerw in England playing football ruined by pressure being put on them to line out for some Gah game, some of our female footballers being kicked off teams or threatened coz they play "soccer" and a county footballer being threatened his career would be over if he did an FAI coaching course that would help his career as a teacher. Thats the tip of the iceberg, have plenty more evidence of their attitudes stinking if you want more. Small minded bigots.

Dyr · 28-07-2011 08:22PM

Louis Walsh also hated growing up in a part of the country where there was only GAA and the like.

So there's hope for you, or something.

Liam Byrne · 28-07-2011 08:23PM

Witchie wrote: »

2 of our players almost having their careerw in England playing football ruined

Which Gaelic Football team were they going to join over there? London?

Witchie · 28-07-2011 08:24PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Which Gaelic Football team were they going to join over there? London?

Ha ha.

later12 · 28-07-2011 08:27PM

stovelid wrote: »

What's funniest is that so many of the rabid GAA fans always somehow think that simultaneous devotion to Manchester United or Liverpool (note that its rarely ever, say, rochdale or tranmere) somehow exempt from their otherwise valiant disdain for Brit culture.

What GAA fans actually have a disdain for brit culture? I played hurling for two years in Cú Chullainns a London club, warming the bench mostly, but I can't say I ever met any of the other team members, some of whom were British born of Irish descent, who held a disdain for the culture that surrounded them (which is hardly very different to Irish culture, as it happens)

The assumption that you like GAA because you're from ''that part the country

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