Are Irish people the nosiest people in the world?.

Jimmy Garlic · 24-11-2011 01:50AM #1

I was up in a remote part Donegal last weekend doing a little bit of surfing. I had the van parked up and I was cooking myself up a bit to eat on a gas burner when I noticed this guy looking at me from a distance. I took no notice, carried on.

15 mins later he was still there and I was starting to wonder if he had some sort of problem. About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc.. I was polite but wanted to tell him to go away and mind his own f***en business.

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

DjFlin · 24-11-2011 01:52AM

Yeah, I hate it when people are friendly. What the f*cks their problem like? Gawd!

the groutch · 24-11-2011 01:54AM

you've obviously never been on a Dublin bus with fifty spanish students

Plazaman · 24-11-2011 01:55AM

I hear ya and notice that you don't have a location listed under your username. Where are you from?

EGAR · 24-11-2011 01:56AM

Around here even the trees have eyes...oh... the treeeessss...

Jimoslimos · 24-11-2011 02:01AM

Illegal camping. Probably worried you were a traveller, with another few van loads of your extended family on the way

starbelgrade · 24-11-2011 02:03AM

It was probably his land you'd decided to park up on for the night.

Only right that he'd want to know what you were up to.

Saul Goodman · 24-11-2011 02:03AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I was up in a remote part Donegal last weekend doing a little bit of surfing. I had the van parked up and I was cooking myself up a bit to eat on a gas burner when I noticed this guy looking at me from a distance. I took no notice, carried on.

15 mins later he was still there and I was starting to wonder if he had some sort of problem. About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc.. I was polite but wanted to tell him to go away and mind his own f***en business.

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

yes especially in the rural places.

I have known people drive around in cars to see that the buzz is with people.

Latchy · 24-11-2011 02:03AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I was up in a remote part Donegal

About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc..

.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE

jimpump · 24-11-2011 02:08AM

nah italians, without a doubt

Jimmy Garlic · 24-11-2011 02:10AM

DjFlin wrote: »

Yeah, I hate it when people are friendly. What the f*cks their problem like? Gawd!

He wasn't being friendly, he was being a nosey, I know the difference. Gawping at someone for 20+ mins isn't very friendly behaviour.

Dotrel · 24-11-2011 02:10AM

Latchy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE

Classic 70s movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPakQ7hH6I

Jimmy Garlic · 24-11-2011 02:10AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

It was probably his land you'd decided to park up on for the night.

Only right that he'd want to know what you were up to.

It was public land.

pudzey101 · 24-11-2011 02:12AM

Afghans are withouth doubt the loudest, when they drop the bomb it's loud

Jimmy Garlic · 24-11-2011 02:12AM

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Illegal camping. Probably worried you were a traveller, with another few van loads of your extended family on the way

How many travellers have you seen with surfboards?.

Logical Fallacy · 24-11-2011 02:13AM

One dude asks you a few questions and the whole populace is nosey?

Oki-doki.

Fart · 24-11-2011 02:14AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

It was public land.

Exactly the kind of attitude squatters have.

You bloody squatter, you. *Shakes fist*.

howwedoin · 24-11-2011 02:14AM

the groutch wrote: »

you've obviously never been on a Dublin bus with fifty spanish students

Yeah, the Spanish are nosey alright...:P

Jimoslimos · 24-11-2011 02:17AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

How many travellers have you seen with surfboards?.

Stolen ones?

Jimmy Garlic · 24-11-2011 02:17AM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

One dude asks you a few questions and the whole populace is nosey?

Oki-doki.

Nah, it is definitely not the first time I have had an experience like that, it is common for people in cars to come over to have a gawk (like another poster said) and I was approached a couple of times in Mayo and once in Sligo by local busybodies.

Hasmunch · 24-11-2011 02:20AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

No, its generally why i come to After hours

starbelgrade · 24-11-2011 02:22AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

It was public land.

I doubt it. Most of the land in Ireland is privately owned.. even most of the land under roads & pathways are still owned by the registered land owner.

What might look like a piece of public land beside the coast is most likely claimed by someone , or some party, either by deeds or land registry.

the groutch · 24-11-2011 02:23AM

howwedoin wrote: »

Yeah, the Spanish are nosey alright...:P

lol I thought the title said noisiest

Ah nuts · 24-11-2011 02:26AM

What part of donegal
when did you go up
what was traffic like
many cops out
what was weather like
many good waves
where did you get the van
how much, what year
is she taxed commercially
what's it like on juice
what were you cookin
did you do any fishing
where you get the stove
ever get food poisoning from bad cooking
what did yer man look like.
How did you know tWas fifteen minutes
did you go to pub while in Donegal
many socialising
what was trip back like
and what do you work at

we are just interested in people.

Jimmy Garlic · 24-11-2011 02:28AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I doubt it. Most of the land in Ireland is privately owned.. even most of the land under roads & pathways are still owned by the registered land owner.

What might look like a piece of public land beside the coast is most likely claimed by someone , or some party, either by deeds or land registry.

In that case it was very nice of him to lay a carpark...

http://maps.google.com/?ll=54.664301,-8.778076&spn=0.826043,3.532104&t=m&z=8&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=54.665386,-8.778444&panoid=sCTRjOH6JOE_SNHhTwPZDQ&cbp=11,216.06,,0,-1.26

You see, that is a public place, not some farmers field.

carfiosaoorl · 24-11-2011 02:31AM

No Irish people are not nosey just interested in the lives of other people. I love that about this country, that it is completely acceptable to walk up to a total stranger and make conversation about what they are doing. I hope that never changes.

starbelgrade · 24-11-2011 02:43AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

In that case it was very nice of him to lay a carpark...

http://maps.google.com/?ll=54.664301,-8.778076&spn=0.826043,3.532104&t=m&z=8&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=54.665386,-8.778444&panoid=sCTRjOH6JOE_SNHhTwPZDQ&cbp=11,216.06,,0,-1.26

You see, that is a public place, not some farmers field.

I do land surveys & land transfer maps (amongst other things) & I just did a search on the Property Registration Authority's website.

That piece of land is a seedpoint that belongs to folio DL16460. There are applications pending on the land which means there is some kind of process currently in hand on the land.

It may well be a car park, but as I guessed earlier, someone owns it. Most likely the person who wanted to know what you were doing camping up there for the night.

Wompa1 · 24-11-2011 02:49AM

Donegal, Sligo and Mayo...hmmmm....

Are you possibly from a place that doesn't like people from other parts of the country?

Was walking down Grafton St one of the days and some prick with a clipboard asked me what my name was and could I spare a minute....nosey prick.

Wompa1 · 24-11-2011 02:53AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

In that case it was very nice of him to lay a carpark...

http://maps.google.com/?ll=54.664301,-8.778076&spn=0.826043,3.532104&t=m&z=8&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=54.665386,-8.778444&panoid=sCTRjOH6JOE_SNHhTwPZDQ&cbp=11,216.06,,0,-1.26

You see, that is a public place, not some farmers field.

He thought you were going to camp in a car park? Was he slow?

slapbangwallop · 24-11-2011 03:15AM

Teenage Afro-Caribbean Manc girls at the back of the top deck on a bus in the morning are a noise sensation I dont not wish to experience again.

You would think that the weed they were smokin would quieten the rambunctious little lassies down. No!

:mad:

Wompa1 · 24-11-2011 03:19AM

slapbangwallop wrote: »

Teenage Afro-Caribbean Manc girls at the back of the top deck on a bus in the morning are a noise sensation I dont not wish to experience again.

You would think that the weed they were smokin would quieten the rambunctious little lassies down. No!

:mad:

Are people being sarcastic or stupid on this thread.

Re-read the title people, nosiest not noisiest

Are Irish people the nosiest people in the world?.

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