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American Magazines in Ireland?

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  • #32
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    But all those magazines are available in America:confused:

    Get them an An Phoblacht its the Irish version of the daily planet and The Word, that one is good for a laugh.


  • #33
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Bring Milk Duds, Fun Yuns and Salt and Vineger Lay's....and a Native American if there are any of them around, that will impress them.


  • #34
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    yoEllie wrote: »
    They're your everyday magazines at the store? Balls :( I'm something of a food crazed maniac to be honest, but I'd rather not be seen that way, at least not right at the outset! I wonder what else I could bring...
    Well, as an American, you're in bad luck


  • #35
    yoEllie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭yoEllie


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Bring the best quality beef jerky you can find. AFAIK that stuff is still really hard to get in Ireland and won't ruin you in terms of weight/volume.
    Poor Ireland! Legit beef jerky is like a regular fixture here. Ma n Pa type gas stations make their own and sell it. Isn't Ireland supposed to have nice beef or something? whatsupwiththat.
    HerbPowell wrote:
    Well, as an American, you're in bad luck
    Barring any prejudices. Even Americans think I'm obsessive when it comes to food.

    What about s'mores? Are they normal over there? I'm already bringing homemade marshmallows and chocolate, so...


  • #36
    scrimshanker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 738 ✭✭✭scrimshanker


    Don't bring meat products - you're not allowed to bring them into the country. Seriously - no meat products!

    US magazines are ok if they're into magazines, we have all the main magazines over here but it'd be the UK edition of things like Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire etc.

    S'mores. Ick. Personally I find the combination oversweet and a little nauseous, as did many other non-americans who tried them with me! Do be aware that food outside the USA is less laced with refined sugar, so tastes are not as sweet. Doesn't mean we don't like our treats, but nothing beats a nice digestive biscuit dipped into tea.

    I'm trying to think of what stuff I like from the USA that you can't get over here. Kraft mac-n-cheese is lovely, can get it here but at a fairly big cost. Are they into paper crafts? I've found things like wrapping boxes and tissue paper are much better (CHEAPER) in the USA than here.

    I'll post back if I think of anything


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  • #37
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,884 ✭✭✭Eve_Dublin


    OP I'll be honest, American confectionary is generally inferior to what you can find in Ireland and Europe in general. It's too sweet for our palette.


  • #38
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    yoEllie wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me what magazines you do/don't have in Ireland? I was brainstorming:
    -Vogue (I'm assuming the US has a different edition?)
    -Vanity Fair
    -Real Simple
    -Esquire
    -Time
    -People
    -Sport's Illustrated
    -???

    All of these magazines are available in any decent sized Dublin bookshop, not just Easons. Time is available pretty much everywhere. Vanity Fair and Vogue do have US and UK versions. Both are readily available here. The US version just costs more coz it is imported. When I lived in the US, I would bring back a few back issues of Sports Illustrated for my brother, as he couldn't be bothered going out and getting it himself.

    The Irish in general are not all that into US college sports, the NFL, NBA etc etc compared to our own soccer, rugby, GAA. If there is a big fan of US sports amongst the people you are visiting, SI might be a nice thing to bring with you. However, to bring an entire selection of US magazines may be perceived as being a tad, I dunno...patronizing? It might give people the impression that you think that the Irish are rather backward when it comes to having an interest in media that is not exclusively their own.


  • #39
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    forget magazines CARS we want CARS dont you guys know we are still going around on horse and carts here :mad:


  • #40
    citizen_p
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭citizen_p


    yoEllie wrote: »
    Poor Ireland! Legit beef jerky is like a regular fixture here. Ma n Pa type gas stations make their own and sell it. Isn't Ireland supposed to have nice beef or something? whatsupwiththat.
    We do, hence we eat it fast and dont feel the need to shrink it down and change the flavour alot...

    Jerky is nice tough :pac: , bring loads!


  • #41
    ronano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,182 ✭✭✭ronano


    it's after hours op they're always a bunch of d--ks


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  • #42
    Arpa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Arpa


    yoEllie wrote: »
    Simmer down, no need to be mean now. I'm used to sending gifts to Japan, they're happy with just about anything. So basically I just need to bring food is what y'all are telling me. Easy enough!


    The magazines may be useful to mop up the pee of the person who has just wet themselves, laughing at the idea that you thought a magazine from the big !!U.S OF YAY!!, was an impressive and legitimate gift. If I brought Vanity Fair from the newsagents to my girlfriend, she may possibly, depending on the time of month, be appreciative.

    As for the Japanese, they are just a mental race, obsessed with Western culture. 'Toilet paper' from the US would be impressive to a Japanese person. They are not the benchmark for gifts for normal people.

    You need to re-think your whole gift plan. It can be hit or miss with food, as everyone has different tastes. I love Hershey's for example but my friends despise it. Most of it is available here now anyway.

    It's a smaller world these days and people are not so impressed with gifts from the 'promised land' as they may have been 50-100 years ago. Especially not magazines.

    You didn't see that giving someone a magazine may have been a bit crass? Would you be happy if I brought you The Irish Times? People would think you had forgotten to get them anything and were pawning your flight reading material off as gifts.

    Try thinking of the aspects of American Culture that are praised around the world. Music, Art, Cinema. I'm sure there are some wonderful inexpensive things in these fields that are a bit quirky and not available here. Best of luck.


  • #43
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    ronano wrote: »
    it's after hours op they're always a bunch of d--ks

    I dont think 'dorks' is swear-filtered...


  • #44
    Dotrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Dotrel


    Bring a load of Dunkin Donuts and about a 10 gallon drum of their crappy coffee. It's about the only thing I miss from my time in America and I don't feel like going to Germany for some.


  • #45
    x_Ellie_x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭x_Ellie_x


    Get them a few DVDs. Most feature films that have just been released in the US probably won't release here for another few months, some may even be still showing in the cinemas here.


  • #46
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    x_Ellie_x wrote: »
    Get them a few DVDs. Most feature films that have just been released in the US probably won't release here for another few months, some may even be still showing in the cinemas here.

    They wont work in the dvd players:)

    Bring us some of that precious american democracy:D


  • #47
    x_Ellie_x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭x_Ellie_x


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    They wont work in the dvd players:)

    Bring us some of that precious american democracy:D

    Actually most DVD players are region free. I've been buying DVD's on the US version of Amazon for years and I've never had a problem getting them to work.


  • #48
    Dotrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Dotrel


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Bring us some of that precious american democracy:D

    ... and also don't forget to bring some of that delicious freedom I heard so much about.


  • #49
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    x_Ellie_x wrote: »
    Get them a few DVDs. Most feature films that have just been released in the US probably won't release here for another few months, some may even be still showing in the cinemas here.

    Ireland gets thepiratebay just like any other country ;)


  • #50
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,545 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    ColeTrain wrote: »
    Ireland gets thepiratebay just like any other country ;)

    Not if you are with Eircom.


  • #51
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    Hogzy wrote: »
    Not if you are with Eircom.

    Thakfully proxy servers make Eircom's censorship null and void.


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  • #52
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Gourmet Jelly Beans?


  • #53
    Stab*City
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭Stab*City


    Im not sure about your friends but if possible could you bring me back some KOOL AID + FRUITY PEBBLES???? Please please please.. and TWIZZLERS!! God i love twizzlers.. Actually its grand i already have a ton of Kool Aid and got twizzlers for xmas.. I miss fruity pebbles though.. the cereal section in irish supermarkets is dire compared to the US.. i second the lucky charms thing too..


  • #54
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    Root Beer Barrells - Yes
    Magazines - NO!


  • #55
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'd have to agree with other posters here, magazines are a bad idea. American media is quite often pretty patronising about Ireland, and it would be a bad move to bring over something that we already have. I actually heard a story once about someone who went to America and was told by someone that he had "real good English". We can be a bit touchy about stuff like that. I'm sure your friends will know your intentions though, so don't worry too much.

    Lucky Charms are like €8 ($10.50) here! If your friends like them, bring over a load of them. Maybe you'd do well to bring over something we definitely don't have, like souvenirs with American flags on them or something like that. Overall it's the thought that counts and they'll just be happy to see you.


  • #56
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    When I was younger, I used to adore traipsing around the newsagents & getting my hands on the US Marvel & DC colour comics... some of them would be on the shelves forever and you could pick up the occasional one that was valuable and much sought after. This was before comics became "cool" and nobody had heard of the "graphic novel"... :)

    You used to have street traders on O'Connell St, selling the US horror comics, EC was the brand name, I think.


  • #57
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    scrimshanker wrote: »
    Are they into paper crafts? I've found things like wrapping boxes and tissue paper are much better (CHEAPER) in the USA than here.

    I actually LOLed.


  • #58
    Gandhi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Gandhi


    Are you anywhere near a Whole Foods? See if they still have any Peppermint Bark left (the one in the metal tin). That is always a huge hit when I bring it home.


  • #59
    Stab*City
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭Stab*City


    true-or-false wrote: »
    Lucky Charms are like €8 ($10.50) here!

    Where can you get them?


  • #60
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    Stab*City wrote: »
    Where can you get them?
    You need to trap a leprechaun, then get him to take you to his stash. Be careful though, he's a wily rascal.


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  • #61
    yoEllie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭yoEllie


    I really don't think you're all a bunch of backwater bogtrotters, I promise!

    I'm just surprised that American pop cultural is as readily available as it apparently is. I wasn't looking to impress with a couple magazines, I've made up a sufficiently impressive basket. I just wanted some culturally relevant thing, a little American tidbit as a curiosity, to round off the other gifts I'm bringing. I'd honestly be interested to peruse an Irish Times simply because they don't exist over here, not because I'd find the articles riveting. But seeing as it's all available for you guys, I'll need to find some other non-food item. Or just forget about it completely, but it's fun to brainstorm anyway.

    Thanks to everyone giving suggestions, though. If you have ideas, please share! I'm bringing a lot of homemade goodies (baking is a serious hobby) including marshmallows, dark coconut chocolate, spicy cocoa mix and ginger candy. Plus they requested concord grape jelly from my vines and canned cherries from my tree, as well as twinkies and peeps. The food bases are pretty well covered it seems.

    However, I will be certain to include Lucky Charms, a Mexican gardener and some freedom :)


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