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Irish ways and means

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  • #32
    Dolbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭Dolbert


    foxyboxer wrote: »
    Salute people with a question without getting an answer.

    "How's it going?"

    Then walk on their merry way.

    Say 'salute' and not mean this :)


  • #33
    RATM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭RATM


    Saying thanks to the bus driver might be one. I've seen the odd person do it in London but never really on the continent.


  • #34
    Siuin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,659 ✭✭✭Siuin


    RATM wrote: »
    Saying thanks to the bus driver might be one. I've seen the odd person do it in London but never really on the continent.

    Yeah, I did this once in the Middle East. He thought I was hitting on him :S


  • #35
    Boombastic
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    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    .........Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped...............


    No but I reckon we are the only ones who cross 10m up the street from the pedestrian crossing


  • #36
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    In Australia they all shout "Thanks driver" when getting off a bus


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  • #37
    ruthloss
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    And how many times do you hear "I'm only having the one" in pubs in Ireland.:D


  • #38
    gara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭gara


    bluewolf wrote: »
    i don't do that :confused:

    What exactly are you confused about -the fact that other people might actually do things that you don't?


  • #39
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    Interesting stuff here.
    Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped.

    It's maybe more a wave of relief that they didn't plough into you but people do that here (France) all the time. I'd consider it rude not to and always remind my kids to do it.


  • #40
    IrishAm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭IrishAm


    Thanking and praising ignorant bartenders when you hand over five euro for a glass of slop.


  • #41
    AnonoBoy
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    Sea Filly wrote: »
    Seriously, it's very common in Ireland.

    I've seen people acknowledge when a car stops to let them cross but I have never seen it at a pedestrian crossing.


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  • #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,773 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    Interesting stuff here.
    Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped.

    I do that, the reason I do it is probably the fact that I very rarely cross at actual pedestrian crossings and usually anywhere that's handy so would always thank someone letting me cross, then I just do it out of habit at an actual pedestrian crossing.


  • #43
    Casillas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭Casillas


    IrishAm wrote: »
    Thanking and praising ignorant bartenders when you hand over five euro for a glass of slop.

    Or thanking the person behind the bar on minimum wage, working with drunk people all night. Seriously what's wrong with manners, have we all gone nuts?


  • #44
    Wompa1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,360 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    The escalator thing is pretty annoying alright. Use to work in a place that had an escalator. A real pain in the balls when people slow you down when you've got sh!t to do.

    Another one. Clapping when the plane lands..what's up with that!?


  • #45
    IrishAm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭IrishAm


    Casillas wrote: »
    Or thanking the person behind the bar on minimum wage, working with drunk people all night. Seriously what's wrong with manners, have we all gone nuts?

    I tip a euro a drink regardless. It would be nice to be greeted with a smile instead of a grunt.

    That said, there are still some excellent bartenders in Ireland. But they are a dying breed.


  • #46
    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    bluewolf wrote: »
    i don't do that :confused:

    I think it's a nice thing to do, I get offended if people don't.

    The same goes if you let a car out ahead of you and they wave, just manners.


  • #47
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,195 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Wompa1 wrote: »
    Another one. Clapping when the plane lands..what's up with that!?

    At least none of them will be there to complain when the pilot makes a right b0llox of it.


  • #48
    eth0
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    Self loathing

    Being deeply ashamed over the actions of a select few gobsh1tes abroad who happen to be Irish


  • #49
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    I've seen people acknowledge when a car stops to let them cross but I have never seen it at a pedestrian crossing.

    Oh, I get you now. I mean zebra crossings more than the crossings at traffic lights. Zebra crossings are bit more touch and go as to whether a motorist will stop. I once got yelled at by a motorist for crossing as a zebra crossing, as apparently I didn't have right-of-way.


  • #50
    Casillas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭Casillas


    IrishAm wrote: »
    I tip a euro a drink regardless. It would be nice to be greeted with a smile instead of a grunt.

    That said, there are still some excellent bartenders in Ireland. But they are a dying breed.

    Fair enough ;)


  • #51
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    Wompa1 wrote: »
    Another one. Clapping when the plane lands..what's up with that!?

    Gawd, this is hackneyed. I have NEVER seen this happen.


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  • #52
    jamo2oo9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭jamo2oo9


    Parking in the middle of the road just for a wee chat with yer' mate :D


  • #53
    mikemac1
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    Midnight mass is not at midnight, more like 7pm

    Never stop running down this country and its people but if a foreigner dares to criticize Ireland then people go mad

    Apply for your passport shortly before you go on holidays and then cry to Joe Duffy when suprise, suprise, there is a summer backlog. The Brits are guilty of this too. Procrastination is a terrible thing

    You are a football fan and you say your flag is green, white and gold??

    Explain to a French person that you take your car for a spin. You say spin, they think spin

    There will be three council workers at every pothole, one lad working and another two leaning on their shovels talking ****e and doing nothing, lazy feckers

    And best of all: fail your driving test and drive home :D


  • #54
    Pumpkinseeds
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    eth0 wrote: »
    Terrible Joe. People in general shouldn't be allowed to do things. I'm content with sitting at home listening to the radio and complaining and everyone else should be the same way

    I don't listen to the radio, that's a terrible accusation to make.

    If people are going to allow their kids to bring those things into a supermarket well then they shouldn't be surprised if their little darlings getting ploughed down with a trolley, perhaps we could turn it into an Olympic sport.


  • #55
    AnonoBoy
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    Rasheed wrote: »
    I think it's a nice thing to do, I get offended if people don't.

    The same goes if you let a car out ahead of you and they wave, just manners.

    If it's a pedestrian crossing you get offended if every single pedestrian using that crossing doesn't salute you?

    Good luck taking a drive and not being offended so.


  • #56
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    Interesting stuff here.
    Are we the Irish the only people who when crossing on a pedestrian crossing give a thank you wave to the car that stopped.

    I do it all the time. Especially considering most drivers don't stop.
    crapmanjoe wrote: »
    Yeah ive noticed that - or answering "How's it going?" with "How's it going?"

    Answering a question with a question and neither party actually giving a damn about how the other is "going"

    I remember seeing on QI that the correct manner to reply to the question "How are you?" is to reply with "How are you?"


  • #57
    Real Life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Real Life


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    Travelators are for fcuking walking on!

    I HATE people who stand on them. And they don't seem to realise how little sense it makes when they're going so slow! :mad: IDIOTS!

    i like to run on travelators, it makes me feel like im a really fast sprinter.


  • #58
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Real Life wrote: »
    Bad Panda wrote: »
    Travelators are for fcuking walking on! I HATE people who stand on them. And they don't seem to realise how little sense it makes when they're going so slow! :mad: IDIOTS!
    i like to run on travelators, it makes me feel like im a really fast sprinter.
    Rocky music playing in my head now


  • #59
    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    If it's a pedestrian crossing you get offended if every single pedestrian using that crossing doesn't salute you?

    Good luck taking a drive and not being offended so.

    Was just reading your other post, I thought it was about a zebra crossing.


  • #60
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭eth0


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Midnight mass is not at midnight, more like 7pm

    Never stop running down this country and its people but if a foreigner dares to criticize Ireland then people go mad

    Apply for your passport shortly before you go on holidays and then cry to Joe Duffy when suprise, suprise, there is a summer backlog. The Brits are guilty of this too. Procrastination is a terrible thing

    You are a football fan and you say your flag is green, white and gold??

    Explain to a French person that you take your car for a spin. You say spin, they think spin

    There will be three council workers at every pothole, one lad working and another two leaning on their shovels talking ****e and doing nothing, lazy feckers

    And best of all: fail your driving test and drive home :D

    Your local priest must be a lazy bollix so, for me midnight mass is always at midnight.

    If you go to another country and start spouting off about the faults with that country do its citizens say "thank you kind sir for your constructive criticism, we'll try and sort that out for you?"

    The lazy feckers 'fixing' the road are now demanding you pay a house ownership tax so they can keep that job.

    With our way of insuring cars that ties a particular driver to a particular car the drive home from your failed test is the only real option.
    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    I don't listen to the radio, that's a terrible accusation to make.

    If people are going to allow their kids to bring those things into a supermarket well then they shouldn't be surprised if their little darlings getting ploughed down with a trolley, perhaps we could turn it into an Olympic sport.

    Any reasonable parent would expect them to get ploughed down a few times first, but then they'll recover and get better at trolley-dodging. but they'll never get good without valuable real life 'getting ploughed down' experience


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  • #61
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    If it's a pedestrian crossing you get offended if every single pedestrian using that crossing doesn't salute you?

    Good luck taking a drive and not being offended so.

    They probably mean the same as me:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80112973&postcount=49


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