Are you a dry shyte if you don't dance?

AngryHippie · 10-12-2013 01:04AM

I don't see the harm in an ould dance.

It's better to be a shyte dancer with a sense of humor than a mediocre dancer that gets all serious and pouty about their moves.

It's supposed to be fun, so if your dancing fun comes from pulling slick moves and you can do them, then more luck to you.

I prefer to take the piss a bit, I've got rhythm and I can move pretty well, but I'd rather do some ridiculous shyte and have a laugh out there.

It's different if I've had a gutfull of pi$$ or a few yips though. Then big sweaty mong head comes in to play and anything can happen.

its great craic

languagenerd · 10-12-2013 01:20AM

I wouldn't consider someone a dry shyte for not dancing (no more than for not drinking) as long as they aren't trying to stop other people who want to dance from having fun. That's my attitude to pretty much everything on a night out - if you don't drink, don't make a big deal out of it and hassle those who do; if you don't dance, don't try to drag others away or stand there moaning at them; if you don't smoke, don't give out to those who do. There's a time and a place for everything and, well, the bar or club on a Saturday night is just not the time to further your anti-drinking/anti-dancing/anti-smoking agenda.

I used to haaate dancing on a night out - I don't drink and I think that made me a lot more self-concious on a night out - but if everyone was up dancing, I'd at least join them on the floor (or find someone else to talk to) rather than sit there with a sour face on, glaring at them and making them feel like they had to stop dancing and come sit with me. Nowadays, there are certain groups of friends I'd get up with without even thinking about it and others who I never dance with at all. Wouldn't think any less of someone who didn't get up, unless they sat there with a grumpy face and complained about everyone else dancing.

Schwiiing · 10-12-2013 01:54AM

languagenerd wrote: »

I wouldn't consider someone a dry shyte for not dancing (no more than for not drinking) as long as they aren't trying to stop other people who want to dance from having fun. That's my attitude to pretty much everything on a night out - if you don't drink, don't make a big deal out of it and hassle those who do; if you don't dance, don't try to drag others away or stand there moaning at them; if you don't smoke, don't give out to those who do. There's a time and a place for everything and, well, the bar or club on a Saturday night is just not the time to further your anti-drinking/anti-dancing/anti-smoking agenda.

I used to haaate dancing on a night out - I don't drink and I think that made me a lot more self-concious on a night out - but if everyone was up dancing, I'd at least join them on the floor (or find someone else to talk to) rather than sit there with a sour face on, glaring at them and making them feel like they had to stop dancing and come sit with me. Nowadays, there are certain groups of friends I'd get up with without even thinking about it and others who I never dance with at all. Wouldn't think any less of someone who didn't get up, unless they sat there with a grumpy face and complained about everyone else dancing.

This has never happened. Ever. It's always the other way around.

smileyj1987 · 10-12-2013 03:53AM

It all depends how drunk I am !!

Potential-Monke · 10-12-2013 05:53AM

Daveysil15 wrote: »

What exactly is "dancing"? Are we talking John Travolta type stuff here?

Only when i'm well oiled. Trying to re-enact my moves from Grease in Transition Year 14 years ago! (Still feel the need to dance out each individual dance i learned for each song in the Grease Megamix!). No, the "dancing" i was referring to is the bare leg shuffle, upper arms more or less by your side, lower arms moving up and down or in and out, and hands making gestures from pointing, fists clenched, open hands, and the head looking down mostly for fear of people catching your eye and getting that look of "state of yer man!". The kinda dancing you'd do to Kernkraft 400, Time to Burn, Castles in the Sky, etc.

Galwayguy35 · 10-12-2013 06:07AM

When I was a young fella I'd go out for the slow dance near the end of the night but that was with the aim of getting the shift.

If I'm at a wedding I just sit at the table or chat at the bar, some people love dancing and fair play to them but it aint for me.

I think the ladies would be more into dancing on average than most lads but maybe I'm wrong.

Caliden · 10-12-2013 07:37AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

When I was a young fella I'd go out for the slow dance near the end of the night but that was with the aim of getting the shift.

If I'm at a wedding I just sit at the table or chat at the bar, some people love dancing and fair play to them but it aint for me.

I think the ladies would be more into dancing on average than most lads but maybe I'm wrong.

Ah now if AC/DC comes on you have to get out, roll up one pant leg and stick the tie on the head. No wedding is complete without it.

--Kaiser-- · 10-12-2013 08:52AM

I think dance is a basic, primal human activity and people should really stop worrying how bad they look when they dance, the only way to get better is to practice. Plus, it's a good way to attract attention of the opposite sex

worded · 10-12-2013 09:13AM

Mostly dry ht1tes on this thread

This thread reminds of clubbing. Love dance. At clubs with pints of iced water for a cold shower and holding them upside down with my hand over the glass fingers slightly apart. That was to cool off from really going for it.

Dancing by the main speaker in the corner with friends. Lovin it !

Dancing all night long for hours on end. Furniture gymnastics at clubs. Never got thrown out of a club but I've been under the radar as a borderline case more than once.

Good music and dance or excercise is to me amongst the highest of highs I've ever experienced.

Is there a link between dancing / rhythm and being good in the scratcher ? Well fitness to start with help.

Dance people !

charlietheminxx · 10-12-2013 09:30AM

I hate most clubs because the music isn't my thing at all, but I love having a dance. I wish I got to do it more.

I'm not the prettiest girl or the best dancer, but seriously I just love the freedom of dancing. Once you don't care what you look like you can just let go and have fun. I've dragged my boyfriend onto the dancefloor on occasion but I don't do it to anyone else. It's up to people if they want to dance or not, like everything else it comes down to personal taste.

Irishcrx · 10-12-2013 09:31AM

God I hate dancing, I just never got into it at all I feel like a complete bell end when on a dance floor flailing about like an idiot with a other idiots who have had way too much to drink, it's crinchworthy for me. Not that I don't have rhythm I've been a drummer for 14 years, but I am far more comfortable behind a drum kit than on a dance.

In saying that for people that can actually dance fair play to them and if they enjoy dancing drunk well good for that as well I just hate the one's that can't accept I don't want to dance and try drag you up there and dance around you like some sort of a drunken ceromony to induct you to the dance floor...

More than one young one has fallen on her ass trying to drag me dancing...

Galwayguy35 · 10-12-2013 03:54PM

Caliden wrote: »

Ah now if AC/DC comes on you have to get out, roll up one pant leg and stick the tie on the head. No wedding is complete without it.

AC/DC at a wedding!

If that screeching hyena came on I'd definately be going the other way.

Galwayguy35 · 10-12-2013 03:57PM

worded wrote: »

Mostly dry ht1tes on this thread

This thread reminds of clubbing. Love dance. At clubs with pints of iced water for a cold shower and holding them upside down with my hand over the glass fingers slightly apart. That was to cool off from really going for it.

Dancing by the main speaker in the corner with friends. Lovin it !

Dancing all night long for hours on end. Furniture gymnastics at clubs. Never got thrown out of a club but I've been under the radar as a borderline case more than once.

Good music and dance or excercise is to me amongst the highest of highs I've ever experienced.

Is there a link between dancing / rhythm and being good in the scratcher ? Well fitness to start with help.

Dance people !

So you're the fella who bumps into everyone while "dancing" and thinks he's cool doing it then are you?

cantdecide · 10-12-2013 04:26PM

"Evolution of dance for the rest of us" (parody)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kO1jaY1jaY

Yup.

castletownman · 10-12-2013 05:17PM

I wouldn't usually be the dancing type (unless a girl I was "in" with wanted to go for a dance) but the last wedding I was at I let loose and stole the show. Tie around my head dancing waltzes with ould ones, people clearing a space for me on the dance floor so I could do the worm, and finishing with a Hollywood-esque slide along the floor on my knees.

It felt like the eyes of the world were on me. And it was beautiful.

SEPT 23 1989 · 10-12-2013 05:21PM

I don't dance in public much anymore

Burky126 · 10-12-2013 05:22PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

"Dance like there's no-one watching.

Camera phones put an end to that.Nothing's fun anymore unless someone has to record it and put it online.Put the god damn phone away for one bleeding evening and just chill.

Daveysil15 · 10-12-2013 06:45PM

April O Neill II wrote: »

You seem as judgemental towards people who dance as other people are towards those who don't dance.

Nope, I'm not judgemental towards either. Just an observation.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

The kinda dancing you'd do to Kernkraft 400, Time to Burn, Castles in the Sky, etc.

I thought that was exactly the sort of music you'd do the pointing towards the ceiling sort of dancing? Too bad they never play that sort of music in clubs anymore. I just can't bring myself to dance to Rihanna no matter how drunk I am.

Burky126 wrote: »

Camera phones put an end to that.Nothing's fun anymore unless someone has to record it and put it online.Put the god damn phone away for one bleeding evening and just chill.

+1, and the worst thing about that is, everyone can have a good laugh at you afterwards when they're sober. Years ago when there was good dance music and no camera phones, you could really let loose and dance to your hearts content without the fear of it ending up on facebook.

April O Neill II · 10-12-2013 07:00PM

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Nope, I'm not judgemental towards either. Just an observation.

Referring to people as "sheep" - not considered very complimentary, in general. Some people love dancing but aren't confident enough to get the dance floor going themselves. Joining later when it's filling up doesn't make them sheep.

Daveysil15 · 10-12-2013 07:06PM

April O Neill II wrote: »

Referring to people as "sheep" - not considered very complimentary, in general. Some people love dancing but aren't confident enough to get the dance floor going themselves. Joining later when it's filling up doesn't make them sheep.

Ok I probably could have phrased it better, but that was exactly my point. There's such a big deal made out of it and some people will try to drag others onto the dance floor when a lot of them won't even get up themselves until the floor is full.

byrnemaloney89 · 10-12-2013 07:09PM

Nah! Im as wild as feck , and i dont dance! Ive two left feet anyway, get up and throw a few shapes if ya want but ur not a dry shyte if ya dont!! Hahahaha

April O Neill II · 10-12-2013 07:22PM

As for me, I love dancing. And why wouldn't people like to see me dance? I'm really, REALLY sexy.

:pac::p

Wacker The Attacker · 10-12-2013 07:54PM

Daveysil15 wrote: »

So I was at the Christmas party over the weekend and when I arrived in work this morning, a few of my employees got a bit of a slagging because they didn't bother to venture onto the dance floor during the night. I've heard it so many times before and I've been on the receiving end of the slagging a few times myself.

I occasionally get up and dance on a night out if the mood strikes or if I'm drunk enough, but I'm just as happy to socialise with people or trying to chat up the new secretary. For some people however, the night is not complete without the obligatory dance. Not everyone wants to dance. It seems a bit stupid to me as there is usually a point somewhere in the evening where everyone is looking towards the dance floor, but nobody wants to be the first person to walk onto it. Then when there's enough people out dancing the rest usually follow like sheep.

Anyway, you can have a great night without dancing... or can you?

Dancing is for weaklings that cant handle their booze.

Wacker The Attacker · 10-12-2013 07:54PM

April O Neill II wrote: »

As for me, I love dancing. And why wouldn't people like to see me dance? I'm really, REALLY sexy.

:pac::p

Only if you have your titties out at the time

Larianne · 10-12-2013 08:06PM

Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire

Wattle · 10-12-2013 08:35PM

Don't know much about dancin'
That's why I got this song
One of my legs is shorter than the other
'N' both my feet's too long
'Course now right along with 'em
I got no natural rhythm
But I go dancin' every night
Hopin' one day I might get it right
I'm a dancin'fool, I'm a
Dancin' fool
I hear that beat; I jump outa my seat
But I can't compete, cause I'm a
Dancin' fool, I'm a
Dancin' fool

Ilyana 2.0 · 10-12-2013 08:41PM

I love going for a dance in a club or at a gig. It can be so much fun after a few drinks but if I'm stone cold sober I get a bit self-conscious because I know I'm actually terrible at it.

But if I'm tipsy I think I'm feckin' Shakira :pac:

Daveysil15 · 10-12-2013 08:54PM

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

I love going for a dance in a club or at a gig. It can be so much fun after a few drinks but if I'm stone cold sober I get a bit self-conscious because I know I'm actually terrible at it.

But if I'm tipsy I think I'm feckin' Shakira :pac:

As Tommy Tiernan said, "A sober person dancing is a fooking health hazard. They're high from drinking Fanta all night."

hungry hippo 4 · 10-12-2013 08:55PM

im not dancing to some ****e music, fcuk that!

I-like-eggs,mmm · 11-12-2013 12:30PM

Take heed...

Are you a dry shyte if you don't dance?

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