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Accepting Lifts From Strangers

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  • #32
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Call up for a bit of this, the two of yiz :)
    Colser wrote: »
    I actually have a bottle of that here in the cupboard for years,unopened in the box..an unwanted prezzie:pac:
    I don't let the stuff near me.


  • #33
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    endacl wrote: »
    And twice as haggard...
    Aye, he was fcuking awful. I've met a few celebs in me time and the only one that disappointed me worse than the Whirlwind is Axl:(


  • #34
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    TheChizler wrote: »
    One morning during the summer a total stranger overheard myself and the girlfriend failing to book a taxi from Clonakilty to a house a few miles out, he put down his coffee and offered us a lift. He seemed to know everyone there and we reckoned that us blow-ins would have been noticed leaving with him so we took him up on it. Genuinely lovely guy, got offended when we tried to give him petrol money. Also got free tips on how to align your internal magnetic field with the earth's by paddling at a local beach...

    I gave a lift to a young couple from Poland a few years ago, I picked them up in Donegal Town @9:30pm, they told me they were on the way to Derry.... and they were going to pitch their tent when they got there! :eek:

    So I suggested that they pitch their tent on my front lawn (I live half way to Derry from Donegal), and if they really wanted, I had an empty house and they could have one of the 3 spare rooms for the night, and I would run them in to get the bus in the morning.. they accepted the offer, although I could sense a certain hesitation when I offered. They talked between themselves for a minute in Polish before they replied.... understandably enough.

    I just knew that the idea of pitching a tent in Derry at 11pm wasn't good.


  • #35
    Colser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭Colser


    Stheno wrote: »
    I don't let the stuff near me.
    I didnt even know it was Brandy:o


  • #36
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    I gave a lift to a young couple from Poland a few years ago, I picked them up in Donegal Town @9:30pm, they told me they were on the way to Derry.... and they were going to pitch their tent when they got there! :eek:

    So I suggested that they pitch their tent on my front lawn (I live half way to Derry from Donegal), and if they really wanted, I had an empty house and they could have one of the 3 spare rooms for the night, and I would run them in to get the bus in the morning.. they accepted the offer, although I could sense a certain hesitation when I offered. They talked between themselves for a minute in Polish before they replied.... understandably enough.

    I just knew that the idea they had of pitching a tent in Derry at 11pm was a bad plan.
    Manys a man got in a lot of bother with a pitched tent in Derry at any time of the day :)


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  • #37
    Stheno
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    Colser wrote: »
    I didnt even know it was Brandy:o

    Shure send it down to me.

    That'll be one day of procrastinating about writing my thesis I'll never remember :D


  • #38
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Dr.Robotnik wrote: »
    One drizzly morning I was walking to work in around the city centre from Clanbrassil St. in Dublin.

    It was very early morning and the buses hadnt started yet, but I was walking along anyway and a car passed me, going in the opposite direction. Until he turns around and starts driving beside me asking do I want a lift, il get soaked etc.

    I kept saying no im grand, but he kept insisting, looking at me as if I were mad to turn down a free lift and it half raining!

    He only looked to be about the same age as me, mid/late 20's, but I still think about it every now and again. He probably was just some ordinary chap offering a kind gesture, but I wasnt going to find out.


    Reading that reminded me of this...




  • #39
    Colser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭Colser


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    I gave a lift to a young couple from Poland a few years ago, I picked them up in Donegal Town @9:30pm, they told me they were on the way to Derry.... and they were going to pitch their tent when they got there! :eek:

    So I suggested that they pitch their tent on my front lawn (I live half way to Derry from Donegal), and if they really wanted, I had an empty house and they could have one of the 3 spare rooms for the night, and I would run them in to get the bus in the morning.. they accepted the offer, although I could sense a certain hesitation when I offered. They talked between themselves for a minute in Polish before they replied.... understandably enough.

    I just knew that the idea of pitching a tent in Derry at 11pm wasn't good.
    Do you rent your house out for the vroom vroom weekend in June?:)


  • #40
    XR3i
    Site Banned Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭XR3i


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    So I was walking home from the pub on this wet and wild December night, when out of nowhere a white V-Tec pulls up beside me. The driver powers down the passenger window and shouts, 'are you well??? Coz you're looking well!' and speeds off.

    I got a great lift out of that.

    When was the last time you got a lift from a stranger, and how did it work for you?:)

    it isn't december


  • #41
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Stheno wrote: »
    Shure send it down to me.

    That'll be one day of procrastinating about writing my thesis I'll never remember :D
    Fcuk that, she'll get sick looking at it, send it up to me :pac:


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  • #42
    Stheno
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Fcuk that, she'll get sick looking at it, send it up to me :pac:

    OI!


  • #43
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    XR3i wrote: »
    it isn't december
    Don't take the hand out of a drunk man :)


  • #44
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    Colser wrote: »
    Do you rent your house out for the vroom vroom weekend in June?:)

    remind me in a couple of months, it could be a runner if you are interested.. there is a chance we'll be in Canada.


  • #45
    Colser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭Colser


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Fcuk that, she'll get sick looking at it, send it up to me :pac:
    Ye can share it,and ye can have the bottles of Peach schnapps buried in the cupboard as well,cant face that either.


  • #46
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Stheno wrote: »
    OI!
    You'll only sell it on DoneDeal. :)


    My Da met his gf on DoneDeal, not a fate I'd wish on any bottle of fine cognac:pac:


  • #47
    Stheno
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    Colser wrote: »
    Ye can share it,and ye can have the bottles of Peach schnapps buried in the cupboard as well,cant face that either.

    Send him the peach schnapps , now that truly turns my stomach


  • #48
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    You'll only sell it on DoneDeal. :)


    My Da met his gf on DoneDeal, not a fate I'd wish on any bottle of fine cognac:pac:

    Sure I met the oh here on boards!


  • #49
    Colser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭Colser


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    You'll only sell it on DoneDeal. :)


    My Da met his gf on DoneDeal, not a fate I'd wish on any bottle of fine cognac:pac:
    What section was she listed on..kitchen appliances or bedroom?:D


  • #50
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Stheno wrote: »
    Sure I met the oh here on boards!
    Aye, but you probably weren't looking for the frame for 6X4 car trailer at the time:pac:


  • #51
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Colser wrote: »
    What section was she listed on..kitchen appliances or bedroom?:D
    Dunno, he always says he met her on the internet, and Done Deal is the only site he knows how to use, and even at that he still has to get me to put the ads on for him and he never put one on looking for a woman!:pac:

    Fcuk that brandy for the oul honesty coming out :pac::pac::pac:


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  • #52
    XR3i
    Site Banned Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭XR3i


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Don't take the hand out of a drunk man :)

    i'd drink you under the table


  • #53
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    XR3i wrote: »
    i'd drink you under the table
    I'd love you to try :)

    Feck it, I love you anyway Escort man

    My first car was an xr3i, crashed it through a green diesel tank, two walls and an unoccupied dog kennel. I was eight years old


  • #54
    Dr.Robotnik
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭Dr.Robotnik


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    Reading that reminded me of this...



    Haha! :D
    Now im filled with sadness and thoughts of what could have been...!


  • #55
    Stheno
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    So am I getting the brandy so?


  • #56
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Stheno wrote: »
    So am I getting the brandy so?
    Yeah, you'd get the brandy.:)

    What was this thread about again?

    I have to put bushings on a Caddy in the morning, fcuk you Willie Nelson, nobody said it was easy alright


  • #57
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Yeah, you'd get the brandy.:)

    What was this thread about again?

    I have to put bushings on a Caddy in the morning, fcuk you Willie Nelson, nobody said it was easy alright
    It was about you loving peach schnapps more than brandy and me doing a thesis so colder agreed to send us booze if we paid the postage#


    #may not be true


  • #58
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Stheno wrote: »
    It was about you loving peach schnapps more than brandy and me doing a thesis so colder agreed to send us booze if we paid the postage#


    #may not be true
    You're a big drunk!!:pac:


  • #59
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Got a lift off a stranger last night. Paid him €5.20 for the privilege

    Thinly-veiled I live close to town post.


  • #60
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    I gave a lift to a young couple from Poland a few years ago, I picked them up in Donegal Town @9:30pm, they told me they were on the way to Derry.... and they were going to pitch their tent when they got there! :eek:

    So I suggested that they pitch their tent on my front lawn (I live half way to Derry from Donegal), and if they really wanted, I had an empty house and they could have one of the 3 spare rooms for the night, and I would run them in to get the bus in the morning.. they accepted the offer, although I could sense a certain hesitation when I offered. They talked between themselves for a minute in Polish before they replied.... understandably enough.

    I just knew that the idea of pitching a tent in Derry at 11pm wasn't good.

    I like you :)


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  • #61
    Figbiscuithead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭Figbiscuithead


    I travelled around South America on my own and hitched a lift off some fella outside the bus station in a place I can't remember the name of in Bolivia to my hostel as it was late at night and there was literally no street lights at all, so I wouldn't have been able to find my way. A really stupid thing to do in retrospect but it was either that or spend the night in the dodgy bus station. Your man was very nice, though, so was lucky. Phew! That was back in 2008 and haven't done it since.


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