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things that happen only in Ireland

pickarooney

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

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Kev W

Davis Abundant Gnat wrote: »

You don't mow the lawn, you cut the grass.

I've done both.

Annasopra

fullstop wrote: »

Driving on the left.

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Graces7

[QUOTE=biko;98190581]Nothing happens "only in Ireland".
It's just because you haven't yet seen other countries where these things happen too.

Even thinking some happens "only in my country" isn't a very Irish thing.[/QUOTE]

Totally untrue,, I have a part finished book on this. Where else for example will grown "men" come to blows over a few inches of land, or get into court cases that last decades over a simple right of way...or have councillors who advocate drinking and driviing be made law ( also pub owners).. will stop there

pablo128

In fairness, a bit of carpet in the bathroom is handy for..... ehh.... soaking up any 'spillages'.:o

LordSutch

Aubrielle Acidic Indigo wrote: »

"You gotta watch out for traffic, son. You know? Santy don't visit the funeral homes little buddy". Home Alone. Not in Ireland.

Talk about a cryptic message

No idea what you are on about.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

68 thanks for the first whooosh reply. people a bit slow today

Mena

Graces7 wrote: »

Totally untrue,, I have a part finished book on this. Where else for example will grown "men" come to blows over a few inches of land, or get into court cases that last decades over a simple right of way...or have councillors who advocate drinking and driviing be made law ( also pub owners).. will stop there

Most places in the world.

dandyelevan

There's a fair few wars going on in the world today over 'a few inches of land.'
When I served in Cyprus with the UN in the 1960s two families killed each other off (Total 15 dead) over a six foot right of way to the local Lime Kiln.
I could go on, but a bit more research is needed before you publish that book methinks.

Ruu

Riding in a Nissan Micra.

dinorebel

pickarooney wrote: »

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

You just described England.

fullstop

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Australia
Caribbean Islands*
Channel Islands
Cyprus
Japan
Hong Kong
India
Isle of Man
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Malta
Malaysia
New Zealand
South Africa
Singapore
Thailand
UK

I see you've never heard of sarcasm.

razorblunt

Penchant for Toyota Starlets.
Willingness to buy Coors Light.

Graces7

Mena wrote: »

Most places in the world.

All of them Irish emigrants...they get EVERYWHERE!

Graces7

dandyelevan wrote: »

There's a fair few wars going on in the world today over 'a few inches of land.'
When I served in Cyprus with the UN in the 1960s two families killed each other off (Total 15 dead) over a six foot right of way to the local Lime Kiln.
I could go on, but a bit more research is needed before you publish that book methinks.

Ah they were of Irish descent and every word of my book is true first hand experience.. six major rows over row in places here i have lived...and Tory Island will add to that. Not comparing it with other countries ; the diaspora will add material thank you!

Eugene Norman

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah they were of Irish descent and every word of my book is true first hand experience.. six major rows over row in places here i have lived...and Tory Island will add to that. Not comparing it with other countries ; the diaspora will add material thank you!

People of Irish descent in Cyrprus?

The point is these rows over land happen everywhere there are small but widespread land ownership.

whatismyname

Turkey dinners on Christmas Day.

Eugene Norman

whatismyname wrote: »

Turkey dinners on Christmas Day.

Really not uniquely Irish.

Sam Kade

Kev W wrote: »

People growing up with Irish accents.

Thats about it.

Not one thing in the OP is close to being uniquely Irish.

People don't grow up with Irish accents nowadays as they end up with the false god awful contrived accents..

dandyelevan

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah they were of Irish descent and every word of my book is true first hand experience.. six major rows over row in places here i have lived...and Tory Island will add to that. Not comparing it with other countries ; the diaspora will add material thank you!

??
:eek:

whatismyname

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Really not uniquely Irish.

Lol

bmwguy

Closing absolutely everything on Christmas day (emergency services and a few hotels etc excepted) and pubs on good Friday. Is this just an Irish thing?

FatherTed

Inferiority complexes

dandyelevan

Eugene Norman wrote: »

People of Irish descent in Cyrprus?

The point is these rows over land happen everywhere there are small but widespread land ownership.

They were all Turkish Cypriots from the self style Republic of Ambelikou in the western part of Cyprus which was the Irish A/O at that time.
(I doubt any of the poor lads ever heard of John B. Keane)

CliCliW

The angelus being put on at 6pm daily?

FishOnABike

The first thing that crosses your mind when you see a "Caution Icy Roads" sign is I wonder how long that's been left there (seeing the sign in June).

Stealthfins

Surfers and bodyboarders get along.
In other countries they're arch rivals...

Mena

bmwguy wrote: »

Closing absolutely everything on Christmas day (emergency services and a few hotels etc excepted) and pubs on good Friday. Is this just an Irish thing?

Not at all. I'm here in The Netherlands and they've all but rolled up the streets.

Zimmey

seamusk84 wrote: »

Tiles on the bathroom floor is an Irish thing? I thought that was universal.

If anything, Ireland seems to be one of the few places where freaks people put carpet on the floor in bathrooms.

whatismyname

Zimmey wrote: »

If anything, Ireland seems to be one of the few places where freaks people put carpet on the floor in bathrooms.

Nope, my friend in the UK has this.

It's a fairly old house, and it doesn't look like the landlord will get the bathroom carpet up anytime soon, but I can confirm that there's at least one house in the UK with carpet in their bathroom

allthedoyles

Talk about the weather every time you meet someone