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Are The Irish Underestimated

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  • 08-07-2020 11:55pm
    #1
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,758 ✭✭✭✭


    Ok

    pubs are open.............

    but got a lecture home from a Lithuanian bloke, he was so proud of his country , but he had not been there in 8 years.

    With 7 pints in me , he was pushing and pushing me - all about how great ****ing Lithuanian was. I know , I know..............I should not bite.

    I asked him how he had no protective barrier in cab for covid. He said it was because he knows it makes it worse as they are not cleaned.

    I put my mask on - he put his.

    But he annoyed me.

    I built up the pressure and exploded. I told him, we have education, work ethic
    that can not be matched.
    We lack a central /southern European attitude to work
    We get stuck in and get the job done

    But to floor him - and he could not respond - I told him.

    The Irish have creativity - if you have that you can solve anything.

    He actually got a bit annoyed at that.

    ANYWAY - CAN WE POST POSITIVE IRISH STUFF.


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    #2
    nullzero
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    Nice stream of consciousness.

    If Lithuania is so great why was this bloke living in Ireland?

    Glazers Out!



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    washman3
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    How many pints did you say you had again...??


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    begbysback
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    Can we close the pubs again?


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    FixdePitchmark
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    nullzero wrote: »
    Nice stream of consciousness.

    If Lithuania is so great why was this bloke living in Ireland?

    exactly.

    Pain in the hole.

    Ireland is amazing. Please post something along that lines.


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    Class MayDresser
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    Thread name faaar outweighs thread content.


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    #7
    Leg End Reject
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    We have a cracking sense of humour and no post-communism dourness that's prevalent in many other Europeans.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    Moghead
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    You should have lobbed the gob. Then told him the Irish are passionate.


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    con747
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    Some man drinking 7 pints and eating your dinner in 105 minutes:D

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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    [Deleted User]
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    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    I built up the pressure and exploded.

    But to floor him - and he could not respond - I told him.

    One cannot underestimate the native penchant for artistic licence.


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    Ten of Swords
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    Can you recall a single factoid about Lithuania that he told you?

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    talla10
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    So you got drunk and abused a taxi driver?

    No the Irish are not underestimated it would seem


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    PirateShampoo
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    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    Ok

    pubs are open.............

    With 7 pints in me , he was pushing and pushing
    I know , I know..............I should not bite.

    I asked him how he had no protective barrier

    He said it was because he knows it makes it worse.

    I put my mask on - he put his.

    I built up the pressure and exploded.

    that can not be matched.

    We get stuck in and get the job done

    But to floor him - and he could not respond -


    He actually got a bit annoyed at that.

    Did you meet him on Tinder?


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    I see sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    A guy is positive about his country, because of this you go crazy at him, and now you want us do the same thing as him?


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    FixdePitchmark
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    talla10 wrote: »
    So you got drunk and abused a taxi driver?

    No the Irish are not underestimated it would seem

    Harsh - not true , he basically said the only value the Irish have is their low tax rate.


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    FixdePitchmark
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    PirateShampoo wrote: »
    Did you meet him on Tinder?

    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


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    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,758 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    We have a cracking sense of humour and no post-communism dourness that's prevalent in many other Europeans.

    I agree with this - I've a few friend from Poland - they are just way too serious.


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    Leg End Reject
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    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    I agree with this - I've a few friend from Poland - they are just way too serious.

    You can't blame them, but it's at odds with our more easygoing nature.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,758 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    You can't blame them, but it's at odds with our more easygoing nature.



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    Timberrrrrrrr
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    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    Ok

    pubs are open.............

    but got a lecture home from a Lithuanian bloke, he was so proud of his country , but he had not been there in 8 years.

    With 7 pints in me , he was pushing and pushing me - all about how great ****ing Lithuanian was. I know , I know..............I should not bite.

    I asked him how he had no protective barrier in cab for covid. He said it was because he knows it makes it worse as they are not cleaned.

    I put my mask on - he put his.

    But he annoyed me.

    I built up the pressure and exploded. I told him, we have education, work ethic
    that can not be matched.
    We lack a central /southern European attitude to work
    We get stuck in and get the job done

    But to floor him - and he could not respond - I told him.

    The Irish have creativity - if you have that you can solve anything.

    He actually got a bit annoyed at that.

    ANYWAY - CAN WE POST POSITIVE IRISH STUFF.

    You should have stopped after 3.


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    I bet they don’t have SuperMacs in Lithuania.

    Whose the sh1tehawk now?


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    Leg End Reject
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    FixdePitchmark wrote: »

    John Cleese's long legs make that scene! :D
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    #23
    I Was VB
    Registered Users Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭I Was VB


    Did the conversation go something like this?

    https://youtu.be/VKHFZBUTA4k


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    Church on Tuesday
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    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    Harsh - not true , he basically said the only value the Irish have is their low tax rate.

    That was low of him.


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    completedit
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    I don't know what Baltic people are like, they seem sound but literal but one thing is certain, humour isn't universal. I think these countries which have turbelent recent histories, their humour is just more wicked and different than ours. They probably find us unfunny


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    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,167 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    He misunderestimated us


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    [Deleted User]
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    So, the pertinent question here is...did you tip him?


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    #28
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users Posts: 10,824 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Yeah they underestimate us! People say that the Irish are just a bunch of rambling, incoherent, flag waving, obnoxious drunks who don't know how to hold a civil conversation. Glad you set him straight though.


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    [Deleted User]
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    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    Harsh - not true , he basically said the only value the Irish have is their low tax rate.

    He's not wrong, to be fair.


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    Sam Hain
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    We have a cracking sense of humour and no post-communism dourness that's prevalent in many other Europeans.

    That's a myth. The fact that we're funnier than most people from Eastern bloc countries is not a gauge of our humour. As a people we think we're a lot funnier than we actually are and there is a prevalence towards a gombeen eejit acting type of humour.


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    ExMachina1000
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    The weather is crap.

    The country is only wealthy because it is a tax haven. Could end at anytime.

    Every generation or so the young people realise the state of the place and leave in their droves .

    Do we eeven need to mention housing and healthcare.

    Positives:

    Ryanair are flying again


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