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`Strangers who say ''How's Things'' on the street

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  • 02-01-2021 5:28pm
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    Ish66
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭


    And then they don't bother their arse waiting for your reply.
    I wanted to tell them about my recent operation and how my car was stolen last October etc, but they carry on walking !
    I think it's so rude. :confused:


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    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Hows it hanging?


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    Treseemme.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 124 ✭✭Treseemme.


    Ish66 wrote: »
    And then they don't bother their arse waiting for your reply.
    I wanted to tell them about my recent operation and how my car was stolen last October etc, but they carry on walking !
    I think it's so rude. :confused:

    What was the operation

    Was it a lobotomy?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Thinly veiled "I'm American" OP

    "I will yeah" means "no" BTW


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    Haraldkare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭Haraldkare


    Dont worry you can


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    Ish66
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭Ish66


    Treseemme. wrote: »
    What was the operation

    Was it a lobotomy?
    Thank you for asking but it was ''Down There'' Would you care to look at the scar ?


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    JasonStatham
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    Ish66 wrote: »
    And then they don't bother their arse waiting for your reply.
    I wanted to tell them about my recent operation and how my car was stolen last October etc, but they carry on walking !
    I think it's so rude. :confused:

    Just give them a Howya back.


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    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    Ish66 wrote: »
    Thank you for asking but it was ''Down There'' Would you care to look at the scar ?

    Down there, so a lobotomy then...!?


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    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,354 ✭✭✭Damien360


    Ish66 wrote: »
    And then they don't bother their arse waiting for your reply.
    I wanted to tell them about my recent operation and how my car was stolen last October etc, but they carry on walking !
    I think it's so rude. :confused:

    Very Irish and I love it. It’s so different to many countries that have a populace that put the head down and acknowledge nobody.

    Was on training in California a few years ago and noticed myself doing it on the corridors going for coffee. Confused the hell out of the locals. Often it just sparked a conversation later if we met again for no particular reason other than having a chat.


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    johnayo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    When people say hows things to me I reply with, My things are grand how are yours. I get some strange looks at times.


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    Ubbquittious
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    branie2
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    Maybe they're just being friendly


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    Leg End Reject
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    The correct response is "Well", or a barely perceptible nod of the head, then you both get on with your day.

    Confusingly, "Well" may also be used as a greeting and asking how someone is.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    the only strangers i meet say, have you got a euro,
    or else the ask for directions.


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    Gregor Samsa
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    The Irish art of conversation with a complete stranger for no reason about absolutely nothing.

    "How's tricks?"
    "Ah sure you know yourself. Can't complain."
    "True, true. And sure if you did, who'd listen?"
    "Exactly!"
    "Well, better get back to it"
    "Indeed, later!"


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    frag420
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    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    The Irish art of conversation with a complete stranger for no reason about absolutely nothing.

    "How's tricks?"
    "Ah sure you know yourself. Can't complain."
    "True, true. And sure if you did, who'd listen?"
    "Exactly!"
    "Well, better get back to it"
    "Indeed, later!"

    Aye, tis!


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    McGinniesta
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    Ish66 wrote: »
    And then they don't bother their arse waiting for your reply.
    I wanted to tell them about my recent operation and how my car was stolen last October etc, but they carry on walking !
    I think it's so rude. :confused:

    I find that I'd prefer someone to say "How Things"? then have them walk out of the way to avoid me like I'm some kind of leper which os what Covid has resulted in.


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    PsychoPete
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    I say "how's the going" so they think I care about their lives but I keep walking so they feel insufficient


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    Beltby
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    A lad who I used to work with, used to get thick when people said 'take it handy'. He genuinely used to get angry, lol. Of course when the rest of us twigged it, we wouldn't let it go.

    Maybe that's why he left actually.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    The Irish art of conversation with a complete stranger for no reason about absolutely nothing.

    "How's tricks?"
    "Ah sure you know yourself. Can't complain."
    "True, true. And sure if you did, who'd listen?"
    "Exactly!"
    "Well, better get back to it"
    "Indeed, later!"

    Ah sure look it


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    Sardonicat
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Ah sure look it

    Sure, what can you do?


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    rapul
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    How's the form


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    neiphin
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    rapul wrote: »
    How's the form
    Now your sucking diesel


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    Surreptitious
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    I don't see the problem with someone acknowledging you. One night I was out and some complete stranger came up asking me the meanings of different words. I mean that's pretty odd by anyone's standards.


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    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,189 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    neiphin wrote: »
    Now your sucking diesel


    You're away for slates


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