England is better than Ireland isn't it.

MoominPapa

Fratton Fred wrote: »

where the hell were you?

In fairness it was on Piccadilly and turned out to be full of fruit machines and people eating roast beef, they drew us in with the promise of a real ale festival which turned out to be four taps, so it wasn't a real boozer and we didn't stick around but this would never happen in Ireland no matter how much of a joke the place was. Also the serve one at a time culture drives me :mad:

robinph

r3nu4l wrote: »

Maybe it's only down South that that happens, they're all 'soft' down South apparently!

Ahh, that explains it then. Real men don't drink halves, those soft southerners are clearly not manly enough.

r3nu4l

MoominPapa wrote: »

Also the serve one at a time culture drives me :mad:

Yeah, I've mentioned this before. Last St Patricks day I was in an "Irish" pub
and despite the 4-deep queue at the bar the staff still didn't see any need to maybe just nudge themselves on a bit

Fair play to them in one sense but it's sooo frustrating when you're used to seeing bar staff serve four customers at once while engaging in three different conversations with other people at the bar and counting the nights takings at the same time.

kleefarr

Of course England is better than Ireland!

They invented stout. We wouldn't have Guiness.

county

robinph wrote: »

Ahh, that explains it then. Real men don't drink halves, those soft southerners are clearly not manly enough.

QFT


i must admit the bar staff in england are not a patch on irish bar staff

Fratton Fred

r3nu4l wrote: »

Where the hell have you been drinking then? I've worked in London and Cambridge and seen plenty of halves ordered and drunk by guys...and they weren't gay bars either (before anyone suggests it!). Maybe it's only down South that that happens, they're all 'soft' down South apparently!

OI, I'm a southerner. In fact, people frm further south than me smell of garlic and eat snails.:D

Bex81

TPD wrote: »

I've come out of the English education system a few years ago and into the Irish one, I can tell you first hand that the English way of doing things is a lot better.

Im the opposite. Did all my schooling and my undergrad in Ireland. Then did 2 years of post-grad studies in the UK. I know its kinda apples & oranges, but, IMHO, the Irish system is far superior. Its also far tougher. But you earn a far greater variety of knowledge here in comparison to over yonder.

Latchy

It is not uncommon in some suburban pubs in England to see one bar person serving the whole pub ,they do skimp on bar staff compared to ireland

Paul Tergat

Pighead wrote: »

Ha! In your face p_larkin. Not laughing now are ya. And what prey tell have your experiences of England been over the years. A weekend in Manchester for a Utd match? A couple of days in Alton Towers? A snog with an essex tart in Temple Bar maybe. As Renewal said the differences in many cases are subtle. You obviously don't do subtle.

Bottom line is you're wrong buddy. Pighead expects an apology by noon.

no actually im only over here for college - after all the education system over here is "superior"

English born and bred son!

but yes i've been to many a UTD game, Alton Towers 3 times and an Essex girl in Essex!


I can obviously only talk from my experience (i've only ever lived in Dublin) and from what i've encountered they are the same!

Latchy

You could compare it in soccer terms , ireland is now the premirship were division 1 England used to be , however only so many can afford to live in the premership ,but it is much cheaper and less hassle to live in divison 1 ??????..

Actually i agree with previous poster ,they are both the same ......:p

Toto Wolfcastle

I love England for one reason: The trashy magazines!! (Take a Break, etc)

I love reading about 'Diane, 56, had outgrown her favourite gold sequined halter neck belly top nut loved it so much she didn't want to throw it out. Instead she turned it into this lovely photo frame. [Insert picture of frame containing photo of fat Diane in her bikini holding a can of lager in Playa del Ingles] Diane says, 'Now everyone can see my treasured memories in my photoframe....and it's classy and stylish too!!'

I also love the ones where the women didnt realise they were pregnant until the baby ended up in the toilet!!

Irish magazines just don't have the same je ne sais quoi!!

TPD

Bex81 wrote: »

Im the opposite. Did all my schooling and my undergrad in Ireland. Then did 2 years of post-grad studies in the UK. I know its kinda apples & oranges, but, IMHO, the Irish system is far superior. Its also far tougher. But you earn a far greater variety of knowledge here in comparison to over yonder.

A greater variety, but less detailed knowledge on each subject. Like you say though, apples and oranges.

Latchy

I love England for one reason: The trashy magazines!! (Take a Break, etc)

Ever notice how thy have 5 other such like magazines with the same celeb on the front cover, but her denying the gossip that she was paid £2000 to confirm was true in the other mag's ?

tj-music.com

magick wrote: »

me arse to england

Who needs Ireland really? ****y transport system, nothing is ever on time. Nothing is structured, people have no clue how to treat their animals, Dublin is probably the dirtiest city in the country, The Irish just love themselves ...

100% vote for England!!

Dudess

p_larkin99 wrote: »

I can obviously only talk from my experience (i've only ever lived in Dublin) and from what i've encountered they are the same!

Well apart from GAA, crap infrastructure, crap television, muck-savage politicians...

janeybabe26 wrote:

I love England for one reason: The trashy magazines!! (Take a Break, etc)

I love reading about 'Diane, 56, had outgrown her favourite gold sequined halter neck belly top nut loved it so much she didn't want to throw it out. Instead she turned it into this lovely photo frame. [Insert picture of frame containing photo of fat Diane in her bikini holding a can of lager in Playa del Ingles] Diane says, 'Now everyone can see my treasured memories in my photoframe....and it's classy and stylish too!!'

I also love the ones where the women didnt realise they were pregnant until the baby ended up in the toilet!!

Irish magazines just don't have the same je ne sais quoi!!

Oh yeah, those magazines are class!

Fratton Fred

Dudess wrote: »

Oh yeah, those magazines are class!

I hope you include Nuts, Zoo and Viz in with those:D

fantasma

Ireland is better pighead and if you don´t like it then you have an option.Obviously you should have stayed there. We want people who will look forward and build not look back. Ireland has improved a lot and we have a good quality of life.:cool:

fantasma

WindSock wrote: »

It's only better in some ways because it's bigger,more populated and richer.
I wouldn't swap their social problems for ours in a million years. At least our knackers aren't chavs.

What are they then? Just knackers?? Or bad wee boys with tracksuits on??

Corega

China used to be cool.

Corega

Corega wrote: »

China used to be cool.

:rolleyes: since tiananmen Square?

What the hell has that to do with England -v- Ireland???

Slutmonkey57b

elambra wrote: »

Hi,

From my 2.5 years of living in England, I find that overall it is not a nice place to live permanently. In fact there are far too many immigrants.

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah haaaah hah. Brilliant.

Slutmonkey57b

r3nu4l wrote: »

Yeah, I've mentioned this before. Last St Patricks day I was in an "Irish" pub
and despite the 4-deep queue at the bar the staff still didn't see any need to maybe just nudge themselves on a bit

Fair play to them in one sense but it's sooo frustrating when you're used to seeing bar staff serve four customers at once while engaging in three different conversations with other people at the bar and counting the nights takings at the same time.

Yeah, you know it's a fact that english barmen are horribly slow. Just go down the clubs in the west end on the weekend, and you'll see endless queues of people while the barman stands around yakking. There's a big difference between the standard english "local" and the irish "local" in that there's less hardcore binge drinking goes on in english locals. (note I didn't say none) a normal Irish local is a lot busier than an english one because the Irish are there to drink first and talk second.

Dubit10

English girls are better than Irish girls.As in sluts;)

galwayrush

Far away hills are always greener.:rolleyes:

Nightwish

+ London, Alton Towers, Infrastructure & Public transport

- Mustard on everything, they're English, Sh!tty newspapers

thelordofcheese

Nightwish wrote: »

+ Mustard on everything, Alton Towers, Infrastructure & Public transport

- London, they're English, Sh!tty newspapers

Fixed that for ya