Name good things and bad things about Ireland

Fighting Irish

Someone asked this at another forum and i couldn't really think of anything that good to say, so gimme some help

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

great weed/hash at pretty reasonable prices.

Fighting Irish

Mordeth wrote: »

great weed/hash at pretty reasonable prices.

oh yeah forgot about that :rolleyes:

Pighead

Good: Sarcasm, Roll Eyes Smily, Green Fields
Bad: Cynicsm, Green Smiley, Brown Cow Pooy Fields.

dlofnep

Good things - Culture, following of music, rich history.. Great sights to see, not too hot (although rains a bit too much).

Bad things - Expensive to live here, housing costs, food, drink, Stupid things like VRT... Awful health system and roadworks. Weather is about as predictable as an ostrich on steroids.

Still in saying that, I like Ireland. Just a bit costly. But if you're rich and healthy, the craic is ninety.

Collie D

People, scenery, culture, decent Guinness, relatively safe, little or no chance of being killed in a natural disaster.

No doubt the usual suspects will be on saying how much better things are in Belgium or wherever but that's my opinion

sinjin_smythe

Good idea : going for walk along the galway coast

bad idea : going for a walk along jobstown in Tallaght

dlofnep

Collie D wrote: »

People, scenery, culture, decent Guinness, relatively safe, little or no chance of being killed in a natural disaster.

True!

Most dangerous thing in Africa = Angry Hippo.
Most dangerous thing in Ireland = Angry bumble bee.

We're relatively safe, provided you're not a gang member in Limerick.

Pighead

weedhead wrote: »

Good idea : going for walk along the galway coast

Wasn't such a good idea for Manuelo Riedo.:( May she rest in peace.

Riddle101

Good Things: Our sense of pride, our down to earth attitude, our dark humour, Father Ted, The fact we turned ourselves from a third world country into a rich country and our ability to absorbs huge quantities of alochol

Bad Things: Justice and Health System, Very limited on what you can buy, expensive and Knackers

Pighead

dlofnep wrote: »

True!

Most dangerous thing in Africa = Angry Hippo.
Most dangerous thing in Ireland = Angry bumble bee.

Aids/HIV has killed over 20 million people in Africa. Those Hippos must be super angry to be more dangerous than that.

Corruptedmorals

Minimum wage is pretty high.

Pighead

Riddle101 wrote: »

Very limited on what you can buy

Like what? In these days of internet shopping and humongous shopping centres Pighead can't think of many items that are very limited. Do you live in Longford?

Fighting Irish

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

Minimum wage is pretty high.

Thats what people say, but its all the same considering the prices

Caoimhín

Good; Cant think of any.
Bad, Well for a start the wimmin are ugly. There, I said it.

Fighting Irish

Riddle101 wrote: »

Good Things: Our sense of pride, our down to earth attitude, our dark humour, Father Ted, The fact we turned ourselves from a third world country into a rich country and our ability to absorbs huge quantities of alochol

Bad Things: Justice and Health System, Very limited on what you can buy, expensive and Knackers

yes we all became a little richer but that has nothing to do with the actual country, everything is a total mess

Collie D

caoibhin wrote: »

Good; Cant think of any..

Try to get out of Navan more

caoibhin wrote: »

Bad, Well for a start the wimmin are ugly. There, I said it.

All of them? :rolleyes:

Pighead

caoibhin wrote: »

Good; Cant think of any.
Bad, Well for a start the wimmin are ugly. There, I said it.

caoibhin me old son, tut tut tut. All this hostility towards the good ladies of our land is a bit much. Come on, fair enough you've been rejected a few times recently and this rejection has manifested itself into an inner hatred for all non willied humans but lets look at the positives here.

For you to have reached this point means that your papa made love to a woman,his papa made love to a woman, his papa made love to a woman multiplied by lots and lots of generations. For you not to make love to a woman whilst possible is very very very unlikely. You will find a woman caoibhin and even though she may look like a hound to the outside world she will in your eyes be beautiful. Trust Pighead on this one buddy.

dlofnep

Pighead wrote: »

Aids/HIV has killed over 20 million people in Africa. Those Hippos must be super angry to be more dangerous than that.

All myth. Hippo is the most dangerous and extremely angry. I saw one snap a crocodile in half once.

Pighead

dlofnep wrote: »

All myth. Hippo is the most dangerous and extremely angry. I saw one snap a crocodile in half once.

Hmmmm Pigheads gonna have to be honest here and express his doubts regarding your hippo theory.

dlofneps idea of Africas biggest Killer:
http://www.elements.nb.ca/kids/hippo/hippoc.gif

Pigheads idea of Africas biggest Killer:
http://studycircle.angeltowns.com/images/aids_africa.jpg

dlofnep

Selective reasoning!

Hippo: http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_01/hippoSPL0706_468x290.jpg

Pighead

dlofnep wrote: »

Selective reasoning!

Hippo: http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_01/hippoSPL0706_468x290.jpg

Ah c'mon that Hippos even cuter! Look at its big goofy smile. Admit it dlofnep you were wrong.

Good things about Ireland: people from Louth generally being right about everything.

Bad things about Ireland: People from Waterford unable to admit when they are wrong

dlofnep

Ok, he looks friendly.. But the crocodile thought so too, until Hippo used his back as a kit kat. Never judge a book by it's cover.

Check out this Hippo's warface: http://www.olsvik.info/Images4/Hippo.jpg

Overheal

Mordeth wrote: »

great weed/hash at pretty reasonable prices.

You're joking right? ****ing ripoff prices. And the quality is at time morally questionable. Thats most of why I dont smoke actually.

For a 50 bag here I could get the same thing stateside for 7 euro.

Pighead

Overheal wrote: »

You're joking right? ****ing ripoff prices. And the quality is at time morally questionable. Thats most of why I dont smoke actually.

Of course he's joking ya big eejit! Its Mordeth, its what he does. You should change your username to OvereagertobelieveeverythingIread

Collie D

Overheal wrote: »

Thats most of why I dont smoke actually.

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That and the fact that it affects your grammar?

Overheal

Its called being optimistic and trusting! And forgetting to hit your S key.

New one: Big sarcastic Irish meanies.

CantGetNoSleep

Mordeth wrote: »

great weed/hash at pretty reasonable prices.

You are joking about this aren't you?

Ever been abroad?

Pye

Mordeth wrote: »

great weed/hash at pretty reasonable prices.

I don't' agree. It's better/cheaper in England.

anniehoo

Good things: nitelink when pissed..sometimes better than the night out itself
Bad things: nitelink when sober...never again..it was like One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest II :eek:

Really good things: the craic (that infamous word that cant really be explained); the fact we can drink more than a few vodkas and not be considered an alco (ever told an american you drank a bottle of wine on a wednesday night); sunday afternoons walking the dog on a random beach and you'll experinence every season in an entire hour..magic; sarcasm (v few other cultures get it..thats part of "the craic"! Ive been to hospital twice and everyone was fantastic so cant complain about the health system.

Really bad things: traffic; the M50 (bane of my life); dublin bus (still dont understand it after 28 years living in the county); drink prices; dublin 4-isms!

Latchy

I'm from there so that's great

Sherifu

Good: Smoking Ban, Guinness

Bad: Health System, Public Transport

Overheal

Clearly Im not the only one subject to Mordeth's idiocracy/sarcasm.

Pherekydes

Good: Mayo, Clare, Galway, Kerry, redheads

Bad: Binge drinking culture; the 'blonde' epidemic; disgusting flabby exposed midriffs; the infestation of horse racing, golf and soccer on TV; betting culture.

Brint

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Overheal wrote: »

Thats most of why I dont smoke actually.

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That and the fact that it affects your grammar?

And your ability to use quote tags.

Collie D

Collie D wrote: »

Try to get out of Navan more


All of them? :rolleyes:

This attitude bugs me alright, "aww the Irish wimmin are dogs and the Polish ones are a roide..." I don't get it.

Anyway, on topic... the bad things are plenty in my opinion. Terrible public transport and healthcare, the government's blatant failure at implementing "new" (actually decade old) technologies such as DSL and DVB-T, the fact that many people have to live a huge distance away from Dublin and commute there for work and finally, the stink of corruption from the powers above. There's so many things that could have been done with our new found wealth in the late 90s and a lot of it was blown away. There's many more besides but I won't mention them all, not safe to be posted here. Actually... I think I'd be gone if I didn't have ties here.

On the other hand, the smoking ban has benefitted me immensely.

Xavi6

Yet again Pighead is in top form. Anyway,

Good - The Guinness, proper Carlsberg on tap, the football, pub culture, my mates, sense of humour, sarcasm, gigs, boards.ie and YORE MA.

Bad - Skangers, D4 twats and their 'fashion', the weather, the women (in general), wanker bouncers/publicans, house prices, drink prices, public transport.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

300 an oz is reasonable enough in my eyes, specially for the quality i'm getting. and a tenner a gram for great squidgy afghani is also, imo, reasonable considering most hash starts off around 8 euro in holland iirc.

Fighting Irish

so far the only good answer is guinness

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

that's because you have a drug problem

Nerin

good things- countryside,nature,culture,humour, hot redheaded ladies, hot ladies in general, boards.ie (suck up )

bad things- scuuumbaags, young peoples tribalism, cigarette prices, lack of awesome terrestrial tv channels,
edit(oh,and the fact everyone is somehow connected can sometimes be a pain

Black Swan

Sipping Guinness and relaxing in a comfy pub after a difficult week.*





*The real Guinness, not that stuff produced in the UK or Canada.

Pherekydes

nerin wrote: »

hot redheaded ladies

Good man yerself! I'm guessing that there's lots down Kildare/Carlow way? I know one from down there; see my "shouldn't, but would" entry.

Also good: Kildare, Carlow, Wicklow, redheads (did I mention redheads?)

Also bad: Guinness, the rash of golf courses gobbling up the countryside, dogs sh1ting all over the paths.

Beanmachine

Dublin and Our History thats it really

ImDave

Good: People, The fact that you're never too far from anywhere in Ireland.
Bad: Weather :mad:

Beerlao

EI-DAV wrote: »

Good: People, The fact that you're never too far from anywhere in Ireland.
Bad: Weather :mad:

wow i was just going to say the exact thing, word for word


and whoever said Dublin and Our History is clearly talking out their arse.
Dublin is the least Irish part of the country for god's sake!

Ponster

If anyone is interested, what people think is 'good' about Ireland is far what people miss when they leave the country.

This is a link from the Abroad forum where ex-pats have listed what they miss about Ireland. 90% of the time its food. The other 10% is Guinness


The things you miss most about Ireland

What's better where you are than in Ireland = weather

Collie D

Beerlao wrote: »

and whoever said Dublin and Our History is clearly talking out their arse.
Dublin is the least Irish part of the country for god's sake!

Don't be so ridiculous...what defines Irishness for you? If you're gonna post ****e at least back it up

Jay D

bouncers in town.

a brilliant way to ruin a night of fun with loads of close friends when they ensure, too many of yiz, is grounds for refusal.

F`ucking c`unts!!!!


I love the train service for me though

Pj!

The weather is ʇıɥs, the politicians are spɹɐʇsɐq, most of us are ugly sɹǝʞɔnɟ and there is way too much depression here.

Music is good though, beer culture is good (possibile relation to depression though), it's a good size of a country to live in, most people are friendly, oh and red lemonade.

Beerlao

Collie D wrote: »

Don't be so ridiculous...what defines Irishness for you? If you're gonna post ****e at least back it up

oooooh i've touched a nerve :eek:

historically, dublin is the least irish part of ireland because the Irish used to be kept out of it

but i wasn't stating fact in my original post, i was giving my opinion, which i'm entitled to. if you've got a problem with that i suggest you grow a pair.