Nothing to do in Ireland except drink !

Agamemnon

Rory123 wrote: »

Oh my God! I am chairman at my local. What chapter are you in? We used to have a secret handshake but that was put to a stop with all this kerfuffle over STDs.

I am the Grand Imperial Wizard of all the combined Munster Chapters, Lodges, Portaloos and Occasional Circle Jerks. IMO you should still use the secret handshake: a few STDs will build up your immune system and nothing spices up a good speed **** like the danger of your knob coming off in your hand.

minidazzler

Get a fcuking Hobby. There is alot more to do in Ireland than drink. Join a club, or get a hobby, just stop spouting on and open your eyes.

Rory123

syklops wrote: »

Because they give ski equipment away for free in Norway do they?
In LA surf boards are tax deductible I suppose.
There is one thing worse than being lazy. Thats being tight, and pretending to be lazy.

I am not tight, I am anything but tight. I am an apprentice cabinet maker that broke my boll0ocks working for the last 3 years since I left school. Working between 45 and 60 hours a week. First year way under minimum wage, second year on minimum wage, third year marginally better than minimum wage. I lost my job 4 weeks ago and I now cannot even get a job in a fu*king sweet shop.

DO NOT TELL ME I AM TIGHT.

Paulj

If they had passed the bill for the cafe-bar thing it may have help matters but of course that didn't get through the Dail :rolleyes:

Creamy Goodness

ahh feck off,

*swigs whiskey*

syklops

Rory123 wrote: »

I am not tight, I am anything but tight. I am an apprentice cabinet maker that broke my boll0ocks working for the last 3 years since I left school. Working between 45 and 60 hours a week. First year way under minimum wage, second year on minimum wage, third year marginally better than minimum wage. I lost my job 4 weeks ago and I now cannot even get a job in a fu*king sweet shop.

DO NOT TELL ME I AM TIGHT.

Jeeze Jouise, take a chill pill.

Oh sorry are they too pricey?

Zillah

One word: Quasar.

But what about evening/night activities? It's all well and good saying 'go hillwalking' - I'm not going to do that on a Saturday night. There really isn't much else to do other than drink in Ireland on a weekend night that isn't really pricey. I agree on the point about late night cafes, they're a great idea. There's one in Rathmines I always used to go to - it was great sitting having a coffee or tea at 3am, being able to have a relaxing chat instead of sitting in a crowded pub. I don't understand why the likes of Starbucks and other cafes close at 10 or 11 or even as early as 7pm! I think if they stayed open late, people would use them. I've often gone to the pub because there was nowhere else to go other than McDonalds!

Gummy Panda

I knew a norweigan couple. They complained there was nothing to do in Norway except drink. Also most men were lets say anti-social for lack of a better word. They also said suicide was high among young males. Don't know how true this is but thats what they told me.

You might be doing all that stuff to experience Norweigan culture. I did a lot of cool tourist stuff in Ireland when my australian brother in-law was over. Wouldn't have bothered or thought about it if he wasn't here.

Latchy

I think it might also the drinking culture in Ireland has alienated a lot of people as in ,if your not drinking then your missing out on good coversation /craic when the reality is that most drunks dont remember ( or want to remember) a good intelligent conversation anyway . Why ? because it involves somebody probably telling some home truths, which may interfere with actually listening / agreeing / drinking / so it goes on and on :P

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

There are tons of things to do here, you don't even have to use your imagination. What interests you OP? I don't think there is a lot to do for the lazy though.

Does everyone drink for free or something? Drinking is one of the more recreational things to do, and you could forget half the night anyway.

Paintball
Skiing
Go Karting
Golf
Pitch and Putt
Crazy Golf
Go to the beach
Swimming
Gym
Horse Riding
Martial arts
Fishing
Boat Hire
Sailing
Surfing
Canoeing
Visit various gardens
Quad biking
Walking trails
Hill walking
Rock climbing
Wall climbing
Join a club (Sport)
Shooting
Hunting
Archery
Museum
Historical tours
Dance clases
Yoga/Pilates
Cycling
Bird watching
Orienteering
Scuba Diving
Water Skiing
Squash
Tennis
Badminton
Fencing
Chess club
Lan parties
Astronomy
Pottery
Wood working
Gardening
Pool
Snooker
Bowling
Table Tennis

I can go on and on and on... You just need to get off your arse, do some research and find something you like... It's not that hard... really.

xOxSinéadxOx

I think it's cos it's just habit and people aren't bothered to think about anything else. It's just what they do. Plus if you decided to do something else you'd most likely be doing it on your own

Red Sleeping Beauty

There's nothing to do in any western capitalist country but drink!
It's not unique to Ireland

Húrin

Iamxavier has made a great list there. There are also plenty of opportunities for getting involved in community life, or charitable organisations such as the St Vincent de Paul.

Overflow wrote: »

Does anyone agree that there is nothing much to do in Ireland except head to the boozer, live for the weekend and that's about it.

Dont get me wrong i love heading to the boozer for a good night out, but since i have been living abroad i find when i go home the only thing people seem to center they're life around is going out at the weekend.

When i lived in Ireland of course i did this myself, but since moving to Norway and experiencing their culture, it is very different as you can imagine. They do like drink and go out quite regularly but they are also a very active people, part-taking in tons of other activities. For example we go skiing quite often, or head to the local cross country circuit. Go ice skating on frozen lakes. Go mushroom picking :D, have picnics in the mountains, go on cabin trips, camping on the skerries, or in summertime we go out boating a lot, to the beach, or to the local lakes (which there are millions of) for some swimming, among numerous other things.

Complete nonsense. Most of what you describe doing in Norway can be done here as well. There are a lot of people who do nothing but drink at the weekends, but there are also a lot of people who do the other things that you long for.

shamblertine wrote: »

Our weather prevents us from doing much outdoors, its not cold enough for things like skiing, and skating on frozen lakes, but not warm enough and too wet to have picnics on mountains, going to the beach, swimming/surfing etc.

Not true. It doesn't rain that much more here than elsewhere in Northern Europe.

Rory123 wrote: »

Agree about the countryside bit but I bet there is no sporting organisation that caters for people who aren't into organised sports!

Think about that for a minute.

Sam Kade

Rory123 wrote: »

I am not tight, I am anything but tight. I am an apprentice cabinet maker that broke my boll0ocks working for the last 3 years since I left school. Working between 45 and 60 hours a week. First year way under minimum wage, second year on minimum wage, third year marginally better than minimum wage. I lost my job 4 weeks ago and I now cannot even get a job in a fu*king sweet shop.

DO NOT TELL ME I AM TIGHT.

45 to 60 hours a week is nothing, I often worked 100 hours a week.

Rory123

Fair play to you.

Rory123

Húrin wrote: »

Think about that for a minute.

Help me out here Húrin.

Armin_Tamzarian

I would tend to agree with the OP, based on personal experience.
It's strange but when I lived in the UK this problem didn't exist.

For a start any activities I wished to participate in were closer at hand but this wasn't the main thing.

The main thing was the receptivness of other people to me joining in these activities.

I've found alot of clubs I've tried to get involved with in Ireland have been ridiculously parochial.
By turning up as a complete outsider, not knowing anyone in these clubs, I was treated almost like an undesirable.

In the UK when I got involved in such activities, i.e. rock-climbing, golf, shooting, I found people at these clubs to be extremely enthusiastic, welcoming and helpful.

The other problem is expense, in comparison to other coutries the cost of participating in alot of such activities in Ireland is disproportionatly dear.

On returning to Ireland I made renewed efforts to get involved in some of these activities that I had taken up but I was met with phones that didn't answer, e-mails that didn't receive replies and a general feeling of disinterest on the part of people who I spoke with about getting involved with their clubs.

"And you say you don't actually know anyone in the club?" was a typical question...

Call Me Jimmy

Rory123 wrote: »

go to the beach...OK that's free, but not great out of summer
go paintballing...€€€
go to the cinema...€€€
go to a museum...OK, if you live in a city
go to a gig...€€€
or just go to a church.. wouldn't be seen dead involving myself with any organised religion


This is not an issue in other, even poorer, EU countries.

Seeing as we are talking about alternatives to drinking which costs money, why is money an issue for other activities?

Latchy

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Seeing as we are talking about alternatives to drinking which costs money, why is money an issue for other activities?

No such thing as a free lunch .

Húrin

Rory123 wrote: »

Help me out here Húrin.

surely disorganised sports would not have an organisation?

Red Sleeping Beauty

I'm in Glasgow at the minute and there's nothing to do but drink. In fact, they drink more than we do.

Rory123

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Seeing as we are talking about alternatives to drinking which costs money, why is money an issue for other activities?

I don't go to pubs, or really drink apart from the odd beer, so I can't really comment there!
.... And also that I don't have any money.

Latchy

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

I'm in Glasgow at the minute and there's nothing to do but drink. In fact, they drink more than we do.

Think they are just above the Irish in the consumation of alcohol table , although that was a stat from a few years ago .

greatgoal

i like lazy...

Armin_Tamzarian

Agamemnon wrote: »

Ah, then you haven't heard of W.O.E., the **** Organisation of Eire. It facilitates those of us who love the solitary sport of speed ****. I am free to tug myself vigorously in the privacy of my own home, while W.O.E. send me e-mails with tips on things like technique, diet, cleaning up and foreskin first aid. I can't understand why we were turned down for a National Lottery grant; they'll be sorry when I take home gold from the Onanist Olympics, the bastards. :mad:

You didn't get that National Lottery grant cos we got it, losers...
That's right the P.W.F. (Power **** Federation) is the one true **** federation in Ireland.
Current winners of the coveted 'Golden Cock' awards, 7 years running.

Forget the rest, tug with the best.
P.W.F. 4life baby...

Rory123

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

You didn't get that National Lottery grant cos we got it, losers...
That's right the P.W.F. (Power **** Federation) is the one true **** federation in Ireland.
Current winners of the coveted 'Golden Cock' awards, 7 years running.

Forget the rest, tug with the best.
P.W.F. 4life baby...

I feel a ****-off coming, :eek:

Armin_Tamzarian

Rory123 wrote: »

I feel a ****-off coming, :eek:

Oh no you didn't!!!:cool:

bladebrew

Sam Kade wrote: »

45 to 60 hours a week is nothing, I often worked 100 hours a week.

if you were workin 100hours a week you wouldnt be worried about doing anything after work! that would leave about 9 hours per day to eat and sleep,thats including saturday and sunday,plus even on minimun wage you would be making over 800euro a week so you would have money to do things but no time to do it:)

what job was that?

Rory123

bladebrew wrote: »

if you were workin 100hours a week you wouldnt be worried about doing anything after work! that would leave about 9 hours per day to eat and sleep,thats including saturday and sunday,plus even on minimun wage you would be making over 800euro a week so you would have money to do things but no time to do it:)

what job was that?

Professional fibber