Trip to the big smoke

Rabies

I'm going to Dublin on Saturday to watch the some of the show jumping in the RDS, and it got me thinking.


Do city folk like the out of town peeps dropping up and annoying them for the day?
In ireland the big day is the big yearly farmer migration to Dublin to shop for christmas.

In Auckland the city gets hit with non city people when ever there is a long weekend.

Wondering those the same happen the mini cities of Cork and Galweh too.




the things that wander across my mind at 1am

Sharpshooter

I'm sure we will love you, just don't mention Rabies.

Where are you staying.:D

mink_man

mini cities like cork and galway?!?!?!?!

WTF

SHUT UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT REVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!
THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

Sharpshooter

mink_man wrote: »

mini cities like cork and galway?!?!?!?!

WTF

SHUT UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT EVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!
THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

I can delete that.:mad:

Yes, it does.:P

Fremen

mink_man wrote: »

mini cities like cork and galway?!?!?!?!

WTF

SHUT UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT EVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!
THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

REvolve. That sounds like small town thinkin' to me.

davyjose

mink_man wrote: »

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT EVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!

True ... it's just Ireland that does

Jello

I hate the way so many of them call it "the big smoke" actually.

Spastafarian

mink_man wrote: »

mini cities like cork and galway?!?!?!?!

WTF

SHUT UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT EVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!
THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

Jeez, chill out. They are mini cities. They're not even classified as cities by the EU.

jumpguy

Yer, Galway is huge....
...
...


Anywho, Dublin is a nightmare for driving to anyone not used to it. I'd say the Dubs probably know the tourist season has started when people are driving into the wrong lanes and going into certain zones that are closed during rush-hour.

Jello

Jello wrote: »

I hate the way so many of them call it "the big smoke" actually.

London has that title

moonflower

mink_man wrote: »

mini cities like cork and galway?!?!?!?!

WTF

SHUT UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT EVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!
THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

I don't know about Cork, but in fairness, you couldn't call Galway a proper city. It's more of a large town really.

mink_man

ya well they're classified as cities in ireland so get it right!

Spastafarian

mink_man wrote: »

ya well they're classified as cities in ireland so get it right!

Who cares if they are? What difference does it make?

Rabies

Well, they are mini cities after all. No point fighting that bit

Not staying. Gonna do the farmer thing and watch some show jumping, do some shopping and catch up with a friend I haven't seen since the last time I was back

Local-womanizer

This thread just reminded me of Tommy Tiernans Navan Cavan sketch,with Rabies being the farmer from Virginia walking Grafton street.

markos79

mink_man wrote: »

THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

easy now mink man!! :mad:

mink_man

markos79 wrote: »

easy now mink man!! :mad:

its not even funny anymore, some1 earlier posted a thread about the price of beer in after hours, where were the prices of beer? in dublin! not for the whole country no, for dublin, put it in the dublin forum!!!

Rented Mule

Jello wrote: »

I hate the way so many of them call it "the big smoke" actually.

I come from a county with more people than this entire country combined.

The 'Big Smoke' is just a 'small fart' in the order of things

Rabies

I must point out, I'm not a farmer. Far from it.

jumpguy

Rented Mule wrote: »

I come from a county with more people than this entire country combined.

The 'Big Smoke' is just a 'small fart' in the order of things

But Dublin only has 1/4 of the population of Ireland. How is that more than the entire country combined?

mink_man

Rented Mule wrote: »

I come from a county with more people than this entire country combined.

The 'Big Smoke' is just a 'small fart' in the order of things

true true

davyjose

Rabies wrote: »

do some shopping

Oh, you must be looking for the wellie hut, that's on third, wellies-r-us, that's on third too, get your wellies here, that's also on third ...Matter of fact,
they're all in the same complex; it's the Wellie complex on
third.

In the Wellie district

mardybumbum

Heuston station, in the morning, at 10:36.
Ill take the lot of ye cnuts.
Grrrr

Sharpshooter

mardybumbum wrote: »

Heuston station, in the morning, at 10:36.
Ill take the lot of ye cnuts.
Grrrr

We need pics,so.:cool:

mardybumbum

Please visit my homepage for all your pics related needs.

Sharpshooter

Coward.:p

davyjose

Blah, blah, blah ... I'm not from dublin/I hate Dublin ... etc etc...


Yawn... well now I'm sleepy.

Sharpshooter

I'm Happy, nice to meet you Sleepy.0/

Rebelheart

mink_man wrote: »

mini cities like cork and galway?!?!?!?!

WTF

SHUT UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT EVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!
THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

You are my hero and a million times more eloquent and easier to read that horrendously long-winded palaverous Dublin ponce Jimmy Joyce! Go on ya good thing, horse!

mardybumbum

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Coward.:p

Huh?????

And also, why are the mods green light thingys never on when it is evident that they are signed in. :eek:

Sharpshooter

mardybumbum wrote: »

Huh?????

And also, why are the mods green light thingys never on when it is evident that they are signed in. :eek:

I asked you for pics,so we would know who to look for outside Heuston Station.

You declined.:pac:

Yeah, the green light thingy, wtf is up with that?

TestTransmission

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Yeah, the green light thingy, wtf is up with that?

Stealth mod mode??

JONJO THE MISER

You would want to be careful going to the big Smoke O.P. for when i first went I was eighteen years old and i had a fistfull of money and a cartload of dreams,take your time said me father stop rushing like hell, And remember all's not what it seems to be. For there's fellas would cut ye for the coat on yer back Or the watch that ye got from yer mother.

jumpguy

How can we get stealth troll mode?

Also, why do the mods need to be stealthy? It's not like we'll be on extra good behaviour, there's always a mod on After Hours. They have as much a life as the posters.

Goddamnit I want POWAR

Sharpshooter

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

You would want to be careful going to the big Smoke O.P. for when i first went I was eighteen years old and i had a fistfull of money and a cartload of dreams,take your time said me father stop rushing like hell, And remember all's not what it seems to be. For there's fellas would cut ye for the coat on yer back Or the watch that ye got from yer mother.

I don't like your tone, wolf.

mardybumbum

jumpguy wrote: »

How can we get stealth troll mode?

Also, why do the mods need to be stealthy? It's not like we'll be on extra good behaviour, there's always a mod on After Hours. They have as much a life as the posters.

Goddamnit I want POWAR

SS just explained it to me.
We can do it too.
Isnt that great.
High Five.



Holy Jamoly, now theres a red light under my Avatar!
No puns please.

Sharpshooter

That's how we can track you.

You can't remove it now.
:pac:

Seaneh

mink_man wrote: »

mini cities like cork and galway?!?!?!?!

WTF

SHUT UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT EVOLVE AROUND DUBLIN!!!
THE MOST NARROW MINDED PEOPLE EVER!!!!!!!!!

Cork and Galway ARE mini-cities.

Not cities at all by European standards.

mardybumbum

They are a bit like those mini pizzas you get.
You can scoff a pile of them down but you will still be left with that unsatisfied feeling.

****e, I just made myself hungry.

Kinetic^

Rabies wrote: »

the things that wander across my mind at 1am

Pr0n sites blocked eh?

Interceptor

Here in Galway we have the reverse of the phenomenon described by the OP.
We get trainloads of Dublin HowYehs coming down for 'De Bankk Hollideh' to get smashed on Buckfast and try to score weed off the strollers on the Prom in Salthill.

Its not safe in Supermacs on Eyre Square of a Saturday night I tells ya. Its normally really quiet, with boys holding doors open for girls and complimenting their nice dresses - but as soon as the Dubs get here its all broken bottles and 'c-mere til I fight ya'.

Border controls on the Shannon - thats what we all need...

'cptr

stovelid

Dublin is always stuffed with out-of-towners.

I don't notice any particular difference on long weekends to be honest.

muboop1

Interceptor wrote: »

Here in Galway we have the reverse of the phenomenon described by the OP.
We get trainloads of Dublin HowYehs coming down for 'De Bankk Hollideh' to get smashed on Buckfast and try to score weed off the strollers on the Prom in Salthill.

Its not safe in Supermacs on Eyre Square of a Saturday night I tells ya. Its normally really quiet, with boys holding doors open for girls and complimenting their nice dresses - but as soon as the Dubs get here its all broken bottles and 'c-mere til I fight ya'.

Border controls on the Shannon - thats what we all need...

'cptr

When i was there on a Saturday night we brought our own weed thank you very much.

Tell ya what, ill stop going to Galway on the tear if you stop coming to dublin...at all.

I think you'd lose out more! :pac:

3qsmavrod5twfe

muboop1 wrote: »

When i was there on a Saturday night we brought our own weed thank you very much.

You really should be supporting local economies in these recessionary times. I source all my weed locally, from from fairtrade affiliated farms that is traceable back to the grower...

Oh wait a minute that's coffee.

Never mind

Expresso Bongo

jumpguy wrote: »

But Dublin only has 1/4 of the population of Ireland. How is that more than the entire country combined?

I think he's referring to Cook County, Il.

eigrod

Horse show week and All Ireland final weekends when all the rural folk are in town are bonanza times for the Dublin based prostitutes. Allegedly.

biko

Walking around Dublin city centre I hear as many foreign/country accents as local accents - same in Galway. It's a part of living in a city.
Sure Dublin is the smallest county in Ireland so the people has to come from elsewhere to populate it.

Smcgie

Magnus wrote: »

Walking around Dublin city centre I hear as many foreign/country accents as local accents - same in Galway. It's a part of living in a city.
Sure Dublin is the smallest county in Ireland so the people has to come from elsewhere to populate it.

FAIL - Louth is smallest county

grenache

Funny thing is, if you took all the chulchies out of Dublin, the population would halve.

TPD

I find the whole 'Dubliners looking down on everyone else' thing pretty funny. I used to live in London, a city with almost double the population of this entire country. Moved over here to Dubliners calling everyone else 'Culchie', townies calling villagers 'Culchie', villagers calling farmers 'Culchie'.

Every one of you is a culchie in the grand scheme of things.

runs and hides

biko

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo jackeen