Things you expect to see in the big smoke (Dublin) and other major cities in Ireland.

MidlandsM

• Creamers, lots of them.
• Urban Sprawl
• Double Deckers
• Da Luas (Dublin)
• More Creamers
• Yummy Mummies in SUV's
• Overpriced Property
• Overpriced Drink
• Hoors

bazza1

streets paved with gold

dr.bollocko

Moiged.

People using heroin wraps in place of teeth. Homeless people. Random rudeness. Streets paved in puke. Tracksuits tucked into socks.

InTheTrees

bazza1 wrote: »

streets paved with gold

And streets paved with Ice...

:eek:

John_Rambo

Beaches, islands, rivers, badgers, otters, seals, herons, falcons, hawks, foxes, rivers, wildlife sanctuaries, canals, restaurants, parks, woods, mountains, museums, sports grounds, brewery's, distillery's, excellent pubs, shows, galleries, cheap food, cheap drink, sailing, canoeing, mad ethnic food with dubious (but good) health and safety features... some of these meters away from ancient viking, Norse and prehistory Irish settlements. Waterford, Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Dublin... lots more. Excellent places! Well worth visits.

tennessee time

post colonial hangover types still reminiscing about georgian dublin and other anglo-irish past times, people from outside dublin in every important position in the city , poverty, crime, people shopping in their pyjamas,

tennessee time

people moaning about the irish language, irish sports, irish people, irish music - people trying to hide their british roots, people not realising anto and deco from dublin do not keep the city running , its people from ireland, asshole taxi drivers , asshole people, horrible accents,

rantyface

tennessee time wrote: »

asshole taxi drivers

Heehee! I think only Dublin has an abundance of asshole taxi drivers. Had to wait for about ten minutes to get an asshole taxi driver when visting Galway city recently and was very shocked.

gobo99

skangers in white runners shouting " ANYONE BUYIN' OR SELLIN' TICKETS LADS?, BUYIN' OR SELLIN'?"
Skanger: "Ye lookin for tickets lads?"
You "No"
Skanger: "Any spares?"

wingsof daun

Chemtrails in the sky.

Killer Pigeon

I'd expect to find non-interference with animals, except in Galway, Cork and Limerick.

John_Rambo

gobo99 wrote: »

skangers in white runners shouting " ANYONE BUYIN' OR SELLIN' TICKETS LADS?, BUYIN' OR SELLIN'?"
Skanger: "Ye lookin for tickets lads?"
You "No"
Skanger: "Any spares?"

This only happens at concerts and matches Gobo.

moonpurple

people too busy to be
busybodies

consultech

Lando Griffin wrote:

ATM Machine

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Why the roll eyes? You don't know what an ATM machine is? You know, those things you put your PIN number into???

RocketFalls

Our fine Eastern-European brethren trying to snaffle wallets. And making me even more ashamed to be from that region.

NothingMan

consultech wrote: »

Why the roll eyes? You don't know what an ATM machine is? You know, those things you put your PIN number into???

ATM = Automatic Teller Machine.

ATM Machine = Automatic Teller Machine Machine.

Hence the roll eyes.

sagat2

Charmless red faced farmers in pig sheit encrusted wellies browsing Boyers and Clery's for a new pair of yfronts on a Thursday evening all the while screaming in aggravation on the inside because here they are in a place so big it's impossible to know everyone's business.

consultech

NothingMan wrote: »

ATM = Automatic Teller Machine.

ATM Machine = Automatic Teller Machine Machine.

Hence the roll eyes.

And PIN Number = Personal Identification Number Number

Welcome to after hours :rolleyes:

NothingMan

consultech wrote: »

And PIN Number = Personal Identification Number Number

Welcome to after hours :rolleyes:

I agree it's completely normal and acceptable to say ATM machine or PIN number and insulting someone for it is very pedantic but we're not perfect so it's good to laugh at others imperfection to justify our own foibles.

NothingMan

NothingMan wrote: »

I agree it's completely normal and acceptable to say ATM machine or PIN number and insulting someone for it is very pedantic but we're not perfect so it's good to laugh at others imperfection to justify our own foibles.

I'm pretty sure consultech was having a laugh with the "pin number" post too

NothingMan

bluewolf wrote: »

I'm pretty sure consultech was having a laugh with the "pin number" post too

Do'h. Too subtle for my meagre sarcasm skills.

biko

ATM Machine and PIN Number always makes me lol.

On topic

• People pushing into you as they hurry to the next meeting holding an overpriced iPhone and a luxury coffee.
  
• People thinking "my life sucks, but at least it sucks in The City".
  
• Someone falls over and no-one gets up to help.

steddyeddy

People with the ability to talk to people outside their imediate circle of friends involving topics relating to events that happened outside a two mile radius.

People with a touch of wit, cuilchies who consider them selves better than dublin for some reason that even they cant put their fingers on!

seanbmc

People shaking hands with rapists.....oh wait.

cock robin

Fcuk all that would make me want to live there ever again.

InkSlinger67

* Toothbrushes
* Men without eyebrows UNDER their eyes

karlog

I'm guessing junkies/scumbags have been mentioned already.

ricman

Bus lanes with no bus,s in them all the better to slow down car drivers.Roads with random speed limits on them.After a while you,ll notice certain roads being dug up by gas company, recovered ,a few weeks later
being dug up by telecom company ,or the council etc its an infinite loop .
1st rule of the city ,walk fast, make no eye contact with anyone.
Being friendly is a sign of weakness.
NO matter how cold real dubs do not wear winter coats, its not cool.
People go into shops buy coffee and then carry it round .
Some people have been known to go to pubs with no intention of getting drunk .

WesternZulu

Christy
Ray
Mondo
Carol
Billy Mehan

Used to always see them knocking about in McCoys.

ricman

i think this women wearing pyjamas in the daytime is like ,i,m so cool i don,t need to work, its the opposite of a business suit or office wear.
NO point in dressing up to go to the off license.
i,m so cool i don,t need a uniform of any kind.
You,l l see large apartment blocks almost empty waiting for nama to take em over.

gobo99

John_Rambo wrote: »

This only happens at concerts and matches Gobo.

doesnt happen at matches or concerts anywhere else in the country.

milehip1

BumbleB wrote: »

Dont be silly you dont need a passport to go to galway.

Not such a good thing tho, is it?

doctorwu

For the most part except for (skangers druggies ect ) a lot of decent well humoured caring helpful people.

Mal-Adjusted

local busses

2manyconditions

no bus for hours then 2 stop together.

congo_90

proper pubs/clubs
Street lights
Broadband
GSM coverage
Public transport (laughable though)
Traffic
Lots of annoying beggars
women defacating a car, street bin, shop window in some form or other.
Tourists
Culches lost
jesus

Hermy

Burgo wrote: »

Taxi's and the charming people that drive them.

Thanks for the complement.:D

John_Rambo

congo_90 wrote: »

women defacating a car, street bin, shop window in some form or other

? Wha?

stateofflux

thetonynator wrote: »

A list of the bad things:

Traffic jams
Closed roads
Scumbags
Smog
Drunk people falling all over the place
20 stone women in tracksuits
Methadone clinics
Heroin addicts ( not many of them in rural Ireland)
Big issue
Beggers
Buses coming half an hour late in groups of 4 :mad:
More scumbags
Graffiti
Temple bar ( ties in with no.5)
People sleeping rough
the entire city shutting down due to 2cm of snow
the government and dail

and loads more i cant think of right now . . .

An lovely review of the Dublin bus sightseeing tour :pac: