What the culchiest thing you have seen culchie people do?

neil_hosey

flip onto rte when the rose of tralee was on.... just as that bogger presenter says:

the tipperary rose who got engaged in a bog...


can you get any more bogger then that???

funkyjebus

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I gave him one for his initiative.

whats that you gave him now? a carrot?

Celly Smunt

neil_hosey wrote: »

flip onto rte when the rose of tralee was on.... just as that bogger presenter says:

the tipperary rose who got engaged in a bog...


can you get any more bogger then that???

yes you can

the tipperary rose who got engaged TO a bog...

Lexicon

I like this thread. I'm a proud culchie even tho' I've lived in 'de big smoke' for over 20 years. Some culchie things that drive my husband mad: "shush now they're giving the weather", apparently they don't 'give' the weather in Dublin, Joe Dolan - no one inside the pale gets Joe (likewise Smokie),

padair

Lexicon wrote: »

I like this thread. I'm a proud culchie even tho' I've lived in 'de big smoke' for over 20 years. Some culchie things that drive my husband mad: "shush now they're giving the weather", apparently they don't 'give' the weather in Dublin, Joe Dolan - no one inside the pale gets Joe (likewise Smokie),

Jeasuusss , ya got to love them big buildings...

minotour

Neighbouring Village at home when i was growing up, all the lads used to turn up the hanldebars on their racers, for pulling wheelies like...............and some mad mullets on them.

storm2811

Millicent wrote: »

Have to say, on all that, my Dad lives out in the scthicks of Galway and when he was sick, his neighbours did more for him that I ever thought neighbours would be willing to--bringing him dinner, giving him lifts, doing shopping for him, picking up prescriptions etc. And it's not like he's an old man- he's in his fifties. Compare that to my Mam who lives in a bigger estate, in the non-schticks in the South-East. When she had cancer, I don't think very many people darkened her door, even to see how she was and that was a town she grew up in and had friends and family in.

Whatever about proper culchies having their bad points, it really does swing both ways with them and they know how to look out for their neighbours.

Yep,same here,when my dad had cancer there'd be people offering to drive us up to Letterkenny nearly every day of the week and if you offered them petrol money they'd never take a cent off you!

I know people do have good neighbours in Dublin too but I just found it so weird when I was up at my brothers yesterday and I asked him how many people he knew in his estate,only 2 people!

I know living down here has its bad points but I do like the way everyone will help each other out.

Timistry

culchiest is not even a word. education fail./thread

BraziliaNZ

I had a flat in Edinburgh, some culchie from Cork shows up with a Scottish friend of mine, when she found out I was from Dublin she was outraged and wouldn't "have anything to do" with me. Jesus Christ, you come to my house... I was too shocked to loaf her or tell her to eff off but in hindsight...

recylingbin

Impregnate a jackeen.

Qualitymark

Morose westerner staring out the window of the train.

Tourist: Vot is the main crop grown here?
Westerner: Ragwort and sheep, sheep and ragwort.

yoshytoshy

Culchiest thing I ever seen was when I was in arklow at this late bar /disco place ,there were blokes dancing in their wellies.
I couldn't stop laughing because I was completely mashed.

Culchies are deadly.

BraziliaNZ

I don't know what ragwort is, why do I keep hearing this word?

Millicent

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Culchiest thing I ever seen was when I was in arklow at this late bar /disco place ,there were blokes dancing in their wellies.
I couldn't stop laughing because I was completely mashed.

Culchies are deadly.

I call absolute bullsh1t on this one. I have been out in Arklow many, many times and spent the first half of my life there. It is packed full to the hilt of junkies and scangers (among some lovely people of course). In fact, tv3 once did an expose on it for having the worst drug problem in a small town.

The people used to be known for fishing. There is one farm there and that's as you begin to head for Gorey/Wexford. So yeah. I do not believe that you saw a local there wearing wellies. They would have had the almight p1ss taken out of them. Also, I'll assume you're talking about Oscar's/Ripley's/whatever it is these days which has a strict dress policy and turns people away frequently.

Qualitymark

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I don't know what ragwort is, why do I keep hearing this word?

I hope that's irony, though from the fact that this weed - forbidden in law for its deadliness to livestock (and to humans who try to clear it bare-handed - its juice through your skin can damage your liver) flourishes on Council-'minded' roadsides and farmer-'minded' fields all over the country today. Once, no farmer with any pride, and certainly no council, would have allowed a sprig of it to peek above ground.

http://www.teagasc.ie/advisory/factsheets/ragwort.asp

(Quote from the Teagasc advisory linked above)
Poisoning

Ragwort is a highly poisonous plant if eaten. Ragwort is toxic to cattle, horses, deer, goats, pigs and chickens. Sheep are less affected by it but some trials would suggest lower thrive due to eating ragwort The poisonous substances in ragwort are toxic alkaloids (Jacobine, Jacodine and Jaconine). These cause the liver to accumulate copper, causing ill heath and death. On good pastures livestock avoid eating ragwort, as it is unpalatable, but where there is over-stocking and grass is scarce the weed is unavoidably eaten. The poisonous material contained in ragwort is not destroyed by drying. Hay containing ragwort is particularly dangerous. Grass silage containing ragwort is also a serious source of poisoning. Cases of poisoning occurring in late winter and spring often result from the feeding for some months previously of hay or silage cut from ragwort infested swards.

Chicken Run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Co6GAaXFw

yoshytoshy

Millicent wrote: »

I call absolute bullsh1t on this one. I have been out in Arklow many, many times and spent the first half of my life there. It is packed full to the hilt of junkies and scangers (among some lovely people of course). In fact, tv3 once did an expose on it for having the worst drug problem in a small town.

The people used to be known for fishing. There is one farm there and that's as you begin to head for Gorey/Wexford. So yeah. I do not believe that you saw a local there wearing wellies. They would have had the almight p1ss taken out of them. Also, I'll assume you're talking about Oscar's/Ripley's/whatever it is these days which has a strict dress policy and turns people away frequently.

Whatever man ,this DID happen and it was about seven years ago. We camped in a place accross the bridge and up the hill on the far side of the village.

No need to make it sound so sinister, everyone had a great night.

Millicent

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Whatever man ,this DID happen and it was about seven years ago. We camped in a place accross the bridge and up the hill on the far side of the village.

No need to make it sound so sinister, everyone had a great night.

Lady! It's a town but I do think I know the campsite you're talking about. Sorry, I just couldn't imagine it, having lived there and socialised there and never having seen it or heard of anyone else I know seeing it but it might have done. I was just a bit surprised tbh. No offence intended.

yoshytoshy

Millicent wrote: »

Lady! It's a town but I do think I know the campsite you're talking about. Sorry, I just couldn't imagine it, having lived there and socialised there and never having seen it or heard of anyone else I know seeing it but it might have done. I was just a bit surprised tbh. No offence intended.

Ah sorry ,it's cool. Arklow is a great little town ,the guy's that were there might not have been even local ,but definetly culchies:D

Jack Daniels I

eating a 99 with tongues hanging out in the middle of december on their yearly visit to the big smhoke

Ann22

I saw an old culchie woman pIssing in her yard once. I was crouching down :(hiding behind a car - horrified and embarrassed beyond reason, but I could see under it...shocked I was. The same auld one would eat her spuds with her hands at the table beside me.


Yes it was my granny, bless her soul.:o

thetonynator

Jack Daniels I wrote: »

eating a 99 with tongues hanging out in the middle of december on their yearly visit to the big smhoke

No culchie or anyone else buys 99s in december . .

storm2811

thetonynator wrote: »

No culchie or anyone else buys 99s in december . .

<_<
>_>

Unfortunately,they close down the 99 machines in winter.:(:pac:

yoshytoshy

Lesbians eats 99's together all year round ,no flakes though ,they're own 99's stick out :P

Trevor451

Use dial up in 2010

Saibh

Driving in their tractor to their local teenage disco.

carvaggio

OutlawPete wrote: »

Get up and look out the window when they heard a car coming.

Any cars passing nearby my house when I was young used to cause my dad great distress, despite being a reasonably regular occurrence. Any car that was not recognisable used always be assumed to be up to no good.

I can remember once a white van was seen driving on 'our' road, which warranted a call to all neighbouring houses, being isolated is not good for the brain.

storm2811

carvaggio wrote: »

Any cars passing nearby my house when I was young used to cause my dad great distress, despite being a reasonably regular occurrence. Any car that was not recognisable used always be assumed to be up to no good.

I can remember once a white van was seen driving on 'our' road, which warranted a call to all neighbouring houses, being isolated is not good for the brain.

Ohh white vans on "our" roads.:pac:

There was local ex guard who used to tell me and the neighbouring children to take down the license plate number of white vans and other "suspicious" vehicles.:pac:

Pique

It HAS to be sitting on a trailer load of hay bales pulled by a Ford 4000 or a Massey 135/165.

Been there, done that !

Bottle o' tae in the bog of a fine summers day, with the skin blisterin' off ya 'cos sun block is for posh city ar$eholes.

Driving by a field recently fertilised with manure and deeply inhaling.:)

Complaining about the lack of privacy in urban housing estates....yet knowing all neighbors in a 5 miles radius on a first name basis.

Goin' to Coppers.

Leaving Dublin feeling dirty and relieved.

Pique

storm2811 wrote: »

Yep,same here,when my dad had cancer there'd be people offering to drive us up to Letterkenny nearly every day of the week and if you offered them petrol money they'd never take a cent off you!

I know people do have good neighbours in Dublin too but I just found it so weird when I was up at my brothers yesterday and I asked him how many people he knew in his estate,only 2 people!

I know living down here has its bad points but I do like the way everyone will help each other out.

+1 to that. My dad died last winter during the big freeze and when we made it back to the house (down a single-car road/lane about a mile long) from the Mater, the road was salted, the house was surrounded by neighbours who had cooked/baked/made tons of sandwiches, immediately took over from my mum and put away the christmas decorations, cleaned the house, organised everything and never thought twice. One of them even 'guarded' the house during the funeral as ther has been a spate of burglaries during funerals (as depraved as that sounds!). In short, I was blown away by it. I could be dead in my house in a rural town for a few days before anyone would bother to check on me....and I'm not a loner.
Country life/living might not be as convenient/advanced/cool as city life, but it beats it hands down imo. I defy anyone to live in the country for a couple of years and really say they miss urban life.

Don Keypunch

Pique wrote: »

+1 I defy anyone to live in the country for a couple of years and really say they miss urban life.

Second that

John_Rambo

Pique wrote: »

Leaving Dublin feeling dirty and relieved.

Most country girls do after their "shopping trips" and hen parties.

They love a bit of Dub, married, single, young and old.

Irishchick

When I was in school I saw a group of lads all crowed round each other looking at a magazine.

I was sure it was porn because I heard one of them say "Jaysus look at her she'd be good ta go!"

As I got closer I realised they were looking at a tractor magazine

corner back 2

Build Dublin

CHealy

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I had a flat in Edinburgh, some culchie from Cork shows up with a Scottish friend of mine, when she found out I was from Dublin she was outraged and wouldn't "have anything to do" with me. Jesus Christ, you come to my house... I was too shocked to loaf her or tell her to eff off but in hindsight...

Thats just good sence

Celly Smunt

CHealy wrote: »

Thats just good sence

i agree great sence

el oh el

Pique wrote: »

I defy anyone to live in the country for a couple of years and really say they miss urban life.

i miss it

thetonynator

Trevor451 wrote: »

Use dial up in 2010

Thats not a culchie thing, its a lack of infrastructure thing.

storm2811

thetonynator wrote: »

Thats not a culchie thing, its a lack of infrastructure thing.

Yeah but it would happen more in rural areas wouldn't it?I think?

storm2811

storm2811 wrote: »

Yeah but it would happen more in rural areas wouldn't it?I think?

In some rural areas the only way to get broadband was to use satellite €€€€

oldyouth

Functions in a country hotel (weddings, 21sts, etc) when the lights have to go on full wattage around 10pm for the tay to be brought out for the auld wans, followed by renderings of 'thank God, I'm parched'.

Cantona's Collars

oldyouth wrote: »

Functions in a country hotel (weddings, 21sts, etc) when the lights have to go on full wattage around 10pm for the tay to be brought out for the auld wans, followed by renderings of 'thank God, I'm parched'.

Unfortunately it's true-who needs beer at a party when tay is available,the auld wans love the tay and a bit of an old time waltz.

anthonymax

At a local field day,

For the men,Welly Throwing.(who can throw a welly furthest)
For the ladies,Clothes Hanging.(who can peg the most washing on a line)


There was also Guess the Weight of the Heifer.

valarie001

carvaggio wrote: »

Any cars passing nearby my house when I was young used to cause my dad great distress, despite being a reasonably regular occurrence. Any car that was not recognisable used always be assumed to be up to no good.

I can remember once a white van was seen driving on 'our' road, which warranted a call to all neighbouring houses, being isolated is not good for the brain.

hilarious my dad still does it thank god the recession has kept the traffic down! things became uncontrollable and he also is convinced that somone would want to break in and steal the massive ferguson telly he has with no remote! as if.:D

Son Of A Vidic

Moving to Dublin.

up for anything

valarie001 wrote: »

hilarious my dad still does it thank god the recession has kept the traffic down! things became uncontrollable and he also is convinced that somone would want to break in and steal the massive ferguson telly he has with no remote! as if.:D

How old is that now? My parents had one and it only died after 25 years.

ballybunionlad

fakearms123 wrote: »

From what Ive seen down here in Kerry, being born and raised in Dublin, I can see both points of view and the following imagery i am about to show depicts what "culchie" people do...

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This is the most ridiculous notion of what so called "culchies" do.

Picture 1 - This picture was clearly taken sometime in the swinging 60's.

Picture 2 - Two traveller's bare knuckle boxing. I think you will find that traveller's tend to have no fixed abode and you will often find them popping up in your beloved Pale.

Picture 3 - Boy racers. The boil on the arse of humanity. However they think souping up a 1992 ford fiesta is cool I will never know.

Picture 4 - Another traveller. See note for picture 2. I also noticed a serious lack of under arm hair for a man so hairy. Love the handle bar moustache though.

Picture 5 - More traveller's. You seem to have some sort of Grá for them. Do you go round taking photos of traveller's as a past time? Strange.


With regards to fantastic Dublin people I remember watching a show on TV3 a few months back. It was about different groups of young people getting ready for their debs / grads. One part was about a traveller trying to break boundaries (The media absolutely love stuff about travellers). The next part was about an Eastern European girl.

The final part was about a group of girls from around the D4 area. I watched this at first thinking that they were taking the piss but it so turned out that they weren't. I never really believed the whole D4 thing was true until I saw this. The little smarmee bitch who was looking for a date had her head so far up her own arse she didn't even realise how obnoxious she came across on tv..... She was also far too ugly to even consider being so rude to people.

I assume quite a few of the previous posters looking down their noses at people from the country will probably know this ugly girl.

valarie001

up for anything wrote: »

How old is that now? My parents had one and it only died after 25 years.

its at least 30 yrs old! i dont know what he will do when the digital comes in:D

who the fug

Pique wrote: »

It HAS to be sitting on a trailer load of hay bales pulled by a Ford 4000 or a Massey 135/165.

Been there, done that !

What about the falling off it over a ditch into the field, pretending you were not up there as the old fella is going mental because the load went over.


Driving a Ford 4000 on three wheels

up for anything

up for anything wrote: »

How old is that now? My parents had one and it only died after 25 years.

When be said "massive Ferguson" I thought he was referring to the tractor. :pac: