I love this country

Sykk

Seriously... There's been way too many threads here about how the place is ****, leaders, dole, weather and blablabla.

Whenever I find myself on sun holidays, they're great for a few weeks. The sweat, insects and bad food quickly makes me want to come home.

The sheer lack of armed crime in this country compared to most is staggering.

There's little to no natural disasters, read any legit newspaper and you'll see there's people dying of floods, landslides, famine, tsunami's and everything else that comes with it.

Pretty much no one goes hungry, there are few real homeless people and focus and the like do their best to keep them fed/clothed.

The dole may be shít but I sure as hell know most can still afford to have their food and their few pints every now and again.

Cheer up, people of AH.. It's not all that bad!

Gijoe

Irish Karl Pilkington?

dr.bollocko

I hate people trying to cheer me up.
The dole is actually far too generous in most cases.
There's plenty of armed crime in this country and I'm hungry right now so that's your theory screwed.
What am I supposed to be happy about? The ****ing sun just came out. Great. Skin cancer. wahey.

bonerm

Backward little burg tbh. Still on the plus side it's gotta be better than 90% of the world. But that's like saying a snail is more evolved than a slug.

BTW, being on the dole is shít. But the dole isn't shít. If anything I'd say it's fairly generous.

jackiebaron

And Irish women will roide ya!

Snakeblood

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I hate people trying to cheer me up.
The dole is actually far too generous in most cases.
There's plenty of armed crime in this country and I'm hungry right now so that's your theory screwed.
What am I supposed to be happy about? The ****ing sun just came out. Great. Skin cancer. wahey.

Sounds like someone needs a visit from Mister Hugs!

nice1franko

Sykk wrote: »

The sheer lack of armed crime in this country compared to most is staggering.

...

Cheer up, people of AH.. It's not all that bad!

Irish pupils are among the worst in Europe for bringing knives and other weapons into school, an international survey has revealed.

Around one in eight pupils between 12 and 16 revealed they carried weapons -- the highest rate among 10 European countries.

The disturbing 13.9 pc rate of weapon carrying as given rise to concerns about safety within the nation's schools.

A United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) report on homicides and knife crime also found Ireland has the highest rate of killings of young men overall in western Europe. Ireland has the second highest death rate caused by the use of knives.

The homicide figures were calculated from the deaths of young people between 10 and 29 years old from 2004 and 2006. In the first seven months of 2010
...

- http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/one-in-eight-irish-pupils-has-weapon-in-classroom-14958280.html

Wait til these little fukcers grow up!

curlzy

Another silver lining: no poisonous snakes or spiders here!

Oranage2

I really like Ireland and the irish ability to solve all problems and stress' with a few social drinks which in most countries we'd be considered raging alcoholics.

kfallon

Ireland is great, we'd have a great little country if we could only roof it!

I love my country *sobs*

RobbieTheRobber

The main reason im happy to be irish is superquinn sausages!

thegeist

Fantastic pork produce as well.

stimpson

Oranage2 wrote: »

I really like Ireland and the irish ability to solve all problems and stress' with a few social drinks which in most countries we'd be considered raging alcoholics.

Hi Brian!!

bonerm

Oranage2 wrote: »

I really like Ireland and the irish ability to solve all problems and stress' with a few social drinks which in most countries we'd be considered raging alcoholics.

Quiet you! The Irish government have inherited a way to keep the population suppressed in a way that actually generates revenue! It's win-win control measure that most other governments could only dream of.

thebigbiffo

i've a very serious hangover not and am not in the humour for your sunshine and f'uckin rainbows:mad:

great little country though, if only they'd roof it

SEPT 23 1989

The love for my country will only return when the poison that is FF are removed from power once and for all

Sykk

Well it's by no means a rainbow or a savage place to live... Just in comparison to other places. Even with that said, it's really not that bad.

ILA

Please excuse me while I take a huge dump. Hopefully on some form of national symbol.

Oranage2

Also I love seeing tourists here.

1)They're shocked at the price of everything
2)Weather is always terrible
3)Junkies all over the city centre
4)The public transport is "limited" and expensive
5)Pints in temple bar taste like crap

But yet the 1% Irish keeps them coming back.

starbelgrade

There should be a pantomime about this;

"Ireland is a great"

"Oh no, it's not"

"Oh yes, it is"

etc.

Twink would have to be in it of course... she could play the part of Bad Mother Ireland - a bankrupt, raggedy oul hag, full of her own self importance & fake as a bag of plastic diamonds.

Oranage2

starbelgrade wrote: »

There should be a pantomime about this;

"Ireland is a great"

"Oh no, it's not"

"Oh yes, it is"

etc.

Twink would have to be in it of course... she could play the part of Bad Mother Ireland - a bankrupt, raggedy oul hag, full of her own self importance & fake as a bag of plastic diamonds.

Katy French could play The Celtic Tiger

starbelgrade

Oranage2 wrote: »

Katy French could play The Celtic Tiger

Oooh, nicely played - a hard, true ball just slightly above the belt. I like!

mikom

Oranage2 wrote: »

Katy French could play The Celtic Tiger

Must..... resist...... joke....... about........dead....... pussy....

raah!

Mosquitos have been over in Ireland for quite some time now. I think they came over to england in the tunnell from france a long time ago, if a news report i read along time ago is anything to go by. Though perhaps it was not a legit paper.

starbelgrade

raah! wrote: »

Mosquitos have been over in Ireland for quite some time now. I think they came over to england in the tunnell from france a long time ago, if a news report i read along time ago is anything to go by. Though perhaps it was not a legit paper.

That was fairly random.

Sykk

raah! wrote: »

Mosquitos have been over in Ireland for quite some time now. I think they came over to england in the tunnell from france a long time ago, if a news report i read along time ago is anything to go by. Though perhaps it was not a legit paper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRmxfLuNto

irish1967

raah! wrote: »

Mosquitos have been over in Ireland for quite some time now. I think they came over to england in the tunnell from france a long time ago, if a news report i read along time ago is anything to go by. Though perhaps it was not a legit paper.

Ireland and England are separate islands. Just thought you should know !

fakearms123

Yeah everyone loves this country thats why...

Irish Independent wrote:

THE number of Irish people being forced to emigrate to find work has hit a 20-year high, with the numbers edging towards the 30,000 level.

... but I'm sure they are only emigrating to tell everyone else how great our country is... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Oranage2

Well compared to other countries Ireland is great. Like I'd rather live here then lets say.....Somalia

Voodoo_rasher

Oranage2 wrote: »

I really like Ireland and the irish ability to solve all problems and stress' with a few social drinks which in most countries we'd be considered raging alcoholics.

*incredulous* in many countries that is how we're perceived

raah!

irish1967 wrote: »

Ireland and England are separate islands. Just thought you should know !

They flew across the sea! It's shorter distance between these two isn't it?

Either way, mosquitoes (or however the singular or plural of the word is spelled) are at large.

The relevence was in the op saying mentioning those nasty insects in other countries. But we have mosquitoes, and they are definitely mosquitoes, they are leggy, they settle on you and pierce you with their nose.

I don't normally like to kill things, but I gladly murder every one of those fellows I see, even going so far as to hurt my own hands via vigourous clapping.

ILA

Ok, I'm back now. That was a great dump, if I say so myself.

I suppose I see where you're coming from. Apart from a ****ty, inbred culture which manifests itself most visibily in our political system, the country isn't bad and could actually be great if a few major changes were made.

As you quite correctly point out, there are little or no natural disasters apart from a few flash floods and a mild snow storm once in a while. Crime is still pretty low in comparison to most EU nations, especially violent crime such as murder (around 50-60 per year).

mikom

raah! wrote: »

they settle on you and pierce you with their nose.

Lol

Oranage2

raah! wrote: »

They flew across the sea! It's shorter distance between these two isn't it?

Either way, mosquitoes (or however the singular or plural of the word is spelled) are at large.

The relevence was in the op saying mentioning those nasty insects in other countries. But we have mosquitoes, and they are definitely mosquitoes, they are leggy, they settle on you and pierce you with their nose.

I don't normally like to kill things, but I gladly murder every one of those fellows I see, even going so far as to hurt my own hands via vigourous clapping.

Should we buy maleria tablets?

starbelgrade

irish1967 wrote: »

Ireland and England are separate islands. Just thought you should know !

Maybe so, but at heart, we're all british & proud of it.


*awaits rant reply*

raah!

I'm sure they'll die by the winter. I'll not be made a laughing stock!

/fleas thread

Edit: Here is a magical thread on the matter, as new as 2009, after reading this you are bound to see some mosquitos. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=175110&page=2

kfallon

raah! wrote: »

I'm sure they'll die by the winter. I'll not be made a laughing stock!

/fleas thread

Edit: Here is a magical thread on the matter, as new as 2009, after reading this you are bound to see some mosquitos. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=175110&page=2

Steve Irwin.....he's alive and on Boards

not yet

nice1franko wrote: »

Wait til these little fukcers grow up!

Think they might be refering to them hobo's in norn iron

Shenshen

Sykk wrote: »

Seriously... There's been way too many threads here about how the place is ****, leaders, dole, weather and blablabla.

Whenever I find myself on sun holidays, they're great for a few weeks. The sweat, insects and bad food quickly makes me want to come home.

The sheer lack of armed crime in this country compared to most is staggering.

There's little to no natural disasters, read any legit newspaper and you'll see there's people dying of floods, landslides, famine, tsunami's and everything else that comes with it.

Pretty much no one goes hungry, there are few real homeless people and focus and the like do their best to keep them fed/clothed.

The dole may be shít but I sure as hell know most can still afford to have their food and their few pints every now and again.

Cheer up, people of AH.. It's not all that bad!

While I certainly agree that Ireland is a good place to live (why else would I live here, after all?), I have to disagree on two counts :

1) There aren't many places on the planet where the food is actually worse than in Ireland

and

2) Natural disasters... Last year, Cork had just about managed to get dry before we went into deep-freeze for a month.
Now, in most European countries, those temperatures would not have been an issue, or even unusual. Here, they did amount to a natural disaster. What roads weren't impassable because of the ice and snow where made impassable by people abandoning their cars in the middle of the road and walking home....

Biggins

I love this country too.
Thats why I'll be damned if I will go quietly into a corner and shut-up while its consistently ruined by gobschites ruining it by self-interest tactics.

If many didn't love their country, they wouldn't be out exposing injustice within it.

Shenshen

Voodoo_rasher wrote: »

*incredulous* in many countries that is how we're perceived

Did it surprise you just as much as it did me how over-the-top outraged people here suddenly are when Brian Cowen helps Jay Leno to play on that stereotype?

kfallon

Shenshen wrote: »

1) There aren't many places on the planet where the food is actually worse than in Ireland

Bacon and Cabbage or a good stew...the food of champions!!!

Shenshen

kfallon wrote: »

Bacon and Cabbage or a good stew...the food of champions!!!

Wait... I know... I think I get this one....
It makes you stink so bad that any competition will run for the hills, leaving you the winner by default?


Clever....

fontanalis

If you love your country you shouldn't love this or the culture that led to it (damn picture won't work).

http://roflrazzi.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/celebrity-pictures-joker-bailout.jpg

imme

tis all true I tells ya. there are some right ****holes out there;)

Voodoo_rasher

the food of peasants u mean - boil absolutely everything ffs

Gunsfortoys

In Ireland we have...

Negatives

Corrupt Politicians that have spent our hard earned taxes on banks.

Average to sub par women with egos the size of a supermodels(or worse)

Crap weather

A high knife crime/junkie culture

The worst in ripped off T.V( Irish apprentice, Irish dragons den etc)

U2

High Unemployment

Positives

A Country with no enemies (sure everyone loves Ireland)

Good social surroundings and traditional culture (although that is evaporating fast)

Great national sports

Some of the most down to earth people in the World

Voodoo_rasher

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

In Ireland we have...

Negatives

Corrupt Politicians that have spent our hard earned taxes on banks.

Average to sub par women with egos the size of a supermodels(or worse)

Crap weather

A high knife crime/junkie culture

The worst in ripped off T.V( Irish apprentice, Irish dragons den etc)

U2

High Unemployment

Positives

A Country with no enemies (sure everyone loves Ireland)

Good social surroundings and traditional culture (although that is evaporating fast)

Great national sports

Some of the most down to earth people in the World

plus the 'wonderful smart economy...

http://www.independent.ie/education/latest-news/fury-as-unqualified-teachers-get-legal-right-to-give-classes-2357107.html