Are Irish people the nosiest people in the world?.

Jimmy Garlic

I was up in a remote part Donegal last weekend doing a little bit of surfing. I had the van parked up and I was cooking myself up a bit to eat on a gas burner when I noticed this guy looking at me from a distance. I took no notice, carried on.

15 mins later he was still there and I was starting to wonder if he had some sort of problem. About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc.. I was polite but wanted to tell him to go away and mind his own f***en business.

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

DjFlin

Yeah, I hate it when people are friendly. What the f*cks their problem like? Gawd!

the groutch

you've obviously never been on a Dublin bus with fifty spanish students

Plazaman

I hear ya and notice that you don't have a location listed under your username. Where are you from?

EGAR

Around here even the trees have eyes...oh... the treeeessss...

Jimoslimos

Illegal camping. Probably worried you were a traveller, with another few van loads of your extended family on the way

starbelgrade

It was probably his land you'd decided to park up on for the night.

Only right that he'd want to know what you were up to.

Saul Goodman

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I was up in a remote part Donegal last weekend doing a little bit of surfing. I had the van parked up and I was cooking myself up a bit to eat on a gas burner when I noticed this guy looking at me from a distance. I took no notice, carried on.

15 mins later he was still there and I was starting to wonder if he had some sort of problem. About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc.. I was polite but wanted to tell him to go away and mind his own f***en business.

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

yes especially in the rural places.

I have known people drive around in cars to see that the buzz is with people.

Latchy

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I was up in a remote part Donegal

About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc..

.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE

jimpump

nah italians, without a doubt

Jimmy Garlic

DjFlin wrote: »

Yeah, I hate it when people are friendly. What the f*cks their problem like? Gawd!

He wasn't being friendly, he was being a nosey, I know the difference. Gawping at someone for 20+ mins isn't very friendly behaviour.

Dotrel

Latchy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE

Classic 70s movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPakQ7hH6I

Jimmy Garlic

starbelgrade wrote: »

It was probably his land you'd decided to park up on for the night.

Only right that he'd want to know what you were up to.

It was public land.

pudzey101

Afghans are withouth doubt the loudest, when they drop the bomb it's loud

Jimmy Garlic

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Illegal camping. Probably worried you were a traveller, with another few van loads of your extended family on the way

How many travellers have you seen with surfboards?.

Logical Fallacy

One dude asks you a few questions and the whole populace is nosey?

Oki-doki.

Fart

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

It was public land.

Exactly the kind of attitude squatters have.

You bloody squatter, you. *Shakes fist*.

howwedoin

the groutch wrote: »

you've obviously never been on a Dublin bus with fifty spanish students

Yeah, the Spanish are nosey alright...:P

Jimoslimos

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

How many travellers have you seen with surfboards?.

Stolen ones?

Jimmy Garlic

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

One dude asks you a few questions and the whole populace is nosey?

Oki-doki.

Nah, it is definitely not the first time I have had an experience like that, it is common for people in cars to come over to have a gawk (like another poster said) and I was approached a couple of times in Mayo and once in Sligo by local busybodies.

Hasmunch

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

No, its generally why i come to After hours

starbelgrade

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

It was public land.

I doubt it. Most of the land in Ireland is privately owned.. even most of the land under roads & pathways are still owned by the registered land owner.

What might look like a piece of public land beside the coast is most likely claimed by someone , or some party, either by deeds or land registry.

the groutch

howwedoin wrote: »

Yeah, the Spanish are nosey alright...:P

lol I thought the title said noisiest

Ah nuts

What part of donegal
when did you go up
what was traffic like
many cops out
what was weather like
many good waves
where did you get the van
how much, what year
is she taxed commercially
what's it like on juice
what were you cookin
did you do any fishing
where you get the stove
ever get food poisoning from bad cooking
what did yer man look like.
How did you know tWas fifteen minutes
did you go to pub while in Donegal
many socialising
what was trip back like
and what do you work at

we are just interested in people.

Jimmy Garlic

starbelgrade wrote: »

I doubt it. Most of the land in Ireland is privately owned.. even most of the land under roads & pathways are still owned by the registered land owner.

What might look like a piece of public land beside the coast is most likely claimed by someone , or some party, either by deeds or land registry.

In that case it was very nice of him to lay a carpark...

http://maps.google.com/?ll=54.664301,-8.778076&spn=0.826043,3.532104&t=m&z=8&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=54.665386,-8.778444&panoid=sCTRjOH6JOE_SNHhTwPZDQ&cbp=11,216.06,,0,-1.26

You see, that is a public place, not some farmers field.

carfiosaoorl

No Irish people are not nosey just interested in the lives of other people. I love that about this country, that it is completely acceptable to walk up to a total stranger and make conversation about what they are doing. I hope that never changes.

starbelgrade

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

In that case it was very nice of him to lay a carpark...

http://maps.google.com/?ll=54.664301,-8.778076&spn=0.826043,3.532104&t=m&z=8&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=54.665386,-8.778444&panoid=sCTRjOH6JOE_SNHhTwPZDQ&cbp=11,216.06,,0,-1.26

You see, that is a public place, not some farmers field.

I do land surveys & land transfer maps (amongst other things) & I just did a search on the Property Registration Authority's website.

That piece of land is a seedpoint that belongs to folio DL16460. There are applications pending on the land which means there is some kind of process currently in hand on the land.

It may well be a car park, but as I guessed earlier, someone owns it. Most likely the person who wanted to know what you were doing camping up there for the night.

Wompa1

Donegal, Sligo and Mayo...hmmmm....

Are you possibly from a place that doesn't like people from other parts of the country?

Was walking down Grafton St one of the days and some prick with a clipboard asked me what my name was and could I spare a minute....nosey prick.

Wompa1

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

In that case it was very nice of him to lay a carpark...

http://maps.google.com/?ll=54.664301,-8.778076&spn=0.826043,3.532104&t=m&z=8&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=54.665386,-8.778444&panoid=sCTRjOH6JOE_SNHhTwPZDQ&cbp=11,216.06,,0,-1.26

You see, that is a public place, not some farmers field.

He thought you were going to camp in a car park? Was he slow?

slapbangwallop

Teenage Afro-Caribbean Manc girls at the back of the top deck on a bus in the morning are a noise sensation I dont not wish to experience again.

You would think that the weed they were smokin would quieten the rambunctious little lassies down. No!

:mad:

Wompa1

slapbangwallop wrote: »

Teenage Afro-Caribbean Manc girls at the back of the top deck on a bus in the morning are a noise sensation I dont not wish to experience again.

You would think that the weed they were smokin would quieten the rambunctious little lassies down. No!

:mad:

Are people being sarcastic or stupid on this thread.

Re-read the title people, nosiest not noisiest

Jimoslimos

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

He wasn't being friendly, he was being a nosey, I know the difference. Gawping at someone for 20+ mins isn't very friendly behaviour.

Yeah, strippers expect you to pay for a private dance after that long:(

S. Goodspeed

He had probably just seen Point Break op. Damn pesky bank robbing surfers.

eyesquirm

I was asked to pay for a private dance before I even got a pint.

slapbangwallop

Wompa1 wrote: »

Are people being sarcastic or stupid on this thread.

Re-read the title people, nosiest not noisiest

I was jesting, just japing about! Honest, HONEST!!!!



p.s. Irish people are nosey as fúck!

psychward

Jimmy Garlic's fear of strangers sounds highly suspicious . The nosy guy was probably just a patriot working for Homeland Security.

sandra06

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I was up in a remote part Donegal last weekend doing a little bit of surfing. I had the van parked up and I was cooking myself up a bit to eat on a gas burner when I noticed this guy looking at me from a distance. I took no notice, carried on.

15 mins later he was still there and I was starting to wonder if he had some sort of problem. About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc.. I was polite but wanted to tell him to go away and mind his own f***en business.

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

maybe he fancied you looking at you from afar ,been all sexy with your surf board ,got up the courage to talk to you asked you if you were camping there so he might come back later to try and get lucky ,its not your fault if you seem sexy to others and they have to watch you from afar it must be hard for you to be this beautifull ,:D:Dor he was irish and really nosy as most irish people are including myself you decide which you perfer

psychward

sandra06 wrote: »

maybe he fancied you

maybe Jimmy was parked at a dogging spot :eek:

shannon_tek

Fact. That's why um rude. My life my business. Hense why I'm cutting back on bookface. Worse than giving up cigarettes its always there to tempt ya.

Jimmy Garlic

psychward wrote: »

maybe Jimmy was parked at a dogging spot :eek:

Nobody goes dogging in broad daylight.

Jimmy Garlic

sandra06 wrote: »

maybe he fancied you looking at you from afar ,been all sexy with your surf board ,got up the courage to talk to you asked you if you were camping there so he might come back later to try and get lucky ,its not your fault if you seem sexy to others and they have to watch you from afar it must be hard for you to be this beautifull ,:D:Dor he was irish and really nosy as most irish people are including myself you decide which you perfer

:rolleyes:
I doubt it. He didn't really come across as being gay. More like the type that has a little notebook to write down peoples numberplates.. You would be surprised at the lengths some people will go to to feel important.

Apanachi

jimpump wrote: »

nah italians, without a doubt

You obviously haven't met my German neighbour (he even opened a parcel that was sent to us, but as we weren't there and the postman left it with him for us to collect, I know this to be true, but I can't prove it :mad:)

homer simpson

starbelgrade wrote: »

I do land surveys & land transfer maps (amongst other things) & I just did a search on the Property Registration Authority's website.

That piece of land is a seedpoint that belongs to folio DL16460. There are applications pending on the land which means there is some kind of process currently in hand on the land.

It may well be a car park, but as I guessed earlier, someone owns it. Most likely the person who wanted to know what you were doing camping up there for the night.

That is private land you know? They guy who owns it gave the council permission to build a car park on it years ago, for the purpose of parking for the beach.

He had every right to ask you what he wanted, knowing the guy (if it was him) I'm surprised he didn't come down with a shotgun and tell you to GTFO if you were planning on setting up camp :pac:

P.S. There is a sign not far from the top of the path leading to the beach saying no overnight parking / capming ya know!

senorwipesalot

starbelgrade wrote: »

I do land surveys & land transfer maps (amongst other things) & I just did a search on the Property Registration Authority's website.

That piece of land is a seedpoint that belongs to folio DL16460. There are applications pending on the land which means there is some kind of process currently in hand on the land.

It may well be a car park, but as I guessed earlier, someone owns it. Most likely the person who wanted to know what you were doing camping up there for the night.

What kind of a fcukin name is folio DL16460 for a Donegal farmer?
Oh yeah,hes one of the dl16460"s of Bundoran.

John Doe1

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I was up in a remote part Donegal last weekend doing a little bit of surfing. I had the van parked up and I was cooking myself up a bit to eat on a gas burner when I noticed this guy looking at me from a distance. I took no notice, carried on.

15 mins later he was still there and I was starting to wonder if he had some sort of problem. About 10 mins later he came over and started asking questions ''where are you from'', ''will you be camping here tonight'' etc.. I was polite but wanted to tell him to go away and mind his own f***en business.

Seriously, have some people got nothing better to do besides annoy others?.

In donegal we have this thing about being friendly to people, you big schitty folk wouldnt understand:p