The Spanish students

FinnLizzy

It's that time of year again. They descend on every large regional town.

They're really loud and annoying, and stand outside shops asking you to get them fags in really broken English (they're usually 15 or so).

But then again, they're good for the economy as they seem to be loaded (my sister worked with them).

So Boardsies, has you town been clustered with Spaniards?

Shryke

The ocean race is on in Galway so it's crowded with everyone.

opinion guy

We get harmless students for the summer, they got all our, and Britain's, drunken louts. Its a fair trade really

ColeTrain

opinion guy wrote: »

We get harmless students for the summer, they got all our, and Britain's, drunken louts. Its a fair trade really

Good point.

Slattsy

Yeah.
****ers in groups of 40 standing on the pavement screaming loudly at each other while everyone else has to walk on the road to get passed.

Is there anything worse than sitting on a bus home after a long hard day, reading your book then suddenly they all ascend upstairs to join you. I had to get off.

The_B_Man

Also, Xabi Alonso was one of those students, and even played GAA! Now look where he is!

We should open up soccer schools where these Spaniards can earn an extra few quid by coaching our junior players!!!

mattjack

The_B_Man wrote: »

Also, Xabi Alonso was one of those students, and even played GAA! Now look where he is!

We should open up soccer schools where these Spaniards can earn an extra few quid by coaching our junior players!!!

Most likely he's still asleep still surrounded by coke and hookers..that's where he is.

Fizman

Slattsy wrote: »

Is there anything worse than sitting on a bus home after a long hard day, reading your book then suddenly they all ascend upstairs to join you. I had to get off.

-AIDS
-Anal warts
-The plague
-Gone off milk

I could go on.

holystungun9

Ha, ha, revenge! Now I can enjoy my summer here in Spain knowing that the little nuisances I used to teach are over there. Sorry folks!

p.s. those students you mentioned aren't mine as I gave my lot a crash course in the last week on how to ask for cigarettes, drugs, etc. Also, the lot going to Cork got some tips on fiends, biors, etc. The lot going to 'town' got schooled up on junkies and how to greet people with 'story'. I couldn't do much for the few going to Galway.

theholyghost

FinnLizzy wrote: »

they seem to be loaded

I doubt it, any Spaniard I've known has earned less than their Irish counterpart and is WAAYYY more careful with money. This is generally true of all continentals I find, so, I think Irish people might be a bit careless with money generally which is cool...

My problem with the Spaniards is that I resent people with nice tans.

gara

theholyghost wrote: »

My problem with the Spaniards is that I resent people with nice tans.

My problem with their students is that they take over the footpath like it was put there for their sole purpose

Slattsy

Fizman wrote: »

Slattsy wrote: »

Is there anything worse than sitting on a bus home after a long hard day, reading your book then suddenly they all ascend upstairs to join you. I had to get off.

-AIDS
-Anal warts
-The plague
-Gone off milk

I could go on.

All the above are avoidable though.

megaten

They're harmless enough.

saiint

i hate the basterds
my god i hate them so much

everyday now i get a bus home from work
theirs always at least 40-60 of them that get on the bus
and they take over the whole bus
yesterday it happened again
they just shout talk, they cant talk normal

happened yesterday and i snapped , shouting racists comments at them telling them to shut the fu*k up
was never so annoyed in me life

also it takes alot to push my buttons
id normaly wouldnt say anything
but 13 days straight of them on the bush shouting in their tick accents and pushing and hitting me "accidently" couldnt take it anymore

it will happen again today when im on the way home
then the ones on the footpath
i just push them out of the way
they dont do anything about it
sick of them
fu*k the recession il take it anyday over these bleeding donkeys

I heard they multiply when they get wet :eek:

chin_grin

Slattsy wrote: »

All the above are avoidable though.

So's getting a different bus...or biking it, or driving. :pac:

Flincher

The_B_Man wrote: »

Also, Xabi Alonso was one of those students, and even played GAA! Now look where he is!

We should open up soccer schools where these Spaniards can earn an extra few quid by coaching our junior players!!!

Senior.

Scioch

Any group is annoying, at least you know these wont be around that long. Unlike the groups of little Irish arseholes which grow into big Irish arsehole and still inhabit the same window ledge outside the local supermarket.

Lawrence1895

FinnLizzy wrote: »

It's that time of year again. They descend on every large regional town.

They're really loud and annoying, and stand outside shops asking you to get them fags in really broken English (they're usually 15 or so).

But then again, they're good for the economy as they seem to be loaded (my sister worked with them).

So Boardsies, has you town been clustered with Spaniards?

Maybe, it's just that their language and dialect appears to be 'loud'?

I made this experience quite a few times, meeting people from a country, whose language I don't understand, and it appears fast, loud, strange to me.

Anyway, maybe those guys are still celebrating the EURO 2012?

Richard Hillman

The_B_Man wrote: »

Also, Xabi Alonso was one of those students, and even played GAA! Now look where he is!

We should open up soccer schools where these Spaniards can earn an extra few quid by coaching our junior players!!!

I bet some GAA coach said "you wont amount to anything playing that"

GoodisonPark

Xabi Alonso played GAA with some club in Meath if I recall correctly.

hytrogen

theholyghost wrote: »

FinnLizzy wrote: »

they seem to be loaded

I doubt it, any Spaniard I've known has earned less than their Irish counterpart and is WAAYYY more careful with money. This is generally true of all continentals I find, so, I think Irish people might be a bit careless with money generally which is cool...

My problem with the Spaniards is that I resent people with nice tans.

I'd say put it down to they don't eat more so than their wise with their money.

**NEWS FLASH**
macky D's & Pizza Hut to announce profits in the third quarter due to their Irish Franchises expecting the Spaniard student Armada landing on their shores shortly.. :-P

Slattsy

GoodisonPark wrote: »

Xabi Alonso played GAA with some club in Meath if I recall correctly.

Stayed in Kells.

Richard Hillman

My thought on Spanish students is that i couldnt even begin to imagine if we transported all of our young teenagers to Spain every year. For teenagers as a whole they behave impeccably. I think they tend to come from weathier families so we dont get the riff raff.


Liverpool Champions League Winner Antonio Núnez was also a student over here.

comeraghs

If you inserted blacks, travellers etc instead of Spanish teenagers into this, some people here would be banned for racism & rightly so.

Spanish kids come here to study English, the same way we send our kids to the Gaelteacht, I hope those of you with kids making some of these comments have their kids treated with a better attitude than you have towards these kids.

Scioch

comeraghs wrote: »

If you inserted blacks, travellers etc instead of Spanish teenagers into this, some people here would be banned for racism & rightly so.

Spanish kids come here to study English, the same way we send our kids to the Gaelteacht, I hope those of you with kids making some of these comments have their kids treated with a better attitude than you have towards these kids.

Meaning if that were racism you'd be racist.

lol

ArtSmart

saiint wrote: »

i hate the basterds
my god i hate them so much

everyday now i get a bus home from work
theirs always at least 40-60 of them that get on the bus
and they take over the whole bus
yesterday it happened again
they just shout talk, they cant talk normal

happened yesterday and i snapped , shouting racists comments at them telling them to shut the fu*k up
was never so annoyed in me life

also it takes alot to push my buttons
id normaly wouldnt say anything
but 13 days straight of them on the bush shouting in their tick accents and pushing and hitting me "accidently" couldnt take it anymore

it will happen again today when im on the way home
then the ones on the footpath
i just push them out of the way
they dont do anything about it
sick of them
fu*k the recession il take it anyday over these bleeding donkeys

Saint by name, but not....




They're harmless, annoying but harmless. the footpath thing is just there gathering habits, a firm walk through is enough to dispel them.

wonder how the Irish teens feel, with all that tan etc they have. wonder how many muggings they (Spanish) receive?

btw as for the chatter - ever being on a bus full of Irish 13-15 yr olds on hols?

hytrogen

To be fair to them they have been landing on our shores since 1588 & contributed to the survival of the peripheral bmw & particularly ring of Kerry's gene pool so I do think we owe them a few céad míle fáilte arís agus arís..

latenia

saiint wrote: »

i hate the basterds
my god i hate them so much

everyday now i get a bus home from work
theirs always at least 40-60 of them that get on the bus
and they take over the whole bus
yesterday it happened again
they just shout talk, they cant talk normal

happened yesterday and i snapped , shouting racists comments at them telling them to shut the fu*k up
was never so annoyed in me life

also it takes alot to push my buttons
id normaly wouldnt say anything
but 13 days straight of them on the bush shouting in their tick accents and pushing and hitting me "accidently" couldnt take it anymore

it will happen again today when im on the way home
then the ones on the footpath
i just push them out of the way
they dont do anything about it
sick of them
fu*k the recession il take it anyday over these bleeding donkeys

That's like a poem written by a mental outsider artist. I particularly like the second verse with its repitition of the word bus and the comic final line "they just shout talk, they cant talk normal."

Stiffler2

Oh No, they're here ?

Closes curtains, windows.
Puts in ear plugs



ahhhhhhh

golden lane

they are in training....for the european dole queue...

Shenshen

ArtSmart wrote: »

Saint by name, but not....




They're harmless, annoying but harmless. the footpath thing is just there gathering habits, a firm walk through is enough to dispel them.

Is it?
There was a gaggle of them at the Central Bus station in Cork the other day... sitting in the bus lane.
Bus wanted to drive through, not one of them even looked up!
Only once an enraged Bus Eireann employee came running out shouting at them did they start to discuss what could possibly be occurring, asking each other what that fellow was shouting about. Still weren't moving, though.
Only once the fellow in the uniform pulled one of them up by his backpack did they slowly start to shift. And I'm pretty sure I've seen glaciers moving faster.

OneArt

La gente esta muy loca.

tdv123

FinnLizzy wrote: »

It's that time of year again. They descend on every large regional town.

They're really loud and annoying, and stand outside shops asking you to get them fags in really broken English (they're usually 15 or so).

But then again, they're good for the economy as they seem to be loaded (my sister worked with them).

So Boardsies, has you town been clustered with Spaniards?

So basically just like the local 15 year olds then.

Lawrence1895

tdv123 wrote: »

So basically just like the local 15 year olds then.

Only if they wear hoodies

BigFatGiant

The Spanish Students; A great bunch of lads.

Scioch

BigFatGiant wrote: »

The Spanish Students; A great bunch of lads.

Spanish Students; Un gran grupo de muchachos



Edit: May not re-translate quite right.

VEN

i think slavic languages are louder than the spaniards. the spanish students are grand, leave them alone! i'd prefer them any day over the others thats for sure.

Lawrence1895

LordSmeg wrote: »

Spanish Students; Un gran grupo de muchachos

Los estudiantes espanoles

VEN

theholyghost wrote: »

I doubt it, any Spaniard I've known has earned less than their Irish counterpart and is WAAYYY more careful with money. This is generally true of all continentals I find, so, I think Irish people might be a bit careless with money generally which is cool...

the Japanese, very very cute with the few quid and always last to pay the bills if you're sharing with them. it's like they 'forgot all about it' a cute 'forget'

Tombi!

FinnLizzy wrote: »

It's that time of year again. They descend on every large regional town.

They're really loud and annoying, and stand outside shops asking you to get them fags in really broken English (they're usually 15 or so).

But then again, they're good for the economy as they seem to be loaded (my sister worked with them).

So Boardsies, has you town been clustered with Spaniards?

In town, really loud, annoying, standing outside shops asking for fags, underage.

Are you sure you're just not in Dublin 1 dealing with the local skangers?

ejmaztec

Slattsy wrote: »

Yeah.
****ers in groups of 40 standing on the pavement screaming loudly at each other while everyone else has to walk on the road to get passed.

Is there anything worse than sitting on a bus home after a long hard day, reading your book then suddenly they all ascend upstairs to join you. I had to get off.

Which one took your fancy?

IrishAm

GoodisonPark wrote: »

Xabi Alonso played GAA with some club in Meath if I recall correctly.

Explains the gingerish coloured beard he sports.

Skylinehead

IrishAm wrote: »

Explains the gingerish coloured beard he sports.

It's truely a magnificent beard :cool:

IrishAm

How much do you get for hosting one and are any of them 18?

They are annoying but in fairness, groups of ignorant teenagers standing in your way, talking loudly and smacking chewing gum are nothing compared to the groups of Irish and British young people who go to Spain.

IrishAm

saiint wrote: »

i hate the basterds
my god i hate them so much

They are only kids, man. Leave them be. Invest in an iPod and ignore them.

Eve_Dublin

Actually, Spanish teenagers are lovely. Loud and congregate in large groups (as do the adults) but they're a civilised and polite bunch generally, believe it or not...at least compared to how myself and my friends were back then (although we weren't the worst). I've taught a fair few teens over here and in a Summer Camp last year and although the camp was a nightmare, they were essentially lovely, well-rounded kids. I think I only had one really cheeky young wan who I couldn't warm to out of 25. And these kids would have been super-dooper rich. But I've taught kids from every social background and always surprised at how comfortable they are with adults and the opposite sex and how polite they are.

And it always surprises me how you never see one absolutely hammered stumbling about. In fairness to them, they're fairly well behaved compared to how we might be in the same position?

Could you imagine if groups of Irish teens swarmed the streets of Spain every year? There'd be carnage!!


It's a pity they're English is so crap that they seem more ignorant than they actually are.

Fuinseog

gara wrote: »

My problem with their students is that they take over the footpath like it was put there for their sole purpose

then you simply say 'excuse me I want to get by'.
how would a group of thirty Irish teenagers behave?

The King of Moo

I can't believe so many people seem to have only recently discovered that teenagers can seem annoying.

But what's so different about Spanish teenagers? They seem louder, but that's the nature of the language. It's the same with Italians. Italian kids sound like they're shouting because it's hard to speak Italian and not sound loud. It's not their fault.

They congregate in large groups. Of course they do. They come here in large groups, often not knowing everyone in the group, and not having much English. Of course they're going to stick together.

They're the same as our teenagers, except that they don't get drunk and generally aren't aggressive.

I don't really see how they merit all the anger they get. like this:

saiint wrote: »

i hate the basterds
my god i hate them so much

everyday now i get a bus home from work
theirs always at least 40-60 of them that get on the bus
and they take over the whole bus
yesterday it happened again
they just shout talk, they cant talk normal

happened yesterday and i snapped , shouting racists comments at them telling them to shut the fu*k up
was never so annoyed in me life

also it takes alot to push my buttons
id normaly wouldnt say anything
but 13 days straight of them on the bush shouting in their tick accents and pushing and hitting me "accidently" couldnt take it anymore

it will happen again today when im on the way home
then the ones on the footpath
i just push them out of the way
they dont do anything about it
sick of them
fu*k the recession il take it anyday over these bleeding donkeys

Seriously? That was a ridiculous reaction. Your "problem" was basically "there were young Spanish people on the bus." They didn't do anything to you, acted like normal teenagers, yet you shouted racist abuse at them and then took the time to write a poem about your experiences.

I'd love to see the post about you on Boards.es.

dd972

I think another factor is that in Spanish cities they have big plazas where they can mill around at leisure or have a coke and an ice cream outside on a cafe terrace and not get in anyone's way.

Cities in the British Isles aren't really designed for meandering or milling around in, Westmoreland Street or Dame St can be borderline unbearable at given times of the day.