10 commandments of being Irish

kingofslaves

mango salsa wrote: »

3. Give out about the brits while watching premier league soccer

Always makes me laugh as most people have never even set foot in the UK, also they watch all the UK soaps !

Rasheed

mango salsa wrote: »

9. Report your honest neighbours for social welfare fraud

Why would you report someone honest?

Pherekydes

Based on some of the threads in AH:

1 Thou shalt equate Irish with catholic
2 Thou shalt revere all things Irish
3 Thou shalt hate all things English
4 Exceptions to #2 are diddly-eye music, Hurling, "bogball", Irish dancing and the Irish language
5 Exceptions to #3 are Corrie, EPL, the tabloids, beer and eh, the English language
6 Thou shalt kill (anyone, in the name of Irish freedom, so long as they're innocently shopping)
7 Thou shalt wear thy bonus around thy waist in the form of fat
8 Thou shalt moan about wet weather, dry weather, cold weather and warm weather
9 Thou shalt not welcome thy neighbour from Nigeria
10 Thou shalt always be prepared to turn on national heroes

MadsL

Make fake invitations to "come to dinner" to people you have just met, but only ever socialise with people you have known since school or college, never reciprocate a dinner invitation.

Dismiss bullying as only a bit of 'slagging'.

Worship and re-elect corrupt politicians.

Capt'n Midnight

10 commandments and not a word about the mammy ?

you're not Irish.

Rasheed

I like the original 10 commandments. Not Moses' one, the original one the Op quoted.

jimmy180sx

Making tae in a taepot even if its just for one person.

3ndahalfof6

1. Look for a safe place

2. Dont hurry, crouch and wait

3. Look all around for baddies before you cross the border, remember

4. Let all the furdeners pass through

5. sit by as you get screwed

6. Do nuttin, thats the Irish code,


The other 4 are different depending wether you are in sudderen Ireland or noordin Ireland.

LordSutch

Here's my 10

1. Always moaning about "The Brits" and the 800 years . . .
2. Whilst watching & supporting English premier football.
3. Begrudgery, narrow-mindedness, parochialism.
4. Moaning about a government then voting them back in.
5. Paying lip service to wanting a so called united Ireland.
6. Claiming anybody with a tenuous Irish connection as being "Irish" . . .
7. Feeling the need to say YES to [do you speak Irish] on the census form.
8. Bringing your barries tea/Tayto crisps on your holidays
9. Cheering for anybody "except England" in the Football/Rugby.
10. Singing Ole ole ole ole at every random sporting event

syklops

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

1. Look for a safe place

2. Dont hurry, crouch and wait

3. Look all around for baddies before you cross the border, remember

4. Let all the furdeners pass through

5. sit by as you get screwed

6. Do nuttin, thats the Irish code,


The other 4 are different depending wether you are in sudderen Ireland or noordin Ireland.

Did someone mention self hating?

hatrickpatrick

1: Drink
2: Feck
3: Arse
4: Girls
5: Knickers
6: Women's knickers
7:More water.
8: Gobsh!te
9: Feck off, cup
10: Award. Award! Award award award award award award award award...

Lawrence1895

Always believe, in what your mother says, even if it's 100% untrue, especially, when you get married, and your husband is 100% right

and

Always complain about the weather

Dwork

I met an Irish lad today who lost 7 stone in three months. Just saying like. I've no stale cliches, sorry commandments, but jasus, 7 stone.. I was well impressed............... Commandments,..... sorry, no, none.

wretcheddomain

1. Thou shalt turn off the immersion with due haste when needs demand.

2. Thou shalt commit ethnic cleansing of the Travelling Community when such an opportunity arises.

3. Thou shalt complain about elected politicians even though they were elected by these same people.

4. Thou shalt not let a banker escape the jurisdiction and you must subject him to the full rigour of the Irish legal system.

5. Thou shalt not kill except if that person is a Traveller, Politician or Banker.

6. Thou shalt become an alcoholic and wear this as a badge of your national identification.

7. Thou shalt let the Catholic Church ruin your country whenever the opportunity arises.

8. Thou shalt never learn the Irish language as you will never use it.

9. Thou shalt complain at every opportunity even if there's nothing to complain about.

10. Thou shalt fly with Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline!

KungPao

mango salsa wrote: »

Breaking News last week had an article about the "10 commandments of being Irish"

http://m.brne.ws/discover/the-ten-commandments-of-being-irish-583564.html

Thou shall have the content on a webpage absolutely glued to the left of the screen, to encourage people to never visit your website again because it's horrible.

Celly Smunt

Hate the British,even though its more likely you have more British Saxon blood than Celtic.

AngeGal

mango salsa wrote: »

Breaking News last week had an article about the "10 commandments of being Irish"

http://m.brne.ws/discover/the-ten-commandments-of-being-irish-583564.html

I thought some of them were a bit stupid

Heres my 10

1. Moan
2. Begrudge
3. Give out about the brits while watching premier league soccer
4. Moan about the government then vote them back in
5. Emigrate
6. Have a pointless rant about the nationality of someone famous
7. Proudly avoid paying taxes
8. Bring your barries tea on holidays
9. Report your honest neighbours for social welfare fraud
10. Sing Ole ole at every random sporting event

What would your 10 be?

You should probably make an eleventh for self loath based on your list.

Son Of A Vidic

pmcmahon wrote: »

Hate the British,even though its more likely you have more British Saxon blood than Celtic.

Even less likely that you will find any of this fabled 'Saxon blood', considering how many times Britain has been invaded down through the centuries.

Full.Duck

Is there any pride left in Ireland?

wretcheddomain

Full.Duck wrote: »

Is there any pride left in Ireland?

Yes, shops are filled with Irish Pride, but I prefer Brennan's.

Boombastic

Understand Fr. Ted references - Any hint of confusion and your passport should be revoked

Ruudi_Mentari

Similarly no-one commanded the author of that article to be a fcukwit, it is a learned trait

Weathering

SamHall wrote: »

Think that someone who was hospitalised due to alcohol poisoning was a 'friggin light weight' :pac:

What ever Irish person uses the word "friggin" isn't too Irish after all
Get back to your Americanisms on the tv

Weathering

Number 1-10. Being a depressing bast_rd and doing nothing to change your circumstances

narddog

# 11. Always make it your first duty, upon arriving in foreign lands, to seek out other Irish people and agree amongst yourselves that Ireland really is much better than *insert foreign land*..

Fratton Fred

Insist everyone follows the rules and get aggressive/assertive when they don't. Except you of course, rules only apply to everyone else.

Enjoy "sticking it on the man" not realising that the man is, in fact, all of us.

.jacksparrow.

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Insist everyone follows the rules and get aggressive/assertive when they don't. Except you of course, rules only apply to everyone else.

Enjoy "sticking it on the man" not realising that the man is, in fact, all of us.

Oh the irony.

Curly Judge

Walk around all day feeling very satisfied with yourself and seeing no need for improvement.