Whining Hysterical Emigrants

ClovenHoof

Anyone else sick of these 'Wild Geese' who talk about Ireland as if they just escaped Haiti or the Congo? The high drama 'I'm free now of that hellhole.' stuff is just bizarre. They act like the Famine is still raging here. Especially as most of the ones who do this are no better off in their adopted homeland than they were here.

The comments section of Irish on-line newspapers is saturated with them. If they are so contented in their new homeland why do they read the Times, Indo, Examiner and all the regional rags first thing when they get up in the morning? Haven't they found salvation from this hellhole?

Annasopra

Nope :rolleyes:

Fr_Dougal

We have no jobs and no potatoes.

shruikan2553

I hear more complaints about emigrants than from the group themselves.

stimpson

Yeah well, if they don't like it they can leave.

The Diabolical Monocle

normally when you take an annoying burden off someone they tend to give a little bit of dramatic exasperated relief, such as getting home after its been lightly raining, you get a little high drama like 'Christ its pissin buckets out there'.
This is just their moment to look back and curse the thing that troubled them, just let them have their moment.

catallus

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

We have no jobs and no potatoes.

But we have banananas.

pmasterson95

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

We have no jobs and no potatoes.

I'll trade ya 2 potatoes for a bucket?

chrysagon

i did hear comments on my local radio about the issue on emigration, and many were that people who left Ireland jumped ship when the country was going down the tubes..make of that what you will.

Venus In Furs

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Nope :rolleyes:

Not the greatest of contributions really.

Galwayguy35

It's half the ones still here I hear complaining how they hate our country and we are third world etc, wish they would clear off and stop their whinging, you'd swear we were living in Russia under the rule of Joe Stalin.

MadYaker

I know a guy who doesn't have nipples.

Earthhorse

Whining Hysterical Emigrants? I remember REM released it as the controversial b-side to Shiny Happy People. Good tune, all the same.

Donkey Oaty

Can you change thread title to "Whining Hysterical About Emigrants"?

PizzamanIRL

I just belched.

darkpagandeath

I know I would not be complaining if I had a roof over my head provided for free. You know compared to the place they have came from, Alot seem to be ahem economic migrants and not genuine fleeing for their lives Emigrants .

mikemac1

Head over to accommodation forum or commuting forum and there are a few posters but one in particular that has most every post "here is Germany......"

I might move there too, the streets seem to be paved with gold and everything is perfect

Foxhound38

The worst is the "pity me" statuses and messages from people over in London - you'd swear some of them were all the way in China or something.

"I feel so disconnected from my homeland, like so many who took the boat like me" - then fcuking hop on a Ryanair for a day trip, the journey will take less time than a train from Dublin to Cork and cost you less too!

downonthefarm

I'm high .
Everybody is entitled to their opinion

Highflyer13

Jesus Irish people love a good moan at each other. Within the country at each other and outside of the country too. Our fcuking snakes of a government love this kind of crap. Stand together for fook sake.

Cantremember

Have you asked them?

Banjoxed

I read the word "whining" and left it at that.

What's this about again?

humbert

I know a fair few people who are very happy and in many cases doing better abroad than they did in their native land but when I hear someone complaining that their life was shit at home because their home country is a bit crap I interpret it to mean that they failed to succeed on a level playing field and so ran away.

Iranoutofideas

humbert wrote: »

I know a fair few people who are very happy and in many cases doing better abroad than they did in their native land but when I hear someone complaining that their life was shit at home because their home country is a bit crap I interpret it to mean that they failed to succeed on a level playing field and so ran away.

Bull****

Flem31

chrysagon wrote: »

i did hear comments on my local radio about the issue on emigration, and many were that people who left Ireland jumped ship when the country was going down the tubes..make of that what you will.

If you have a recruitment choice.......same experience and qualifications......would it be the person who stayed or an emigrant who left five years ago ?

R.D. aka MR.D

chrysagon wrote: »

many were that people who left Ireland jumped ship when the country was going down the tubes..make of that what you will.

So, is it 'jumping ship' when a person decides to leave rather than rely on social welfare?

I'm an 'emigrant'. I'm earning good money and not burdening the Irish social welfare system.

So would it have been more patriotic of me to stay at home and draw the dole every week?

It would easier than what I'm at now.

chrysagon

R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »

So, is it 'jumping ship' when a person decides to leave rather than rely on social welfare?

I'm an 'emigrant'. I'm earning good money and not burdening the Irish social welfare system.

So would it have been more patriotic of me to stay at home and draw the dole every week?

It would easier than what I'm at now.

They werent my quotes, they were opinions offered on radio,, i have had a few buddies and relations emigrate, and most stated they didnt want to be a financial burden on their families etc.

Iranoutofideas

Sick to death of people moaning about emigrants and Australia.

I've several friends who have emigrated and love to hear their stories over a few pints when they come home.

People moaning about them just reek of jealousy.

steddyeddy

The idea of living and dying in the same country scares the sh1t out of me TBH.

braddun

Whining about Whining

now that's ironic

somefeen

Irelands great, I miss it.

I want to get home again someday.

The UK is a horribly militaristic place, fighter jets all over the place. Novelty wears off after a while and they just get ****ing irrating.
All the twee "We will remember them" crap in November.
Nuclear warheads

And the roads, sweet jesus the roads. Irelands roads are **** but at least we have a comprehensive network. I'm driving from one end of scotland to the other tomorrow night and I have about 2 hours of shaggin single track roads atleast our rural roads are wide enough for two cars to pass, and these arent short stretches of narrow road either they go for miles and miles and miles.

And in Ireland, if you buy a house its yours. UK has this ancient system of leaseholds and freeholds, pure bollocks.

Irelands government is corrupt but the UK's is absolutely stupid, unelected house of lords, its a ****ing monarchy for fecks sake and they're just as corrupt.

Long long list of stuff I hate about the UK. It has it advantages I suppose but Ireland is a surprisingly laid back happy, simple place in comparison.

Capt'n Midnight

Joke from Oz


"How do you know when the plane with the poms has arrived ?"

"the engines have stopped but you can still hear the whinning"

TheBeardedLady

Some people in Ireland have a serious feckin' bee in their bonnet about emigrants. It's pathetic.

IsaacWunder

somefeen wrote: »

And in Ireland, if you buy a house its yours. UK has this ancient system of leaseholds and freeholds, pure bollocks.

We have the same system in Ireland.

braddun

do you want some cheese with that whine

Archeron

MadYaker wrote: »

I know a guy who doesn't have nipples.

I know a guy with three, we should introduce them to each other.

tomwaterford

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Some people in Ireland have a serious feckin' bee in their bonnet about emigrants. It's pathetic.

TBF...there is a great many emigrants have a serious dislike of Ireland (and rightly so in many cases)
but there nothing worse than someone coming home every few years and laughing at you.....telling you everything about where you live is sh1te




*this is very rare....most are delighted to be back for the few weeks

MistyCheese

Thought for a second the thread title was "Winning Hysterical Arguments".

New glasses in the new year for me.

TheBeardedLady

tomwaterford wrote: »

TBF...there is a great many emigrants have a serious dislike of Ireland (and rightly so in many cases)
but there nothing worse than someone coming home every few years and laughing at you.....telling you everything about where you live is sh1te




*this is very rare....most are delighted to be back for the few weeks

I'm talking about those who resent emigrants full stop. That might not be the case with the OP but you see a bit of it on here. It's not easy for many of us to be away from family and not all of us are smug bastards.


Granted, the ones that are must be irritating alright and if that's what the thread is about, I'll shimmy out the side door and leave yous to it......

*shimmies out the side door*