things that happen only in Ireland

pickarooney

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

Car99

pickarooney wrote: »

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

Have you ever left ireland?

m1ck007

pickarooney wrote: »

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

Im sure these things happen outside of ireland too.

Jesus Wept

'Things that only happen in Ireland' threads.

Kev W

People growing up with Irish accents.

Thats about it.

Not one thing in the OP is close to being uniquely Irish.

Joe.ie and Her.ie are fighting for the rights to this thread.

Depends if takes in a sporting reference or a romantic reference first. But it's about Ireland and how unique we are so manna for them.

Car99

Car99 wrote: »

Have you ever left ireland?

I suspect he is joking xD

Footoo

Kev W wrote: »

People growing up with Irish accents.
.

Tell that to the people of Newfoundland.

fatknacker

Watching the sunrise on the champs elysee
Getting a blow job in the rainforest
Stealing Palestinians' gaffs
Making a snowman in the tundra
Taking a dump on a pyramid

Only in Ireland!!!

Conor Bourke

Footoo wrote: »

Tell that to the people of Newfoundland.

And Montserat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QHYFXDGf4Y

CarrickMcJoe

Thank the bus driver..

seamusk84

Tiles on the bathroom floor is an Irish thing? I thought that was universal.

Annasopra

seamusk84 wrote: »

Tiles on the bathroom floor is an Irish thing? I thought that was universal.

Everything the op listed is universal

Panthro

We're huers for the session.
I'm on a session right now.
Hiccup.

LordSutch

'Santy'

only in Ireland.

Log9

pickarooney wrote: »

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

Emm

Absolutely all of these things happen in almost everywhere I've ever been.

A few continental crackpot, buttoned up, quasi police states have issues with doing anything on a Sunday due to a religious throwback.

Tiles on bathroom floors? isn't that basically the de facto standard globally?!

Oh those mad Irish putting butter on their bread, eating cheese, stirring coffee with a spoon, keeping cats as pets and driving cars that run on petrol!
Only in Ireland!

Mister Vain

Shifting.

biko

Nothing happens "only in Ireland".
It's just because you haven't yet seen other countries where these things happen too.

Even thinking some happens "only in my country" isn't a very Irish thing.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Puc fair. Thousands of people come to a tiny village to worship a goat for a week while getting absolutely steamboats. I'd say that's kinda unique.

biko

At least we dont throw the goat out a window like in Spain (San Vicente de Martir festival)

FallSilently

Ploughing Championship. I love explaining it to American tourists. The biggest annual event on the calendar is a four-day farming contest. Yes, sometimes we really are that cliché. They love it.

johndaman66

Log9 wrote: »

only driving cars that run on diesel!
Only in Ireland!

Fixed your post....or part of it anyway.


Camogie clubs begging with buckets at the supermarket checkout....I'm doubtful that this happens in other countries.

Log9

Actually I do find though the "only in Ireland" thing is quite symptomatic of islands and other insular places. I've had a similar discussion in Iceland and in NZ.

They're isolated from the rest of the world because they're islands, yet they're not big enough or arrogant to be completely self absorbed like the US, France, the U.K., Australia etc etc

So they spend too much time analysing themselves and wondering what their unique quirks are.

Eugene Norman

Pretty sure the OP is trolling. He doesn't believe any of that is uniquely Irish.

r93kaey5p2izun

LordSutch wrote: »

'Santy'

only in Ireland.

"You gotta watch out for traffic, son. You know? Santy don't visit the funeral homes little buddy". Home Alone. Not in Ireland.

Guy:Incognito

pickarooney wrote: »

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

I've never mown a lawn. I have cut the grass though.

fatknacker

Jeez, you guys are thick

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

You don't mow the lawn, you cut the grass.

dandyelevan

I visited many countries and never heard anyone saying 'Jezz lads, isn't there a great stretch in the evenings all the same.'
Only in Ireland.
(I once saw a Mexican guy mowing a lawn on a Sunday)

Dj Stiggie

A nice late entry for Troll of The Year for the OP

fullstop

Driving on the left.

Kev W

Davis Abundant Gnat wrote: »

You don't mow the lawn, you cut the grass.

I've done both.

Annasopra

fullstop wrote: »

Driving on the left.

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Graces7

[QUOTE=biko;98190581]Nothing happens "only in Ireland".
It's just because you haven't yet seen other countries where these things happen too.

Even thinking some happens "only in my country" isn't a very Irish thing.[/QUOTE]

Totally untrue,, I have a part finished book on this. Where else for example will grown "men" come to blows over a few inches of land, or get into court cases that last decades over a simple right of way...or have councillors who advocate drinking and driviing be made law ( also pub owners).. will stop there

pablo128

In fairness, a bit of carpet in the bathroom is handy for..... ehh.... soaking up any 'spillages'.:o

LordSutch

Aubrielle Acidic Indigo wrote: »

"You gotta watch out for traffic, son. You know? Santy don't visit the funeral homes little buddy". Home Alone. Not in Ireland.

Talk about a cryptic message

No idea what you are on about.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

68 thanks for the first whooosh reply. people a bit slow today

Mena

Graces7 wrote: »

Totally untrue,, I have a part finished book on this. Where else for example will grown "men" come to blows over a few inches of land, or get into court cases that last decades over a simple right of way...or have councillors who advocate drinking and driviing be made law ( also pub owners).. will stop there

Most places in the world.

dandyelevan

There's a fair few wars going on in the world today over 'a few inches of land.'
When I served in Cyprus with the UN in the 1960s two families killed each other off (Total 15 dead) over a six foot right of way to the local Lime Kiln.
I could go on, but a bit more research is needed before you publish that book methinks.

Ruu

Riding in a Nissan Micra.

dinorebel

pickarooney wrote: »

Holding your fork in your left hand
Mowing the lawn on Sunday
Using a roundabout without indicating
Putting sugar and milk in tea
Tiles on bathroom floors

Any more?

You just described England.

fullstop

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Australia
Caribbean Islands*
Channel Islands
Cyprus
Japan
Hong Kong
India
Isle of Man
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Malta
Malaysia
New Zealand
South Africa
Singapore
Thailand
UK

I see you've never heard of sarcasm.

razorblunt

Penchant for Toyota Starlets.
Willingness to buy Coors Light.

Graces7

Mena wrote: »

Most places in the world.

All of them Irish emigrants...they get EVERYWHERE!

Graces7

dandyelevan wrote: »

There's a fair few wars going on in the world today over 'a few inches of land.'
When I served in Cyprus with the UN in the 1960s two families killed each other off (Total 15 dead) over a six foot right of way to the local Lime Kiln.
I could go on, but a bit more research is needed before you publish that book methinks.

Ah they were of Irish descent and every word of my book is true first hand experience.. six major rows over row in places here i have lived...and Tory Island will add to that. Not comparing it with other countries ; the diaspora will add material thank you!

Eugene Norman

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah they were of Irish descent and every word of my book is true first hand experience.. six major rows over row in places here i have lived...and Tory Island will add to that. Not comparing it with other countries ; the diaspora will add material thank you!

People of Irish descent in Cyrprus?

The point is these rows over land happen everywhere there are small but widespread land ownership.

whatismyname

Turkey dinners on Christmas Day.

Eugene Norman

whatismyname wrote: »

Turkey dinners on Christmas Day.

Really not uniquely Irish.

Sam Kade

Kev W wrote: »

People growing up with Irish accents.

Thats about it.

Not one thing in the OP is close to being uniquely Irish.

People don't grow up with Irish accents nowadays as they end up with the false god awful contrived accents..

dandyelevan

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah they were of Irish descent and every word of my book is true first hand experience.. six major rows over row in places here i have lived...and Tory Island will add to that. Not comparing it with other countries ; the diaspora will add material thank you!

??
:eek:

whatismyname

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Really not uniquely Irish.

Lol