anyone from tipp

Rabies · 08-01-2003 12:39pm #1

i'm a tipperary person and its weird to get this an email cos some of them are true......

Scary thing is that some of these are actually true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TIPPERARY PEOPLE:

1 YOU IMPERSONATE THE UNBELIEVEABLES (EVEN THOUGH U HAVE A TIPP
ACCENT)

2 YOU BUY TIN FOIL AND HAM FROM A WHOLESALERS

3 YOU THINK A TIPP JERSEY IS THE HEIGHT OF FASHION

4 YOU DISLIKE LIMERICK/KILKENNY/GALWAY/CLARE COUNTIES

5 YOU USE THE WORD "WELL" AS A GREETING

6 GUINNESS (NOT MURPHYS) IS THE ONLY STOUT U DRINK

7 YOU BUY TIPPERARY SPRING WATER EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ON TAP

8 YOU BELIEVE ITS THE HOME OF HURLING DESPITE HAVING LESS TITLES THAN CORK & KILKENNY !!!!

9 YOU PRONOUNCE TEA AS TAY

10 YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF ANY OTHER TIPPERARY TOWN/PARISH OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN

11 TRAMORE WAS YOUR IDEA OF A SUMMER HOLIDAY

12 PEOPLE THINK YOU TALK FUNNY WHEN YOU RETURN HOME FOR THE WEEK END TIPP PEOPLE CAN PICK UP A DUBLIN 4 ACCENT AFTER 5 MINS)

13 THE TERM "THE GLEN" MEANS ALOT TO YOU

14 YOU SING "SLIEVENAMON" FOR NO APPARANT REASON DESPITE NOT VISITING THE AREA

15 YOU HATE SINGING "ITS A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY"

16 YOU HATE BEING ASKED "WHERE ARE YOU FROM" WHEN U HAVE JUST TOLD SOMEONE YOU ARE FROM TIPP (ONLY APPLIES TO TIPP TOWN RESIDENTS)

17 YOU COME ACROSS AS BEING ARROGANT

18 YOU SAY "THATS RIGHT" WITHOUT REALISING

19 YOU WERE NOT TAUGHT TO PRONOUNCE ANY WORD BEGINNING WITH THE
LETTERS T & H IN SCHOOL, ALL ARE PRONOUNCE USING "DE" AS IN "DE TOWN"

20 YOU USE THE SAME PUB WHEN ATTENDING A MATCH OR CONCERT IN
DUBLIN OR CORK....QUINNS IN DUBLIN AND REARDONS OR McCORMACKS IN CORK
21 YOU LOVE GALTEE FOODS, CALVITA CHEESE IS ALSO A JIGSAW

22 YOU HAVE A RELATION WHO IS (A) A GARDA OR (B) A NURSE

23 YOU WORKED IN THE LOCAL CREAMERY AT SOME POINT

24 YOU THINK LOUSIE MORRISSEY IS A TOP ENTERTAINER