As a newly minted Irish citizen, (foreign birth registry), what obscure topics should I now form hard opinions about?
As a newly minted Irish citizen, (foreign birth registry), what obscure topics should I now form hard opinions about?
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Barry’s or Lyons.
Tayto or King.
The art of making a crisp sandwich. Plain sailing after that.
*Grand auld stretch in the evenings there now*
The citizenship isn’t fully recognised until you’ve muttered this phrase while stating out at a comparatively bright evening over the coming days!
Also, an oldie but a goodie; McCarthy or Keane? Cop out answer and just blame Delaney either.
Cold cold pints or just cold pints.
Tayto on batch bread and King on a baguette.
*OASIS OR BLUR?*
You also need to watch father Ted until you know it verbatim. And The Snapper.
Watch all of Ireland’s matches from italia 90 and USA 94.
Condition yourself to be triggered to go to bed when you hear the theme song from glenroe on a Sunday evening.
GAA
GAA
THESE ARE GREAT!!!
I think the mere fact you asked the question shows you have a good grasp already.
Northern Tayto or Free sTayto.
It was probably the Brits. Even when it’s not the Brits, it was the Brits. Never not at it.
The fact that you’re asking this question is a great first step.
* You should develop strong opinions to within a penny on how much a pint of Guinness should cost, even if you never actually drink Guinness. Any pub that charges higher than this price is “highway robbery”.
* You should have strong opinions on how tea is prepared and how any deviation from this, especially incorrect amounts of milk or sugar, “ruins” it and is simply *wrong*.
* You should have opinions on which counties in Ireland are shite. This is based on where exactly you live through a combination of the urban/rural divide (culchies vs jackeens) and old GAA rivalries.
* Whatever town you live in, you should consider any street other than yours to either be full of “posh” people with “notions”, or “lawless scumbags”. There is no in between, other than your own neighborhood, and sometimes not even then.
* You should be obsessed with what the weather forecast is, but never dress appropriately for it.
Outside Dave?
Start waving at everyone when you’re driving. You need to perfect:
– the one-, two-, three-, four-finger lift,
– the differing open-hand waves to someone you don’t know, might know, definitely know, actively hate or is a local big man who thinks he’s the president,
– the thumbs up,
– the happy to see you still alive wave…
…and that’s only the introductory lesson.
Even if the bus drivers a bollox you still thank him on leaving the bus.
Are you in fact the author Bill Bryson ????
That ” Rock ‘N’ Roll Kids” the winner of the 1994 Eurovision was not complete and utter shite and deserved the win
The exact height the head on Guinness must reach in order for it to be the perfect pint.
Should you put hash browns in a breakfast roll or not
You must form an immediate and very strong opinion on how long to wait until a pint of Guinness is settled, and how to tell it’s settled.
Methods of judging the settling can be anything, but a particularly fun one is (especially with overseas visitors) is selecting a specific coin and tapping the side of the glass with it every few seconds, then swearing blind the “sound changes” letting you know it’s settled. Make up some shpeal about the density or harmonics changing as the drink settles. It’s very annoying, but also, I can fucking guarentee some other person in the group will fall for it and propagate it forward.
The brits.
They’re always at it.
Congrats on the citizenry.
You should visit this subreddit each day go to the 3rd comment on the 3rd post and make that your opinion for the day. Unless it’s from MEP Clare Daly. Nobody values her opinions anymore. You should hate her.
How is she cuttin?
In 1936 the GAA instructed the ref of the all Ireland hurling final to ensure the match ended in a draw so they could get more money by having a replay.
Red cheddar being the best and most superior form of cheese. All other types of cheese are Muck. This excludes easy singles on burgers which passes on a technically. This is the Way
Be very careful about which brand of tea you like. I’ve seen arguments break out when someone says lyons is better than barry’s
Congrats on the citizenship! I acquired citizenship through FBR as well. I just sent in my application for my first Irish passport last week. The website said it would take about 11 weeks. We shall see.
You need to have an opinion on Dev
Guinness
Amhrán na bhFiann or Ireland’s Call.
Oasis or Blur
Blaas or baps
The ingredients for a full Irish
Guinness or Murphy’s (the answer is neither, it’s a Smithwicks large bottle)
Idk but welcome home ☘️
You need to decide pronto if you’re a Lyons or a Barry’s man.
Superstitions. Here we go:
2 magpies are good luck. 1 is bad luck unless you salute it (this is surprisingly common)
Don’t walk under a ladder
Don’t break a mirror
New shoes on a chair = bad
Hairbrush on a bed = bad
Black cat = good (it’s considered bad luck in most other countries according to my unscientific straw polling)
If you hear shrieking at night and look out the window and see an old woman sweeping the street, it MIGHT be a banshee. It might not, but it might be too.
Which red sauce is the only red sauce…while all others are MUCK and you wouldn’t squirt it on the flames if your house was on fire
What bought soda bread is closest to your mother’s soda bread, even if she never made any, and that putting anything other than real butter on it is a fucking crime against god.
Lyon v Barry’s, the answer is Barry’s.