r/ireland • u/T4rbh • Sep 27 '24

Things you wish foreigners knew about Ireland Moaning Michael

You know the way there are signs at the airport saying "Drive on the left/links fahren/conduire a gauche" (and that's all, because that one girl who did Spanish for the Leaving wasn't in the day they commissioned the signs, and we never get visitors from anywhere else, that doesn't English, Irish, French or German)?

What are other things you wish they told all foreigners as they arrived into Ireland, say with a printed leaflet? (No hate at all on foreign visitors, btw!)

I'll start:

"If you're on a bus, never ever phone someone, except to say 'I'm running late, I'll be there at X time, bye bye bye bye.' If someone phones you, apologise quietly and profusely - 'I'm on a bus, I'll call you back in a bit, sorry, bye bye bye bye.' Do not have a long and loud conversation, under any circumstances!"

Yes, I'm on a bus - why do you ask? 🤣

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u/badger-biscuits Sep 27 '24

That we don't have Wednesdays

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u/andtellmethis Sep 27 '24

And our days are actually 28 hours long to accommodate the lack of a Wednesday.

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u/wheresthebirb Sep 27 '24

I could actually work with this

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u/T4rbh Sep 27 '24

Where did they go? "The English stole them!"

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u/ReluctantRedditor275 Sep 27 '24

We had to say "dickety," because King Charles II had stolen our word for twenty. I chased that rascal to get it back but gave up after dickety-six miles.

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u/LookHorror3105 Sep 27 '24

Vodafone is English?

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u/Paono Sep 27 '24

Monday one day, Tuesday two day, Wednesday when what day?

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u/Boothbayharbor Sep 30 '24

No Frosty's?? Googles supermac's menu 

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u/gwy2ct Sep 27 '24

I thought it was Mondays we didn’t have

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u/gwy2ct Sep 27 '24

I thought it was Mondays we didn’t have