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qzy
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BrianH
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There are many, many worse cities in which to work
rorydelargy
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Recognising a culchie in the north of Ireland is quite easy; they have a tendency to finish all their sentences with the word "hi", as in:
"What are youse lookin' at, hi?"
or
"hello there, hi!"
The latter tends to be followed by a strange, half sideways head movement, by way of greeting. This has been adopted by all sons of the soil in counties Antrim and Derry, as it's too dangerous to take a hand off the tractor wheel. Especially when you're nine and a half.
"What are youse lookin' at, hi?"
or
"hello there, hi!"
The latter tends to be followed by a strange, half sideways head movement, by way of greeting. This has been adopted by all sons of the soil in counties Antrim and Derry, as it's too dangerous to take a hand off the tractor wheel. Especially when you're nine and a half.
trudij
Senior Jockey
:lol:
so my "friend" comes from Leixlip - what does he count as???
so my "friend" comes from Leixlip - what does he count as???
rory said:
Rory, you're missing what an actual culchie is. Everyone from Derry and Antrim is a culchie. Essentially, anyone not from Dublin is a culchie.
However, there are different types of culchie that have been characterised by myself and my Dublin friends [I've been accepted to join the culchie judging panel even though I am one]
Outside of Dublin, there are urban culchies [people who live in towns] and rural culchies [those who live in the countryside]
The rural culchies are harmless.
However, the urban culchies are the worst. In the whole, they are so engrained to the fabric of their own towns that they have never any particular desire to leave. As such, they are particularly resistant to change and conclude most of their night outs in Dublin saying, "This would never happen at home."
They count down the hours until Friday evening until they can go home, get cans served to them in plastic glasses in the local firetrap nightclub and relive their teenage years.
The bigger the town, the worse the brand of culchie.
Not that I'm one for generalisations, of course.
Rory, you're missing what an actual culchie is. Everyone from Derry and Antrim is a culchie. Essentially, anyone not from Dublin is a culchie.
However, there are different types of culchie that have been characterised by myself and my Dublin friends [I've been accepted to join the culchie judging panel even though I am one]
Outside of Dublin, there are urban culchies [people who live in towns] and rural culchies [those who live in the countryside]
The rural culchies are harmless.
However, the urban culchies are the worst. In the whole, they are so engrained to the fabric of their own towns that they have never any particular desire to leave. As such, they are particularly resistant to change and conclude most of their night outs in Dublin saying, "This would never happen at home."
They count down the hours until Friday evening until they can go home, get cans served to them in plastic glasses in the local firetrap nightclub and relive their teenage years.
The bigger the town, the worse the brand of culchie.
Not that I'm one for generalisations, of course.
Bar the Bull
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Couldn't agree with you more.
Those nightclubs are the types of places that wouldn't let you in wearing baseball shoes. And if you are let in, you get a free "meal ticket" upon entry, which will get you a burger and chips smothered in gravy. It is not unknown for he-culchies to get vouchers from the gurrels in the group and to eat three or four of these meals.
BJ said:
I don't think that it is a linear relationship. I would classify it as a quadratic expression, with the maximum culchiness factor being where town size = the size of Carlow town.
Those nightclubs are the types of places that wouldn't let you in wearing baseball shoes. And if you are let in, you get a free "meal ticket" upon entry, which will get you a burger and chips smothered in gravy. It is not unknown for he-culchies to get vouchers from the gurrels in the group and to eat three or four of these meals.
BJ said:
I don't think that it is a linear relationship. I would classify it as a quadratic expression, with the maximum culchiness factor being where town size = the size of Carlow town.
Just on a technicality. BJ neglects to add that there are plenty of people from Dublin who are off the scale in terms of their propensity to culch.
This omission from a man who I know has been through Balbriggan many times is worrying.
Culchies flock to Dublin to get away from home but they are terrified of anyone with a Dublin accent, because such a person is never more than a few seconds away from garotting them and robbing them of everything they have.
Culchies will pay anything in order to live in areas where they won't have to mix with real Dubs. They would rather live in Baghdad than a working class part of Dublin.
This is the driving force behind Dublin's amazing housing market.
Culchies will pay anything in order to live in areas where they won't have to mix with real Dubs. They would rather live in Baghdad than a working class part of Dublin.
This is the driving force behind Dublin's amazing housing market.
rorydelargy
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It does, hi.
Bar the Bull
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Songsheet,
An Capall mentions Lucan as it is my home town. It is the most beautiful and picturesque part of Dublin, where the trees are greener, the girls have tighter asses and the birds sing the most melodiuously in all of Ireland. For some reason, An Capall seems to have a bit of jealousy as to my background, as he is from some kip down near Tallaght.
An Capall mentions Lucan as it is my home town. It is the most beautiful and picturesque part of Dublin, where the trees are greener, the girls have tighter asses and the birds sing the most melodiuously in all of Ireland. For some reason, An Capall seems to have a bit of jealousy as to my background, as he is from some kip down near Tallaght.
Spoons
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What date is it when us culchies make our annual Christmas visit to the "big schmoke" ie Dublin?Must mark it in my diary!
Irish culchies especially Cork ones have tendency to put "you know like" and "boy" at the end of most sentences
Irish culchies especially Cork ones have tendency to put "you know like" and "boy" at the end of most sentences
Irish Stamp
Senior Jockey
Is that Christmas Eve Spoons for the shopping?
Bar the Bull
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Think it is the 6th December. It's a holy day, so they come up for the day.
The night before used to be a good bet for a shift in Coppers.
The night before used to be a good bet for a shift in Coppers.
Its actually December 8th - otherwise known as the "Culchies Christmas Eve." It is a holy day of obligation, but the Godless feckers go shopping instead of hearing Mass.
They set up a park and ride at Lucan for the lads coming in from Roscommon and Mayo but they normally just park and a couple of generations later you have Barry and his buddies.
ps..Anybody got a spare ticket for Croker on Sunday?
They set up a park and ride at Lucan for the lads coming in from Roscommon and Mayo but they normally just park and a couple of generations later you have Barry and his buddies.
ps..Anybody got a spare ticket for Croker on Sunday?