Has Dublin lost its edge? (2 Viewers)

[Cornu Ammonis]

The Lego exhibitions in Arnotts were class. I wish they still did them.

Christmas for me was queuing for Santa outside Switzers' windows. Brown Thomas have never been able to replicate that magic.

 

[MacDara]

The Lego exhibitions in Arnotts were class. I wish they still did them.

Christmas for me was queuing for Santa outside Switzers' windows. Brown Thomas have never been able to replicate that magic.

Did the Santa queue at Clerys mostly, but did Switzers once: the exit went straight into the toy department, and the biggest collection of Masters of the Universe stuff I'd ever seen. My mam told me it was just a display, the toys weren't available for sale, and I bought it. What a chump.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Me: "Why does this toy have a price-tag on it?"

My mother: "Santa only makes wooden toys, he has to buy the rest of them in the shop like the everyone else."

Me: "makes sense"

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Did the Santa queue at Clerys mostly, but did Switzers once: the exit went straight into the toy department, and the biggest collection of Masters of the Universe stuff I'd ever seen. My mam told me it was just a display, the toys weren't available for sale, and I bought it. What a chump.

I screamed and roared in there when my parents wouldn't buy me one those toy binocular things that you could view negative film things through

 

[Lili Marlene]

I screamed and roared in there when my parents wouldn't buy me one those toy binocular things that you could view negative film things through

these yokes?

we weren't allowed get one either

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

these yokes?

we weren't allowed get one either

Exactly. I did get it for Christmas with one set of photos from Lourdes

 

[Unicron]

Did the Santa queue at Clerys mostly, but did Switzers once: the exit went straight into the toy department, and the biggest collection of Masters of the Universe stuff I'd ever seen. My mam told me it was just a display, the toys weren't available for sale, and I bought it. What a chump.

The real Santa was in Switzers, that's where we went.

 

[sleepy]

Me: "Why does this toy have a price-tag on it?"

My mother: "Santa only makes wooden toys, he has to buy the rest of them in the shop like the everyone else."

Me: "makes sense"

Santa also had a £40 limit

 

[GO]

We used to go to the restaurant in Clerys and get burgers..WITH GRAVY on them.

They were lovely.Must make them myself

 

[sleepy]

We used to go to the restaurant in Clerys and get burgers..WITH GRAVY on them.

They were lovely.Must make them myself

Chips and gravy are fantastic. I only realised this in my 20s.

 

[therealjohnny]

I brought a mate to a Chinese takeaway in Stoneybatter...the look of utter bewilderment on the poor girl's face when has said "kyan ah huv sum Chups n grave-eh" in his broad East Belfast accent...

Inscrutable


those East Belfast men

 

[sleepy]

I brought a mate to a Chinese takeaway in Stoneybatter...the look of utter bewilderment on the poor girl's face when has said "kyan ah huv sum Chups n grave-eh" in his broad East Belfast accent...

Inscrutable


those East Belfast men

I went to a Chinese restaurant on Parnell Street with my da before and they thought he was mental when he asked for vinegar for his chips.

 

[therealjohnny]

Apparently outside of the British Isles this is a very weird thing

 

[sleepy]

Apparently outside of the British Isles this is a very weird thing

I've also heard that you can't get 3 in 1s in actual China.

 

[therealjohnny]

no way!!

 

[therealjohnny]

Parnell Street...after and before

 

[sleepy]

no way!!

Way! And chicken balls are reportedly non existent. I'm not sure what they actually eat over there if this is the case

 

[therealjohnny]

pet dogs and cats

...according to Jim Davidson, Bernard Manning etc

 

[Unicron]

Apparently outside of the British Isles this is a very weird thing

People in other countries put mayo on their chips like fucking savages.

 

[Hector Grey]

People in other countries put mayo on their chips like fucking savages.

I was brought up as a mayo man, when it came to condiments. That's just how I was brought up, dammit. Mind you, we didn't have sugar in my house for the longest time.