Myths we tell ourself (2 Viewers)

[MDR]

I love potatoes too and I sell them as a living!
Interesting fact is the most popular potatoe in Ireland is the Rooster

You could also put on your wiki page that it's 'potato', without an 'e'.

Little know fact: Villain records started out during the famine selling the record variety of potato.

 

[mark]

soapy spuds.

people who like floury spuds are wrong.

 

[Catwoman]

most popular urban myth around ireland:

"my friend's brother's girlfiend's aunt's dog-sitter was walking along the road one night when s/he came across this 'scumbag' couple having a fight.

"yew don't bleeeedin luuuhve me"

"oi dew bleeedin luuuuhve you. sure don't I buy ye chips and don't I roide yew?"



if i hear that story one more time........


(so funny but)

This sounds a lot like a story in Oliver Reed's autobiography - he hears a couple having a fight and the fella says 'Of course I loves ya. I fucks ya don't I?'. He thought it was so funny he tried to put it in the film Oliver! only it was changed to 'I lives with ya'.

 

[Janer]

You could also put on your wiki page that it's 'potato', without an 'e'.

k...

 

[broken arm]

urban myth No.1 involves...

anal sex on couch
poop on couch
parents home early
blame dog
shotgun
dead dog
shame

 

[classic seanc]

http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/careerist/35700

 

[Hector Grey]

urban myth No.1 involves...

anal sex on couch
poop on couch
parents home early
blame dog
shotgun
dead dog
shame

not urban legends, but the lies we Irish perpetuate.
i like the pele one... classic example.

 

[Pat Pockets]

urban myth No.1 involves...

anal sex on couch
poop on couch
parents home early
blame dog
shotgun
dead dog
shame

Urban Myth no.2 involves...

some dude fancies some bird
she leads him on a bit
she ends up ridin his best mate
he sees em at it
tops himself
she subsequently tops herself

No way seriously oh come on Im tellin ye.....

 

[Dixer]

Similar to the Pele one, apparently the Jamaican accent derives from missionaries from Cork.

 

[Mitchum]

Panathinaikos/shamrock crest/Irish priests...guff.

In 1918 Panathinaikos chose the shamrock - or trifylli as it's known in Greece - as their emblem on the suggestion of Mihalis Papazoglou, an athlete from Constantinople who played for Chalkidona, and Chalkidona had the same symbol. The idea was accepted by Panathinaikos's council and confirmed as the team's official badge.

As for the colour of the kit, again there's no overtly Irish connection. Green being the colour of the trifylli no doubt had something to do with it, but the choice of kit seems to be partly a practical one too. Until green became the team's official colour, most players turned up and played in different coloured outfits.

 

[Yurn!]

Similar to the Pele one, apparently the Jamaican accent derives from missionaries from Cork.

some people on the IMDb do indeed think that the accent used in Disco Pigs is Jamaican.

 

[Catwoman]

A couple of friends from Kerry were in Florida and were asked where they were from. The said Ireland and were then asked 'Is that in the Carribean?'

 

[Pat Pockets]

A couple of friends from Kerry were in Florida and were asked where they were from. The said Ireland and were then asked 'Is that in the Carribean?'

Its actually pronounced Carribean.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

My friend's family moved to Ireland because it "has the best secondary and university education system in the world", or maybe cos it was free to go to college here. One or the other.

 

[snakybus]

The Irish are happy-go-lucky and "great craic".

 

[pete]

And don't forget the 1,000 welcomes

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

an irish priest took that picture of che guevara thats on all those t shirts and posters.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

an irish priest took that picture of che guevara thats on all those t shirts and posters.

Thats true - except it wasnt a priest. It was taken in Shannon Airport by (I think) Jim Fitzpatrick who decided not to copyright the image.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

jim should of fired his agent that for that.

 

[nofriendo]

Jesus ?