very rud Irish man in newcastle (Co Down)

purt

miserly_mum wrote: »

Well Pet/Pete saved the money he would have spent on the flag

Thank you for making me laugh

SnowyOwl_2

So did he buy a tricolour instead?

miserly_mum

culchied wrote: »

Thank you for making me laugh

Hey what can I say.....it's a gift

warmhands.coldheart

SnowyOwl wrote: »

So did he buy a tricolour instead?

right first it's St. Patricks flag, then N.I Flag... then Red Hand Of Ulster Flag.. Now your trying to bring the French into it!!:rolleyes:

seatzie

absoluteutopia wrote: »

I know, timewasters huh? http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1518713

hey at least I added the moneysaving relevance part to my post....lol, like I say just reminding OP to add that bit lol!

miserly_mum

I assume poor Pete wasn't familiar with the ettiquette on flags in certain areas of Ireland/Northern Ireland/Ulster?

warmhands.coldheart

Still don't see how this relates to the French???

miserly_mum

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Still don't see how this relates to the French???

The term tricolour is used to refer to any flag made up of 3 coloured bands. Wether its the Irish flag or the french flag or indeed the Kenyan flag.

So if someone refers to the Tricolour in the context of someone buying a flag in Northern Ireland surely we can assume he/she is referring to the national flag of ireland and not the french tricolour?

Pretani

dmg24 wrote: »

How does that make him rude (or should that be rud)?

You would have to been there to know he was being rude to us.

miserly_mum wrote: »

Having said that its a bit like going into a souvenir shop in the South of Ireland and being surprised that they don't stock red hand of ulster flags

Pete thought with all the St. Patrick gift items being sold, that there would have been a St. Pat's flag also.

seatzie wrote: »

moneysaving relevance?.........

It's a dear hole:D

miserly_mum

Pretani wrote: »

You would have to been there to know he was being rude to us.



Pete thought with all the St. Patrick gift items being sold, that there would have been a St. Pat's flag also.



It's a dear hole:D

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T

all those wee souvenir shops are dear holes.

Sorry Pretani you didn't mention the other St Patrick stuff in your original post so in that case I can understand why your friend asked about the flag

I remember being out for the day with my MIL and her wanting to buy a teddy for my son in one of those souvenir shops. She had no specs on and she asked the shop assistant what the green thing on the bears t-shirt was.

He replied that it was a Shamrock. She immediately threw the bear down and stormed out muttering not very politically correct things.

This is one of the very many reasons we call her "Loyalist Lorna"

Nothing to do with flags but it makes me laugh everytime I remember it.