Only In Northern Ireland Thread

gawa75

Shame on you for 'reading' that worthless rag in the first place!

jeffer

gawa75 wrote: »

Shame on you for 'reading' that worthless rag in the first place!

..not to mention over-priced.

jeffer

GlynD wrote: »

It takes a very well trained ear though to detect the subtle changes in areas which are close to each other. Easy to distinguish between Belfast, Stroke City, North Antrim and Mid-Ulster - even Fermanagh.

There's another only in NI thing - a city that dare not speak it's name!;)

GlynD

jeffer wrote: »

There's another only in NI thing - a city that dare not speak it's name!;)

I'm not afraid to speak its name - "THE MAIDEN CITY"

GlynD

Only in Northern Ireland do forums go as quiet as the grave on the 12th of July Which reminds me, I must go and tend to my lilies

gawa75

My sweet William came up a treat at the weekend:p

steveymp

GlynD wrote: »

Only in Northern Ireland do forums go as quiet as the grave on the 12th of July Which reminds me, I must go and tend to my lilies

Everyone had a day off to enjoy the sunshine, I don't see the problem with that :T although I see it rained at a time in Belfast, we in Londonderry (there I'm not afraid ) had a lovely day of glorious sunshine.

I also enjoy having the 17th of March off as a bank holiday also:) don't rock the boat or we could lose 2 bank holidays;)

GlynD

steveymp wrote: »

Everyone had a day off to enjoy the sunshine, I don't see the problem with that :T although I see it rained at a time in Belfast, we in Londonderry (there I'm not afraid ) had a lovely day of glorious sunshine.

I also enjoy having the 17th of March off as a bank holiday also:) don't rock the boat or we could lose 2 bank holidays;)

Not everyone apparantly. Most shops were open in Belfast and doing a roaring trade. A far cry from the days when the Province was closed for the day. Loads of tourists as well according to the telly. We went nowhere. The weather wasn't certain enough.

Ref the Derry thing:

I was in the army with a load of Derrymen and they called it Derry. The Apprentice Boys seem to favour Derry. The city council calls it Derry so to me it's Derry. (I'm not one for cosying up to political points). The county is Londonderry however and that's what I call it.

I like things to have their proper names

PS We celebrated St Patrick's Day in the army, so why shouldn't everyone, he's everybody's saint and it's good excuse for a booze-up

50quidonRED

You know when your in NI when at 8am in the morning your taking a picture of a bonfire, and get approched and told £5er a picture, you politely say no thank you, to then be told right thats it ill fight you now in the car park of M+S, as he takes a swig of buckfast. lol true storey not me but a mate

Artofdookie

In the good ole USA and certain places in Europe the police would be allowed shoot or at the very least beat seven shades of !!!! out of the rioters. Maybe we should adopt that policy?