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Post by Blue Angel on Apr 30, 2007 13:47:27 GMT
at which point one could remind them about polish contributions to the nation past and present of course. Having worked with a LOT of Polish and Lithuanian people over the years that would get right up my nose I think. Urban myths about Nigerians do the rounds here as well btw. I really do get sick and tired of this, it shows I suppose that the Irish even with our own history of problems and discrimination upon immigrating to places can be just as bad for similar idiocy at times.
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Post by Republic on May 1, 2007 10:54:56 GMT
was in a taxi last night and i had to listen to how bad the banks are, why the death penalty should be brought back, and how dangerous minks are.
I kid you not.
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Post by Republic on May 1, 2007 11:19:55 GMT
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Post by Jim on May 1, 2007 14:54:51 GMT
You get the same shite from some taxi drivers in Belfast. I got the bus home from the airport (city airport) a while back and couldn't be bothered getting a bus from the town to where I live and decided to get a taxi. Melted my head, on the way up the taxi driver wouldn't fuck up about "those black bastards" and I just sat there half agreeing with him untill I got out. Wasnt in the mood for it. Mainly taxi drivers in Belfast are alright though  Use to get the same guy every friday and saturday night after work at 4am and he'd talk about all sorts of shite from his wife to "those fucking students". |
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Post by Blue Angel on May 1, 2007 23:24:01 GMT
I had to use two taxi drivers today to get my amp and guitar back after repairs had been carried out on then. In a move guaranteed to cause shock and awe I got the two silent taxi drivers and by god the one I got on the way home actually helped me carry the items in the door as my guitar amp is bloody heavy.
To make up for the silence earlier I then spent a hour standing at the bus stop at 11pm at night having a seriously heavy conversation with a friend of the opposite gender. Proving that everything balances out somewhere.
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Post by Republic on May 4, 2007 10:14:51 GMT
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Post by Harry on May 4, 2007 11:10:15 GMT
God this has gone way off topic. ;D ;D ;D Maybe we should start a thread about stories relating to taxis and taxi drivers. I'll bet we could spend hours on it.
I've never been to Dublin but the last time my mates where there 2 of them got arrested over the head of a taxi driver. They got in a taxi to somewhere and my mate being drunk thought it would be a good idea to start talking about the pope. Anyway i'm not sure what the taxi driver thought but my mate just blurted out 'the popes a fenian bastard'. Next thing the cab pulls up at a nightclub and the taxi driver jumps out and runs off to the bouncers shouting about boys from the north going to kill him ;D ;D
Anyway garda turn up and scoop two of them. Took them to the cop shop, took money off them and let them go ;D ;D My mate shouldn't of said what he did but i still laugh my bollix off thinking about it ;D ;D ;D So needless to say when i finally do venture to Dublin i'll be careful who i go with ;D ;D
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Post by earl on May 4, 2007 12:20:04 GMT
God this has gone way off topic. ;D ;D ;D Maybe we should start a thread about stories relating to taxis and taxi drivers. I'll bet we could spend hours on it. I've never been to Dublin but the last time my mates where there 2 of them got arrested over the head of a taxi driver. They got in a taxi to somewhere and my mate being drunk thought it would be a good idea to start talking about the pope. Anyway i'm not sure what the taxi driver thought but my mate just blurted out 'the popes a fenian bastard'. Next thing the cab pulls up at a nightclub and the taxi driver jumps out and runs off to the bouncers shouting about boys from the north going to kill him ;D ;D Anyway garda turn up and scoop two of them. Took them to the cop shop, took money off them and let them go ;D ;D My mate shouldn't of said what he did but i still laugh my bollix off thinking about it ;D ;D ;D So needless to say when i finally do venture to Dublin i'll be careful who i go with ;D ;D Yer mate was been completely stupid. It's lucky he'd said it in the taxi. Had he been on the street and a hoops wearing knaker had heard it, God only knows what could have happened. They could have ended up in the Liffey, but defintly in hospital. |
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Post by Harry on May 4, 2007 12:42:12 GMT
God this has gone way off topic. ;D ;D ;D Maybe we should start a thread about stories relating to taxis and taxi drivers. I'll bet we could spend hours on it. I've never been to Dublin but the last time my mates where there 2 of them got arrested over the head of a taxi driver. They got in a taxi to somewhere and my mate being drunk thought it would be a good idea to start talking about the pope. Anyway i'm not sure what the taxi driver thought but my mate just blurted out 'the popes a fenian bastard'. Next thing the cab pulls up at a nightclub and the taxi driver jumps out and runs off to the bouncers shouting about boys from the north going to kill him ;D ;D Anyway garda turn up and scoop two of them. Took them to the cop shop, took money off them and let them go ;D ;D My mate shouldn't of said what he did but i still laugh my bollix off thinking about it ;D ;D ;D So needless to say when i finally do venture to Dublin i'll be careful who i go with ;D ;D Yer mate was been completely stupid. It's lucky he'd said it in the taxi. Had he been on the street and a hoops wearing knaker had heard it, God only knows what could have happened. They could have ended up in the Liffey, but defintly in hospital. I know, they should never of even been to Dublin. Thats a good 7 years ago so it can be put down to teenage excitement. You should show respect for the people of the place you visit and he didn't. |
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Post by earl on May 4, 2007 14:21:11 GMT
Yer mate was been completely stupid. It's lucky he'd said it in the taxi. Had he been on the street and a hoops wearing knaker had heard it, God only knows what could have happened. They could have ended up in the Liffey, but defintly in hospital. I know, they should never of even been to Dublin. Thats a good 7 years ago so it can be put down to teenage excitement. You should show respect for the people of the place you visit and he didn't. Exactly. And tell me, did your mate cop that this was the issue, or did he put it down to the Free staters trying to keep a good Protestant down? I would expect the proverbials to be kicked out of me if I went to London and started calling the Queen a 'Proddie b*tch' in public, for example. |
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Post by Harry on May 4, 2007 14:36:56 GMT
I know, they should never of even been to Dublin. Thats a good 7 years ago so it can be put down to teenage excitement. You should show respect for the people of the place you visit and he didn't. Exactly. And tell me, did your mate cop that this was the issue, or did he put it down to the Free staters trying to keep a good Protestant down? I would expect the proverbials to be kicked out of me if I went to London and started calling the Queen a 'Proddie b*tch' in public, for example. Nah it was his fault and he knows it. Nothing to do with what he was but only to do with his behaviour. |
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Use to get the same guy every friday and saturday night after work at 4am and he'd talk about all sorts of shite from his wife to "those fucking students".
