Barmen in Dublin continually saying to me........

Shocking to think they're being polite

I'd rather they grunted than spoke like someone from Eastenders; give me a cranky aul' Dub barman any day

That's Dubs for you and i'm sure Dubs would agree with me saying that, they've lost their culture and identity, i don't think we can say this about many other places. I've lived over there and the one thing i promised myself is i'd be true to myself i would keep my Sligo wit and charm and my accent. Yes i came back with the odd word but that was it, girls love the subtle nature, the softly spoken words of the brogue against their ear lobes on a Saturday evening outside or inside some bar. When i hear Irish people using the T word i cringe, i've asked them why do you use this word? Another one i'm hearing is the S House again i ask them, although this does make me smirk. Why lose your culture of who you are? People from Dublin are now one step away from eating jellied eels or have the most ridiculous mid Atlantic accent, sort it out no other city in Ireland or the UK has this identity crisis on this level.

And i have even recently read that some people from a certain Dublin suburb pretend to be from Sligo instead it really is an identity crisis

Ah, hold on a minute, Rocket..............I'm not taking this out of proportion, or saying its a cultural crisis or anything

It's just that I found this "cheers, mate" thing (admittedly from younger-ish barmen, but not that young) a bit disconcerting.....hadn't been up there in a while, and was expecting more of the superior condescending look at my culchie ways/accent,  or a "howya head" type of thing.

I probably gave out about this in the past...... but I kinda missed last weekend when it wasn't there - I'm sure (hope) it still exists.

its happening all over ireland.
its like that irish band the script.
one of their songs mentions, "drinkin jack in my local bar" and "new job in the unemployment line".
where i come from it would be drinkin whiskey in the pub and standin in the dole queue.(not that i do either!)

the dubs are the closest on the island to the english.

The answer to the problem is simple.
Stop drinking in  pubs where the barman is a mate of yours.

If ever a poster was summed up by a single smiley face in this above ^

'it's'

good man coco you couldn't even get that right....

who told you by the way about whispering into ear lobes ....i bet you got a lot of practice with your blow up doll Alice...

You would not even have noticed wonk only that i pointed it out to you, sometimes i hate myself for being so nitpicky when it comes to my own standards i have set. My motto is if i'm going to do something, then i'm doing it right e.g. Betting.

THE ONLY THINK YOU DO RIGHT IS WAKE UP ,AND THATS AUTOMATIC ...

BigRob1 08 Jan 13 16:06 
The answer to the problem is simple.
Stop drinking in  pubs where the barman is a mate of yours.

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That's what I thought was the case to begin with.

I'll try the "I'm not your "mate", you silly coont, now give me the three pints, and shutthef*ck-up".....I'll see how I'll get on, let you know


workrider/Rocketfingers - get a room

I notice a lot of Irish jockeys when they are interviewed on TV end with the embarrassing " cheers " Barry Geraghty the worst offender.

^^ Send him to the tower!! Ffs get a life

surely you mean Kilmainham

Sorry mate, u got me!

ok, mate......its just a larf' innit?

"get [i]a room"[/i]

Wall,
I had "get a rope" more in mind.

bird o donnell was it outside the days hotel in ballymun u r refering to when u were speaking softly into some females earlobe......was she your pyshciatric nurse?

maybe the barmen are all australian !

ricthers ....brill....