Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Aug 11th 2012, 1:43 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
who the **** cares... champ
Sunshine if you're going to live in australia you better get used to jokes that poke, often very cruel, fun at minorities or those that are simply the butt of everyones need to stick it up em...
You're not irish are ya
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Aug 11th 2012, 2:14 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
A number of stories have appeared in the Irish media about the drunken antics of Irish youths who have moved in large numbers to Australia since the Celtic Tiger crashed.
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Are these isolated incidents or are the Irish a more significant nuisance than other immigrants ?
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Are these isolated incidents or are the Irish a more significant nuisance than other immigrants ?
I can't think of many other Olympic medal winners whose relatives would be barred en masse from celebrating in local pubs, can you ?
http://www.independent.ie/national-n...y-3196651.html
http://www.independent.ie/national-n...y-3196651.html
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Aug 12th 2012, 12:30 am
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
...so...?
Aug 12th 2012, 6:51 am
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
What part do you disagree with?
Aug 12th 2012, 8:40 am
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
well let me see... champ
who the **** cares... champ
Sunshine if you're going to live in australia you better get used to jokes that poke, often very cruel, fun at minorities or those that are simply the butt of everyones need to stick it up em...
You're not irish are ya
who the **** cares... champ
Sunshine if you're going to live in australia you better get used to jokes that poke, often very cruel, fun at minorities or those that are simply the butt of everyones need to stick it up em...
You're not irish are ya
Aug 12th 2012, 10:12 am
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Aug 12th 2012, 12:37 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Yes.
Aug 12th 2012, 12:50 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
To be fair I did laugh it off but someone got wind of it and before I knew it HR, everyone and their dog wanted me to put a written complaint in. I declined snce it would just make it worse and I was only a sub-contractor who would have been onto another project a month later.
What really surprised me this wasn't some building site and the bloke involved had never said boo to me before.
Aug 12th 2012, 2:10 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
I was told by someone in the state office of a VERY large Australian company that I shouldn't have Australia Day off since I'm not an Australian. When I pointed out I was a citizen I was told "a piece of paper doesn't make you one".
To be fair I did laugh it off but someone got wind of it and before I knew it HR, everyone and their dog wanted me to put a written complaint in. I declined snce it would just make it worse and I was only a sub-contractor who would have been onto another project a month later.
What really surprised me this wasn't some building site and the bloke involved had never said boo to me before.
To be fair I did laugh it off but someone got wind of it and before I knew it HR, everyone and their dog wanted me to put a written complaint in. I declined snce it would just make it worse and I was only a sub-contractor who would have been onto another project a month later.
What really surprised me this wasn't some building site and the bloke involved had never said boo to me before.
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Aug 12th 2012, 2:14 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Quoting, and some context, does make conversation easier
I'm trying to decipher the OP's connection between their original post about Irish trouble in Australia and their next post about trouble for a family in Ireland. Stuff that could happen anywhere, and the connection with one random event and trouble in Australia and point of it all is a bit lost on me but maybe I'm dim.
I'm trying to decipher the OP's connection between their original post about Irish trouble in Australia and their next post about trouble for a family in Ireland. Stuff that could happen anywhere, and the connection with one random event and trouble in Australia and point of it all is a bit lost on me but maybe I'm dim.
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Aug 12th 2012, 2:25 pm
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Re: Are the drunken Irish really a nuisance ?
Originally Posted by fish.01
Sure, to clarify though I was responding to "There's a pretty high tolerance of that rubbish in oz." rather than "there are no knobs to be found in australia" .
I also got my first taste of it fairly recently, being singled out for racist abuse via a widespread email from senior management. The excuse - from my similarly horrified manager? "that staff member is under a bit of pressure in his personal life" Bully for him, that describes most of us. That was in May, still waiting for the apology.
