Is it genetic?
Mar 23rd 2006, 7:40 pm
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Is it genetic?
Today I got a knock on my door.
Man 'Hello'
Me 'Hello'
Man ' Where's you accent from? England? I was over there recently well Ireland my family are Oirish'
Me 'Oh yes'
Man ' Well we were in the area doing a drive an we saw yours needed a repair would you like the boys to do it for you?'
This begs the question is that patter genetic amongst Irish people involved in road construction
Man 'Hello'
Me 'Hello'
Man ' Where's you accent from? England? I was over there recently well Ireland my family are Oirish'
Me 'Oh yes'
Man ' Well we were in the area doing a drive an we saw yours needed a repair would you like the boys to do it for you?'
This begs the question is that patter genetic amongst Irish people involved in road construction
Mar 23rd 2006, 7:43 pm
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by Thydney
Today I got a knock on my door.
Man 'Hello'
Me 'Hello'
Man ' Where's you accent from? England? I was over there recently well Ireland my family are Oirish'
Me 'Oh yes'
Man ' Well we were in the area doing a drive an we saw yours needed a repair would you like the boys to do it for you?'
This begs the question is that patter genetic amongst Irish people involved in road construction
Man 'Hello'
Me 'Hello'
Man ' Where's you accent from? England? I was over there recently well Ireland my family are Oirish'
Me 'Oh yes'
Man ' Well we were in the area doing a drive an we saw yours needed a repair would you like the boys to do it for you?'
This begs the question is that patter genetic amongst Irish people involved in road construction
Its a southern irish thing - think Roy Keane, Brad Pitt in Snatch, etc
Mar 23rd 2006, 7:49 pm
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
think Brad Pitt in Snatch, etc
Angelina Jolie?
Mar 23rd 2006, 7:54 pm
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by Thydney
Angelina Jolie?
Mar 23rd 2006, 8:09 pm
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by Thydney
Angelina Jolie?
You'll burn in Hell for that one :-)
Mar 24th 2006, 12:14 am
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by TRPardoe
You'll burn in Hell for that one :-)
Well I hope she's there to blow me out.
Mar 24th 2006, 3:23 am
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by Thydney
Well I hope she's there to blow me out.
Mar 24th 2006, 6:52 am
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Re: Is it genetic?
Did he also have a caravan full of filthy screaming kids, wearing dungarees, looking for the nearest playground to set up camp, get all his buddies round, install septic tanks and power lines?
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"I f**kin' hate Pikey's!" al la Snatch!
Once a Pikey, always a Pikey!
"I f**kin' hate Pikey's!" al la Snatch!
Mar 24th 2006, 1:56 pm
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Re: Is it genetic?
That reminds me of when some 'travellers' decided to set up camp in our village in Essex on the airfield, less than a quarter of a mile from our house.
It was a shock to have a guy at the door asking if I could fill his bucket with 'a drop' of water. It was quite scary but I was too afraid not to.
I think there were about 7 or 8 caravans - all brand new and very expensive cars parked outside. They all had small children whom had probably never lived in Ireland but all had strong Irish accents - who nicked all the bikes from the kids in our cul-de-sac. Of course the village cop went round there and all the bikes were outside the caravans and retrieved, but the police couldn't do anything as there was no evidence.
The children seemed to be totally unsupervised and started hanging around the village playground, intimidating the local children. One of them threw a margarine lid at me for a 'laugh' and damaged my jacket.....their language was foul.
The local headteacher at the primary school was a liberal socialist type woman....at first she welcomed the gypsy children to the school but soon changed her mind when she realised how uncouth and rough they were. One of the peripatetic teachers assigned to work with them caught Hepatitis A, but worse was to come. There was an open-air pool which the PTA had paid for many years before.....the gypsies had defecated all around the pool and in it.....lots of lime had to be put down and the area sealed off for a few weeks.
There was honestly a sigh of relief when the kids were pulled out of the village school as it was Church of England and they went to a Catholic school instead in a neighbouring town.
It took quite some time before the local council evicted the 'travellers' due to the time it takes to get a court order.
On the other hand just by the village tube/underground station there was a plot of undeveloped land (now a housing estate) and for a short time a genuine family of 'new age' travellers lived there. They had their own Romany type gypsy caravan and a pony and they had a goat to provide their milk. I did meet the family, they were genuinely nice and very environmentally aware.
Sadly, their lifestyle did have an effect on the education of their two daughters - I used to help out at the school and Astra who was aged 8 was illiterate and totally distressed by being so far behind the rest of the class...she was a lovely little girl and always smelt of a wood fire. After about three months they moved on, heading for the Glastonbury area for the festival and I often wonder what happened to this family.
It was a shock to have a guy at the door asking if I could fill his bucket with 'a drop' of water. It was quite scary but I was too afraid not to.
I think there were about 7 or 8 caravans - all brand new and very expensive cars parked outside. They all had small children whom had probably never lived in Ireland but all had strong Irish accents - who nicked all the bikes from the kids in our cul-de-sac. Of course the village cop went round there and all the bikes were outside the caravans and retrieved, but the police couldn't do anything as there was no evidence.
The children seemed to be totally unsupervised and started hanging around the village playground, intimidating the local children. One of them threw a margarine lid at me for a 'laugh' and damaged my jacket.....their language was foul.
The local headteacher at the primary school was a liberal socialist type woman....at first she welcomed the gypsy children to the school but soon changed her mind when she realised how uncouth and rough they were. One of the peripatetic teachers assigned to work with them caught Hepatitis A, but worse was to come. There was an open-air pool which the PTA had paid for many years before.....the gypsies had defecated all around the pool and in it.....lots of lime had to be put down and the area sealed off for a few weeks.
There was honestly a sigh of relief when the kids were pulled out of the village school as it was Church of England and they went to a Catholic school instead in a neighbouring town.
It took quite some time before the local council evicted the 'travellers' due to the time it takes to get a court order.
On the other hand just by the village tube/underground station there was a plot of undeveloped land (now a housing estate) and for a short time a genuine family of 'new age' travellers lived there. They had their own Romany type gypsy caravan and a pony and they had a goat to provide their milk. I did meet the family, they were genuinely nice and very environmentally aware.
Sadly, their lifestyle did have an effect on the education of their two daughters - I used to help out at the school and Astra who was aged 8 was illiterate and totally distressed by being so far behind the rest of the class...she was a lovely little girl and always smelt of a wood fire. After about three months they moved on, heading for the Glastonbury area for the festival and I often wonder what happened to this family.
Mar 25th 2006, 10:34 am
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Its a southern irish thing - think Roy Keane, Brad Pitt in Snatch, etc
Mar 27th 2006, 3:31 am
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Re: Is it genetic?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
That reminds me of when some 'travellers' decided to set up camp in our village in Essex on the airfield, less than a quarter of a mile from our house.
It was a shock to have a guy at the door asking if I could fill his bucket with 'a drop' of water. It was quite scary but I was too afraid not to.
I think there were about 7 or 8 caravans - all brand new and very expensive cars parked outside. They all had small children whom had probably never lived in Ireland but all had strong Irish accents - who nicked all the bikes from the kids in our cul-de-sac. Of course the village cop went round there and all the bikes were outside the caravans and retrieved, but the police couldn't do anything as there was no evidence.
The children seemed to be totally unsupervised and started hanging around the village playground, intimidating the local children. One of them threw a margarine lid at me for a 'laugh' and damaged my jacket.....their language was foul.
The local headteacher at the primary school was a liberal socialist type woman....at first she welcomed the gypsy children to the school but soon changed her mind when she realised how uncouth and rough they were. One of the peripatetic teachers assigned to work with them caught Hepatitis A, but worse was to come. There was an open-air pool which the PTA had paid for many years before.....the gypsies had defecated all around the pool and in it.....lots of lime had to be put down and the area sealed off for a few weeks.
There was honestly a sigh of relief when the kids were pulled out of the village school as it was Church of England and they went to a Catholic school instead in a neighbouring town.
It took quite some time before the local council evicted the 'travellers' due to the time it takes to get a court order.
On the other hand just by the village tube/underground station there was a plot of undeveloped land (now a housing estate) and for a short time a genuine family of 'new age' travellers lived there. They had their own Romany type gypsy caravan and a pony and they had a goat to provide their milk. I did meet the family, they were genuinely nice and very environmentally aware.
Sadly, their lifestyle did have an effect on the education of their two daughters - I used to help out at the school and Astra who was aged 8 was illiterate and totally distressed by being so far behind the rest of the class...she was a lovely little girl and always smelt of a wood fire. After about three months they moved on, heading for the Glastonbury area for the festival and I often wonder what happened to this family.
It was a shock to have a guy at the door asking if I could fill his bucket with 'a drop' of water. It was quite scary but I was too afraid not to.
I think there were about 7 or 8 caravans - all brand new and very expensive cars parked outside. They all had small children whom had probably never lived in Ireland but all had strong Irish accents - who nicked all the bikes from the kids in our cul-de-sac. Of course the village cop went round there and all the bikes were outside the caravans and retrieved, but the police couldn't do anything as there was no evidence.
The children seemed to be totally unsupervised and started hanging around the village playground, intimidating the local children. One of them threw a margarine lid at me for a 'laugh' and damaged my jacket.....their language was foul.
The local headteacher at the primary school was a liberal socialist type woman....at first she welcomed the gypsy children to the school but soon changed her mind when she realised how uncouth and rough they were. One of the peripatetic teachers assigned to work with them caught Hepatitis A, but worse was to come. There was an open-air pool which the PTA had paid for many years before.....the gypsies had defecated all around the pool and in it.....lots of lime had to be put down and the area sealed off for a few weeks.
There was honestly a sigh of relief when the kids were pulled out of the village school as it was Church of England and they went to a Catholic school instead in a neighbouring town.
It took quite some time before the local council evicted the 'travellers' due to the time it takes to get a court order.
On the other hand just by the village tube/underground station there was a plot of undeveloped land (now a housing estate) and for a short time a genuine family of 'new age' travellers lived there. They had their own Romany type gypsy caravan and a pony and they had a goat to provide their milk. I did meet the family, they were genuinely nice and very environmentally aware.
Sadly, their lifestyle did have an effect on the education of their two daughters - I used to help out at the school and Astra who was aged 8 was illiterate and totally distressed by being so far behind the rest of the class...she was a lovely little girl and always smelt of a wood fire. After about three months they moved on, heading for the Glastonbury area for the festival and I often wonder what happened to this family.
