Please state your current place of residence and nationality so that I may quickly form stereotyped views of your likely character in place of unnecessarily complicated actual personalities.

For me:

Place of residence: Suan Phak, a suburb of Bangkok, Thailand.

Nationality: English.

Place of residence : Dublin, Ireland (except we just call it Dublin. The 'comma Ireland' bit is for the benefit of Americans who always say is that Dublin, Texas or Dublin, Cali ? to which the correct response is 'Neither, it's just Dublin'.)

Nationality : Irish

Let the leprechaunalia begin.

AsylumUtopia said:

I know what u mean. Like Paris, France.

Give them a break though. The US is a huge, bloated slab of land and they probably couldn't come up with more than a hundred original place names.

p.s. Great country Ireland, by the way. I'll be there for 10 days in August, mostly in Dublin. Spending 3 days in Sligo too.

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Residing in Sydney, Australia; soon to be moving to Oregon in the States where my girlfriend lives.

I am Australian; lived all my life here, but born in Scotland.


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mrdespues said:

Famboozled said:

is that about the edit?

seriously it's just because I'm obsessive about correcting my spelling - there's nothing else to see!


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mrdespues said:

You know what, YOU must surely be th

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Fuck, I've jacked my own thread.

Famboozled said:

now listen here you piece of sh.
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Famboozled said:

I was just joking really, it makes sense when you live in such a big country with so many places to name. I'm glad I don't live in Springfield though.

I hope you enjoy your trip to Ireland. I know it's none of my business but why are you spending 3 days in Sligo? I hope you have friends or relatives who are going to entertain you, cos once you've stood on Rosses' Point and looked at the view, you've pretty much done Sligo. So that still leaves you 2 days 23 hours and 55 minutes to while away....

mrdespues said:

you're moving

to oregon

from

AUSTRALIA?????/

i'm sure she's fabulous. just make her move there.

AsylumUtopia said:

My aunt lives in Dublin. My parents arranged the trip so I don't know the reasoning behind the Sligo bit. Is it really that dull? I'm just looking forward to drinking Guinness again to be honest. It's too expensive here.

Place of residence: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Nationality: American

Ethnic Background: Mother, Italian; Father, Hungarian

applekisses said:

Hungarian is a funny language isn't it? I learnt a little while I was taking my TESOL course. Unique.

Famboozled said:

Well, I don't want to piss off any people from Sligo, but it's not the most happening of places. It's a fairly small town, not much to it. It's advantage is it's location, poised as it is between the beautiful wilderness of Donegal and ermmm various other beautiful wildernesses, so it's a great place to get to other places from.


How much is Guinness is Bangkok then ? It can't be that expensive. It's usually (I think) somewhere around €3.80 a pint over here. So do you want to know where to go (or do you already know) for the best pints in Dublin ?

AsylumUtopia said:

What's 3.80 euros in British pounds? A pint of Guinness here is around 350 or 400 baht, so around £5.50 or more.

I've been to Ireland maybe 5 or 6 times before, although I don't know my way around. I guess I'll just do what my parents and Aunt have planned. I'll be happy just to see my Aunt for the first time in 2 years. The local will be where I'm drinking most nights I imagine. She lives in Dublin 6.

Famboozled said:

Igen...it is odd...not slavic...but, related to Finnish of all things!

Famboozled said:

OK, that is (comparatively) expensive. €3.80 is about GB£2.53.

Dublin 6, so that'd be Ranelagh/Rathmines area (my old haunting ground).
McSorleys in Ranelagh (corner of Sandford Road and Anna Villa) does a decent pint, as do Humphreys and Russells, or Rody Bolands and Slattery's in Rathmines are also good.

But of course the best pint of plain to be had in Dublin is in Toners, Baggot Street, or some would agrue in O'Donoghue's, Merrion Row (but I say Toners).

AsylumUtopia said:

Rathgar Avenue, if that means anything to u.

O'Donoghue's, is that the tiny little place that gets really packed and people pass your beer down to you?

wouldn't you like to know....

fauxnewbie said:

Rathgar is the same general area. So I'm guessing your local might be Comans ?

And yes, that does sound like O'Donoghue's you were in. Spit and sawdust, packed to the gunwales, and funny looks if you order anything other than Guinness. Although, if you want really small and quaint you should try the Dawson Lounge on Dawson Street - it's just a doorway with a sign above it (very easily missed) and a tiny stairway leading down to the pub itself, which probably holds about 20 people in total, or maybe 25-30 small and tolerant people at a push.

AsylumUtopia said:

yep, Comans, that's it. Can't wait.

Toronto, Canada
I am Canadian

Reside: Sheffield, England, UK.

Nationality: English.