Hedgecutter Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 A huge amount of ignorance being evidenced here. Northern Ireland is much, much more than image portrayed here. How many of those wishing to either drag it out to sea or drop a bomb on it, have visited the country and spent some time exploring it ^^^ Der's more to Oirland, dan dis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Knight Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 I'm not too sure I'd like to travel over to Scotland now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 32 minutes ago, Cerberus said: Can we not build a bridge with ROI instead? That would be a much better idea. Just cut NI off and let sit and stew in their own religious hatred. ^^^^ big team found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Muir Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I'm not too sure I'd like to travel over to Scotland now [emoji20] You'd be very welcome in our country. It's very, very similar to NI with beautiful countryside, great local foods and seafood and friendly locals. As with every other country in the world, there are places and people best avoided but any sober adult will work that out easily. Oh, and it's nearly always pishin' rain so you'll feel right at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 You'd be very welcome in our country. It's very, very similar to NI with beautiful countryside, great local foods and seafood and friendly locals. As with every other country in the world, there are places and people best avoided but any sober adult will work that out easily. Oh, and it's nearly always pishin' rain so you'll feel right at home. In this one post you've done more for NI tourism than their own tourist board's campaign of 'we have some funny lava just like your stuff on Staffa/Mull, a rope bridge and we built the unsinkable ship that, err... sank". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I'm not too sure I'd like to travel over to Scotland now [emoji20] You’ll love the Scottish woman mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomhill Ultra Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 There's no point trying to reason with these imbeciles. They are going to spew their bile regardless and the important thing to remember is that they are a small minority of the posters on here and the forum overall is usually quite decent. It does seem quite a strange wee bandwagon to jump on. I suspect there’s an element of trying to impress some P&B ‘big hitters’, which is pretty much the definition of tragic. About as much chance of this bridge getting built as the OF getting into the English Premiership anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 How about a floating submerged tunnel as being built by those skint Norwegians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 5 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: There's no point trying to reason with these imbeciles. They are going to spew their bile regardless and the important thing to remember is that they are a small minority of the posters on here and the forum overall is usually quite decent. It's best to just tune them out with the ignore function in my experience. I suspect Nicola Sturgeon sees a constitutional politics related angle in all of this given that's what makes SNP politicians tick and it is probably related to Scotland staying aligned with the EU if NI does post-Brexit given this story follows fast on the heels of the EU's proposal of how to make Brexit work that the Tories have rejected. A permanent link between Scotland and Ulster would normally be more of a Unionist talking point but the way the news cycle is unfolding at the moment means that some sort of physical link would make that posture easier to justify, but the North Channel is just a wee bit too wide and more importantly deep to make this likely to work financially or it would already have long since happened by now. And not a mention of the main submarine base for the North Atlantic at Faslane. Tut tut, LLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 16 hours ago, MONKMAN said: Im sure we’ll all agree, that Stranraer is acceptable as collateral damage for Belfast getting nuked. I quite like the Cardinal- can we tip him the wink before Belfast is taken out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Crusader Knight said: I'm not too sure I'd like to travel over to Scotland now Don't blame you mate. Think it's transference from Scotland's two cheek problem to what we think is its source, Ireland. What remains of it is our problem, diminishing I think. Had about ten trips to Stroke City and Belfast during the late Seventies and early Eighties to visit two different girlfriends and their friends and colleagues, not at the same time, and the only problem was when one of them had their new boyfriend answer the door. Very embarrassing cup of tea at the end of the couch. Heard 3 bombs going off one night in Belfast but never felt any hostility walking around and stopping in random pubs, including in places like Shankill and Falls roads. All the people I met thought the violence was stupid and pointless, but were also annoyed by outsiders over simplification and misunderstanding of the politics. Mrs Bunfield v Raging O'Terrorist or whatever. My fondest memory is of the Derry/Londonderry greeting of "What a budgie!" Loved it, mad surrealists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Artists impression: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 How about a floating submerged tunnel as being built by those skint Norwegians? Not for long if that torpedo hits it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 The sheer desperation from the Bunfields for some sort of 'hands over the water' love-in with Scotland is pathetic. 'I don't fancy visiting Scotland now '. Somehow I think we'll cope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Knight Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 9 hours ago, welshbairn said: Don't blame you mate. Think it's transference from Scotland's two cheek problem to what we think is its source, Ireland. That's interesting, as I can trace my family tree back to western Scotland and folk who settled in Antrim to work on the farms in the early 1800s, (and indeed on my father's side Manchester from a guy who settled in Belfast for works in the docks in 1900). Maybe some could say that Ireland's problems came from Scotland / England? Ah well, Live and let live ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 9 hours ago, welshbairn said: ...My fondest memory is of the Derry/Londonderry greeting of "What a budgie!" Loved it, mad surrealists. Think that would be "what about ye?", which is just the NI way of saying "how are you doing?" When you get a bit further away from Belfast in that direction the accents get a lot more Scottish sounding. Belfast is like being in the NW of England in some ways with all the terraced streets and brick buildings and the speech patterns kind of follow that too with the vowel sounds that always get parodied, but Coleraine and Londonderry (or whatever people prefer to call it) you could almost mistake for Ayrshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Londonderry (or whatever people prefer to call it) you could almost mistake for Ayrshire. Just that the Burns centres are popular for two very different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said: but Coleraine and Londonderry (or whatever people prefer to call it) you could almost mistake for Ayrshire. We're all on here having a laugh but I had no idea it was as bad as that. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Not for long if that torpedo hits it... Silly Billy, that's a ship sailing over the top of the submerged tunnel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 11 hours ago, tamthebam said: I quite like the Cardinal- can we tip him the wink before Belfast is taken out? Cheers lad, but you're safe. Despite being a Stranraer fan, I live in Glasgow. I'm a sort-of reverse OF fan in that respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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