This is insane.
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Greets from the Forest Festival at Emo Court, Co. Laois Ireland! Enjoying the Stranglers at the moment with Teenage Fanclub later as my personal highlight. A real early-2000s nostalgia fest!
ETA: itâs no GlastonburyâŚ
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Oh shit! There goes the charabanc!
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They are literally playing that right now!!!
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Thatâs fucking great. I thoroughly enjoyed last week in Ireland and it quickly moved up to the top of follow-up destinations.
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Been to England and Scotland, but never Ireland.
Yall just reminded me of this, itâs very traditional:
Never heard that before. I really like Reckless Kelly.
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âThe first pub we could stagger to was twelve steps from the planeâŚâ
Great way to start a song.
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We flew overnight to Heathrow, connected to Dublin the next day and took an afternoon train to Belfast. I spent the whole plane trip looking forward to a Guinness in the Dublin train station and to my utter shock there wasnât a bar in the whole place.
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Was on a 3 week school cultural trip to England as a 17 yo, the first pub we (me an my buddies) stopped at, (we were not allowed to drink at all on this trip btw), I go to the bathroom and come back and thereâs 5 kids with bottles of Heineken sitting at the bar.
After looking at the sideyes from the locals, I was the first to ask âwhat do yall drink?â They heard âyallâ and it was totally on at that point, massive fun.
Yâall is one of the most wonderful ways to quietly announce yourself as an American in foreign lands. Like howdy. Folks immediately recognize it, then realize youâre not a cunt, and in my experience the night becomes a hell of a lot more fun.
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Itâs just one of those universal nice thingsâŚâhow yall doing?â type stuff
I have been plastered with the âOh, youâre from Texas?â
Do you live on a ranch? No, but sometimes.
Do you have oil wells? No, but I wish I did.
Do you have cattle? Yes.
Do you have a pickup? YeahâŚtwo.
Do you ride horses? Once a year?
EtcâŚ
OHâŚthey always ask if you wear a cowboy hatâŚlike a Stetson. Theyâre very disappointed when you say ânoâ
Iâm sure it may have changed recently, but being from TX was an absolute conversation starter in any country Iâve ever been to.
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I was living in St Louis when I went to Australia. Out and about folks would hear me speak and they would say, âOh your an American, are you from the States or Canada?â I found out that they always ask that because Canadians would get butt hurt if one assumed they were from the âStatesâ. Then they would follow up with ,âWhat part are ya from?â I would answer, St Louis, and it would be met with a blank stare. Later I started telling them I was from Texas and it would be met with a, âWell howdy, partner.â
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My experience as well.
Much more of a conversation starter than âIâm from Maryland.â
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âScrew you, weâre from Texasâ â Ray Wylie Hubbard
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I was in Spain, at a hotel check-in, and the clerk asked where we were from and I said Texas. He looked puzzled then brightened and said Oh! A Tejano . . . I wasnât offended or anything, but was immediately and completely baffled and looked down at my freckled English arm and then looked up again and said No! How could you think I was Tejano? The conversation died.
Work on your tan before the next trip
I looked down at my pink and blistered English armâŚ
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When we were in London in 2016 they were having a run off sunny 90+ degree days.
So much ruddy skin being exposed.
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White Brits will have savage tans on occasion, the benefit of being able to take two-week vacations. The rest of the time, itâs white to red to flaking to whiteâŚ.rinse, repeat.