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Are you a native? |
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i was walking down patrick street on my lunch hour and this elderly lady (who was Irish but not from cork) approached a woman waiting outside a shop. She said 'are you a native?', the woman replied ' y..yes'.
The lady responded ' oh thats great, can you tell me where the Victoria Hotel is so'.
Native? are we that primal in Cork? ! ! |
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Overheard by Anonymous - Patrick Street
Posted on Friday, 13th June
2008 |
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11811 |
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I dialled 11811 directory enquiries the other day, a girl answered the phone by saying "a 11 ate a lemon"
Well that's waht it sounded like! |
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Overheard by Anonymous - person that said it on phone
Posted on Monday, 09th June
2008 |
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The 'Daycent' |
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| Three young lads walking past the Reel Cinema in Blackpool, one of them looks at a poster on a wall, 'The Daycent' boy he says in a strong cork accent (Daycent cork slang for descent). One of the other lads turned to him and says it's 'The Descent' ya pleb! |
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Overheard by Jimbo - Outside the Reel Cinema Blackpool
Posted on Wednesday, 04th June
2008 |
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Threat of the century |
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| Walking along the strand in Youghal, I walked past an altercation, where I overheard one of the tow lads threatening the other with "c'mere bai.... I'll slit your willy!!!" |
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Overheard by Terry - Youghal beach
Posted on Friday, 30th May
2008 |
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Conemmara Mick |
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| Working on renovating a shop on Oliver Plunkett st a couple of years ago when a black guy by the name of Conemmara Mick was doing some electrical work. He accidently touched a live wire and got a very nasty shock and knocked out the electricity around the street. ESB person who was on call and after having a few pints was called to the scene, he saw conemmara mick lying on the floor looking a little frazzled. ESB man: "Jesus Christ hes burnt to a crisp" |
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Overheard by Michael - Oliver Plunkett st
Posted on Thursday, 22nd May
2008 |
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You MUST be Joking! |
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Woman talking about a man getting out of a van thats on fire:
In a completly serious tone :
"If he didn't get out he'd be still in there!"
Nawh! |
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Overheard by Jess - Bus Eireann : Cork City - Glanmire
Posted on Saturday, 10th May
2008 |
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Theoretically he's right |
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In UCC one day at a very boring Saturday morning lecture. Lecturer taking about Pythagoras theory. At the end when wrapping up she adds
"Pythagoras....where would we be without him!"
Then some guy at the back pipes up "Probably at home!!"
Genius! |
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Overheard by Jess - UCC, April 2008
Posted on Saturday, 10th May
2008 |
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Miss-informed |
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| I'm half cast, my mother of African descent and my dad white. Well one day me and my mate were watching the RTE news. It happened to be the time when there was alot of news coverage about a famine in Niger, anyway a news heading came up saying 'NIGER CRISIS'. My mate, read this and an expression of shock came upon her face, she turns and goes to me, "Nigger crisis??!!! thats bad form from RTE!!!???" |
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Overheard by anne-marie - in the living room
Posted on Wednesday, 07th May
2008 |
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The Youghal Metric System |
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While in a restaurant I overheard 2 waitresse discuss an order
Waitress #1: "Your man at table 2 wants a pint of milk"
Waitress #2 "Does he want it in a large or small glass?" |
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Overheard by Anonymous - Youghal
Posted on Wednesday, 07th May
2008 |
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I'll follow you! |
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| Got a phone call one night from a mate telling me his car was after breaking down and is there any chance of an oul tow, I got in to my car with bringing my tow rope with me and went to meet him, hooked up the rope to both cars and went about starting the journey home when he turned to me completely serious and said "sure I'll follow you so" I nearly fell over laughing at him. |
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Overheard by Joey - Side of the road near Macroom
Posted on Wednesday, 07th May
2008 |
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Vasaline |
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Aaron is our flatmate, he's rather quiet but funny and spends alot of time in his room. anyway we were all up in his room one day annoying him while he was trying to study when i noticed a huge tub of vasaline
Ae: "whats the vasaline for aaron?"
Aaron: dunno. "i just have it"
Keith: "ah aaron tell us, whats the vasaline for....?"
Aaron: "I DUNNO GO'WAY"
Me: "c'mon now aaron..... whats the vasaline for? im gonna keep asking ya to annoy ya"
@aron(very quickly): "I dunno, for the crack!!!!!"
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Overheard by anne-marie - in aarons room!!!
Posted on Wednesday, 07th May
2008 |
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is there one or two of ye? |
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In 6th year in school about 8 years ago, we were due to get an Irish essay back. Now, I have an identical twin sister who was in the same class. Anyway, the essays came back and to our astonishment the teacher had stapled both of our essays together! Neither of us could believe it!
Well the next time the class had to hand up an essay, myself and my sister handed up one essay with the two of our names at the top. We got the essay back a few days later and nothing was said. But we never got our work handed back stapled together again! |
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Overheard by Anonymous - secondary school
Posted on Wednesday, 30th April
2008 |
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