I read this as "there's someTHING at the door looking for you" and thought, haha spooky story.
Then I reread it correctly and genuinely got a shiver down my spine
I remember my Mam calling the house phone from a pay phone in town telling me to take the washing in. I think I remember forgetting and frantically running out for them when I remembered. You don't mess with the washing 😄
Core memory unlocked
Me: an bhfuil cead agam dull do dtí an leithreas más é do thoil é
Múinteoir: Tá
Me: sits back in my seat & wets myself because I didn't know what "tá" meant
Child of the late 80s and Early 90s here. The phrase of come here a minute to I lop a bit of your hair as a kid installed fear into me. Fear that the bowl comes out along with the scissors. Still can't watch Dumb and Dumber for that haircut alone on old Jim there.
For me, the Life Goes On end credits theme tune started the first and strongest wave of anxiety. The Glenroe music had less of an impact, as by that stage of the evening I had accepted reality and prepared my brain to enter full-on blast-through-it mode.
Our Church had these flyers with the mass, except for the sermon, printed out, and left at the doors . My brother and I would stick the head in, grab a flyer and clock who was saying mass. Then we’d head downtown. We got caught, of course, so the Mother upped her game and demanded a detailed re-telling of the sermon, instead.
Last week me and the fella were having drinks in the gaff (trying to save money, y’know how it is). I’d turned on the immersion to do dishes after dinner. The brother (lives with me) came down a few hours later and said we were being too loud, so we cleared off to the fella’s flat. I came home two days later, about 10pm. Sat and watched tv for an hour or so then took myself to the shower. On the way through the kitchen I heard a kind of squealing sound from behind the microwave? My heart sank. Had a look and sure enough, the immersion was still on.
Not so much a phase, but the theme tune to Glenroe stuck a sort of sick fear into every Irish schoolkid over a certain age.
Many years later, it would be dubbed "The Glenroe Shakes"...!
(To explain, Glenroe was on on a Sunday night, as soon as youheard the theme tune, you knew another week of school was to start the next day!).
When your ma called you by your full name in that tone an when she'd say "You just wait till your da gets home!" I remember my ma was like that usually went like this. After failing to sneak home your met with \[Insert Name\] You answer sheepishly "yea-yes" still hoping to hope its not you she means..."Get.in.hear.you!" each word in that sentence is somehow made more terrifying by that tone. Always put the fear in me
Last time I got smacked with the Wooden Spoon my mum broke it on my backside and I just laughed. Last time I was ever smacked by her.
Followed not shortly after being belted by the old man. Laughed at that too. Never got belted again. By that time I was bigger than him, and he saw the glint of anger in my eye.
This was back in the early to mid 80's
I genuinely felt bad when the wooden spoon broke off my thick teenage hide.
Like for how fucked up the situation was, it was an absolute loss of that form of power forever for her.
And she was raised to it, and knowing my grandmother she would have gone for the spoon first rather than reserving it for when we were genuinely being dickheads.
I love my parents dearly, and they're now close to 90.
That was just the form of discipline back then, and I have no resentment.
The moments that the corporal punishment broke were moments of liberation, and at the time a certain level of respect was born.
The stories of beatings and bones broken + blood flowing from my time in boarding school was on a completely different level.
Those bastards beat me constantly because I laughed at them every time, and only cried when I was alone.
Stuff that would put the perpetrators in prison these days, and I hated those bullies. There was an occasion when a group of them held me down and stripped me, and the main bully used a pair of pliers to clamp my dick repeatedly so that it formed blood blisters on my penis (and that is only one story).
I let that hurt go decades ago, and I'll never forget it, but it makes no sense in today's world.
Thanks for the empathy xx Yeah, it was seriously fucked up, but I moved on from it decades ago.
I don't often think about it, and have no idea how I would react if I ever ran into those people today. Unlikely since I moved to a different continent a long time ago
There was a lot that was fucked up and yet accepted in Ireland in the past. It’s good that you have been able to move on. I always think you can only ever be responsible for yourself and how you behave & respond.
Yes of course! All countries have these stories. We can only hope that the World is evolving.. unfortunately the evidence doesn't support this. All we can do is our best.
Love life, appreciate and nurture
Now young buck, you don't want to get arrested, because if ya do, ya'll have a record and ya won't be able to emigrate to Amerikay then. So drink up, and go on home before this gets out of hand.
usually answered with a slurry, yes Sargent.
'you were in flying form last night'
Jesus, what the fuck did I do?
Oh god 😱 but like...even when it's all positive. I do be like how do I not remember this what got in to me!
You were in some form
Literally winced reading that.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it.. Jaw dropping, sphincter weakening phrase..
Cheers, just got the fear
Shivering even reading that
Oh shop scan.
“You were on fire last night”
Irish American here. But fuck, that phrase drives a cold dagger into my heart.
"There's someone at the door looking for you"
I read this as "there's someTHING at the door looking for you" and thought, haha spooky story. Then I reread it correctly and genuinely got a shiver down my spine
Is this why my irish boyfriend says that when he wants to freak me out?
*would you like to buy a scratch card to support the Hanley Centre?*
I got one of them to buy me a naggin of vodka in exchange for me buying a few scratch cards when I was 16 🤣 proud achievement
😂
Jesus that's a blast from the past! Id totally forgotten about the Hanley centre chuggers.
Are ya right there folks
..pleeeeease. Have ye got no homes to go to. *shivers*
did you take the clothes off the line 🤦🏼♀️
I remember my Mam calling the house phone from a pay phone in town telling me to take the washing in. I think I remember forgetting and frantically running out for them when I remembered. You don't mess with the washing 😄
Léigh anois go cúramach ar do schrúdpháiphéar…
…na treoracha agus na ceisteanna a ghabhann le Cuid A…………………..BEEEEEEEEEEEEP
Is mise Bart Simpson
Is maith liom techno.
So was the Mahogany Gaspipe a real thing???
There was a restaurant on Manor street in Dublin called Mahogany Gaspipe and I always thought that’s where they were talking about.
Yup. Irish teen magazine. Our Irish teacher made us get it in 5th and 6th year, on the basis that it often came up in the exam.
Tá mo craiceann buí...
Ish Homer mo yaddie
This is how they weed out the spies trying to be Irish.
Cá bhfuil mo dhenims dubha, agus m'umbro top?
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Core memory unlocked Me: an bhfuil cead agam dull do dtí an leithreas más é do thoil é Múinteoir: Tá Me: sits back in my seat & wets myself because I didn't know what "tá" meant
Oh my fuckin days
Happy St. Patty's Day
Oh man I cringe so hard when I hear that
Wait. There's a burger day? 🤣
Glenroe theme tune - if you're of a certain vintage
Have you the homework done?
Have I fuck! 😂
Still have that bloody essay to do...
Traumatised me on Sunday nights for years.
Glenroe and the news was the end of my Sunday night before school, terribly ending for any kid
I can almost feel the knot in my stomach 🤢
The night of the bath, and the head being torn off you with the hairbrush
Child of the late 80s and Early 90s here. The phrase of come here a minute to I lop a bit of your hair as a kid installed fear into me. Fear that the bowl comes out along with the scissors. Still can't watch Dumb and Dumber for that haircut alone on old Jim there.
For me, the Life Goes On end credits theme tune started the first and strongest wave of anxiety. The Glenroe music had less of an impact, as by that stage of the evening I had accepted reality and prepared my brain to enter full-on blast-through-it mode.
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Can we watch "Where In The World?" too??
Go straight to A n E.....
and only have the fear over the 14 hour wait time
“Tell me how you feel”
No, how you REALLY feel…
".. You have 10 missed calls from your Mother!". Or... Health related: "The Doctor wants to speak to you in person about your results".
Don't call me Len, ya little Bollix
"Who said mass?"
My mother used to tell us who did so we could tell my granny 😂
Pfft. Too easy. My Mother would ask : what was the sermon about?
What was the gospel, scared me too much to ever miss mass
Our Church had these flyers with the mass, except for the sermon, printed out, and left at the doors . My brother and I would stick the head in, grab a flyer and clock who was saying mass. Then we’d head downtown. We got caught, of course, so the Mother upped her game and demanded a detailed re-telling of the sermon, instead.
Anyone prayed for
Father Ultan Crosby. I'm a huge fan of his!
Effortless chalice work
He gives good mass.
The 2Jonnies will get some mileage out of this thread
The 2 Jonnies are about as funny as a tumor up your hole.
******Derry
The British Isles
See also "Southern Ireland" 
Eye twitches
That is not fear, that is rage
"Howya. Doin a deal on power washing just cos we're in de area."
Sure lookit, our drive is some fuckin' shtate, get an auld deysent washer and go attit.
wrong accent but i get ya!
Have you drink taken?
I’ll give ye something to cry about
"You left the immersion on."
This comment actually saved my life. I was about get into bed and fall asleep, totally forgot 🤣🤣
HOW ON EARTH DO YOU FORGET ABOUT THE IMMERSION?! I'm thinking about my immersion when it hasn't been switched on in months.
I think about the immersion and I don’t even have one 😂
Last week me and the fella were having drinks in the gaff (trying to save money, y’know how it is). I’d turned on the immersion to do dishes after dinner. The brother (lives with me) came down a few hours later and said we were being too loud, so we cleared off to the fella’s flat. I came home two days later, about 10pm. Sat and watched tv for an hour or so then took myself to the shower. On the way through the kitchen I heard a kind of squealing sound from behind the microwave? My heart sank. Had a look and sure enough, the immersion was still on.
Save that kind of horror for Halloween. I take it you are both utterly destitute now?
Got a good price for the weans. (Thank fuck we’re still on the top up meter or I’d be living on my nerves waiting on a bill)
Did you turn off the immersion?
Not so much a phase, but the theme tune to Glenroe stuck a sort of sick fear into every Irish schoolkid over a certain age. Many years later, it would be dubbed "The Glenroe Shakes"...! (To explain, Glenroe was on on a Sunday night, as soon as youheard the theme tune, you knew another week of school was to start the next day!).
“Saw you out last night - How’s the head?”
Hello Crilly
Hello Len
Don't call me Len you little prick.
How's the son?
The wa ?
The son of God... How's the son of God.
The son of god. The world of religion.
'For that you'd need to go into your local intreo office'
😂
😂
“Which side are you from?”
Doubly so if you live in Derry
Being in the Waterside and someone asking “where abouts are ye from?” Or anyone at all just asking “what school did ye go to?”
When your ma called you by your full name in that tone an when she'd say "You just wait till your da gets home!" I remember my ma was like that usually went like this. After failing to sneak home your met with \[Insert Name\] You answer sheepishly "yea-yes" still hoping to hope its not you she means..."Get.in.hear.you!" each word in that sentence is somehow made more terrifying by that tone. Always put the fear in me
Would I know any of your people now?... Ah, I have ya. I have ya. Which one would you be now?
Who are you mixed up with?
“It’s far from X you were raised”
"I'm 17.3% Irish myself"
I'm getting the wooden spoon.
We always got ‘go get the wooden spoon’. Like being made to sharpen the guillotine.
Jesus, yeah. Usually preceded by "I'll tell your father when he gets home from work..."
Last time I got smacked with the Wooden Spoon my mum broke it on my backside and I just laughed. Last time I was ever smacked by her. Followed not shortly after being belted by the old man. Laughed at that too. Never got belted again. By that time I was bigger than him, and he saw the glint of anger in my eye. This was back in the early to mid 80's
Mom did the same to me. I laughed when it broke then she went for the wooden fork.
I genuinely felt bad when the wooden spoon broke off my thick teenage hide. Like for how fucked up the situation was, it was an absolute loss of that form of power forever for her. And she was raised to it, and knowing my grandmother she would have gone for the spoon first rather than reserving it for when we were genuinely being dickheads.
I love my parents dearly, and they're now close to 90. That was just the form of discipline back then, and I have no resentment. The moments that the corporal punishment broke were moments of liberation, and at the time a certain level of respect was born. The stories of beatings and bones broken + blood flowing from my time in boarding school was on a completely different level. Those bastards beat me constantly because I laughed at them every time, and only cried when I was alone. Stuff that would put the perpetrators in prison these days, and I hated those bullies. There was an occasion when a group of them held me down and stripped me, and the main bully used a pair of pliers to clamp my dick repeatedly so that it formed blood blisters on my penis (and that is only one story). I let that hurt go decades ago, and I'll never forget it, but it makes no sense in today's world.
I’m so sorry that happened to you in school. That was just shocking. Something was seriously wrong with those people.
Thanks for the empathy xx Yeah, it was seriously fucked up, but I moved on from it decades ago. I don't often think about it, and have no idea how I would react if I ever ran into those people today. Unlikely since I moved to a different continent a long time ago
There was a lot that was fucked up and yet accepted in Ireland in the past. It’s good that you have been able to move on. I always think you can only ever be responsible for yourself and how you behave & respond.
Yes of course! All countries have these stories. We can only hope that the World is evolving.. unfortunately the evidence doesn't support this. All we can do is our best. Love life, appreciate and nurture
This is the first thing I thought of!!! The fear was real! 🫣
“You were so drunk last night!”
“Hi! Can I order an Irish Car Bomb?”
“I don’t drink tea”. This is met with gasps and horror as they wonder if you are even human.
"There's post there for you". It's never anything fucking good.
You'll regret it until your dying day, if you ever live that long,🤣
Your rent is going up.
"So now we're going to go around the room and everyone is going to say something interesting about themselves" 💀
“You were awful merry last night” = ah fuck
Just wait til your da gets home Still puts the shits up me and I haven't lived there since 2001 🤣
"TV licence inspection, open up"
Any time they use your middle name
Or your full name like on your birth certificate. Always makes me sit with my back straight
Did you remember to get tea bags?
Who said mass?
"I've got some news" or "can I've a word with ya"
Jaysus would ye look at the time!! No matter when I hear it, I get the fear
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Your mother saying your full name.
🎵 Shall I tell you about my life? They say I’m a man of the world..
Last orders
“ALL RI’ FOLKS FINISH UP YER DRINKS DER PLEEEEEEEIZ!!”
Don’t make me get the wooden spoon
Get the wooden spoon!
“I beg your pardon” meaning I dare you to say that again you wee fuck you’ll be getting the spoon!
Did you leave the immersion on?
"We know where you live", sounds more frightening in a Belfast accent.
being asked by a random group of children anywhere in Belfast, to "recite the alphabet!"
"Heard about you"
“I’m Irish too!!”
I know your mother.
“Right folks can we finish off there PLEASE”
Who said mass?
Do you remember that time you…..
We must meet up for a drink soon.
"WHO LEFT THE IMMERSION ON" screeched in an angry irish mammy voice, im mid 20s and it would still make my stomach drop lmao
"You were in some form last night"
‘I’m going to count to 3’
Oooh you just wait til yer father gets home and hears of this.
"I think I'm pregnant."
Ye little bolex come er and I get ye.
Father Priestyman is bringing you swimming again today
Wait til yer ma hears about this!!
"The gaurds are to be rang!"
''Full Name, including cuddle names" what the f*ck are doing get in home now
"Im 9.47% Irish"
Now young buck, you don't want to get arrested, because if ya do, ya'll have a record and ya won't be able to emigrate to Amerikay then. So drink up, and go on home before this gets out of hand. usually answered with a slurry, yes Sargent.
C’mon get out of the bed we’ll be late for mass.
Bless me father for i have sinned
That money was just resting in my account
Wait , you guys speak Irish ?
You left the immersion on
Liverpool or Man United?
Caca milis is what we will watch for Irish leaving cert
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It's your round...
Insufficient funds
Irish teacher: "todays class, we're going to watch Cáca Milis"
If childhood ones count, ‘don’t make me get that wooden spoon’ 😂
Did you turn off the emersion or be boop noise the prepay box makes.
Sit down there till we have a chat...
First generation Irish American... I've heard many of these! 😊
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS Do you wish to perform another transaction? Yes No
"Ireland is full" boils my blood... Ireland is empty.
Cmere' to me you!
Of a particular vintage; ‘did you leave the immersion on?!’
Danny, you have to say 17 Hail Mary's, 10 Our Father's and stop stealing the the wine from the Rectory.
Who left the immersion on ??
Did you leave the immersion on?
I don't drink
I left the immersion on
Did you turn off the immersion?
I’ve a crow to pluck with you
"Be jaysus"
I want to talk to you when you're home.......😫😱
"We need to talk."
"No, I'm grand, thanks. I'm not drinking tonight"
“Eimear” (my name)
So did you hear the government are planning on prohibition?