# Ask the Irish Guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939 "2003-03-12T21:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glass\_onion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@glass\_onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glass_onion)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/1 "2003-03-12T21:19:52Z")
Has there ever been a thread called this…if so could someone please direct me… If not…then here it is…Ask The Irish Guy! ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/2 "2003-03-12T22:21:47Z")
Howya! Glad to see another Irish person on here! Errr who do you think will win The Gold Cup Tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/3 "2003-03-12T22:43:31Z")
Do “Irish” Americans bug the shit out of you? I have some cousins in Rosmuck and Gort, so I have visited a few times. The people have been great, but I must confess, on a few occasions I sensed a “Get the hell out” vibe. Especially in Dublin. Rarely on the west coast. Also, what is up with the west coast folks doing the stichatto breaths in when in agreement? heh heh heh yes yes heh heh ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/4 "2003-03-12T23:34:36Z")
How bad is traffic on the road (I think it is the M50) around Dublin? Like on a Monday afternoon, 1-ish or 2 -ish? And is that road the quickest way from the Dublin airport to Greystones in Wicklow? ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/5 "2003-03-12T23:54:39Z")
Whats the gold cup? How much is a pint of guiness? Does everyone have red hair and is 3’ tall? - if so, does everyone have a pot of gold? \*\* and wear green suits? What’s the best place to get a sheppards pie around Dublin? ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/6 "2003-03-13T00:26:28Z")
Do you consider everyone to be Irish/ semi-Irish on St. Patrick’s Day? ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/7 "2003-03-13T04:17:50Z")
What is the Irishman in the street’s view of Merkins? ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/8 "2003-03-13T06:17:51Z")
Can I have a little stone cottage by the sea surrounded by green Irish hills all to my little self? Please? And a Great Pyrenees dog named Seamus and a border collie named Colleen? Seriously, this is my daydream. And I’ve never been to Ireland. Might have something to do with the three little leprchauns running around here that insist on calling me “mom”. ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/9 "2003-03-13T06:19:07Z")
Merkin? Isn’t that what a Scotman wears under . . . nevermind ---
**Author:** ![FabioClone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@FabioClone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FabioClone)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/10 "2003-03-13T07:13:01Z")
Can you understand _Finnegans Wake_? Is it in top secret Irish code? ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/11 "2003-03-13T07:37:23Z")
This actually was done a few years ago, but I can’t be arsed to find the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/12 "2003-03-13T10:56:11Z")
Why do _all_ grannies _have_ to display brass horsey decoration thingies by the side of their fireplaces? 😕 How come none of you irish feckers replied to [my thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166252) about visiting Dublin? What’s the craic with that? 😛 What exactly did he say that she said that he said to her that she said anyway? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/13 "2003-03-13T11:33:37Z")
Would you say that the _Leprechaun_ movie series accurately depicts leprechauns? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/14 "2003-03-13T11:37:02Z")
Do you think that Fianna Fáil are going to get their butts righteously kicked out at the next election - and if so, who on earth is going to replace them? Does it piss you off that the health service is dying on its feet, and seems to take the worst of the private and the public systems, and combine them? Will we meet new Irish people at the next DubDope? ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/15 "2003-03-13T11:38:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priceguy \* > \*\*Would you say that the _Leprechaun_ movie series accurately depicts leprechauns? \*\* The most accurate Leprechaun movie of all time is _Darby O’Gill And The Little People_. Check it out now 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/16 "2003-03-13T11:40:06Z")
Hey **Aro** - didn’t see the other thread. Some of us will be in the Harbourmaster for **micilin’s** birthday on the 15th - sure he won’t mind if you turn up. Get there early, as it’s the night of the fireworks and we’re getting a ringside seat in the pub conservatory. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/17 "2003-03-13T11:51:04Z")
**micilin** ’s breith lá, eh? Wll, a big fat happy birthday to him and I won’t be the one to ask how old he is. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/18 "2003-03-13T12:22:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\ ***micilin** ’s breith lá, eh? \*\* Ooh, hark at her with her fancy Irish… Hey, **glass onion** , the point of these “ask the…” threads is that you’re meant to hang around and answer questions! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/19 "2003-03-13T12:55:52Z")
Actually I would like to know the cost of a pint since I’m coming over in May, gotta know how much to bring in beer money! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939/20 "2003-03-13T12:57:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Edward The Head \* > \*\*Actually I would like to know the cost of a pint since I’m coming over in May, gotta know how much to bring in beer money! \*\* Between €4 and €5 for lager, depending on the venue, though Guinness is a bit cheaper: around 50c a pint less. One Euro is worth about 3¢ more than one of your Earth dollars. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irish-guy/160939.md?page=2)