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Irish people, I NEED to know: What do you think of these weird shirts that rednecks in my home town wear?
Yeah, that's about what I expected
Americans hear “Irish Republicans fought the Black and Tans” and assume that every one of those words mean what they think it means.
Have you heard the good word about the Pembrokeshire walrus yet?
This walrus is fucken lost.
But Wales has lost its collective shit about it. They're generally keeping its location secret to keep people away, but we get updates every day if it's still here, if it's happy, if it's healthy. We think it was in Ireland about two weeks ago, which is interesting, because it is not actually native to Ireland either. Why is it here? No one knows.
It seems to like Pembrokeshire beaches.
I regret to inform you all that the walrus is a delinquent.
In attempting to climb aboard a dinghy in Tenby it capsized it.
It then proceeded to Tenby harbour where it tried to climb aboard a fishing boat.
Incredibly, this is not an April Fools
Today on English People RUIN Everything, a bunch of English tourists from Essex and Leeds broke covid-19 regulations and travelled to Tenby over Easter to try and see Wally (so named after Where's Wally) and crowded him with jet skis and surfboards and stuff, so he's not been seen since Monday. We don't know yet if he's moved to a secluded spot again, or left Wales entirely.
But, you know, I doubt we were going to have Wally for much longer anyway, since they need to head back home again at some point. Godspeed, Wally. May your fish be ever plentiful.
The English went back home and Wally came back to Tenby! We stan a true Welsh icon, folks.
Some facts about Wally:
This story on Wales Online claims she’s believed to be male, but then uses female pronouns. It also features a video of some Welsh people chatting about Wally, including a child whose first language is very clearly Welsh and by the end of his part is struggling to think of things to say about the walrus in English.
WALLY UPDATE!!
The Western Telegraph has opted for male pronouns, and is being very firm that Wally is male, although other news outlets are still all over the place. But what has Wally been up to the past few days?
What an Icon.
The photographer of this picture, one Amy Compton who has been Wally’s official photographer since the start, has been making these delightful Wally masks (inset). They sell for £5, of which £1 goes to Welsh Marine Life Rescue. If you would like your own Wally mask, contact her here!
So Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, and Adam Driver showed up at the Belfast airport in Ireland. I think my favorite thing about it is Daisy and Adam’s efforts to hide their faces through jackets and sunglasses
And then Mark’s just like HEYYYYY!
freshman year vs senior year
If you’re ever in an Irish speaking part of Ireland (Gaeltacht), and you see a mother with her child, tell her, “Ith an páiste.” It’s a beautiful way of saying, “Your motherhood glows with radiance and grace.” There is no English equivalent for this so give it a go!
last time i trusted an irish guy i walked home at 4am with my bra in my handbag so lets see
ah yes
never trust the irish
It’s just a modest proposal
anyone remember hozier? that wild son of a gun loved church
He recently invaded an apartment block with a bunch of homeless people and barricaded it from being retaken by the cops to protest Ireland’s disgusting treatment of the homeless and highlight the crisis we’re facing
It was fucking awesome
wtf I love hozier now
y'all hear they’re bringing an alcoholic energy drink to Ireland?? anyway i’m planning to chug 40 of the bastards and enter a new plane of existence
Irish self care is mixing Guinness with Red Bull, downing 40 of the shits, and astral projecting in an abandoned Tesco car park at 3 AM
A friend of mine randomly met Adam Driver in a pub in Ireland today. I can’t even describe how jealous I am.
*screaming* i dunno when you made this post, but if it’s after Cannes, then omg im hyped
Today! (19.5.16) My friend met him yesterday evening (I got that wrong on the first post, oops).
My friend posted an update about how the meeting between them approximately went down (note that the dialogue is not verbatim since I only roughly translated her German post).
She sits next to someone who looks very much like Kylo Ren (she didn’t remember his real name at the time).
She: You look a whole lot like Kylo Ren.
Adam: That could be because I play Kylo Ren.
She: Oh. Ah. Okay. Probably. Then it’s okay.
Instead of leaving this awkward conversation, Adam proceeded to shake her hand, tell her that it’s nice to meet her and talk with her about Ireland and the shooting locations of the next Star Wars episode.
So, briefly speaking, Adam Driver takes time to talk to fans despite the fact that he a) just came back from Cannes, b) was probably stressed, c) was in the presence of bodyguards, and d) the fan in question was pretty awkward and blushed a whole lot. Seems like he is indeed a very nice and down-to-earth guy.
I love this story! Adam sweetness confirmed. Did any of us really have any lingering doubts?
An irish dude at the sports meet jumped on a car and dented it, so they shoved a bunch of money into the door, but then they all pounded out the dent anyway while chanting “all the boys in green fix the car”
chaotic good
Sad to see them go.
ireland is such a strange and magical place
