Was It For This?

11:14 am January 17, 2013 Lars Biscuits

Ooh, I say, Mr. Papadopolous!

Get out of MY pub, you slag!

Rickyyyyyyy

Leave it, Phil. She’s not worth it.

Etc.

Spotted in Academy Street, Cork.

30 thoughts on “Was It For This?”

frillykeane on January 17, 2013 at 11:19 am said:

Nick must’ve got his act together
- seany_delight on January 17, 2013 at 12:48 pm said:
  
  Sling yer’ook
D on January 17, 2013 at 11:23 am said:

What am I meant to be seeing here?
- Rod on January 17, 2013 at 11:28 am said:
  
  It’s just another rant about English culture in Ireland, if the same thing happened in England against the Irish everytime someone spotted something funny connected with the Irish there would be uproar.
  
  The phrase “treat others as you would like to be treated yourself” comes to mind everytime I read these “Was it for this” posts.
  - Stiegl on January 17, 2013 at 11:35 am said:
    
    Can someone please explain to me what “was it for this” even means??
    - John Gallen on January 17, 2013 at 11:41 am said:
      
      That IS what it was for!
    - Mikey on January 17, 2013 at 11:41 am said:
      
      Dot Cotton is an Eastenders character.
      - Godwin's Law Police on January 17, 2013 at 2:19 pm said:
        
        Thanks, that at least sheds a little light.
    - Kath on January 17, 2013 at 11:59 am said:
      
      “Was it for this” references the Yeats poem ‘September 1913′. Its used satirically e.g. Did people die/sacrifice (to give Ireland independence) for this?
      - funman on January 17, 2013 at 2:32 pm said:
        
        It doesn’t sound as funny anymore when you actaully explain it. Maybe its time to move on..
        Okay, who do we hate next? The French? I cant stand their ‘ooh-la-la’di’da’ ways…
      - Stiegl on January 17, 2013 at 5:25 pm said:
        
        Thank you :)
  - Rob on January 17, 2013 at 12:25 pm said:
    
    Stop saying things that could be construed as being in some way negative about England, you murderous, knuckle-dragging Celtic fan car bombers! They’ve always been sound to us and they don’t deserve it.
    - Rod on January 17, 2013 at 1:04 pm said:
      
      that’s it exactly, there are far too many people determined to take out their gripes with the British today for things that happened hundreds of years ago, and keep us living in the past by looking like complete bigots, time to move on.
  - cluster on January 17, 2013 at 12:54 pm said:
    
    Think you’ll find much more genuinely nasty anti-Irish sentiment in the English media than vice versa.
  - C Sharp on January 17, 2013 at 1:22 pm said:
    
    It seems BS need to start using wink smileys in their headlines.
Iwerzon on January 17, 2013 at 11:24 am said:

Peggy,Peggy,Peggy,Peggy,Peggy,!
John Gallen on January 17, 2013 at 11:40 am said:

“Ooh, I say, Mr. Papadopolous!

Get out of MY pub, you slag!

Rickyyyyyyy

Leave it, Phil. She’s not worth it.

Etc.”

I know that is a soap reference but I don’t get the connection :/
…maybe that’s a good thing.
Simon on January 17, 2013 at 11:42 am said:

Can someone please explain what this is all about.
- DD on January 17, 2013 at 12:22 pm said:
  
  You should be thankful that you don’t know.
- Rod on January 17, 2013 at 1:05 pm said:
  
  bigotry against the British
  - C Sharp on January 17, 2013 at 1:19 pm said:
    
    Is it?
    
    Must have missed that.
Martin on January 17, 2013 at 11:44 am said:

Jesus , must be a slow News Day
- Mike on January 17, 2013 at 11:46 am said:
  
  More like a friend of a friend giving a free Advertising plug !!
- Clampers Outside! on January 17, 2013 at 12:31 pm said:
  
  Jesus has a quick day everyday!
bisted on January 17, 2013 at 11:48 am said:

…in fairness though, gets the message across…quite clever really.
dazzler on January 17, 2013 at 11:56 am said:

meh. free advert. next…
Rob on January 17, 2013 at 12:16 pm said:

When it says ‘pants’ does it mean, like, actual pants?
- DD on January 17, 2013 at 12:23 pm said:
  
  Literally.
- sean on January 17, 2013 at 12:31 pm said:
  
  I’m from East County Cork and pants to me always meant trousers in general, not underwear! Possibly a regional thing.
  - cluster on January 17, 2013 at 12:55 pm said:
    
    I thought the same in Dublin, Sean.