Meanwhile, In Belfast

This afternoon.

Maire tweetz:

Preparing for the 12th of July bonfire in Belfast. She’s big.

Needs more defiant tricolour

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45 thoughts on “Meanwhile, In Belfast”

VinLieger July 2, 2015 at 2:53 pm

Troglodytes

Pip July 2, 2015 at 2:58 pm

Palletive care.

scottser July 2, 2015 at 4:17 pm

suitably a-tyred

Nugget July 2, 2015 at 2:59 pm

The colour coordination of the pallets is impressive. I assume there is a tricolour set aside for the top.

Janet, I ate my avatar July 2, 2015 at 3:03 pm

at least they are getting the weather for it. Gobshites

scundered July 2, 2015 at 3:03 pm

Imagine the good that could be done giving that pile as firewood for the elderly for winter, and that’s coming from someone who grew up in such an estate.

Fortunately support for these kind of displays is fading out, though it will take time.

Mani July 2, 2015 at 3:36 pm

Imagine the blaze if they used the elderly for kindling.
1. Spaghetti Hoop July 2, 2015 at 3:39 pm
  
  Wouldn’t work. Too damp.
  1. Mani July 2, 2015 at 3:44 pm
    
    Ah they dry out easy enough in this heat.
    1. pedeyw July 2, 2015 at 3:52 pm
      
      Plenty of dry presbyterians.
  2. scundered July 2, 2015 at 3:46 pm
    
    people are fatter up there, fat is a good catalyst.

David Gantly July 2, 2015 at 3:03 pm

Will they be burning the Ivory Coast’s flag this year though? And did they ever explain why they hated the Ivorians so much?

Kieran NYC July 2, 2015 at 3:13 pm

Well they’re going to burn that Union Fleg too, by the looks of it.

ahjayzis July 2, 2015 at 3:05 pm

A noble and refined culture, worthy of preservation.

#sterilisationprogramme

Quisling July 2, 2015 at 3:19 pm

ahjayzis – actual LOL at my desk :-)
realPolithicks July 2, 2015 at 4:30 pm

+1690

Laughter Tack. July 2, 2015 at 3:16 pm

What an odd culture.

I like living far away from those British people.

Domestos July 2, 2015 at 3:57 pm

+45 mins with the boot down.
1. Laughter Tack. July 2, 2015 at 7:17 pm
  
  I live in Killarney and thankfully over 3 hours to Dublin, never mind the UK.
  
  So rare to have to come face to face with tracksuited knackers. They are here but on a smaller scale. Still wouldn’t leave a bike unlocked here though.

Nigel July 2, 2015 at 3:22 pm

It’s all very pagan, isn’t it? Pallets instead of wicker and The Sash instead of Summer Is Icumen In.

dhaughton99 July 2, 2015 at 3:25 pm

That won’t last 10 days.

Domestos July 2, 2015 at 3:57 pm

Height to peak around mid-August.

scundered July 2, 2015 at 3:30 pm

People showing hatred for others showing hatred, and so the cycle continues.

Kieran NYC July 2, 2015 at 3:41 pm

Scorn, eye-rolling and apathy more so than hatred, I would have thought.
1. scottser July 2, 2015 at 4:19 pm
  
  i’m seriously impressed by the scale of it. shame i won’t be welcome to attend it tho..

Kolmo July 2, 2015 at 3:35 pm

I wonder what actual British people from the island of Britain think of these oddballs? All the shouting, massive fires, banging drums, fleg waving, seasonal neighbour hating are the actions of a people afraid of their own shadow. History is thankfully leaving this medieval mindset behind.

scundered July 2, 2015 at 3:39 pm

Probably something the same as most Irish people watching a Sinn Fein demonstration.
1. Mani July 2, 2015 at 3:46 pm
  
  Intense pride, followed by a flurry of intense personal activity, and finished off with a hamlet and a sorbet to cleanse the palate?
  1. dhaughton99 July 2, 2015 at 3:55 pm
    
    A new tattoo, Scrumpy Jack and a joint, followed by giving the wife a slap in front of the kids to keep her in line.
    1. Domestos July 2, 2015 at 3:58 pm
      
      Wot no Stella?
David July 2, 2015 at 3:59 pm

Most Brits I know regard the northern Irish as Irish. They’re not British, like the Welsh and the Scots. Many Brits don’t understand (or care) why the Irish fight amongst themselves like they do in Ulster, assuming it’s got something to do with that religion stuff.