I made it into town for the homecoming
but then sat in a pub because it was a bit too crowded out on the streets. The recession is over for the green flag manufacturers, that's for sure.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 16:55, 2 replies)

@CHCB
You're gas!

At 3pm, you were ambivalent, at 5pm, curious and by 7pm, a full-blown 'Irelands Call'-ing zealot so much so you even went back for more on Sunday?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 17:00, closed)

Ha! I'm a fairweather fenian.
I didn't really go in for the homecoming, I was going for tapas and a pint or two. I only realised there were 17,500 people out in force when the bus was diverted off Dawson St.

That rugby thing was some game, mind you (but didn't get me in tears like when Ireland went out of the World Cup on penalties in 2002).
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 17:07, closed)

sure doesnt that speak volumes about the Irish...
we are more moved in defeat than in victory.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 17:09, closed)

and we must remember
NEVER to FORGET!
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 17:11, closed)

Spare a thought...
A mate of mine was in a Galway boozer when the telly died with 10 minutes to go - he ended up calling me for a commentary as all the nearby pubs were full to the rafters.

My cries of 'shit' 'fuck' 'Jaysus' and 'Welsh bastard' were apparently of little use in relieving the agony until the could locate and plug in a radio.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 17:00, closed)

such is the state of
Connacht rugby...
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 17:04, closed)