Re: moving to Ireland

Matthew_Stevenson@BAYLOR.EDU
Wed, 02 Jul 1997 21:27:31 -0500 

thanks to all who have been willing to advise a kid with high hopes and an 
insular background, especially susan and helena and malcs, even brian here who 
may or may not be mocking me.

On Wed, 02 Jul 1997 18:34:11 +0100 (WET DST) bananafish@lists.nyu.edu wrote:

>Matthew wrote:
>>totally unrelated to the above ramblings. . . i'm considering a move
>> to ireland within the year, have any advice?
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>	yup.
> bring:
> an umbrella, your own dope, a high alcohol tolerance, a sense of humour,
> a belief in ghosts and leprachauns and the little folk, an educated 
> opinion on Northern Ireland, a healthy sense of irony (comes in handy 
> for the previous item as does the sense of humour (and the belief in
> ghosts, leprachauns and the little people)), a proper English (not 
> American) dictionary (so that it doesn't look like everything you write
> should be in a neon sign), a multinational corporation willing to employ 
> 20,000 (highly educated but alcoholic) young people, a couple of good 
> soccer players with Irish grandparents... oh yeah and bring me over a 
> few of those Reece's chocolate peanut butter things, I just can't get
> my hands on them over here.
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> leave behind:
> sensitivity to racism, tastebuds, your driving licence (unless you've
> pockets of money to pay for car and insurance), shamrock-type paraphenalia 
> and other patronising assortments, your U2 albums, pretensions to literary
> greatness (you might as well get used to it before you arrive here: you'll 
> never be as good as us - it's in our blood!), expectations of good service,
> those dreadful baseball caps that have taken over the planet (who invented 
> the blasted things anyway - some baseball person? a moron? They're ruining
> the art of haircutting! What's gotten into people?), expectations of 
> punctuality, any sort of body piercing or other grotesquerie - you'll be
> sent right back on the next flight after having each ornament meticulously
> removed with a rusty hedge clippers (but we'll let you keep your baseball 
> cap)...
> 
> looking forward to seeing you (and don't forget those Reeces) 
> 
> turn me over, I'm done
>-- 
>Brian 
>fentonb@mathds1.ul.ie  
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