-Is it getting better Voxer?
-Nah Christie, not when I’ve never seen you looking so lovely
-Do you feel the same?
-As you did tonight? Yeah lovely alright, […]

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Men
-There, look, a whole page of naked men
-Definitely naked
-No bones about it
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Dublin Accent
-Where are you from?
-Ireland
-No. Obviously you’re from Ireland, but where in Ireland are you from?
-Oh, Dublin
-That’s not a Dublin accent
-It’s not?
-No. I know Dublin […]

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Chicane
-He’s not here?
-No, and he won’t be happy
-Why not?
-We’re not inside
-At least we’re at the right side of the bar
-Doesn’t matter. We’re not sitting in […]

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Wind
-Well?
-What?
-Well?
-What?
-You know bleedin’ what
-What?
-Did ya get gee? Did ya get box? Did ya get your hole? Did ya get the ride? Did ya shift? Did […]

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Questions & Answers
-Were ya drinkin’ last night?
-I was
-Stout?
-Stout
-Were ya at the House, yeah?
-No
-Were ya down the road, yeah?
-No
-Did ya meet Mick, yeah?
-No
-Are ya going down […]

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-Tell us Philo, did ya ever actually meet Captain Farrell?
-As I was goin’ over the Cork and Kerry mountains
-The Cork and the Kerry Mountains? Are […]

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Cats
-Did ya not even torture cats when ya were growin’ up?
-NO
-Best thing really…the noise they make
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Five Pence
-But as I didn’t have a 5p I couldn’t get one
-Pee? What’s pee?
-Pence, like your cents; there’s a hundred pence in a pound
-And what’s […]

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Rommel
-My name is Rommel and I’ve just killed you all
-How the bleedin’ hell did you get here?
-In me tank
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Disparaging Remarks
-You made disparaging remarks about me last night
-What kind of remarks?
-Disparaging
-Isn’t that a soup?
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Calling a banking service in Ireland is kind of like calling an American Bank. Kind of.
Last summer I got Niamh, who was very polite […]

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Dollymount
-So?
-What?
-Did yeh go for nice meal, meet the folks, catch a film?
-Nah, I couldn’t think of anything to do, so I took her down to […]

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African-Americans
-Do you have them in Ireland?
-Who?
-African-Americans - do you have them in Ireland?
-When they get on a plane and go there, yeah
-No. I mean, what […]

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Having a Pint
Speaking of Dublin Pubs and all:
-One of these days I’m going to miss getting me hole through having a pint
-One of these days […]

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A Sensible Person
-May I join you?
-It’s not taken
-You don’t say much
-I don’t know you
-You’re British
-I’m not, no
-Where are you from?
-Ireland
-My father is part Scandinavian and […]

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Leaves Changing Colour
-I love spring; It’s just so wonderful, don’t you think?
-It is quite nice yeah. It’s certainly colourful
-Oh you should see fall, it’s much […]

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Someone From Europe
-Excuse me sir
-Yes?
-Where are you from?
-I’m from Ireland
-Iowa?
-Ireland
-Island?
-IRE-land
-Ireland?
-Yes
-Where’s that?
-It’s in Europe
-Oh. Hey everybody! Listen up! We’ve had people here today from all over […]

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Impossible to Understand
-That Eddie Delahunt, you can’t understand a word of his, singing or talking
-Both of your parents are from Ireland?
-Yes
-But you can’t understand Eddie?
-Nobody […]

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Don’t Say You’re Not American
-What did you just say?
-I said, “Because I’m not American, sometimes the…”
-Don’t ever say that
-Say what?
-That you’re not American
-I’m not American
-Don’t […]

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