impatient, obnoxious, petty, argumentative, and obsessed over meaningless details
I am off to Cork this weekend. It is the real capital or you could call it the fillet of Munster.
I asked a colleague who recently moved from Cork if there were any issues with what he had just done. He said “of course, they hate you up here and then they hate you back in Cork”. I told him it serves people from Cork right. They abused people from Dublin every time they visited Cork and as soon as the tables are turned they get very paranoid. When nobody really minds them in Dublin they still cant get away from it at home. This never really happened to me. All I ever got was “are you still above in Dublin” and “I don’t know how you can live there” and “its so bloody expensive”.
The peoples republic of Cork with its tongue in cheek asks “Is it acceptable to live in Dublin?”
Only for work – you should not enjoy yourself there and you should socialise within strongly Cork circles to keep up to date on external revolutionary movements. We recognise that it is not the fault of Cork Citizens that they must travel to the pale to find employment or education but rather the oppressive regime that centres everything in the Irish State around the capital is to blame.
Is it right to be friends with Dubliners? Should I attack them?
Cork people must give an unequivocal welcome to any citizen from outside the county. Instead of seeing the relationship as being “friends” we suggest you take on more the role of “counselling acquaintance”. Bring them to Cork for a visit. Show them why its so good to be from Cork. Let them in on it.
I couldn’t find some of the classic Radio Roy from today FM but this is amusing:
I especially like the asides and some of the things that Cork people are secretly jealous of Dublin for:
“pilates”, “frappachino”, “bod”, “ice bar”, “kielys”
Still they have St. Main Street which is a secret version of Dublin. There is a Captain Americas and Yamamori noodles.
Then there is “The Classic” – a pub that made me laugh so loud when I saw it and imagined it being said in a Cork accent.
Mblaa, place is full of misplaced egos. Can’t dance on the dancefloor as all the beautiful people are too busy trying posing, thinking that their on the catwalk. Wouldn’t be too bad if they were goodlooking! – Sally, Cork
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