Signs that you may be Irish...

[Diable Rouge]

1. You instinctively thank the bus driver on alighting from said vehicle.
2. The phrase "Stop the lights" is a perfectly natural response to astonishment.
3. Continuously behaving identically in expectation of different results.
4. If male, maternal devotion approaches Oedipal proportions.
5. Patriotism and exile are directly correlated.

[WOM]

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Congratulations on 6002 posts. 6000 of which I didn't understand a word.....of. But there you are. A milestone upon which to be remarked....upon. Many, many more.

I do 1), get 4) and can't fathom the rest.

[Vulgarian Visigoth]

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Diable Rouge wrote: 1. You instinctively thank the bus driver on alighting from said vehicle.
2. The phrase "Stop the lights" is a perfectly natural response to astonishment.
3. Continuously behaving identically in expectation of different results.
4. If male, maternal devotion approaches Oedipal proportions.
5. Patriotism and exile are directly correlated.

6. You have one of those dwarf palm trees in your garden.

[Bored Of Education]

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Diable Rouge wrote: 1. You instinctively thank the bus driver on alighting from said vehicle.

Also Welsh (See "Cheers, drive")

5. Patriotism and exile are directly correlated.

Also Welsh.

[evilC]

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I always thank the bus driver when alighting ...unless he's been a cunt, that is!

[Stumpy Pepys]

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Diable Rouge wrote: 1. You instinctively thank the bus driver on alighting from said vehicle.

People in the north of England do that as well.

I've had to stop myself doing it where I live, because the locals consider it strange.

[Vulgarian Visigoth]

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Stumpy Pepys wrote:

1. You instinctively thank the bus driver on alighting from said vehicle.

People in the north of England do that as well.

I've had to stop myself doing it where I live, because the locals consider it strange.

They do it in London too. I don't think it's a regional thing(or even national).

[Vulgarian Visigoth]

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Stumpy Pepys wrote:

1. You instinctively thank the bus driver on alighting from said vehicle.

People in the north of England do that as well.

I've had to stop myself doing it where I live, because the locals consider it strange.

They do it in London too. I don't think it's a regional thing (or even national).

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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they don't do it often in london. I used to do it when I lived there, and the drivers often seemed genuinely shocked.

[Vulgarian Visigoth]

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The Awesome Berbaslug!!! wrote: they don't do it often in london. I used to do it when I lived there, and the drivers often seemed genuinely shocked.

Maybe I'm getting my experiences mixed up (or maybe I was in a particularly un-posh part of London).

[Fussbudget]

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I've hardly ever seen anyone do it in London, and I've lived in Deptford so I don't think it's a posh/non-posh thing.

[MsD]

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I've never done it (except where I've been chatting to the driver and he's given me directions, very rare) and seldom seen it in London.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

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7. You have a horse in your back garden.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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Rogin, you can't keep a horse in a back garden. Do you know how much shit one horse produces?

[Fussbudget]

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Whereas if you have a horse in your house it's more of a sign that you may be from County Durham.

[MsD]

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A Ghost in your House might make you R. Dean Taylor.

[Duncan Gardner]

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Indeed. One of Motown's finest.

[MsD]

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I've actually considered adopting a donkey (with a donkey or goat friend).

[MsD]

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I could save a brayer for the morning after.

[ad hoc]

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I've always thanked the bus driver too. It's how I was brought up. But I don't remember if I stood out as a child for so doing (which presumably means I didn't)

They do it in Australia too. Or they do in Brisbane which I think is the only place I've caught a bus there.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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Donkeys are lovely animals. Very calm pleasant creatures as long S you don't mistreat them or ask them to do anything. They're like very clever horses without the neuroses but with clear boundaries.

[My Name Is Ian]

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Everybody always thanks the drivers in Brighton and the surrounding areas. It wouldn't occur to me not to.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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7. You think it is acceptable to put a whole fried breakfast into a baguette

[Nurse Duckett]

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Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote: 7. You have a horse [strike]in your back garden[/strike] outside.

(I know it's not exactly new...)

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

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You think it is acceptable to put a whole fried breakfast into a baguette

No, that's not an Irish thing. The cafe at Preston station does exactly that. Mind you, Mark Lawrenson's from Preston, maybe he started it.