so you're in a restaurant in Dublin and the waiter asks if you want the dessert menu...

[dellzeqq]

do you say
a) 'that would be nice, thank you'
b) 'my tummy's fairly bulging, but oh, how I do adore indulging'
c) 'is the Pope a Catholic?'

 

[stephec]

Ring your bank to arrange an overdraft more likely.

I've worked in Ireland many times over the past fifteen years, and the prices in restaurants have gone crazy in the past five years or so!

 

[vernon]

Ring your bank to arrange an overdraft more likely.

I've worked in Ireland many times over the past fifteen years, and the prices in restaurants have gone crazy in the past five years or so!

Twenty eight years ago I bought a Dublin day return from Leeds. The fact that it took two and a half days to do is another matter...

To cut to the chase, I was looking for a curry house in Dublin to have an evening meal before catching the ferry back to England and when i finally found one and looked at the menu posted outside, I rapidly changed my mind - A starter, main course, rice and bread came to around thirty five quid!

So I decided to slum it and found the equivalent of a Wimpy. I ordered a burger, fries and coke and nearly choked when they asked me for five and a half Irish pounds - remember this was twenty eight years ago...... I was starving and reluctantly stumped up.

And why would I want a Dublin day return from Leeds?

It cost £10, two quid less than a London day return and you got a litre of vodka thrown in on the homeward leg. I'd considered weekend 'commuting' for a couple of months to build up my vodka stocks but the trauma of the food pricing, VAT was 30% or higher at the time there, and the sea crossing was particularly rough with the toilets awash in vomit put me off the idea.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

tell me, please, you didn't go with c) ?

 

[Gary E]

d) No thanks, bring me another Guinness.

 

[biggs682]

d) No thanks, bring me another Guinness.

reminds me of my 2 trips to Dublin all been work related , so along with a pudding there were a few chears tom (the boss)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Last time I was in Dublin I went with the pudding, don't work for him anymore though.

 

[dellzeqq]

tell me, please, you didn't go with c) ?

I'm afraid she did. One of those magic moments........

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm afraid she did. One of those magic moments........

Tell her I love her even more now!

Was there a wobble in the "Grand, grand, thanks a million" Jackeen fake bonhomie?

 

[dellzeqq]

Tell her I love her even more now!

Was there a wobble in the "Grand, grand, thanks a million" Jackeen fake bonhomie?

not so much a wobble - more a shudder.

I suggested that 'does the Pope shoot in the woods?' might be an improvement

 

[GrumpyGregry]

not so much a wobble - more a shudder.

I suggested that 'does the Pope s*** in the woods?' might be an improvement

You must have been going some to find the only restaurant in Dublin still staffed by Church-going Catholics who give a toss about the Hierarchy.

 

[Trail Child]

I suggested that 'does the Pope s*** in the woods?' might be an improvement

And dirty those Prada shoes? Inconceivable!

 

[dellzeqq]

Prada shoes. If I tell her that she'll start purchasing rosary beads and all sorts! Are you sure?

 

[Trail Child]

Prada shoes. If I tell her that she'll start purchasing rosary beads and all sorts! Are you sure?

http://luxpresso.com/news-couture/pope-wears-prada-his-bishop-armani/4930

 

[compo]

Keep away from Temple Bar. That is reserved for hen parties and other silly tourists looking for what they believe to be the real Irish experience!
I can thoroughly recommend Burdocks fish and chips in Werburgh Street, not a restaurant but you will get change from a 10 euro note. I lived just down the road in Bride Road for a while.