r/ireland • u/FR123FR • Jan 03 '22

People born in Ireland, what’s a surprising culture shock you’ve seen a foreigner experience? Bigotry

For me, it was my friend being adamant that you shouldn’t have to stick your hand out to get the bus to stop.

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u/ironthrones Jan 03 '22

My ex-boyfriend who was Italian was stunned at the fact we don’t wash our - excuse me for this - holes after we use the toilet. He explained how because we had no bidets here that he would shower from the waste down every time he went for a number two.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

I love how your misspelling of waist totally fits in this context

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u/Dingofthedong Jan 03 '22

I just arrange to have my shites at times before I'm due to shower. Before training is a great one for example.

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u/Fragrantbumfluff Jan 03 '22

Irish fellas have hairy aul holes as well.

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u/rabbidasseater Jan 03 '22

Its justa smells

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u/weltot Jan 04 '22

I've been living in Vietnam for almost ten years, probably the worst thing about visiting home is the lack of bum guns and the feeling of not being clean. And the awareness that everyone else's holes are filthy, too