Irish People Are Ruthless Fashion Critics (21 Tweets)

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mattstaff
Sep 6, 2021 10:00 PM EDT

Seriously, the Irish are absolutely not to be underestimated when it comes to just how creative and staggeringly ruthless they can get when it comes to drumming up rare insults directed toward people's fashion choices. But hey, maybe you're someone who enjoys setting yourself up for a proper roasting. It can be genuinely entertaining to see what kinds of insults people will come up with when they're put to the challenge. 

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  • 01
    Font - lady of sophistication @janky_jane Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario 1:59 PM · 8/15/21 Twitter for Android
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  • 02
    Font - Patrick Bogan @Bogiesalterego Replying to @janky_jane Early 90s Omagh, bloke comes into the bar wearing a puffa jacket, 120 notes it cost, everyone is mocking him, barman says 'not sure why you're mocking him l've one of those at home...' lad getting mocked "See?" Barman continues 'aye its round the immersion heater' uproar
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  • 03
    Font - Simon Burgess O @smonburg3ss My brother-in-law rocked up to his football club in Highlands of Scotland wearing his new bright yellow puffa. He opened the door, proud as punch in his new jacket, and immediately heard "Fckng hell, which one are you, Tinky Winky or La La?" 5:48 AM · 8/17/21 Twitter Web App
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    Font - Eóin Ó Coileáin ... @L20_MTN Replying to @janky_jane I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'. 12:52 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - Loic Wright @duffles1 Replying to @janky_jane I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it. 7:02 AM · 8/17/21 · Twitter Web App
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    Font - Sinead Farrelly @sinead_farrelly Replying to @janky_jane My sister wore a brown leather satchel bag to school one day & she could hear her students saying "Jaysus here's Indiana Jones" as she walked towards the classroom 1:00 PM 8/16/21 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - Gerry Barry @rockapotomus82 Replying to @janky_jane There's a lad is Cork who is called "Chili", because his father's name is Con Kearney. 6:14 AM · 8/17/21 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - Andrew Beatty @AndrewBeatty Replying to @janky_jane I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, l'll turn off the metre." I swear I was 99 wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket. 7:20 AM · 8/17/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @janky_jane
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    Font - Jennifer Forde ... @jenniferpforde Replying to @janky_jane My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her 2:53 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter Web App
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    Organism - Paul ... @Bigape217 Replying to @janky_jane Walking into the local and one of the lads wearing skinny jeans was asked by an old fella smoking "did those trousers grow out of your arse or did they paint them on?" 3:35 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - Brian Comey @BrianComey Replying to @janky_jane Wearing a suit on my way to a job interview, I was stopped and asked what chargesI was up on. Also played football with a lad who was called Moses by all his friends cos he wore sandals once when he was 9. Another was called Barney for years after he wore a purple jumper. 2:13 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - Damien Sreenan @damiensreenan Replying to @janky_jane Camouflage t-shirt once, "Oooooh it's a floating head" was the response in the pub. 1:07 PM 8/16/21· Twitter for Android
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    Sleeve - Bryan MacDonald @27khv Replying to @janky_jane Was wearing a Russian winter hat (like the one on the left), walking down the street in Kilkenny with a friend dressed in a Tommy Hilfiger jumper with an American flag. A man on the street says "look who it is, Ivan Drago and Rocky Balboa." TOMMY JEANS NEW YORK CITY 6:56 AM · 8/17/21 · Twitter Web App 22 Retweets 2 Quote Tweets 1,227 Likes
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    Font - Eileen Left @Eileenleft5 Replying to @janky_jane Visited my family in Ireland during uni (in the US) during a heavily goth phase. At the shops with my mom (in the tiny village) dressed all in black, i overhear an elderly lady say to her friend "bless, she must have lost someone dear to be in constant mourning like that." II 7:50 AM · 8/17/21 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - CATE DEL Ciaran Nolan @Macker36 Replying to @janky_jane Seen someone a wearing black and white striped top being accused of working in footlocker.. so much so people were taking shoes off and then asking your one if they had them in a 10 in the back 9 12:54 PM · 8/16/21· Twitter for Android
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    Font - Aron D DANGER Matthew WEIRS BEYOND THIS PONT @MrWeir Replying to @janky_jane I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry l'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'. 8:05 AM · 8/17/21 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - Louise May @LouLouMayBe Replying to @janky_jane A lad wore cardigan to the pub and his mates kept asking him for werthers originals 1:13 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Outerwear - Karl_Picard ... @KarlosPicard Replying to @janky_jane Got a top like this in Penny's when in College & spent most of the year being called "High School Musical" 2:41 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter for Android 26 Retweets 2 Quote Tweets 830 Likes
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    Font - Melanie O'Beirne @MelanieOBeirne Replying to @janky_jane Back in Dublin after travelling S. America, decked out in a visually assaulting combo of zebra print leggings and tiger pattern knee high boots. Queuing into well known Dublin nightclub that evening was asked "Did you get let out of Dublin zoo or make a break for it yourself?" 8:05 AM · 8/17/21· Twitter Web App
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    Font - Phil O'Kelly @PhillyOKelly Replying to @janky_jane Saw @Tommedian do a set in the UCD bar back in the day. Friend of mine was wearing a black and white striped top and whenever he walked past the stage to go to the jacks, Tommy would break from his joke for a split sec, beep into his mic and scan him like a barcode. Every time 2:15 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter for Android
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    Sleeve - Kevin O' Connell @kjoc ... Replying to @janky_jane My buddy used to wear a short sleeved shirt, with a tie, to work in the summer. We called him Detective Sipowicz. 12:37 PM · 8/16/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @janky_jane

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