You Know You're In Ireland

This will just be a post that I will continue to update throughout the semester as I find more and more things that are unique to Irish/Cork culture and/or are radically different from American/Illinois culture.

1. People talk about fantasy rugby, not fantasy football.

2. 0 degrees Celsius is "Siberian conditions" yet 2 weeks of nonstop rain is just normal weather.

3. Beer is cheaper than pop.

4. People say "Cheers" as often as the Germans would say bitte.

5. Munster ruby or DIE!

6. There are large student protests on the campus every day.

7. You walk 5 feet and see 5 people smoking.

8. Smarties = M&M's

9. You find yourself saying "zed" not "zee" when you pronounce "z".

...more to come