Prefab Sprouter
3-24-05, 05:08 AM
Dublin - Some Facts, Fun & Figures....
The average wage is about E25k a year...15 Euro of this goes to charity
162
Euro goes to tips.
Taxi drivers get just under 25% of all given tips - even though they
earn 4
times the national average wage - and that's just what they declare
In Dublin there are over 1,500 prostitutes operating ....most are from
outside Dublin.
None of the 'Dublin Mountains' qualify to the height required to be
actually classified a mountain.
The Temple Bar area is so called because it housed the first Jewish
temple
built in Ireland.
Dublin is the IT Call Centre capital of Europe with over 100,000 people
employed in the industry.
Dubliners drink on average a total of 9800 pints an hour between the
hours
of 5.30pm on a Friday and 3.00am the following Monday....:D
In terms of national averages women from Dublin are the least likely to
become pregnant through casual sex. (women from Meath are the most
likely) :clap:
Dublin is Europe's most popular destination with travelling stag and hen
parties. There are an estimated six hundred 'pre wedding sessions' every
weekend in the capital.:rollin:
There are twelve Dublin's in the United States and six in Australia.
In College Green there was once a statue of King Billy on a horse. It
was
blown up six times before being completely destroyed by a bomb in 1946.
The
wreck was taken to a corporation yard and the horses huge lead
testicles
were melted down and used to repair a pipe! :thumb:
Dublin boasts more homosexuals per capita than San Francisco.
Nelson's Pillar was blown up in 1966 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of
the
1916 rising. It now lies in a heap in a valley in County Wicklow. In
blowing
it up the IRA deliberately only packed enough explosives to severely
damage
Nelson and they didn't break a single window, in bringing the rest of
the
column down the Irish Army blew out most the windows in a 1000 foot
radius.
Tallaght is one of the oldest place names in Ireland and it means "The
Plague Cemetery"
Annual rainfall: 28.5 inches (73mm) :hissy:
The Luas (tram system) came in 175% over budget and 3 years late.
The Metro (underground Airport to City Centre Link) is budgeted to cost
more
to build in Dublin than it will cost to build and launch the main body
of
the international space station. :irked:
For the last 15 years running. Too few new houses have been built than
are
required to meet demand. :mad:
19.35% of the total land area inside the M50 has been re zoned for
private
dwelling for over 10 years but is yet to be built on.
The M50 is to be changed from a 4 lane motorway to an 8 lane motorway,
this
will take 4 years and the National Roads Authority admit that the day
the
new 8 lane motorway opens it will already be over and above capacity.
ahhh, but sure it aint a bad auld town....at least it won't be when it's
finally finished
:yesnod:
The average wage is about E25k a year...15 Euro of this goes to charity
162
Euro goes to tips.
Taxi drivers get just under 25% of all given tips - even though they
earn 4
times the national average wage - and that's just what they declare
In Dublin there are over 1,500 prostitutes operating ....most are from
outside Dublin.
None of the 'Dublin Mountains' qualify to the height required to be
actually classified a mountain.
The Temple Bar area is so called because it housed the first Jewish
temple
built in Ireland.
Dublin is the IT Call Centre capital of Europe with over 100,000 people
employed in the industry.
Dubliners drink on average a total of 9800 pints an hour between the
hours
of 5.30pm on a Friday and 3.00am the following Monday....:D
In terms of national averages women from Dublin are the least likely to
become pregnant through casual sex. (women from Meath are the most
likely) :clap:
Dublin is Europe's most popular destination with travelling stag and hen
parties. There are an estimated six hundred 'pre wedding sessions' every
weekend in the capital.:rollin:
There are twelve Dublin's in the United States and six in Australia.
In College Green there was once a statue of King Billy on a horse. It
was
blown up six times before being completely destroyed by a bomb in 1946.
The
wreck was taken to a corporation yard and the horses huge lead
testicles
were melted down and used to repair a pipe! :thumb:
Dublin boasts more homosexuals per capita than San Francisco.
Nelson's Pillar was blown up in 1966 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of
the
1916 rising. It now lies in a heap in a valley in County Wicklow. In
blowing
it up the IRA deliberately only packed enough explosives to severely
damage
Nelson and they didn't break a single window, in bringing the rest of
the
column down the Irish Army blew out most the windows in a 1000 foot
radius.
Tallaght is one of the oldest place names in Ireland and it means "The
Plague Cemetery"
Annual rainfall: 28.5 inches (73mm) :hissy:
The Luas (tram system) came in 175% over budget and 3 years late.
The Metro (underground Airport to City Centre Link) is budgeted to cost
more
to build in Dublin than it will cost to build and launch the main body
of
the international space station. :irked:
For the last 15 years running. Too few new houses have been built than
are
required to meet demand. :mad:
19.35% of the total land area inside the M50 has been re zoned for
private
dwelling for over 10 years but is yet to be built on.
The M50 is to be changed from a 4 lane motorway to an 8 lane motorway,
this
will take 4 years and the National Roads Authority admit that the day
the
new 8 lane motorway opens it will already be over and above capacity.
ahhh, but sure it aint a bad auld town....at least it won't be when it's
finally finished
:yesnod: