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My cousin's husband went for bread....
My husband went for bread too hahahaha
My mother's back garden
*Edit: cheers to @mackymc for telling me about this video - seeing is believing people hahaha!!! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2211819065511518&id=113566062003506
MagTuired
I am finding this all pretty hilarious, except for the 8 or so times I slipped and nearly fell on my hole by my house.
zenoshogun
Across the Irish Sea:
silentwolf1999
About the same for Florida during hurricanes.
NightNova
gotta make milk sandwiches!!!!
TheVindowViper
Haha, you have all been had for decades. We run a grocery store and pull most off the shelves, with milk and eggs so you can not have FT. Fu
Flames99Fuse
#9 "The beast from the East didn't want to miss any yeast!"
mischiefmanaged731
Armabreadon. I am dying. Funniest thing I have seen in a month of Sundays.
StrictlyBull
meanwhile from scotland. Busses cancelled. road packed with snow, gritter's are late as fuck as always.... FUCK IT, AM NO GOING TAE WERK!
DresdenPedalTimpani
SeamusRedfern
Oh good. I'm flying from NYC to Dublin tomorrow. Nice to know I'll be acclimated to the weather while I'm there for ten days.
NerdWife
That's if you even get to land! The storm is hitting tonight and tomorrow so flights might be affected
Knowyourcats
God that bread is so good, everytime I go to Ireland I eat as much of it as I can
RenaissanceFaireMan
What's the whiskey aisle look like?!
dingofdong
The shops take care to keep true essentials stocked
crusherjess
It was looking a little empty about an hour ago! It was fully stocked yesterday evening! :)
jaqdem
Why bread and not potatoes?
SpartyCat
Bread is better after thawing, potatoes get weird tasting/texture
GoldPlatedDish
That's cute. This was last year in Canada:
NerdWife
My aunt and cousin live in Canada, they have been laughing their head off at our pictures and how everyone is reacting
motorwaffle
Just bread and milk? No eggs? I was under the impression that French Toast was the ultimate storm survival food.
NerdWife
Nope, bread for toast, milk for tea. That's all ya need apparently.
Stripetowers
It's sliced pandemonium out there
Baerchen1
Upvote just for the westie
ISeeItWovenISeeItThread
You seem to have made a catastrophic mistake with your survival kit. It has inferior tea! Where is the Barry's!?
climbontotheshore
My family drink Lyons and it disgusts me. Have to hide my superior taste when I’m round theirs.
ISeeItWovenISeeItThread
March on brave soldier!
UnderratedCommentFinder
Sure Lyons is protestant tea.
cailinalainn
Worth pointing out- the armed robbery of a bread van article was from WWN, a satirical news site... it hasn't reached that point yet... yet.
NerdWife
Best site around, I would be literally in tears laughing when I look at it hahaha
edjlord3000
God I miss Ireland. Stay safe and warm, OP!
NerdWife
Thanks!
YesICanHearYouClemFandangoooo
I miss Ireland too.
Iamfergy
TIL. Ireland is just like the southern US when it comes to snow
Coolbacca
Well they are both places that are not used to snow and ill-equipped to handle it so...yes.
fulminatrix
This. Obviously places that don't have the infrastructure or experience to deal with snow handle it worse, guys.
plainoldfool
"Today's bread today". Is that the actual tag line?
NerdWife
Made fresh every day and uber soft from a fresh pack
Bcogz
Yup
ILoveToLurkItsSoMe
What's a Tayto?
NerdWife
Only the bestest crisps you could ever eat... Especially in Brennan's bread as a sandwich
shadowfoxirish
fuck now i want a tayto sandwich, i have bread can anyone send some taytos to me :)
jarrettbrown
As an east coast resident from the US, this is quite adorable.
AFelineMassofEyes
As a west coast resident, it would be the first time gluten-free bread would sell out.
jarrettbrown
Yep. That and Multigrain are the only things left when storms hit. They even cleaned out the Pork Roll during the last major threat.
mackymc
Look up the video from centra in jobstown pure bread man gets mobbed
InfinityEngine
Is snow just a new thing the past decade or so for Ireland? If so that seems like a pretty strong climate change argument... just saying.
NerdWife
Purely anecdotally, yeah since about Dec 2010. Before that it was fairly rare and very light when it happened. You would have one snow day 1
NerdWife
Maybe in December every couple of years. But we had a mad freeze Dec 2010 and since then alot of mad weather generally every 1-2 years (2)
Amthrob
I'm going to assume bread is a considerably larger part of the Irish diet, than I recently knew
poodles10
It used to be potatoes...
ctyler2621
Potato Bread.
metalfoto
Yeah, whats wrong with bread. They can eat donuts :D
MrDeadsr
I think that they think they can't go shopping for a long time
deathventure
This stuff happens here in florida on the regular. It pisses me off. Your bread is gonna rot before you get to eat it peraon with 20 loaves.
NerdWife
I would bet he is going to throw it in the freezer
ChetTheRocketStedman
Local stores always love a good snow scare. The supermarket by me in the US does 500k in sales easy when a snow storm is coming. From Philly
Coolbacca
Was it just me or did they way UNDERestimate the snow this year?
KillerTofu615
I'm in Ohio, it was 78F last week, and has been in the 50's this week. We've had maybe 4 inches of snow all winter.
ChetTheRocketStedman
Tbh Philly has been easy. It looked bad in December we were getting 3ish inches every 3 days for like 2 weeks. Then kinda just stopped.
Coolbacca
Oh im not saying it was a bad year, just that each time the weather called for a dusting it turned into 3+ inches
angelsichor
Me too, and I live here.
NerdWife
Apparently so! The country have lost the run of themselves haha
ITalkAboutGoats
Buy some yeast and make your own bread. Additional benefits: oven on makes warm house.
TylerWarranty
I was thinking this - bread is not hard to make.. although sometimes I end up with a different type of bread than I intended.
ITalkAboutGoats
You could try soda bread, it's so easy my five year old cousin makes it. https://fussfreeflavours.com/emergency-bread/ this isn't my normal
ITalkAboutGoats
Recipe, but I found one with non freedom units.
WabbitEars
No one knew...its unprecedented. Was no fucking milk in the local shop either
RealBuffaloMilk
Here in Georgia milk sandwiches are also a snow-time favorite.
objectreborn
Hahahahahaha
Amthrob
The things you learn about societies in chaos #BeastfromtheEast I guess
nonCanadianGoose
Well, history taught them not to be so dependent on potatoes
MooneFace
Potato here. You’d want to be careful with comments like that. We are a dependable food source t’was the bloody English.
PhilanthropicMisanthrope
Wasn't the English out rotting in the fields. Just sayin'.
MooneFace
Judas!!
thebestdamntaco
Too soon.
GriffithDidEverythingWrong
its been over a hundred years jimmy
ZacharyComstock
Yeah and my gran still remembers the tragedy
swedishspeciality
The eternally Irish dilemma eat the potato now or wait for it to ferment
NexiKuro
Dystrophic
Why tf would you get bread? Bread goes bad pretty quickly. Get something smarter.
nero4ty2
quickly? that bagged stuff from the grocery store will easily last for 2 weeks, plenty of time for a snow storm, get smarter
flickbat
SmartBread
nero4ty2
quickly? that bagged stuff from the grocery store will easily last for 2 weeks, plenty of time for a snow storm, get smarter\
ellert0
2 weeks? A whole 14 days? The bread I see in my shelves usually has like 5 days top if you find it the day it was baked.
AmHumanNotLizardMan
I find white bread goes quicker. The white bread I used to get would last 3 days before forming mold once opened. Brown bread 5/6 days+
nero4ty2
if you get bread baked in store then yeah, only a couple days, but the bagged stuff in most US mega marts has enough preservatives to >
nero4ty2
give you at least 10 days if not more
ellert0
Man that sounds convenient, I hate how fast bread runs out. Wouldn't care if my bread cost a bit more if it lasted longer.
Nobodyslogan
Do you not have freezers?
SirNames
You don't need a freezer when the world is frozen
SomeDetroitGuy
Do you not have stoves? Easy to make biscuits (American style ones).
SkeletonRecruiter
If the power goes out, you're gonna have a bad time.
SomeDetroitGuy
We've got buried electrical lines for that reason but if we didn't - why would that matter?
Blarjgrhgajhfjdfldghuihfb
A lot of people have electric stoves. If the power goes out we have no way to cook anything.
ITalkAboutGoats
Ovens can be electric
Zreen
Are you ok, Ireland?
AAAend
https://youtu.be/i6zaVYWLTkU
mindmysplatters
We still got our potatoes
DominicMcAfee
All good
motherfuckingdickbutt
No send help it is white and cold
fantasticalunicorn
We are not used to extremes in weather. Send prayers and white slice loaf
timmyg68
We don't do weather back to normal by Sunday I think
juffowup00
Depends on the Jameson reservoirs
IceCreamEyes00
Did anyone help Lynda Ryall?
votfgz
Ireland are you OK? are you OK?
hidingunderyourporchcauseiloveyou
We are so not used to it. I've two days off work paid leave like!!
robboscouse10
Why do you need bread so badly? There are other things to eat. Also the storm will pass in a day or two, how hungry are you?
angryseamus
They said the same thing about potatoes many years ago...not falling for that again!!
Yosser
Sure it's only the one crop, you'll be grand!
oivan5772
Pubs are still open
DinosaurOnABus
We're cold.
Pseudosim
Welcome to the future.
Jester8088
You need more Jameson.
LeSethX
I can send some bread
laiskamato
You're cold all the time. Now you're just cold outside as well as indoors!
mt77932
Hot tea with alcohol in it and a warm blanket.
elhopaness
Made of bread?
GodzillaHarddiskson
Or just alcohol
mfodor
New to IE. What a strange place. There was 4 cm of snow, everything is cancelled, there is no bread, milk, fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish.
greatestcereal
This is why you should be using firefox
kahdri
This was my experience during the 5 years I lived in Ireland, too! A bit of snow falls and everyone panics. I'm from Norway. I was amazed.
mfodor
It's still a bit of a mess. At least had a few lovely days of walking around in the snow. Also got to the office faster with nobody around.
kahdri
"Okay so the store's out of bread. Were they also out of taco shells & tortillas? No? Let me know if they run out of those, THEN I'll panic"
NerdWife
Where are you from originally? Welcome! And sorry for the lack of food
mfodor
Thank you! I did manage to buy some soy sauce, canned tuna, and Pringles, should be fine. From Croatia:
*<:D
MysticShield
Would love to move there for a few years some day.
NerdWife
That's going to be a very interesting dinner... hahaha
d0o0o0d
...all this drama over 2 inches?
AzzyBedlam
Hey, you leave my sex life out of this.
WeHavePi
4 CENTIMETERS!
d0o0o0d
Okay, okay, 1.574803149608 inches if you want to be precise. I was rounding up to save them a little embarrassment.
NerdWife
if 2 inches can upset your ma then why not the Irish??
EvilMorkfrom0rk
Apparently not, there is no bread!
human8060
But are there potatoes?
milofrank2
It's like Russia in the 80's lol
Dongskanker
Hopefully they still have potatoes!
gatomejores
Potato bread?
dcrimsonking
I know we joke but honestly every shop I went to since Monday is out of bread and milk. As soon as stocks are put out... Gone again!
IPostOffensiveShit
I'm going to put out there that flour salt and yeast are a pretty easy way to make bread and only requires some kind of oven.
dcrimsonking
My mam makes her own bread on account of her diet needs. But extreme weather issues are rare here. Simply not prepared for it
IPostOffensiveShit
Totally agree that people aren't prepared, but is there really households that don't have those things all the time?
JHRD1880
I'm in Cork, it's absolutely mental how unprepared people here are. And it's not even that bad.
SomeonewhoknowsadognamedEVA
huh, and here I am in the US expecting a little over 1 meter tonight
dordikaka
I hope you have enough bread
SomeonewhoknowsadognamedEVA
I dont eat bread... Save me? Really, This isn't that concerning to me. I will order Dominos and they will deliver.
kawaiimoogle
In 2010 was the last "epic winter" 3 inches snow and ppl behaved as if the world ended...traffic utter chaos supermarkets out of food etc
kawaiimoogle
They're just not used to cold or snow and panic when it appears every 5-7 years for a few days
kahdri
I was there for that! As a native Norwegian it was pretty amazing to watch. Everyone went apeshit & sidewalks/parking lots weren't gritted >
kahdri
at all. I read they ran out of sand/grit countrywide. Fairnuff except the same thing happened every winter after that... Do y'all not learn?
kawaiimoogle
I'm from Austria - it amazed me as well that such a small amount of snow and such mild temperatures in the winter cause such chaos :D
Amthrob
Legit question though; do you guys just not have snow plows and stuff?
Baruder0
I only drove over there for a week but lack of plows are the least of their worries when it comes to driving
BuzzoBumble
Snow Ploughs
bl0ke
It doesn’t happen often enough to warrant them. You’d use them every 6-8 years.
l009
Have a few but as we rarely get snow the UK doesn't buy them.
Walshd231
Just the one and its in the garage someone found a big half pipe strapped to the front of an SUV and there trying to figure out why.
ShkingsFuego
I actually spotted one in Galway the last day. First time I've ever seen one
ReadOnlyMemories
Last time it snowed the local farmer got his tractor out and ploughed the road so at least we could get to town from the village.
ThePenisEnthusiast
No, silly, they have no bread.
Snooj
They think there will still be Netflix. They obviously don't get snowstorms.
userJanM
An old saying: the only difference between Cologne and Kuwait: Cologne has one more snow plow
commitmentissuesandgainz
It’s been raining cats and dogs here lately
henryclairmont
What about potatoes as a bread substitute
laiskamato
It's too late to fire up the still.
Imalwaysready
I used to assume the same, but now I work with the Irish and they seem to rarely get snowy weather. I way misjudged their yearly climate.
KelanFlynn0
I think we have one alright.
takhat
I think we have 3, in the country...
Stuebydoo
Kind of. It took me 2.5hours to walk home from work last night. Roads seem ok today mostly
DangerTrain
They don't get snow. If it snowed in Hawaii they wouldn't be able to manage it well either, because why would they have that equipment?
Phaggotboy
It snows for 3 days, there's no point
kingflurpynurps
We almost never get snow! I’m currently off work because I live in the hills and can’t actually get out of my driveway.
dingakaa
Three days of college cancelled. The Irish are high-fiving, the Americans are shrugging, the Canadians are laughing.
sillysalmon
As a Midwestern American, I'm salty. I've had 15 minute frostbite warnings and enough ice to fall on my ass and no cancellations.
fortfantastic
I once didn't go to class because the frostbite warning was 15 min and the walk to lecture was 25.
Smittywerbenjagermenjenson
Same but in the north east
laiskamato
The Nordics are nording.
screamingshits
my cat is judging.
laiskamato
Or abbreviated: "My cat."
daguq
And small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri are real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
laiskamato
-ing.
Freeflare
In areas where it doesn't snow often, it's impractical to have a ton of snow plows. Thats part of why Portland is screwed when it snows.
ChloeRed
esp as they are normally gritters to, and only last about 3-5 years before salt damage becomes too much
ebones0
During the Dec 08 snow, Portland was a mess for weeks, drive 15min north into WA (who has plows, and chemically treated roads) it was clear
TchallaVII
And Seattle
LordGallifrey
We have 3.... we bought them in 2010... the last time we had snow...
dcrimsonking
2011 wasn't it? 4.5 hours stuck in my car on the same spot is my one memory of it. Never again, worked from home today!
leebeemariebee
It was over Christmas/new year's 2009/2010
objectreborn
There has legit been no snow in eight years? Damn, I need to move there...
NerdWife
We might have had a small 2-3 flakes drop from the sky about 3 years ago but they melted as soon as they landed.
timmyg68
Listen to the radio man we have 300 and they are all up the Sally gap revving their engines we are Sparta sryle
dirtmonkey995
That's fantastic haha
Kigliwoth
Also they dont have double Windows..
AIRBORNEALLTHEWAY
Fuckkkk that.
Samgerine
Literally everyone has double glazed windows at least. We're not living in mud huts.
StumbleJunkie
Oh No! They must be soooo cold. Kiss your money goodbye for that heating bill!
NanorRehgallag
If you mean double glazed windows, then yes, almost every home would have those
NerdWife
Some even triple
ComTruice
Not in Dublin. My flat is built 2007 and badam, single glaze.
Kigliwoth
The best thing i saw in Dublin was a church being heated be gas torches attached to fans. 5 of them. While it had swinging front doors :D
Kigliwoth
I've been there several times. Flats being heated by gas fireplaces while the wind blows through the windows. Curtains flapping and all..
chazol
Who does he think we are??
williamvanauger
in the Uk its just as bad and we do. 1.5 inches of snow and the whole country is talking about weather warnings. Idiots
Chocolatecoveredmoose
Making it out to be the end of days is idiotic, providing weather warnings for unusual weather to help people protect themselves isnt
roflcopterLOL
Tbf people have managed to get themselves killed in what little snow we got, so maybe the warnings are valid?
pottage
Some parts of the country have had a few inches of snow, and one of the headlines today is 'SNOWMAGEDDON'
milofrank2
Just like north Texas. It snows an inch and the grocery stores are empty. Snow apocalypse
iwanttoeatpie
I was in Houston once when they got a dusting that only stuck to the grass. Gov't shut down and my flight out was cancelled.
NerdWife
We don't get snow haha
DavosTheOnionKnight
Yes, you do actually get snow
Elle19
Rarely and not this heavy.
Kladeda86
What are your shovel options
Billy2sweet
I think u need some volunteers from North America and maybe Russia to come help. I'll come if you make me a true baked potato.
skillerious
We do every 6-8 years really bad. Last one was 2013 and 2010... 2010 sucked!!
kawaiimoogle
I came to Ireland in autumn 2010 born Austrian...I was so perplexed by the utter chaos back then in Cork by such a small amount of snow
skillerious
In November 2010 in belfast it snowed for a whole week and nearly 3ft of white bullshit lay on the ground lol
freeatlast
this is funny. We had the same amout of snow yesterday here in Sweden. Why the bread panic?
chazol
Where does your mam live? Snow is not that deep where I am, it looks deadly!
NerdWife
North Kildare! It's getting bad down in Wexford now too
Freakingdoomguy
If you think that is cold you should see Minnesota's winter /s
PercivalFailed
My understanding is that Minnesota is just “West Finland.”
Freakingdoomguy
But I'm not drunk and wielding a mosin nagant, so something's off
d0o0o0d
'South Canada' also works.
Cerinna
That's so weird! We get snow in the Netherlands, we're the same longitude. O_o;
Kayfons
Something to do with having a maritime climate I think. And the Gulf Stream maybe. Think the land mass is warm by ocean currents basically.
Cerinna
Ah yeah we only have a sea climate and the English/Irish isles blocking most of the Gulf stream for us.
NerdWife
Yeah, I reckon all the "would have been snow" melts into our lovely world famous rain
Samshumanmaid
Please go sledding! Find a tray, trash can lid, etc. Also find a communal snowball fight!!
SuchRelevantMuchRelate
Ride your shovel down a hill!
InfinitusEquitas
GO TUBING! Just as fun but you don't feel as bad running into other people!
NerdWife
Someone created a group event thing on Facebook to have a massive snowball fight in the capital haha, north of the river versus the south
superbadonkey
My friend started one for Cork and was contacted by Gardai to shut it down after it snowballed.
UpvoteGenerator
Tubing uses a pool donut. You sit in the hole and throw yourself down a hill or slope.
Samshumanmaid
Do this! Did it once by the White House in DC and it was epic.
roads88mph
Ireland: the GA of the UK.
roads88mph
I stand corrected: Ireland should be a part of the UK so they wouldn't be such twunts.
jibjabbers
MRW as an American I see someone say Ireland is part of the UK
irishwhale
Ireland: completely independent of the UK.
roads88mph
All right there, you know what I meant, calm down.
z0de
Amthrob
Welp, not true anymore :D How do ya feel about it?
Hakusen
From what I see, they're pretty chill about it.
Tassyr
Cold, probably.
Crowfood
my exams got cancelled, so yay, but also... fuck
NerdWife
More study time...?
Crowfood
well, that is the plan, but the group study sessions usually end up turning into.. sessions
NerdWife
It's extremely pretty right now because noone is leaving their house in the housing estate so it's untouched snow, like a big fuzzy blanket
KennethBruceGorelick
It looks like little polystyrene balls lol
TheHaloFollower
Jump off your roof and film the impact angel you make. Georgia barely got snow this year so someone has to make the commitment
tiduszecht
Take pictures for memories. Cherish them. Love Them. Enjoy Them. Snow is amazing :D
IdunnooooMaybeYes
Are you high??? Snow SUCKS! Detroit-er here.
PhilanthropicMisanthrope
And post them.
NerdWife
But later on it will be black mush ha
theguywiththememes
Protip: Don't wash your car for the next month, that shit always finds a way to make your car dirty again.
Twiggeh
Black mush with yellow dogstains all over. Then frozen poop everywhere when it thaws.
doctorbees
I've been dreading the impending poop scoop now that things are thawing where I'm at.
laiskamato
That's fucking annoying as a poop-nazi. We've had the usual on-off-on-off-winter in Helsinki, and every time there's snow, ppl just won't 1
Samshumanmaid
Nah. Yours will melt relatively quickly. You only get the ugly black snow in places where it stays below freezing for months (eg Chicago).
NerdWife
It's already black outside the housing estate haha