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You know you live in Ireland, 2003, when . . . . .
You consider yourself lucky if you spend less than 20 hours a week commuting
The political parties spend time and money worrying about crimes of the past and ignore the crimes of the present
You have to explain to tourists why our road signs are in kilometers, and our speed limits in miles
Someone in Dublin airport is on strike again for some obscure reason
RTE advertises and shows highlights of the programme you have just finished viewing, then tells you what wonderful value the licence fee is, before showing another re-run of the Lyrics Board
The government GIVES all third level students free fees, and still they complain. Meanwhile primary schools across the country decay
You can't make a mobile phone call on Friday evening as the entire network is jammed
Every single political party tells you that taxes have to rise and public services need to be cut back because no one has the nerve to tell the Civil Service lobby that we can’t afford benchmarking
People still admire, and vote for, the politicians implicated in the tribunals
Your newborn child will be of voting age before the Metro line opens
Educated people still clap and cheer any country beating England, in any sport whatsoever, while most of England cheers on Irish players and teams when they excel
Adults feel uncomfortable around people with darker skin than them, and mutter about them in the street, while their children happily play with children of all colours in the street and at school
People STILL vote along civil war lines
Public spending on health doubles over a five year period, with no discernable improvement in service
And despite all our individual concerns, the whole nation comes together for the Special Olympics
You consider yourself lucky if you spend less than 20 hours a week commuting
The political parties spend time and money worrying about crimes of the past and ignore the crimes of the present
You have to explain to tourists why our road signs are in kilometers, and our speed limits in miles
Someone in Dublin airport is on strike again for some obscure reason
RTE advertises and shows highlights of the programme you have just finished viewing, then tells you what wonderful value the licence fee is, before showing another re-run of the Lyrics Board
The government GIVES all third level students free fees, and still they complain. Meanwhile primary schools across the country decay
You can't make a mobile phone call on Friday evening as the entire network is jammed
Every single political party tells you that taxes have to rise and public services need to be cut back because no one has the nerve to tell the Civil Service lobby that we can’t afford benchmarking
People still admire, and vote for, the politicians implicated in the tribunals
Your newborn child will be of voting age before the Metro line opens
Educated people still clap and cheer any country beating England, in any sport whatsoever, while most of England cheers on Irish players and teams when they excel
Adults feel uncomfortable around people with darker skin than them, and mutter about them in the street, while their children happily play with children of all colours in the street and at school
People STILL vote along civil war lines
Public spending on health doubles over a five year period, with no discernable improvement in service
And despite all our individual concerns, the whole nation comes together for the Special Olympics
