Just like the Three advert, ‘Ah shur, you know yourself’.
It’s like when someone asks if you’re busy. Typical answer is ‘flatout’.
It’s like we are afraid to admit it.
Past_Key_1054 on
Aren’t like 60% of Irish adults overweight or obese? Or by in good health do they mean not presently ill?
Kind of reminds me of the fear of crime vs crime rate disparity.
HibernianMetropolis on
Classic Irish auld lad attitude. If they don’t require immediate hospitalisation, then sure they’re grand. We’re definitely not the healthiest in Europe, but I’d believe that we’d be the least inclined in Europe to admit to not being in good health.
Rich_Macaroon_ on
You’d have to wonder how they coded the word “grand”
Key_Duck_6293 on
Vibes vs. Medical fact are usually a world away from eachother
perplexedtv on
A direct result of GP visits being so expensive that nobody gets the bad news they should probably hear.
whooo_me on
“So, how are you?”
– “Ah sure, grand, and yourself?”
[writes down answer, walks away]
– “…..don’t they want to know how I really am?”
Ok-Establishment1159 on
There’ll be lots of negative reactions to this but health and health care system aren’t the same thing. We have high quality produce and are a pretty sporty country. Food, exercise, sleep etc.. are big factors in being healthy
qwerty_1965 on
You only have to look at the typical pub clientele or a bus of school children to see our health is in a crisis of fattitude. Dreadful diet, no meaningful activity, poverty (cold, damp). 80% is a bad joke.
Whistling past the graveyard stat
Separate_Noise_8 on
Them fellas has me destroyed
MajorGreenhorn on
“I think I should get both parachutes, cause I’m great”
bigpadQ on
This is exactly why you can’t trust self reported data
enflame99 on
Ah sure it’s only a missing arm like. I am grand otherwise.
Ainderp on
A lot of Irish people are codding themselves hah
RevTurk on
Guinness really is good for you?
PutsLotionInBasket on
I think this is just a measure of the fact that (by Western European standards) we have a young population.
Hephaestus-Gossage on
“Ah, it’s nothing. I’ll be grand. It’s just a lump. It’s the heat. It’ll go away on its own. Don’t be bothering over me. I wish I hadn’t told ye now.”
thats_pure_cat_hai on
I swear OP spends his or her days scouring the internet to find random charts that show Ireland in a good light.
pierco82 on
The Irish mentality of, ah its grand, is something fierce
Like about 10 years ago I had a cooking mishap. Basically I was taking something out of the oven and it kinda exploded all over my face. Boiling oil probably around 180 degrees got into my right eye and everything
I sat in the shower running cold water over my face for around 3 hours. My girlfriend, who was Dutch, was begging me to go to the hospital.
She just didn’t understand that it’ll be grand. I was only blind for like a day or two. It basically sorted itself out.
NocturneFogg on
HSE breaths a sigh of relief !
Xonxis on
Now how many of that precentage smoke vapes 😂
ScenicRavine on
We just don’t complain. Other countries probably have a higher bar for this.
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Ah sure you know, could be worse
Just like the Three advert, ‘Ah shur, you know yourself’.
It’s like when someone asks if you’re busy. Typical answer is ‘flatout’.
It’s like we are afraid to admit it.
Aren’t like 60% of Irish adults overweight or obese? Or by in good health do they mean not presently ill?
Kind of reminds me of the fear of crime vs crime rate disparity.
Classic Irish auld lad attitude. If they don’t require immediate hospitalisation, then sure they’re grand. We’re definitely not the healthiest in Europe, but I’d believe that we’d be the least inclined in Europe to admit to not being in good health.
You’d have to wonder how they coded the word “grand”
Vibes vs. Medical fact are usually a world away from eachother
A direct result of GP visits being so expensive that nobody gets the bad news they should probably hear.
“So, how are you?”
– “Ah sure, grand, and yourself?”
[writes down answer, walks away]
– “…..don’t they want to know how I really am?”
There’ll be lots of negative reactions to this but health and health care system aren’t the same thing. We have high quality produce and are a pretty sporty country. Food, exercise, sleep etc.. are big factors in being healthy
You only have to look at the typical pub clientele or a bus of school children to see our health is in a crisis of fattitude. Dreadful diet, no meaningful activity, poverty (cold, damp). 80% is a bad joke.
Whistling past the graveyard stat
Them fellas has me destroyed
“I think I should get both parachutes, cause I’m great”
This is exactly why you can’t trust self reported data
Ah sure it’s only a missing arm like. I am grand otherwise.
A lot of Irish people are codding themselves hah
Guinness really is good for you?
I think this is just a measure of the fact that (by Western European standards) we have a young population.
“Ah, it’s nothing. I’ll be grand. It’s just a lump. It’s the heat. It’ll go away on its own. Don’t be bothering over me. I wish I hadn’t told ye now.”
I swear OP spends his or her days scouring the internet to find random charts that show Ireland in a good light.
The Irish mentality of, ah its grand, is something fierce
Like about 10 years ago I had a cooking mishap. Basically I was taking something out of the oven and it kinda exploded all over my face. Boiling oil probably around 180 degrees got into my right eye and everything
I sat in the shower running cold water over my face for around 3 hours. My girlfriend, who was Dutch, was begging me to go to the hospital.
She just didn’t understand that it’ll be grand. I was only blind for like a day or two. It basically sorted itself out.
HSE breaths a sigh of relief !
Now how many of that precentage smoke vapes 😂
We just don’t complain. Other countries probably have a higher bar for this.