Ireland's Wild River

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Watched this on BBC2 tonight and it's absolutely wonderful. A wildlife photographer paddling his canoe along the Shannon. I'm in hospital and pretty ill with a virus and this was mesmerising. The photography is outstanding. It was almost like meditation. Well worth a watch.

I watched that earlier too. It was gorgeous but his voice is very soporific. Would be good bedtime viewing to send you off to the land of nod.

I was saying to DH that the herons were like Irish people all grey and battered looking and then the gorgeous Spanish egrets arrived to put them to shame

Hope you’re feeling better soon

I am gobsmacked that you actually thought it was ok to post this about Irish people on a public forum. What a horrible, nasty comment.

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Yeah I thought the same, you racist twat!!!!

Absolute idiot.

I’m Irish so I know what I’m talking about

Please tell me this is a piss take comment, I’m Irish and thought it was funny. I’m guessing by her username JaneJeffer is too.

Does everyone have to be offended by everything now?

Thanks for the recommendation OP, I’ll check that out later on iplayer.

Really which county?

I’m not taking the piss. I think calling all Irish people grey and battered until the Spanish arrived is racist as fuck and I don’t find it remotely funny.

It was joke ffs. Life must be very difficult if you take everything this seriously.

Also, that isn’t racism by the way - how offensive to people who suffer actual racism.

Ring the guards. The guards are to be rang.

Still not funny and still nasty.

It was absolutely not a joke. And yes calling an entire nation of people grey and battered is offensive and thankfully it is only idiots on the Internet who do this on real life people are actually pretty decent so don’t try so hard to make this other posters racism about me.

Bloody hell. This was supposed to be a nice thread about a lovely gentle programme. I don't think @JaneJeffer was being racist. It might have been better to have said British. We are all a bit grey compared to the exotic Spanish

Oh no if I said that I would be getting it in the neck even more 😂 I was going to put a disclaimer last night but I thought ah it’ll be grand 😬

JaneJeffer is Irish - I know as I am too....and can tell from her name, comment and 'call the Guards, the Guards are to be rang'.

Sometimes people are so quick to judge and find fault.

I have a lovely friend who often says 'would you ever RELAAAAX' in the most annoying tone....this thread puts me in mind of that!

We’re not grey though. We’re the colour of milk🤣. Especially if we are lying on a beach!

I knew what you meant. Soon we won't be able to joke about anything in case we offend somebody.

I’m reading the comments in this voice

I always thought one of the things we did very well was our sense of humour and ability to take the piss out of ourselves… clearly some people have missed the memo.