i am sparticus: Ireland

Ireland

Is wet, like most make it out to be. Did you know that the average rainfall in Ireland is measured not in inches fallen but in people displaced? Obviously this is slightly subjective, but ever since the rainfall reallocation program in the sixties and the consequent move to spread the Irish population evenly over the countryside it's been a fairly reliable indicator of precipitation. Other well know facts about Ireland I won't bore you with concern the high volume of alcohol in the tap water, the low fertility rate of their chaffinches, and the detailed rules of their national sport "cabbage".

Anyway, the first thing you notice about Ireland upon arriving in it is that it's wet. No wait, we've covered that. Alas. Okay, so well, the second thing you notice is how remarkably evenly spaced people are around the landscape. No wait, that's been covered too. Did I mention the high amount of alcohol in the tap water? Not so much something you notice immediately as something you notice after you wake up from the immediately. Which means we've still got a third thing you notice on arriving. Which will probably be the traffic. Due to legal difficulties, the confused system of relationship with Northern Ireland and a legal loophole allowing sheep to drive, cars are forbidden to drive on the right. And also on the left. This makes it simultaneously the simplest and most complex system of driving in the world. Most problems have been solved by fixing all main roads as one-way, though this still leaves issues with minor roads, and makes missing your turning on the outer ireland ring-road a real bugger.

That said, when the rain clears, you can find a way of getting where you want to, and if you can find a sheep to drive you car you can see some mighty fine scenery.

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