Myself and another lad were swimming this morning. Met a French lady out walking her dog as we were coming out of the water. She actually used the phrase ‘ooh lah lah’ when talking to us!
The French phrase oh là là isn’t so much an expression as an interjection. It can indicate surprise, disappointment, commiseration, distress, or annoyance.
I’d say it was in relation to disappointment due to the cold.
Out for a stroll with Juhy Junior in Santry demesne. Never been before but it’s a lovely park. Chanced upon a cross country 5 k race. Thought the front lads were bombing it, one African lad in particular. Turns out he won bronze at a Europeans before! Juhy Junior was well impressed. Great watch.
There’s a lovely Venezuelan couple who set up a coffee van at porto train station about 5/6 years ago. Lovely people, good craic, great coffee. Grown to 3 vans and the restaurant in the leisure centre. Some fuckers broke in and nicked their shit the other night. Coffee machine, stock, nearly everything. Someone set up a gofund me and they’ve got the guts of 7 and a half grand in 2 days! Good things happening out of bad.
I was in an Italian Restaurant in town with Mrs Barnes a few years ago. There was a stereotypical handsome young Italian waiter there flirting with all the women, and he took a particular shine to Mrs Barnes. Taking her coat, presenting the menu with a big dramatic flourish while all the time chattering away half in Italian and haof in English . All that type of aul guff. Anyway when we were leaving he made another big fuss putting on her coat and walking us to the door before calling ‘Ciao Bella’ after us as we walked away. 'What does that mean? I ask Mrs Barnes. She thought about it for a second before replying 'Go on you good thing!