Comments on: The Irish goodbyes: The neverending phonecall and the night out Fade http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/ Beauty, Fashion, Life Fri, 24 May 2013 00:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sinbon http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1063881 Sinbon Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:21:34 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1063881 Oh that gets on my wobbly bits. Goodbye once is enough.

]]> By: Louise http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1048104 Louise Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:33:02 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1048104 The ‘Fade’ is known as a ‘Slipsy’ in my circle of friends. Being that I was always the last to bail out of any gathering involving alcohol and nattering my first Slipsy was met with an uproar (I was 30) not too bad methinks.
I hate that bye bye bye business,my mam does it but she does it with a little laugh,which I don’t understand but I let it slide because she’s cute :-)

]]> By: IceQueen http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047379 IceQueen Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:04:25 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047379 The boyfriend is very guilty of the Fade. But the lads call it “doing a burner”.
Its actually become a bit of an issue now coz its generally assumed that he has gone home when he disappears. And he doesnt answer his phone when they text/ring to find out if he’s okay. They have stopped bothering now.
I’m just waiting for the day when he bumps into someone accidentally (as we all do when drunk and cant walk straight!!) has the head beaten off him, and the lads never know any different coz he didnt bother saying goodbye to anyone!!

Not to put a downer on the post or anything!!

]]> By: boo http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047313 boo Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:35:41 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047313 I know. Sometimes if I need to check plans etc I ring for a “quick minute”it goes something like this.I’m only ringing for a second …. half an hour later, Ok I’m really going this time and then maybe ten minutes later the call might end. In saying that I’d be lost without her. Whenever my husband family job etc is driving me nuts I just pick up the phone. Always feel better after.

]]> By: EllieSausage http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047264 EllieSausage Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:53:11 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047264 Boo..i’ve got the same problem, need loads of free time to talk to one friend in particular- there is no such thing as a short chat with her…which can be really annoying!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Sunshine http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047247 Sunshine Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:08:27 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047247 I always say ‘bye bye bye’ when hanging up, I didn’t realise that was just an Irish thing!

And when I finally decide I’ve had enough to drink I want to be at home RIGHT NOW!

]]> By: boo http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047242 boo Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:48:50 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047242 I don’t do the bye bye bye thing.however when I talk to my friend from primary school it takes 1 hour minimum. Goodbyes take half an hour. Its so bad I can’t ring her if I’ve anything major to do in the evening. Texts not much better. Could go back and forth all evening. Don’t do the fade. I’m a natural born mammy and my imagination takes flight whenever someone does it esp when said person is then uncontactable. Its so dangerous girlies. What if something happens u on way home and no-one realises. Ok speech over.

]]> By: ladyelvis http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047238 ladyelvis Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:30:20 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047238 When I lived in the States I remember it being called the Irish Goodbye! Guilty! In my version what happens is I realise I’m horribly drunk all of a sudden (ahem) and stand up from the table abruptly and say ‘I’ve to go now, bye’ then leave immediately. My friends all accept I do this, but if there are people there who I haven’t been out with before they think I’m a total oddball. Works for me!

]]> By: *Aisling* http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047224 *Aisling* Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:54:56 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047224 BerG – Haha The Fade followed by Time Travel – I think I may have done that one quite a few times too!

]]> By: BerG http://beaut.ie/2012/the-irish-goodbyes-the-neverending-phonecall-and-the-night-out-fade/comment-page-1/#comment-1047220 BerG Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:15:52 +0000 http://beaut.ie/?p=66044#comment-1047220 The bye, bye, bye, routine is very annoying. However, i am guilty of it when trying to extricate myself from the mammy on the phone. She just can’t take the hint, have resorted to inverting some emergency with the kids to get away from some of the mammoth chats.

I like the Fade style, at the end of the night you just want to be home pronto so its handier to slip out. The Fade is mostly followed by Time Travel in my experience, you get home safe and sound wake up the next morning, and have absolutely no recollection of how you managed to get home.

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