The top ten funniest tips given to tourists in Ireland

Waste of kb space.

When I last went to visit some friends in Paris they greeted me with a kiss on both cheeks,when I arrived home I told my mates about this,they said thats normal in France.I know that, but I was tieing my shoelaces at the time.

As usual, these inane "suggestions" are meant to embariss or even cause the American tourist to be assaulted by certain members of the public or even chastised by the Gardai. But the Irish will spare no expense to have a wack at the Yanks, brecause they are insolent loud and have far too much money and need to be taken down a notch.

In a remote area of France, many years ago, I had one local tell me that a particular phrase meant, "I have enjoyed visiting with you," (or a close approximation of that.) Having had a marvelous high school French teacher, who didn't mind teaching us some of the more "colorful" colloquialisms, I knew that I was NOT saying "I have enjoyed "visiting" with you!" (You may fill in your own version of "visiting!") To this day, wherever I travel, I try and learn a few common sense, polite phrases in the host country's language, and I ALWAYS pay close attention to body language and facial expressions of the speaker and any of his/her companions...there are more ways of "speaking" than just uttering words, and eyes, body posture and movements can be dead giveaways to "having your chain yanked!"

On entering a pub it is customary to remove one's shoes, hand them to the publican and ask for the pub slippers.

Loved the article, made me smile, thanks Bernie!

Wouldn't this be more of a list of common sense? I know cultures vary but if someone said this to me in any country, I would tell them to bugger off. "shake hands of everyone on the bus...don't buy a musician a drink..." do me a favor...