Post 21 - Father Ted

Ok this is not a post about Recruitment at all but if you are going to move to Ireland you need to know the culture a little bit. When I first moved to Ireland my English was not great and I was struggling when watching TV but when I watched Father Ted for the first time I knew I was going to love it. This program is quite old (1995) but this is still huge in Ireland. All the characters are very funny and this is only a pity that there are only 25 episodes.

Basically this is the story of 3 Catholic priests who lives together in Craggy island, off the West Coast of Ireland:

• Father Ted Crilly
• Father Dougal McGuire
• Father Jack Hackett

They live with their housekeeper Mrs Doyle who always wants to serve them tea.

A few famous people have played part in it:
- Graham Norton
- Pat Short...

Watch this on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTgkibl7DU 

A few quotes to make you want to watch them all:

Dougal: God I've never seen a clock at 5 a.m. before!

Dougal: Do you believe in God, then Ted?

Mrs. Doyle: Pat was just wondering if he could put his massive tool in my box.

Mrs. Doyle: I'm so excited. Taking on three bishops all at once. I can't wait.

Mrs Doyle: Won't you have some cake, Father? It's got cocaine in it. Oh no, hang on, it's not cocaine, is it. What do I mean now? - the little things... Raisins!

Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These (pointing to plastic cows on table) are very small; those (pointing out of the window) are far away...

Ted: Dougal, how did you get into the church in the first place? Was it, like, 'collect 12 crisp packets and become a priest?'

Ted: So there he is. Risen from the dead. Like that feller.... E.T.

Dougal: God, I've heard about those cults Ted. People dressing up in black and saying Our Lord's going to come back and save us all.
Ted: No, Dougal, that's us. That's Catholicism.
Dougal: Oh right.

Ted: So... let me get this straight. You were up on an old man, riding him around and whipping him. For an hour.
Dougal: Yes.
Ted: You realise that image will stay with me for the rest of my life?

Mrs Doyle: Now come on Father, what would you say to a nice cup of tea?
Jack: FECK OFF CUP!!!!!!

This gives you an idea of the Irish sense of humor. Yes they are mostly Catholic but they are not afraid to make fun of themselves!