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14 perfect observations about Irish people shifting the face off each other in public

“people shifting here with the zeal of toothless fish that subsist by sucking dust off the floor of the ocean.”

Feb 8th 2017, 9:30 PM 9,894 Views 1 Comment

SHIFTING, IT’S GREAT.

But when you do it in a public setting, you’re inevitably going to have people silently pass comment (or actually pass comment on Twitter).

With gas results.

1. Like this scene in Coppers that needed a full description

Thee are people shifting here with the zeal of toothless fish that subsist by sucking dust off the floor of the ocean. #coppers
— Colin Barrett (@ColinBarrett82) March 13, 2015

Source: Colin Barrett/Twitter

2. Witnessing these scenes will give you so many anecdotes

Highlight of last night had to be the drunken ginger lobbing the gob of some lad so ferociously they fell off the chair. #TrueLove
— Eimear (@raemi3) February 15, 2013

Source: Eimear De Courcy/Twitter

Kissing Source: kohlmann.sascha

3. And prove a distraction

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4. But look, it brings us together at a time of strife

Saw a Dublin fan and Mayo fan shifting the face off one another while waiting for my bus. A forbidden love.
— Storm Barra O'Connor (@ultimasockpupet) September 18, 2016

Source: ~ b a r r a ~/Twitter

5. We could do without the noise

Could hear this slurping noise on the bus for a while, only realised it's couple shifting in front of me #QuietenDown #Dishwasher
— LuLu (@Lucy_Jane94) February 17, 2013

Source: LuLu/Twitter

kiss Source: tanitta

6. On the Centenary weekend last year, love overcame all

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7. You just need fine art to get you in the mood

Well, I'm glad you find cyanotype prints as erotic as I do, couple scoring the face off each other in the middle of the Barbican gallery.
— Joey Kavanagh (@JoeEekHavana) October 26, 2014

Source: Joey/Twitter

8. Or the Lidl trolleys

There is a fucking couple shifting like no tomorrow outside lidl #seriously
— Buckszy (@BuckszyBuckle) February 26, 2014

Source: VBucks/Twitter

9. It’s prompted pubs to put up warning signs

shoftging Source: Róisin Dubh on Facebook

10. And nostalgic observations on the good old days of shifting

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11. Sometimes, you’re surrounded

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Kiss Source: tubedogg

12. When you see true love before you, it’s special

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13. “Sucking the face off eachother” has yet to make it into a romcom

Sitting opposite a couple sucking the face off eachother like their never gonna see eachother again, and then she goes "see you tomorrow"😩🔫
— JESSICA GREENE (@_JessicaGreene) June 17, 2015

Source: JESSICA GREENE/Twitter

14. But this situation definitely should

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Never change, shifters of the world <3

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14 perfect observations about Irish people shifting the face off each other in public

“people shifting here with the zeal of toothless fish that subsist by sucking dust off the floor of the ocean.”

1. Like this scene in Coppers that needed a full description