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May 30, 2021 12:46 AM Subscribe
Matt LeBlanc tearfully: But I’m an Actor! I live in Los Angeles! The People of Ireland: No. Your name is Paudie. You live in Roscommon. You love Pints and GAA and you’re everyone’s uncle now.The Friends reunion saw the return of some familiar characters, but none more familiar to Irish twitter than Matt LeBlanc, who is now as seen in these tweets, everybody's beloved ex-rugby captain, Guiness drinking farmer uncle. (Title nicked from this tweet)
Alt. thread reader links for "Matt LeBlanc tearfully," "as seen in these tweets" (full thread; I’m gonna make a thread of all of these as they’re hard to find via search and they’re all SO FUNNY) and "this tweet."
Funny (though I'm not watching the Friends reunion). Thanks, MartinWisse! Forwarding to Episodes fans.
posted by Iris Gambol at 3:00 AM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
Funny (though I'm not watching the Friends reunion). Thanks, MartinWisse! Forwarding to Episodes fans.
posted by Iris Gambol at 3:00 AM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
Hello Joey? How's my favourite client? I got you a gig. Yeah. "Ireland's Uncle"... Yeah their uncle... Yeah the whole country...
posted by Iris Gambol at 3:44 AM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Iris Gambol at 3:44 AM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
These have been popping up on my twitter feed all weekend, brightening up my day. Some of them are really niche though.
posted by scorbet at 5:19 AM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by scorbet at 5:19 AM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
I don't have an Irish uncle but I deeply appreciate how many of these show Irish Uncle Matt LeBlanc's cheerful if slightly bemused support of everyone's lifestyle choices.
This one in particular took me there. I can hear the football on the telly that he's insisted on putting on even though he's going to fall asleep in front of it, the slightly-too-strong tea in unfamiliar mugs, everyone waiting for the whole bit around 5PM where someone slaps their knees and says "right", which means "time to leave", then it takes another hour to actually get out of the house because everyone has to say goodbye and then get drawn into another conversation standing in the hall, and maybe have one last cup of tea and visit the loo before we go.
Ah jeez, I miss my family.
posted by fight or flight at 5:41 AM on May 30, 2021 [30 favorites]
This one in particular took me there. I can hear the football on the telly that he's insisted on putting on even though he's going to fall asleep in front of it, the slightly-too-strong tea in unfamiliar mugs, everyone waiting for the whole bit around 5PM where someone slaps their knees and says "right", which means "time to leave", then it takes another hour to actually get out of the house because everyone has to say goodbye and then get drawn into another conversation standing in the hall, and maybe have one last cup of tea and visit the loo before we go.
Ah jeez, I miss my family.
posted by fight or flight at 5:41 AM on May 30, 2021 [30 favorites]
I could hear many of these more clearly in my imagination than I could remember any "Friends" dialogue. Joey, I think you need a dialect coach, because this works.
posted by wenestvedt at 6:33 AM on May 30, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by wenestvedt at 6:33 AM on May 30, 2021 [2 favorites]
I demand LeBlanc join next season’s cast of Derry Girls as clueless uncle Joey from the states.
posted by photoslob at 7:12 AM on May 30, 2021 [48 favorites]
posted by photoslob at 7:12 AM on May 30, 2021 [48 favorites]
IANI or even Irish-American, but this is your Sunday afternoon reminder that my bog-standard VPN can get GAA streams from TG4 and yours probably can too--recommended for all of your hurling and football needs.
posted by sy at 7:23 AM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by sy at 7:23 AM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
I’m not Irish, but I enjoyed this quite a bit.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 7:31 AM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 7:31 AM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
My Irish wife has been sharing these with me all weekend and it’s been great craic.
posted by mrzarquon at 9:10 AM on May 30, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by mrzarquon at 9:10 AM on May 30, 2021 [4 favorites]
I demand LeBlanc join next season’s cast of Derry Girls as clueless uncle Joey from the states.
I second!
How would an Irish uncle say, “How you doin’?”
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:17 AM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
I second!
How would an Irish uncle say, “How you doin’?”
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:17 AM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
"How you gettin' on?"
actually stolen from one of the tweets
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:31 AM on May 30, 2021 [14 favorites]
actually stolen from one of the tweets
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:31 AM on May 30, 2021 [14 favorites]
It's weird how these are adorable even if you're American and have no freaking clue what is going on.
posted by selfmedicating at 9:33 AM on May 30, 2021 [7 favorites]
posted by selfmedicating at 9:33 AM on May 30, 2021 [7 favorites]
It's funny how periodically Twitter gets funny and weird and delightful, and you remember that it hasn't always been people screaming at each other about rising fascism.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 9:34 AM on May 30, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 9:34 AM on May 30, 2021 [4 favorites]
I think this is my favourite so far. He’s also been dubbed Mattie Bán by Marian Keyes. (Bán is the Irish for white.)
but I deeply appreciate how many of these show Irish Uncle Matt LeBlanc's cheerful if slightly bemused support of everyone's lifestyle choices
I really love this aspect of it - the impression that he’s doing his best, even if he’s not getting it quite right, and his heart’s definitely in the right place. (Also, I just realised that I’ve already started having these type of conversations with my older niblings, though in my case I’m so far mostly not understanding the intricacies of Minecraft or YouTube drama.)
posted by scorbet at 10:52 AM on May 30, 2021 [9 favorites]
but I deeply appreciate how many of these show Irish Uncle Matt LeBlanc's cheerful if slightly bemused support of everyone's lifestyle choices
I really love this aspect of it - the impression that he’s doing his best, even if he’s not getting it quite right, and his heart’s definitely in the right place. (Also, I just realised that I’ve already started having these type of conversations with my older niblings, though in my case I’m so far mostly not understanding the intricacies of Minecraft or YouTube drama.)
posted by scorbet at 10:52 AM on May 30, 2021 [9 favorites]
he’s doing his best, even if he’s not getting it quite right, and his heart’s definitely in the right place
They have captured the character of Joey
posted by timdiggerm at 12:45 PM on May 30, 2021 [4 favorites]
They have captured the character of Joey
posted by timdiggerm at 12:45 PM on May 30, 2021 [4 favorites]
I can hear every single one of these tweets, and every one makes me happier than the last.
posted by kalimac at 1:06 PM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by kalimac at 1:06 PM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
I love that "I have identified my uncle" is a thing I've seen multiple cultures do on Twitter now.
posted by bleep at 1:26 PM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by bleep at 1:26 PM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
And it's time to go home, Paudie.
posted by East14thTaco at 2:56 PM on May 30, 2021
posted by East14thTaco at 2:56 PM on May 30, 2021
I'm pretty sure this one is my favorite. The "standing at the bar having a convo" pose is perfect.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 4:28 PM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 4:28 PM on May 30, 2021 [3 favorites]
When I watched the reunion with my wife I said to her "Who'd have thought Joey would end up being the wizened elder statesman of the Friends cast?"
I guess the answer is all of Ireland.
posted by srboisvert at 4:43 PM on May 30, 2021 [2 favorites]
I guess the answer is all of Ireland.
posted by srboisvert at 4:43 PM on May 30, 2021 [2 favorites]
I demand LeBlanc join next season’s cast of Derry Girls as clueless uncle Joey from the states.
This is also a real type of guy, although less charming. He's stereotypically from Southie (before it was gentrified) and has crap opinions.
I love this meme. It is absolutely the sort of guy that we met as friends of friends or just as friendly strangers in Ireland.
posted by Countess Elena at 7:07 PM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
This is also a real type of guy, although less charming. He's stereotypically from Southie (before it was gentrified) and has crap opinions.
I love this meme. It is absolutely the sort of guy that we met as friends of friends or just as friendly strangers in Ireland.
posted by Countess Elena at 7:07 PM on May 30, 2021 [1 favorite]
This one is probably my favorite. "Keep it up, lads!"
posted by Leeway at 7:45 PM on May 30, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Leeway at 7:45 PM on May 30, 2021 [2 favorites]
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