"Who amongst us hasn't woken up confused in Ireland...?"

[Nevilledog]

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Amanda Deibert🏳️?🌈
@amandadeibert
Who amongst us hasn’t woken up confused in Ireland after passing out under dubious circumstances?

Independent.ie
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First ever sighting of a walrus in Ireland after it is thought to have drifted across Atlantic after falling asleep on iceberg https://buff.ly/3eDLDiT
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[rsdsharp]

1. Guinness!

I’m blaming it on Guinness!

[pfitz59]

7. Watch out oysters!

https://th.bing.com/th?id=OIF.ZnoEarN1x%2fcycY3LfvOzpw&pid=ImgDet&rs=1

[Wounded Bear]

2. I can definitely say I haven't...

[ret5hd]

3. So you haven't woken up yet, eh?

[Wounded Bear]

4. Haven't been to Ireland...

I've woken up confused in a lot of other places, though.

[StClone]

5. Half way there!

[ret5hd]

6. When you wake up you might be surprised. And confused.

[SergeStorms]

17. I woke up in a tree once...

around 20 feet off the ground, not remembering a thing about why I was there, or why I happened to be there. I used to drink waaaaay too much. Damned tequila.

[magicarpet]

8. A nap across the Atlantic. That must have been a major hangover.

[tavernier]

9. I was a bit confused in Ireland

when I saw palm trees growing on the side of a highway.
Apparently it’s warm enough in certain spots due to the Gulf Stream to grow certain hearty palms.

[sarcasmo]

10. Walrus Van Winkle

[Nevilledog]

15. Walrus O'Winkle

[Solly Mack]

11. I hope he gets back home.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Now what?

[SunSeeker]

13. Poor thing. How is he going to survive there all by himself?

[XanaDUer2]

20. I know nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. That's a long, perilous journey.

Someone should at least buy the poor chap a dram of Jamieson's and a Guinness for his trouble.

[dilby]

16. Looks like my first night in Spain.

I got seriously hammered and woke up in the middle of the night in my hotel Room with zero clue where I was or why? I just remember saying, where the F am I while peeing in a bidet and my girlfriend saying Spain, worst hangover ever.

[JI7]

18. Is this because of global warming ?

[Biophilic]

19. Ya see, this kind of story I would never see on my own. It made my day and

got me remembering many, many years ago a similar experience.

[Raine]

21. I hope he gets to go back home

where he has companionship, 🙏 he must be lonely.

[MustLoveBeagles]

22. Poor guy

I hope he gets to go home.

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. Now apparently on the south-west Welsh coast

It could have been the incongruity of the walrus turning up on the Welsh coast. Or perhaps it was the discovery that the creature appeared to be on something of a tour of the British and Irish Isles while the human population remained in lockdown, their own chances of a foreign getaway shrinking daily. Maybe it was simply a sense of connection: the lost, lumbering beast a reflection of a nation at sea amid the waves of Covid.

Whatever the reason, the juvenile Atlantic walrus spotted off the Pembrokeshire coast has become something of a celebrity, with some suggesting it should be called “Wally”.
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Babey said that while it was not yet certain whether the walrus spotted in Wales is the same mammal that was sighted the week before on rocks in County Kerry, Ireland, it is likely.

But the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group say it’s a match. “The IWDG can confirm it is the same animal due to the white markings on its left flipper and tusk length,” they tweeted, adding that would mean the walrus has travelled 450km (280 miles) in six days.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/22/mystery-of-the-walrus-spotted-on-rocks-on-the-welsh-coast

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