Play
Twitter recalls when Sex and The City compared dating to The Troubles in Northern Ireland
It's an unlikely and rather bizarre comparison but in 1998 Sex and The City did indeed compare dating to Northern Ireland's bloody and violent conflict.
Last night Twitter went on a trip down memory lane as it remembered when Sex and the City incredibly compared a character's dating life to that of The Troubles.
The hit HBO programme followed the life of four friends in New York.
At the end of an episode entitled Bay of Married Pigs in Season One, one of the main characters, Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker is lamenting about love.
Her voice over narration says: "As I sifted through the rubble of my marriage skirmish, I had a thought. Maybe the fight between marrieds and singles is like the war in Northern Ireland.
"We're all basically the same, but somehow we wound up on different sides. Sure, it'd be great to have that one special person to walk home with, but sometimes there's nothing better than meeting your single girlfriends for a night at the movies."
Twitter user Emily Reynolds was retweeted hundreds of times as she took to the social media site with her observation.
Just had to rewind this episode of SATC to check whether Carrie said this and yep, turns out she did compare dating to the Troubles pic.twitter.com/qkT6H01MnE
— 'Emily Reynolds' (@rey_z) October 17, 2016
@rey_z was the episode anything to do with ni or was that just shoehorned in there for no reason
— count fistula (@pieandbeans) October 18, 2016
@comedysavage @rey_z maybe the peace walls in my heart were what was really causing all the tension...
— Gráinne Maguire (@GrainneMaguire) October 18, 2016
@GrainneMaguire @rey_z "Hi, Carrie. It's Ian from work. Just a reminder you write a sex column in a tabloid. No more dating=war crimes"
— Paul Savage (@comedysavage) October 18, 2016
@TheTall_Bot @GrainneMaguire @rey_z "And I thought isn't the real Maze Prison our hearts? And the real dirty protest our lack of compassion"
— Paul Savage (@comedysavage) October 18, 2016
@comedysavage @GrainneMaguire @rey_z Love had been staring me in the face all this time, wearing the balaclava understanding.
— Christian Talbot (@TheTall_Bot) October 18, 2016
@rey_z Wonder if the peace process would have been easier if they'd all just gone for a night at the movies
— Tim Mountford (@timmountford) October 17, 2016
@rey_z "Island"
— Emily Oram (@_emilyoram) October 17, 2016
She said: "Just had to rewind this episode of SATC to check whether Carrie said this and yep, turns out she did compare dating to the Troubles."
And naturally, fellow users were quick to react.
Most Read
- Johnny Adair carries coffin of UDA man Sam ‘Skelly’ McCrory during funeral service in Scotland
- Garth Brooks Dublin shows: Northern Ireland coach company cancels transport to gig over parking concerns
- Former councillor Jolene Bunting being sued by drag queen over recent storytelling event
- Millionaire’s row: Northern Ireland house prices soaring to new heights with homes worth more than £1m being snapped up
- Rule reform: Social media stir after Belfast gentlemen’s club relaxes strict blazer dress code during heatwave
Top Videos
Play
Play
Play
Latest News
- Lin-Manuel Miranda criticises ‘illegal, unauthorised’ production of Hamilton
- LAPD launch investigation following Anne Heche LA vehicle crash
- Scott Mills says Radio 1 has been his ‘sanctuary’ ahead of his last show
- Olivia Newton-John ‘was impressed by the people and beauty of Donegal’: How visit by Grease star saw friendship blossom between her daughter and local hotel owner
- Love Island’s Laura Whitmore to make West End debut
Latest
- Si Woo Kim flies high with 18th-hole eagle to share FedEx lead with JJ Spaun
- What the papers say – August 12
- UN demands end to military activity at Ukraine nuclear plant
- Anne Heche ‘not expected to survive’ following fiery LA car crash, family says
- Andrew Bailey: Regulatory independence vital to UK’s competitiveness