Do you want fries with that?

Apparenty, the answer to that question is aways "yes" in Ireland. One night we ate at a Chinese restaraunt. When the waitress took our order she asked what side we wanted, meaning rice or fries (chips). We got the rice of course. At the table next to ours they got bowls of fries and then put their curry and other entrees over the fries. Very weird (at least to us).
At almost every meal fries have been an option as a side. We even saw a breakfast meal that was 2 eggs, 2 pieces of ham, and fries. The other day we ate in a cafeteria-style restaurant and the teenager in front of us got an order of fries with gravy poured all over them. She also had a bag of soemthing akin to Cheetos. What was she thinking?!