Céad míle fáilte. My brogue Brothers and Sisters!

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:18 pm

datura wrote:The Pogues are 'plastic paddies' themselves (in Shane McGowan's words).

I once met an Irish folkie who said he'd repeatedly had people complain after he'd played a traditional jig set or an Irish air because they wanted something "properly Irish" and then go nuts if he played 'Dirty Old Town', a tune written by a scotsman, in England, about Manchester.

The Pogues were cool on anyones terms, though.

And Guiness is mass produced shite with good marketing.

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:22 pm

Not wanting to shit on anyone's national self-identity btw. But wrapping a romantic notion of 'irishness' up with guiness is like wrapping a romantic notion of englishness up with motorway service stations. Only more predictable and less interesting.

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:24 pm

Slothrop wrote:Not wanting to shit on anyone's national self-identity btw. But wrapping a romantic notion of 'irishness' up with guiness is like wrapping a romantic notion of englishness up with motorway service stations. Only more predictable and less interesting.

Fucking little chef mate...

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:12 am

The other day we went to one of the Little Chefs Heston Blumenthal (legend) did over... it wasn't bad actually, kind of like alright pub food. Wouldn't want to go to one of the proper microwaveable omlette places, though.

bagelator · Post by **bagelator** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:39 am

seckle wrote: liver damage.

what's this 'liver' you speak of?

dr ddd · Post by **dr ddd** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:07 am

it's also quite ironic that, for most of history up until about 30 years ago or so, it was tradition for Irish pubs to be closed on St Patrick's Day.......

oh and the traditional colour for celebrations was blue

firky · Post by **firky** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:08 am

4 pages and not even an argument

dr ddd · Post by **dr ddd** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:12 am

Firky wrote:4 pages and not even an argument

the four are pages spanning a few years tbf.... but i'll have an argument with you if you want firky

ermmmm....

firky - your mumma's so fat she couldnt even fit in a goddamn guinness hat

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:17 am

dr ddd wrote:
firky - your mumma's so fat she couldnt even fit in a goddamn guinness hat

OH NO SHE DIDN'T

dr ddd · Post by **dr ddd** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:41 am

kins83 wrote:
dr ddd wrote:
firky - your mumma's so fat she couldnt even fit in a goddamn guinness hat
OH NO SHE DIDN'T

OH YES SHE DID

So I'm comin straight atchya from the Westside of Connemara
Bedding banshee ho's on the Hills of the Tara
Bussing lyrical flava like an Irish Bill Bailey
I'm gonna smash ur glock with my handmade shelayleigh.

Our homecut peat grows the meanest green,
So we can keep chasing those rainbows, if you know what I mean.
You better watch that pot of gold, you leprechaun hater
Cos me and my crew are gonna sneak up and bait ya

ok - i know i kinda run out at the end... but i've had a bit too much coffee this morning

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:46 pm

In dublins fair city...where the girls are so pretty.....

^this you grumpy bastards....

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:43 pm

dr ddd wrote:it's also quite ironic that, for most of history up until about 30 years ago or so, it was tradition for Irish pubs to be closed on St Patrick's Day.......

oh and the traditional colour for celebrations was blue

The Metro - giving people shit conversation topics that no one could care about for 10 years.

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