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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:18 pm
by slothrop
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:22 pm
by slothrop
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:24 pm
by HamCrescendo
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...
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:12 am
by slothrop
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:39 am
by bagelator
seckle wrote:
liver damage.
what's this 'liver' you speak of?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:07 am
by dr ddd
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
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:08 am
by firky
4 pages and not even an argument
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:12 am
by dr ddd
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
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:17 am
by kins83
dr ddd wrote:
firky - your mumma's so fat she couldnt even fit in a goddamn guinness hat
OH NO SHE DIDN'T
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:41 am
by dr ddd
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
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:46 pm
by seckle
In dublins fair city...where the girls are so pretty.....
^this you grumpy bastards....
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:43 pm
by HamCrescendo
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.