St. Patrick's Day

[Gator]

I realize Ireland is not Russia, yet how can the day pass without acknowledging the fun spirit of the Irish. 

So in honor of the Irish I will share a joke passed to me by an Irish-American friend.  It was voted "Best joke on Ireland".

> >>
> >>John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of
> >>me life! Between the legs of me wife!"
> >>
> >>That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night!
> >>
> >>He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the Best Toast
> >>of the night"
> >>
> >>She said, "Aye, did ye now. And what was your toast?" John said, "Here's
> >>to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife."
> >>
> >>"Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!" Mary said.
> >>
> >>The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street
> >>corner.
> >>
> >>The man chuckled leeringly and said, "John won the prize the other night
> >>at the pub with a toast about you, Mary."
> >>
> >>She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know,
> >>he's only been there twice in the last four years. Once he fell asleep,
> >>and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come."

[swindoom]

yet how can the day pass without acknowledging the fun spirit of the Irish. 

So you have obviously never lived there.

[Gator]

Hi Swindoom,

Visited there 4 times - three for golf trips and once with an American woman who wanted to visit her roots.

Had a great time in about 20 pubs.  I found Irish pubs as a place where the grandfather, mother and son could each have a good time in their own way.  Everyone, including a PM at a golf outing, had something pleasant and interesting to say, and they certainly laughed a lot and made me laugh.  The policeman (constableman?) at Balybunion even allowed my friend and I to take rude photographs with a life-sized statute of Bill Clinton erected in front of his station.

My last trip was not as pleasant.  It rained buckets, and the Irish economy is definitely improving such that most everyone has the added stress that success brings.  Yet there teeth looked better.

[Gator]

My apology - this should have been in "Anything Goes".  I am still new here  - about six months of active participation.  Plus I can be oblivious.

[swindoom]

Visited there 4 times

Visiting and living are totally different, I visited Ireland over 20 times before I went to live there and it was a total different experience.

[jb]

swindoom,

Not to worry, we Texas natives often hear the same sort of thing said about Texans from one time visitors.  After they get to know us better they usually want to immigrate.

[Gator]

Geez Swindoom,

Okay, you have much more experience with the pure Irish than I do. 

Now that I have conceded to you, what are you saying?   Are you one of those proper English types who look down on the Irish?

I recall when single, living in the third world, and attending a party held by a proper English family (Eton graduate). 

My date was an English teacher from Dublin.  Good looking but a little heavy from drinking too many brews.  I think she liked me not because of my charm or fabulous looks, but because of diplomatic privileges I could acquire Guinness.  She, as usual, had too much to drink that night and vomited in the garden, yet the two of us did nothing outrageous.  The next day, I was criticized for dating a "scrub woman" (someone who washes floors for a job).  Prejudice abounding.

Americans have a great fondness for the Irish, partly because there are more Irish in America than in Ireland.  I even have a little Irish blood in me.

[Kuna]

She, as usual, had too much to drink that night and vomited in the garden, yet the two of us did nothing outrageous.  The next day, I was criticized for dating a "scrub woman" (someone who washes floors for a job).  Prejudice abounding.

Americans have a great fondness for the Irish, partly because there are more Irish in America than in Ireland.  I even have a little Irish blood in me.

Love it!

Irish girls are great... even when they have a heave in the garden bed the never get the spew on their shoes!

 

Kuna

[SANDRO43]

The Irish rugby team celebrated St. Patrick's today by beating Italy 51-24 in Rome. They did not get the 6 Nations' Cup, though (France did ).

[swindoom]

Are you one of those proper English types who look down on the Irish?

I have two Irish grandparents, lots of distant Irish relatives so if I wanted to I could claim to be Irish I could but I am do not, I was born and raised in England and consider myself English. I enjoyed my visits to Ireland as a "tourist" but it is not one of my favourite cities that I have lived in.

proper English family (Eton graduate).

They probably look down on everybody.

All I am trying to get over is that in all things in life, especially when looking for a partner in the FSU, visiting on "holiday" is a very different experience to living and working somewhere.

[Mir]

I enjoyed my visits to Ireland as a "tourist" but it is not one of my favourite cities that I have lived in.

I am sure there is no city named Ireland!

[Gator]

Swindoom,

Excellent point. 

And I did not bring any Irish lassies home with me. 

Actually, the Irish maidens I met in the pubs are rather plain looking.  Someone told me this is because the most beautiful maidens were captured by the Vikings and taken to Norse, thus diminishing the "beautiful" gene in Irish blood.    

Norwegians and Swedish women sure are fine by contrast.  And the Swedish Vikings raided Russia and other Eastern European lands in the old days, thus becoming the first foreigners to seek RW for wives.

[Son of Clyde]

A Irish joke told by Myron Cohen, a jewish comedian.

Two Irish men have been friends for over 30 years and one is on his deathbed.

He says to his friend: "Pal, we have been friends for many years. I have been saving a bottle of Irish whiskey for many years for a special occasion. I want, when i die, that you should pour the whiskey over me casket as they are lowering me to the ground."

His friend replies " Sure, old buddy. I would be glad to oblige as long as I can allow it to pass through me kidneys first."

[SANDRO43]

And the Swedish Vikings raided Russia and other Eastern European lands in the old days, thus becoming the first foreigners to seek RW for wives.

Must have become an acquired taste, considering Thor's case .

[Mir]

Gator

In fact Dublin has a reputation as a city where the girls are so pretty.

The Vikings never raided USA to capture women yet somehow the most plain looking women in the Western world live there,I wonder why?

[Gator]

Mir,

Could it be because we have a lot of Irish?  

Actually young Irish-American girls can be rather cute with their bright blue eyes and the benefit of American dental care.  And Irish-American men have a reputation for being good looking, it is too bad for them that many have the Irish "curse".

Some American men have noticed the same as you and are members of RWD.

Seriously, America has a huge gene pool.  Any type of woman can be found here. And we do have some absolutely gorgeous women.   You impress me as a gentleman and hence probably came into contact with only those women in the upper half of the socio-economic strata.  If you had frequented some raunchy places you would have seen some frightening women from the fourth quartile.

Hey, you have no room to mock America.  IMO, Dublin women do look fairly good compared to Scottish women.

[Son of Clyde]

Don't ever say Ireland is a poor country when the capitol is always Dublin.

[swindoom]

I am sure there is no city named Ireland!

Oops, I meant "countries", although when I lived there I lived in Dublin and spent alot of time in Ballina.