Apparently, it's all down to the Irish-language TV station TG4 that the family of The Greatest was traced back to Ennis. Having known a few Ennis men in my time, and come to grief at the hands of their charm, Ali certainly didn't lick it off the road.
Savage Sawdocs video, by the way. I defy anybody - Irish, WASP, whatever - not to have a good time at one of their gigs. Legends
@Atilla the Bun: and @iconoclastodon I am referring to Irish of the Orange persuasion.
As my peeps hail from counties Armagh, Mayo, and Kerry, and several relatives died in a blaze of glory fighting in the Black and Tan war, I'm familiar with those uptight Protestants!
Great video above of the Saw Doctors.... get that WASP off my sandwich!
@momof3wildkids: Hate to burst your bubble there O Wild One, but there ain't no Protestants in Mayo. Unless you're talking about some fetish night in Armagh, in which case, as you were.
Look, I'm sick to fucking death of Americans telling me how appalling Irish food is. I don't judge all American cuisine based on a trip to McDonald's. Please don't judge our cuisine on an awful Irish stew eaten at a midtown NY "Irish" bar and cooked by Mexicans. Thank you.
@Mount_Prion: It just occured to me that you could substitute "Ireland" with NYC's Chinatown in that version of the song and it would make even more sense.
@jobsworth: You geniuses damn near starved to death because you didn't think there was anything wrong with having a major part of your agriculture come from one single crop and the only way you'll eat fish is if a man in a funny hat tells you to do it on Fridays. And that's only good two months out of the year.
@OMG! Ponies!:And with that comment, you don't get to talk again. Even if you had a clue about what you were talking about, I doubt you'd even have the attention span to follow it through.
@Calraigh: You're a credit to the Irish. Makes me proud knowing that such a wonderful people are part of the United Kingdom. Perhaps we can hash this out further over a pint of Bass.
@metoometoo: The Irish hatred of the English is well deserved. It's just that the Irish are too pale to get any of the sympathy heaped on other former exploited colonies.
@metoometoo: You're absolutely right. It's not really sarcasm. I'm just feeding the fish.
Offering a Black & Tan, expressing a preference for Bushmills over Jameson, and offering an overly proud Irish person a pint of Bass. I kind of made it obvious...
If s/he can't be bothered to spot when s/he's being poked with a stick, I'm going to keep poking.
As far as making fun of Irish cuisine, yes... there's more than potatoes.
There's stew. And kidneys. And blood pudding. And bacon and cabbage. And a couple types of sausage. And the damn soda bread. There's maybe a dozen or so other "Irish" dishes. And that's it. It's not a deep playbook.
And "Irish Breakfast" doesn't count. The Irish did not invent "bacon, eggs, and sausage and a side of potatoes" so stop calling it "Irish Breakfast".
In the game of "Angry Up The Other Guy On The Internets", the first person to tell the other one to fuck off loses. You've been taking bait all day. The fact is, I won the game a long time ago.
Personally, I figured that there is no greater insult to an Irishman than saying that Coldplay is better than U2. And that there is no better way to frustrate an Irishman than to do it through the internet. You NOT getting all in a lather over it is the first surprising thing you've said all day.
@OMG! Ponies!: The fact that it's surprising to you is the entire fucking reason you've been taking bait all day.
The fact that you're a prejudiced asshole who thinks Irish people listen to U2 all day and worship at the altar of God of all fuckers Bono is actually fucking hilarious.
Nothing you've said is surprising. Because you're a boring fuck who likes criticizing people who are proud of their heritage as being ''overly proud''- none of that in the wonderfully neutral USA of course!
I would like to know one thing though- what was the first thing you decided you hated about Ireland/the Irish/ anything vaguely Irish-related?
If you have any time in your busy hate-filled-desperately-disguised-as-failed-sarcasm commenting schedule, that is.
Otherwise go back to drinking your Natural Ice and shovelling down Cheetos like a good little bigot.
@Calraigh: What do I hate most about the Irish? My Irish ex-girlfriend.
Sorry but the fact remains that the Famine occurred because of bad agricultural practices - specifically the folly of monoculture. Ironically, with Ireland's economy faltering now, Ireland is looking to fishing to bolster itself as it enters a serious recession.
It is not bigotry to point out historical fact. Bad agricultural practices and an unvaried diet contributed largely to the Famine. And you telling everyone that points it out to go to hell won't change that.
@OMG! Ponies!: Sorreee! But the Famine occurred because of dire poverty,brought about by the stranglehold the British government had over the rural population.
''Agricultural practices'' Are you fucking kidding me?
The ''historical fact'' you're using, is absolute and utter rubbish.
Monoculture- was the culture. Fish were plentiful off the west coast of Ireland- where the sea is death. Currachs couldn't hack it. You either died or you grabbed enough fish to half feed your family. That's if the British Coastguard didn't get you first.
19th century Ireland was a fucking refugee camp and that's historical fact. The average person didn't have the resources to go fishing. That's what dire poverty is. Poverty is what caused the Famine. Any respectable historian would tell you that.You ignorant, bigoted asshole.
And don't presume to tell me about Ireland's faltering economy, fuckface- I live here. It's going to take a hell of a lot more than a container full of fish to get us out of the present recession- that we're living in now.
I've never eaten offal in my life and I'm not about to start now.
Enjoy the rest of your lonely,ignorant existence, surrounded by bullshit and stained pictures of your ex.
@wonky-tonk: So then it's bigotry to point out that relying on a genetically uniform single crop is not an agriculturally sound practice?
Or that when that practice formed a major portion of a population's diet, it exposed that population to starvation when the crop failed - pointing that out is bigotry?
Or positing that the reliance on monoculture was a major contributing factor to the Potato Famine by leading to widespread famine and malnutrition, that claim is bigotry?
I'll have to throw more speculation and conjecture into my comments instead of relying on fact. And maybe a heavy dose of profanity against anyone who dares disagree with me like the Irish gentleman.
@OMG! Ponies!: Maybe if you stopped calling the spiked copy you read on Wikipedia ''historical fact'', you'd have a leg to stand on.
As it is, you're just hopelessly ignorant. No really, hopelessly. You actually don't know anything. And wilfully too, which is why what you've spewed today is so offensive, yet strangely, depressingly boring.
The ''heavy dose'' of profanity, ( oh, you puritan you!)was extremely useful I'd say. It's necessary when dealing with individuals such as yourself.
Maureen from the Times of New York, With anscestors from County Cork, Always tried in her column To be funny, not solemn, But found rarely well did it work.
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Savage Sawdocs video, by the way. I defy anybody - Irish, WASP, whatever - not to have a good time at one of their gigs. Legends
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Okay, it was still kind of funny. Just saying.
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(Funny joke, though)
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As my peeps hail from counties Armagh, Mayo, and Kerry, and several relatives died in a blaze of glory fighting in the Black and Tan war, I'm familiar with those uptight Protestants!
Great video above of the Saw Doctors.... get that WASP off my sandwich!
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And an Irish seven course meal is a potato and a six pack.
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Whether you want a six-pack with that is entirely up to you.
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I'm surprised Congressman William Posey (R-FL) hasn't latched on that as proof that President Obama is foreign-born.
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I once read that the Irish export something like 95% of all the fish they catch.
What kind of a people live on a damn island and don't eat fish?
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You don't get to talk about food.
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Now kindly, dùn do bhèal.
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@Calraigh: Can I interest you in a Black & Tan? Or maybe some Bushmills - a good proper whiskey?
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I could say a lot right now but that'd be my stereotype showing, wouldn't it?
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A pint of '' Bass'' ?
Are you literally retarded?
Fuck off and die in a fire.
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Offering a Black & Tan, expressing a preference for Bushmills over Jameson, and offering an overly proud Irish person a pint of Bass. I kind of made it obvious...
If s/he can't be bothered to spot when s/he's being poked with a stick, I'm going to keep poking.
As far as making fun of Irish cuisine, yes... there's more than potatoes.
There's stew. And kidneys. And blood pudding. And bacon and cabbage. And a couple types of sausage. And the damn soda bread. There's maybe a dozen or so other "Irish" dishes. And that's it. It's not a deep playbook.
And "Irish Breakfast" doesn't count. The Irish did not invent "bacon, eggs, and sausage and a side of potatoes" so stop calling it "Irish Breakfast".
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You were about as sarcastic as Maureen fucking Dowd.
The fact that you do.not.fucking.get.it is why I'll poke back. You asshole.
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You realize you just gave the game away, right?
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In the game of "Angry Up The Other Guy On The Internets", the first person to tell the other one to fuck off loses. You've been taking bait all day. The fact is, I won the game a long time ago.
Personally, I figured that there is no greater insult to an Irishman than saying that Coldplay is better than U2. And that there is no better way to frustrate an Irishman than to do it through the internet. You NOT getting all in a lather over it is the first surprising thing you've said all day.
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The fact that you're a prejudiced asshole who thinks Irish people listen to U2 all day and worship at the altar of God of all fuckers Bono is actually fucking hilarious.
Nothing you've said is surprising. Because you're a boring fuck who likes criticizing people who are proud of their heritage as being ''overly proud''- none of that in the wonderfully neutral USA of course!
I would like to know one thing though- what was the first thing you decided you hated about Ireland/the Irish/ anything vaguely Irish-related?
If you have any time in your busy hate-filled-desperately-disguised-as-failed-sarcasm commenting schedule, that is.
Otherwise go back to drinking your Natural Ice and shovelling down Cheetos like a good little bigot.
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Sorry but the fact remains that the Famine occurred because of bad agricultural practices - specifically the folly of monoculture. Ironically, with Ireland's economy faltering now, Ireland is looking to fishing to bolster itself as it enters a serious recession.
It is not bigotry to point out historical fact. Bad agricultural practices and an unvaried diet contributed largely to the Famine. And you telling everyone that points it out to go to hell won't change that.
Enjoy your offal-based cuisine.
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''Agricultural practices'' Are you fucking kidding me?
The ''historical fact'' you're using, is absolute and utter rubbish.
Monoculture- was the culture. Fish were plentiful off the west coast of Ireland- where the sea is death. Currachs couldn't hack it. You either died or you grabbed enough fish to half feed your family. That's if the British Coastguard didn't get you first.
19th century Ireland was a fucking refugee camp and that's historical fact. The average person didn't have the resources to go fishing. That's what dire poverty is. Poverty is what caused the Famine. Any respectable historian would tell you that.You ignorant, bigoted asshole.
And don't presume to tell me about Ireland's faltering economy, fuckface- I live here. It's going to take a hell of a lot more than a container full of fish to get us out of the present recession- that we're living in now.
I've never eaten offal in my life and I'm not about to start now.
Enjoy the rest of your lonely,ignorant existence, surrounded by bullshit and stained pictures of your ex.
Christ, she'd a lucky escape, didn't she?
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Or that when that practice formed a major portion of a population's diet, it exposed that population to starvation when the crop failed - pointing that out is bigotry?
Or positing that the reliance on monoculture was a major contributing factor to the Potato Famine by leading to widespread famine and malnutrition, that claim is bigotry?
I'll have to throw more speculation and conjecture into my comments instead of relying on fact. And maybe a heavy dose of profanity against anyone who dares disagree with me like the Irish gentleman.
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As it is, you're just hopelessly ignorant. No really, hopelessly. You actually don't know anything. And wilfully too, which is why what you've spewed today is so offensive, yet strangely, depressingly boring.
The ''heavy dose'' of profanity, ( oh, you puritan you!)was extremely useful I'd say. It's necessary when dealing with individuals such as yourself.
And who's this Irish gentleman you speak of?
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There once was a woman named Dowd
Who wrote everything she thought out loud
Obama's carrots were boiled
America recoiled
but AIG's plot remained unfoiled
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Maureen from the Times of New York,
With anscestors from County Cork,
Always tried in her column
To be funny, not solemn,
But found rarely well did it work.
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