How Many Irish on T-Nation?

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[quote]no23 wrote:
We built this fucking world.
Remember that.

Think of all the great Irish people who helped shape this world.

We had a hand in every major event this planet has ever seen.

Hey - even take America as an example …

Our St. Brendan was selling hog dogs in the good old US of A long before Columbus was even out of nappies…

Christopher Columbus … don’t get me started … he couldn’t have found his arse with two hands and a map.

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If I’m not mistaken, Jesus was Irish, too. Had it occured to him at the time, I’m sure he would have turned the water into whiskey.

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im irish

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[quote]Varqanir wrote:
no23 wrote:
We built this fucking world.
Remember that.

Think of all the great Irish people who helped shape this world.

We had a hand in every major event this planet has ever seen.

Hey - even take America as an example …

Our St. Brendan was selling hog dogs in the good old US of A long before Columbus was even out of nappies…

Christopher Columbus … don’t get me started … he couldn’t have found his arse with two hands and a map.

If I’m not mistaken, Jesus was Irish, too. Had it occured to him at the time, I’m sure he would have turned the water into whiskey.
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Hey give the guy a break please … he can’t get everything right…
The real story was that Jesus had arrived in Cana with the lads after the stag and been out the night before doing miricales, things got out of hand and they started into the wine left aside for the wedding the next day. To make a long story short - he didn’t get back until early the next morning after a few too many.
Anyway he arrived late for the weedding and was chilling at the back of the chapel as the wedding was going on and someone said to him they’d run out of wine (now Jesus felt guilty) so he did another of the miricales and hense we have the water to wine story.

Yeh - that’s right … knew I left someone out.

Thanks mate.

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[quote]bigflamer wrote:
I’ve always checked “other” on all of the applications I’ve filled out in the past. There just doesn’t seem to ever be a spot for Irish/German American.

I mean, I see spots for African American, Native American, etc. But there just never seems to be a spot for me :-][/quote]

Yeah! What the FUCK! Considering the 2 most popular nationalities in America are German 25% and Irish 15%… you think there would be a place for us. I guess because all my ancestors were nazi business owners and drunk gaelic gang members… that leaves us in the doghouse. Must be the cabbage. Fuckin’ dad fed me too much kraut.

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I’m pretty sure ‘caucasian’ covers us.

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[quote]no23 wrote:

told the Scots about it and let them pretend they own it since they have nothign else,

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“We gave the Scots the bagpipes a thousand years ago, an’ they still haven’t got the bloody joke!”

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[quote]supermick wrote:
Only in america…

I know pluralism is encouraged in the US but its a bit pathetic to be honest. 10th generation Irish lad in Boston, has a shamrock tattoo and is as irish as my goldfish.
Your American FFS.

My ancestors were from Once great civilizations, one of which were Vikings. I am however not a viking.[/quote]

I agree.

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[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
My mother was half Irish, half Italian, and half Jewish!

…thats three halves!

She was a big woman![/quote]

Coffee came out my nose when I read that, LOL funny!

Just had the family tree done, half of it anyway, and it seems 4 of my great, great, great, great, grandparents came from England, Ireland, Scotland. All of them were sent out as convicts for stealing.
Shouldn’t be a surprise I guess, it’s how Australia got started.

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I just watched gang of new yorks. Amercian vs Irish - bit like this thread!

I’m Irish, and I live in Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Yeah another paddy here,lived in cork city all my life and love it,but then again i like the states as well.

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i also live in N.Ireland

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[quote]helga wrote:
Go heavy fool wrote:

The real question here should have been… “Who can drink more, the Irish or the Germans”, I think its a close one with A.A. written all over the winning nationality.

I stand by my claims that Australia could drink any other nationality under the table![/quote]

When we were in Sydney the manager of the hostel organised a weekly pub crawl on a Thursday, for all the Australian staff and the foreign guests. He had arranged 2-4-1 vouchers for all the pubs on the crawl

The record for lasting the crawl was 3am by some Welsh guys - the biggest drinkers these Australians had ever seen.

We left him unconscious outside the hostel at 6am- took the rest of the 2-4-1’s and found a 24hr bar…

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[quote]supermick wrote:
superscience wrote:
helga wrote:
Go heavy fool wrote:

Exactly where do American’s come from? What is an American? I would love for you to define one. We are a mixed country of different nationalites, more than any other country.

Australia is in exactly the same situation as what you just mentioned.

As I said before I was born in Australia and consider myself Australian despite the fact that my older sisiter, parents, grandparents, great grandparents and even further back are all english.

I think in some situations it may be a pride issue. I love Australia, I love the fact that I was born here, and despite where my family is from I am proud to be an Australian.

Maybe you are ashamed of being American or think that it is cooler or more sophisticated to be considered something other than American, if that is the case, go ahead and call you chinese because if you were born in the US you are just as much mongolian as you are irish.

This doesnt mean that you dont have to forget your heritage or ancestery or not be proud of it, but if you are born in the US, you are American.

Just my $0.02

My woman was born in england, has an Irish dad and an English mother yet has lived in Ireland all her life. What nationality would you say she is.

She tells people she’s irish and feels irish.

By the way Australia rocks! lol.

Seriously, you guys are making is too easy. Born in England - English. Lives in Ireland = Lives in Ireland. Its not a difficult concept.
And secondly, i dont believe you have a girlfriend.[/quote]

I would say she’s Irish but born in england. She is socialised in Ireland and has an irish passport. She also says she is Irish.

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Ulster has the highest A level results in the whole of the U.K. :slight_smile:

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Irish joke:

Tony Blair is rudely awoken at 4am by the telephone.

"Tony, John Prescott here. Sorry to bother you at this hour but there is
an emergency! I’ve just received word that the Durex factory in
Sheffield has burned to the ground.

It is estimated that the
entire British supply of condoms will be gone by the end of the week."

“Christ John - the economy will never be able to cope with all those unwanted babies - we’ll be ruined!”

“We’re going to have to ship some in from abroad…America?”

“No chance!! Bush will have a field day on this one!”

“What about Ireland?”

"Maybe - but we don’t want them to know that we are stuck. You
call

Bertie Ahern - tell him we need one million condoms;

coloured red, white and blue; twelve inches long and eight inches
thick!

That way he’ll know how big the brits really are!!"

John calls Bertie, who agrees to help the Brits out in their hour of need.

Three days later a van arrives outside Downing Street - full of boxes.

A delighted Tony rushes out to open the boxes.

He finds condoms; 12inches long; 8 inches thick, all coloured red, white or blue.

He then notices in small writing on each and every one:-

MADE IN IRELAND - SIZE: MEDIUM

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I’m Irish. I was born in Dublin, I live in Dublin, Both my parents are from Dublin.

If you’re not BORN in Ireland or have lived here since you were a child, then you’re not fucking Irish.

to No23, you forgot Joyce (who, for all you yanks who don’t know, is one of the greatest and most celebrated writer of our times.) on your list of Irish writers. Great list tho!!

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[quote]Hanley wrote:
I’m Irish. I was born in Dublin, I live in Dublin, Both my parents are from Dublin.

If you’re not BORN in Ireland or have lived here since you were a child, then you’re not fucking Irish.

to No23, you forgot Joyce (who, for all you yanks who don’t know, is one of the greatest and most celebrated writer of our times.) on your list of Irish writers. Great list tho!![/quote]

A voice of reason.
Incidendtly, i havent taken this thread as an excuse to stick the boot in to Americans - Its a similar situation over here where people have an irish nan or even a welsh terrier and claim to be celtic rather than English. They too are Not fucking Irish no matter how many shamrock tattoo’s or pints of Guinness they drink.

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[quote]supermick wrote:

A voice of reason.
Incidendtly, i havent taken this thread as an excuse to stick the boot in to Americans - Its a similar situation over here where people have an irish nan or even a welsh terrier and claim to be celtic rather than English. They too are Not fucking Irish no matter how many shamrock tattoo’s or pints of Guinness they drink.[/quote]

One by one our army is growing!

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[quote]supermick wrote:
Its a similar situation over here where people have an irish nan or even a welsh terrier and claim to be celtic rather than English. They too are Not fucking Irish no matter how many shamrock tattoo’s or pints of Guinness they drink.[/quote]

What if you support the Notre Dame teams and the Boston Celtics? Doesn’t that count?

:stuck_out_tongue:

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[quote]Hanley wrote:
I’m Irish. I was born in Dublin, I live in Dublin, Both my parents are from Dublin.

If you’re not BORN in Ireland or have lived here since you were a child, then you’re not fucking Irish.

to No23, you forgot Joyce (who, for all you yanks who don’t know, is one of the greatest and most celebrated writer of our times.) on your list of Irish writers. Great list tho!![/quote]

Thanks mate … sorry …

… appreciate the help … every now and again, we the superior alpha-race, has to remind all these other clowns who the bigg Daddy is and what nation really built this world.