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Innocent Bystander wrote:If you had some innate way of indicating that kind of thing - a different skin colour, for instance - these silly mistakes could be avoided.

I always thought that my accent would be enough but obviously not....weird.

Slan,
D.

A few hours before the England/U.S.A. game, an English guy down in the local Pub was moaning at me for not wearing a tee shirt/scarf/flag in support of England. "Jeez Dave", he sez.."you're not very patriotic, are ye? "...I looked him straight in the eye and said "I'm not ve...

Speaking about Gaelic..... "A lady lecturing recently on the Irish language drew attention to the fact (I mentioned it myself as long ago as 1925) that, while the average English speaker gets along with a mere 400 words, the Irish-speaking peasant uses 4000. Considering what most English speake...

I'm getting a headache trying to remember all this wonderful trivia for the next quiz night....good find Red.
Slan,
D.

Nanohedron wrote:

Wombat wrote:If Bono hadn't existed it would not have been necessary to invent him.

May I quote you on that?

I already have...

Slan,
D.

Happy Birthday Boss..many more to come.

Slan,
D.

Bravo....seriously impressed...both with the tune and the idea.


Slan,
D.

Sad news indeed. I remember "Wanderly Wagon" fondly and I've had the theme song running through my head all through a just finished night shift. I also remember him being outed has a deserter from the British Army which greatly increased his standing among the Irish people who knew him as ...

I've just heard this sad news.

A unique talent who will be sadly missed by many.
May she rest in Peace.

Slan,
D.

MTGuru wrote:

chrisoff wrote:Interesting picture from the University of Dundee:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/p ... html/1.stm

That's bizarre. Why is Ireland not similarly blanketed?

The English grabbed it all for themselves.


Slan,
D.

No, what's really weird is the song list: Maggie, My Irish Molly-O, Kitty's Wedding, and...Hey Jude? (oops, Weeks beat me.) De Dannans version of Hey Jude was ripped off from Nashville band "Area Code 615"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSwaS06JNY4 Now, there ye go. Slan, D.

The assassination of an American president..
Hope I'm wrong..

Slan,
D.

I have just found out that Tim Hart, the great English singer/musician and founder member of Steeleye Span, died on Xmas Eve.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/de ... t-obituary

Very sad news, may he rest in peace.

Slan,
D.

Denny wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJqDyrZfJpI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_2LmfFz_uw

Scary...
Can't find bridge over troubled water..so this will have to do..
Scarier..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEUOSvitDS4


Slan,
D.

There's a lot of people on Facebook who share your name...
Slan,
D.