Irish Joke Thread in Honour of St Patrick ...

rh · Post by rh » Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:44 am

mukade wrote:
Wombat wrote:Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters and Hank Williams would be a good place for me to start identifying if I were American.
Add Woodie Guthrie to that list.

add Bill Monroe, while yer at it. he took the "ancient tones" of his Scots-Irish musical heritage and fused it with the blues and gospel music to make bluegrass... a uniquely American hybrid.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:02 am

Edited to add
http://theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4111&n=12

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:05 am

dubhlinn wrote:I mean to say..Bob Dylan...'nuff said.

Actually, I thought about this well after I posted my comment. Notice I didn't say anything else

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:09 am

I.D.10-t wrote: Personally, I feel that I am human long before any thing else and my loyalties are such. I do not like the fact that I am given a citizenship at birth and am already labled an American (or forced into any other artificial loyalties) for life.

Yeah...what I.D.10-t said about sums it up for me as well. And in that light I have to say, much as it will rankle the right wing patriot crowd, I am very pleased that my children go to a school where they are not required to pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth every morning. :roll:

Cheers,
David

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:16 am

rh wrote:
mukade wrote:
Wombat wrote:Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters and Hank Williams would be a good place for me to start identifying if I were American.
Add Woodie Guthrie to that list.
add Bill Monroe, while yer at it. he took the "ancient tones" of his Scots-Irish musical heritage and fused it with the blues and gospel music to make bluegrass... a uniquely American hybrid.

And the list just goes on and on .... I just got the ball rolling.

An Irish friend of mine who stays over when in Wollongong, who loves ITM, whose father was a friend of Seamus Ennis, he's just as likely to play country or blues or jazz as Irish music from my collection.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:40 am

I was going to post something vile and offensive. I would have been supported and ridiculed and I would have felt clever.

Then I looked at the title and remembered that I was on a thread about an a man, that had a sometimes rough life, and yet tried to help others live a life that was good.

So, for what it is worth, Have a happy St. Patrick’s day

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/ ... ge=patrick

(PS does Ireland have snakes?)

Montana · Post by **Montana** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:12 am

Ireland does not have snakes but it has nothing to do with a Catholic missionary...
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mirishsnakes.html

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:16 am

Happy St. Patrick's to everyone, and please try not to be too silly.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:33 pm

Happy to all. Funny, Glaub!!

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:18 pm

[quote="Wombat.]

An Irish friend of mine who stays over when in Wollongong, who loves ITM, whose father was a friend of Seamus Ennis, he's just as likely to play country or blues or jazz as Irish music from my collection.[/quote]

..Was it Duke or Count who said " There are two types of Music in the World , Good or Bad"...or something like that..hic..

Slan,
D.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:49 pm

Duke, i think.

"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!"

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:17 am

dubhlinn wrote:[quote="Wombat'']

An Irish friend of mine who stays over when in Wollongong, who loves ITM, whose father was a friend of Seamus Ennis, he's just as likely to play country or blues or jazz as Irish music from my collection.

..Was it Duke or Count who said " There are two types of Music in the World , Good or Bad"...or something like that..hic..

Slan,
D.[/quote]

I think Glauber's right. It was Duke. BTW, it was also Duke who said that the only music other than jazz that truly swings is Scottish. I guess he couldn't have heard many strathspeys.

Just an amusing story about my Irish friend. We were sitting around drinking Ruddles and he was going through records he wanted to listen to and stumbled on a Seamus Ennis CD. Just casually he said: 'I must listen to this one day. I remember Seamus visiting my father regularly when I was a child in Drogheda.' Small world, eh?

jkrazy52 · Post by **jkrazy52** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:52 am

Perhaps problem drinking in Ireland is more a reality than a joke.

Unfortunately St. Patrick's Day is spoiled here in Dublin as a lot of people, young and old, get blind drunk early in the day and spend the rest of the day picking street fights and causing trouble!

This came from a friend in Ireland, when I asked about how the day is celebrated in Ireland. Sounds like a good place to be "from" ....

Guess I'm now not supposed to tell people I have any Irish heritage, as well as I can't really play ITM, as I wasn't born there .... sheesh!

And my mother said the Irish have a great sense of humor ....

chas · Post by **chas** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:36 am

I know Duke said, "If it sounds good it IS good."

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:14 am

Feadan wrote:And in that light I have to say, much as it will rankle the right wing patriot crowd, I am very pleased that my children go to a school where they are not required to pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth every morning. :roll:

As far as I can see, the Pledge (originally, "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all") was intended as part of an effort to educate the then-Republican position into the American populace, and especially aimed at the former Confederacy. Far as I can tell, the anti-states-rights indoctrination has been highly successful.

As for being required, it's been about 62 years since the Supreme Court ruled that schools may not require it.