good grief...

[Lambchop]

time to dig out my:

"I was Celtic before Michael Flatly"

bumper sticker...........

OK, Dale . . . if this sticker doesn't exist, it should!

I want a sweatshirt (zip-front with hood), a ladies t-shirt (for the gym), and an oversize coffee mug with that and the C&F logo emblazoned on them.

And maybe some underpants.

I hate to sound reactionary about this, but just yesterday at work . . . we have a little "mall" of people who sell stuff . . . one of the vendors had some little Chinese whistle-or-flute--like objects, with tassles, for $12. I wasn't in the market for an unplayable instrument, but got stuck chatting with the folks before I could escape politely.

As I have this recurring dream that they have an Olwell there for $20, I mentioned that I had dreamed they had a flute and . . . here was one. She asked what I played and I told her Irish traditional, mostly. (Heh, my three tunes are all I play in any genre!)

"Oh," she sighed breathily, clutching her hands beneath her heaving bosum and rolling her eyes heavenward in obvious ecstasy, "I love Irish traditional music!" Yes, yes, they both nodded and smiled. "Love it!" "Absolutely." "My favorite!" "Can't be beat!"

"Really," the lady sighed, "I have always adored When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Who would have known we liked the same things!"

First that and now Flatley. Again.

What do you say? Will the C&F logo shoppe be getting some new merchandise?

[Lambchop]

I got this far,



and then I had to stop.

It's just... it's just too much.

Nooooo! Don't stop now!

You must see the one where he's feeling up that woman's leg . . .

[Cynth]

Click here for a preview of Celtic Tiger. It gave me the shivers.

[Paul Thomas]

Ach, such a subtle one, no?

Striiiipes, like a Tiiiiger, get it? Grrrrr.

One must allow that the man (depending on ones views) either keeps defying or radically surpassing expectations...

It's like Wayne Newton, James Cagney, and William Shatner had a basmati child together in Ireland. Wait a moment, that's three guys...oh I give up. I leave it to some other intrepid & underemployed soul to figger out the genetics.

It's like a car wreck, people just can't keep themselves from looking at it. At least his shows aren't being rebroadcast about 4 times a week for the last few months on PBS like "Celtic Woman" is. That almost cost PBS my (admittedly insignificant) support.

(edited to add a missing negative)

[dubhlinn]

From a building site labourer to a squillionaire, with some some serious flute playing thrown in along the way.

He's not as green as he's cabbage looking, as we say in Dublin.

Slan,
D.

[Lambchop]

It's like Wayne Newton, James Cagney, and William Shatner had a basmati child together in Ireland.

That's it, exactly.


Michael Flatley is, or at least was, I am very sorry to say, a member of Mensa.

[Cynth]

Eric Partridge, in A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, says:

"not so green as I'm cabbage looking, often preceded by I'm. I'm not such a fool -- such a simpleton -- as I look (or as I seem): mid C19-20. In 1853 appeared a novel of English undergraduate life: Cuthbert Bede's The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green. Some years ago, I noticed its use by Ernest Raymond in his novel, Mary Leith (1931). From the entirely natural and proper equation of immaturity, hence daftness, with the colour green; one of the world's oldest metaphors."
http://p098.ezboard.com/fwordoriginsorg ... 2586.topic

You are keeping me awfully busy with the dictionary, dubh.

[dubhlinn]

Eric Partridge, in A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, says:

"not so green as I'm cabbage looking, often preceded by I'm. I'm not such a fool -- such a simpleton -- as I look (or as I seem): mid C19-20. In 1853 appeared a novel of English undergraduate life: Cuthbert Bede's The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green. Some years ago, I noticed its use by Ernest Raymond in his novel, Mary Leith (1931). From the entirely natural and proper equation of immaturity, hence daftness, with the colour green; one of the world's oldest metaphors."
http://p098.ezboard.com/fwordoriginsorg ... 2586.topic

You are keeping me awfully busy with the dictionary, dubh.

I read all those books years ago.

Slan,
D.

[Cynth]

You're a rascal, dubh.

[dubhlinn]

You're a rascal, dubh.

No,
It's a Jackeen kind of thing.
Slan,
D.

[Cynth]

Term for Dubliners by persons from outside Dublin (opp. of 'Culchie'),Basically, a Dubliner. Or sometimes more specifically, a Dublin born and bred 'between the canals', as would his parents and grandparents. Most definitely though, a 'true' Dubliner, not a blow-in who thinks he's a Dubliner just because he lives there. Also Dublin was always seen as the most "English" city in Ireland by provincials and this was coined as a term of derision stemming from the English flag, the Union Jack, by adding the diminutive, -een. Literally, "Little Jack". Derived from "shoneen", a sort of "working-class West Brit

Whew! Does this look right?

[dubhlinn]

Yeah,
that's about right....

A much maligned shower of savages us Dubs.

Slan,
D.

[izzarina]

Term for Dubliners by persons from outside Dublin (opp. of 'Culchie'),Basically, a Dubliner.

HA! I knew that But I wouldn't dream of calling Dub one. Unless he calls me a culchie first.

I think someone should petition Dale to not allow pictures of Mr. Flatley to be posted. This is supposed to be a wholesome site....just think of the people who come here for information, and then run away screaming after seeing those pictures!!

[jbarter]

Anybody know how I can contact Mr Flatley. I wanted to talk to him about my idea for remake of The Quiet Man.

[Congratulations]

Anybody know how I can contact Mr Flatley. I wanted to talk to him about my idea for remake of The Quiet Man.

I would settle for a remake of "The Ordinarily Clothed Man."