You know Ireland has more drunks per capita than people

[FrostyBoy]

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Art...40893?UserKey=

Deep fried Mars bars have health benefits!

Deep-fried Mars Bars have health benefits
Scientists claim they are nutritious

SCIENTISTS have found that a notoriously unhealthy snack invented in the north-east does have its benefits.

Deep-fried Mars Bars were served to delegates at a science conference with the promise they were nutritious.

The battered confection was first served in a Stonehaven chip shop in 1995, and has since been labelled one of the most unhealthy foods ever.

But guests at the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Conference were assured the snack provided basic nutrients like carbohydrate and protein, and, unsurprisingly, fat.

The Royal Society of Chemistry, which is hosting the conference in Glasgow, has said the deep-fried Mars Bar also provides some vitamins and minerals, and is low in salt.

Scientists did say, however, that the snack is effectively a meal in itself, as it contains 600 calories.

The sickly-sweet dish was invented at the Carron Fish and Chip shop in Allardice Street, Stonehaven, and has gained notoriety across the world as a symbol of an unhealthy Scottish diet.

As Scotland has become one of the fattest countries in the world, the snack has become proof of the country’s collective sweet tooth.

The treat has inspired international variations, with battered Snickers bars in America and deep-fried Moro bars in New Zealand.

a Moro bar is way better than a Mars bar.

[molly bloom]

If all those Americans can claim to be Irish, why can't they be?

Because they're not Irish, they're British.

You can have your own drunks and sozzled reprobates, you don't need to move them over the border by default.

Based on molly's sense of humour, he is clearly German.

Based on my pseudonym you eejit, I am rather more likely to be Irish. Based on your knowledge of geography and nationality, you are clearly American... ...note the reference to Irish coffees all round, you great galoot.

The name might be, but the Brits shoved these people down our throat about 300 years ago.

I can't recall having any Brit shoved down my throat (at least not unwillingly). I'll check the family records to see if we stored any settlers that way- it does seem unlikely.

By the way, the first of the plantations was in Elizabeth I's time, but the Brits (or Anglo-Normans,if you're going to be picky) have been there since at least Henry II's reign. Mostly thanks to Irish infighting and an English Pope.

BTW, that is an insult to Germans, not to molly.

Oh dear Dauphin. Does your pseudonym imply a French connection ? If so, tant pis....

[Imran Siddiqui]

Because they're not Irish, they're British.

So Northern Ireland isn't... Irish? What's the "Ireland" part in that name doing there? And if they ain't Irish, then what the **** was the IRA on about all these years?

[Dauphin]

Because they're not Irish, they're British.

You really are a humourless person.

Based on my pseudonym you eejit, I am rather more likely to be Irish.

Calling me an eejit is rather offensive, but I won't take it personally, you wassock.

Based on your knowledge of geography and nationality, you are clearly American... ...note the reference to Irish coffees all round, you great galoot.

Why thank you for the compliment. Please note the thread title is nonsense to start with, you drongo.

Oh dear Dauphin. Does your pseudonym imply a French connection ? If so, tant pis....

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

[Dauphin]

Because they're not Irish, they're British.

http://www.irishpost.co.uk/tabId/550/itemId/5171/Teen-is-denied-liver-transplant-after-weekend-drin.aspx

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2009/08/25/Irish_teen_denied_new_liver_365853.html

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Health-care-storm-as-Irish-man-refused-liver-transplant-53938297.html

THE DISTRAUGHT father of a 19-year-old Irishman who is critically ill with liver failure has taken his battle to the High Court to change organ transplant rules to allow his son to be added to the waiting list.

A critically ill Irish teenager has been denied a liver transplant because his condition is drink-related is to be flown to a specialist hospital unit.

Health care storm as Irish man refused liver transplant

Several other news sources also say he's Irish. But then they are all probably mistruthing to troll you.

[Provost Harrison]

I think that sums up my feelings.

[Cort Haus]

Oh dear, Molly. Looks like you have been bested and found seriously wanting in the humour department. Be careful or Dauphin will taunt you a second time.