I have an irrational hatred of the Irish

[Elok]

Because it's so much better when every thread instantly turns into a vehicle for two posters' vendetta-of-the-month? Not that it's gotten that bad in this case, but I remember Asher/Agathon. Crap, that was boring.

[KrazyHorse]

asher/agathon was stupendous

[Cort Haus]

Figures. I'm Irish/Scot.

You're doubtless sending a few punts back to help all your family and friends in these dark economic days.

[Tupac Shakur]

It's perfectly rational to hate the Irish.

[SlowwHand]

You're doubtless sending a few punts back to help all your family and friends in these dark economic days.

Punts? As in American Football? No, not really.

[Provost Harrison]

I see these commercials for 'Discover Ireland' and my blood boils. I hate that grating accent that sounds like nails on a chalk board combined with the grating of sandpaper... "Ha-ware-ya?" And what is that? Supposed to be Irish poetry about "fay-rays" or mermaids or whatever feminine druid crap their ancestors worshiped. And their ****ing crappy Riverdance music that sounds like it's from the 13th century

Who the hell wants to 'discover' Ireland? Even in their tourism commercials they can't hide that it's a freezing cold, forever-overcast, hell-hole made up of barren hills where apparently nothing but grass and potatoes grow with random rocks strewn about. Oh, you couldn't get to Belfast because you got distracted by some fisherman named Tom who takes you out to what looks like a freezing sea near barren cliffs where he probably murders you and dumps your body into that toxic waste-polluted Irish Sea. You thought you saw a mermaid? No, that was his last victim

**** Ireland!

And I don't find redheads attractive at all

I'll leave you, Yankyboy, to your life of chubbychasing (not like there is a choice of anyone else to chase) to live in your craptastic hellhole that is Philly. Seriously, your closed-mindedness is truly spectacular.

Have you ever heard what an American accent sounds like to someone from the British Isles? Whiny and annoying...like, oddly enough, nails down a blackboard.

So f**kwit, before you stand in judgement about the rest of the world, get your head out of your own rectum and see what it is like for yourself rather than sit in your turdhole of a city and cast judgement on the rest of the world...you might be surprised by what you find.

[SlowwHand]

They sound that way to us, too.

[Elok]

My only experience with Ireland is by way of the Irish-themed bar in a local town. We call it the Potato Palace (not actual name). Still, we like the Potato Palace, so I'll just say I approve of Ireland right now to balance the thread out n'stuff.

[Provost Harrison]

Potato Palace? Not playing to any stereotypes at all

[SlowwHand]

If I had to forsake all other food, save one, it would be potatoes that I lived on.

[Elok]

It's the bar that's stereotyping with its loads and loads of potato-based food offerings. The bar, I tell you!

Though, oddly enough, I think it might have a few more Scotch whiskies (whiskys? How do you pluralize the over-the-pond spelling?) than Irish...

[Provost Harrison]

If I had to forsake all other food, save one, it would be potatoes that I lived on.

Good point, although I don't think that would keep you properly nourished for the rest of your days

[SlowwHand]

From what I can tell Britain has whisky and the USA has whiskey. Whiskeys is definitely correct in the plural, at least in the USA.

[Cort Haus]

I think whiskey is the Irish spelling.

Fantastic rant by PH btw, although had the OP restricted his own rant to cod-Oirishness and plastic paddies and such I might have been forced to agree with it. As it was, it was a standard parochial spasm from Speer. Entertaining nonetheless. Do it again, Al, on March 17th and I'll give it a

[Provost Harrison]

My pleasure, I have enjoyed this pasting of Albie. I wouldn't mind a rematch, and you can bring your "hoes and b!tches" or whatever you have Albie as well.