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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
We dare say what we want. I will repeat that she is mostly harmless and a convenient target for those who know nothing of, the real naughty people, high level tax evasion, and corruption.

I'm a republican in principle but I can't be bothered worrying about a powerless monarch who is merely part of our heritage.

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
We dare say what we want. I will repeat that she is mostly harmless and a convenient target for those who know nothing of, the real naughty people, high level tax evasion, and corruption.

I'm a republican in principle but I can't be bothered worrying about a powerless monarch who is merely part of our heritage.

I'm heritage Labour m'self and feel that there are lot of more important wrongs to right.

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Originally posted by squiggle:
Dear Daniel J, I think we've done this one to death now, don't you?

I'm supposed to be graceful and say yes here, aren't I?

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Originally posted by Irish-Princess:

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Originally posted by Bovrilking:
What did Martin Johnson do

Johnson and Irish president

England may have won the Grand Slam but the Irish won the dignity cup.

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Originally posted by mistyvermillion:

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Originally posted by Irish-Princess:

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Originally posted by Bovrilking:
What did Martin Johnson do

Johnson and Irish president

England may have won the Grand Slam but the Irish won the dignity cup.

Ireland won it this year!

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Originally posted by mistyvermillion:
the Irish won the dignity cup.

Is that for covering up camel toe?

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by mistyvermillion:
the Irish won the dignity cup.

Is that for covering up camel toe?

is there a cup for that?

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by mistyvermillion:
the Irish won the dignity cup.

Is that for covering up camel toe?

is there a cup for that?

Why, are you interested?

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:

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Originally posted by squiggle:
Dear Daniel J, I think we've done this one to death now, don't you?

I'm supposed to be graceful and say yes here, aren't I?

Yep!

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Originally posted by Hollygolightly:
see 1 thing I learned when I lived n worked there was, to be ENGLISH means that one is PERSONALY responsible for EVERY crime every injustice every insult past present and future EVER perpetrated by MY country on the Irish.
(quote from Old Hippy Guy)

Old Hippy Guy, don't know what people you knocked around with. My family and friends would never feel like that

ooer was just reading through this very interesting thread and spotted this, Hi Holly
I thinnk I should make it clear that I had/have lots of Irish friends, and to be fair it was only a small minority of people who used to give me a hard time because of my nationality, the VAST majority where very friendly,
but there were a few "bad apples" shall we say,
I remember the night that the invasion of Iraq began (after 9/11) I was sitting in the canteen at work when one of my Irish workmates came over to me and said "I hope you are Fing proud of yourself you English c@@t" I was shocked, to say the least, especially as I had made it clear I was against the war, but he needed to vent his anger, and I was there and English.
I also had the "over here stealing our jobs" one thrown at me quite a few times as well, a bit rich, as I was there training Irish people to do a job that they couldnt do, as there were very few ceramic airbrush artists in Mullingar,
and at the time of the "rugby incident" carpetgate? I was cornered in a pub and given a right telling off, (I'm not even a rugby fan!)
and other times I would go into a shop and people would be so friendly, "over here on holliday?" they would ask, when I said "no I live here you would see their attitude change,
BUT, as I say these were not common events and most of the time I just got a bit of friendly "ribbing" which I didnt mind at all,
AND gave as good as I got haha, my favourite was to parody the Monty Python life of brian scene with the "what have the Romans ever done for us" speech, but changing Romans to English,...LOVE Ireland and the Irish sense of humour,