Originally Posted by Trollheart Meh, always considered myself more a Paddy than a Mick. Micks are from "down the Country", ie outside Dublin. Muck savages. Culchies. Rednecks.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord To Americans you're all Micks and what the **** is a Paddy?

Originally Posted by The Batlord To Americans you're all Micks and what the **** is a Paddy?

Originally Posted by Janszoon You've never heard of a paddy? Where the fuck do you think the term "paddy wagon" came from?

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Chula Vista Trump picked up a small black child in Texas today and gave her a quick peck on the lips. The end of racism. Finally. Time to move on. Phew.

Originally Posted by Mord Yes, but I don't think they really tried. I was a kid and didn't pay much attention. But my friends and my step-dad all called me a coward for running. I felt guilty for a long time. But now, as a man, I know what it was: situational awareness.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan Are these people Tinkers or Gypsies?

Originally Posted by The Batlord Who can I file a complaint with?

Originally Posted by Man like Monkey Yes and yes

Originally Posted by mord Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan Oh, I thought Tinkers were the poor Irish. Or people who didn't or couldn't buy a house, and rather travel in covered wagon, kinda like how people in the US live in mobile trailers. How do you feel about the Protestant Irish and/or the Catholic Irish? The group you don't identify with.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan Oh, I thought Tinkers were the poor Irish. Or people who didn't or couldn't buy a house, and rather travel in covered wagon, kinda like how people in the US live in mobile trailers. How do you feel about the Protestant Irish and/or the Catholic Irish? The group you don't identify with.