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Plankton · 09-20-2022, 05:30 AM

Lisnaholic · 09-20-2022, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I was urban pleasure.

I was laid off at the end of July and got a decent severance, so I decided to seize the opportunity to take an extra long vacation/writing retreat. I have a good friend in Valencia and I found a cheap AirBnB in the heart of the city. About a week after losing my job, I was on my way. I didn't discover too much new music there, but on my last night I saw this guy Piccolini from Argentina play in front of about 15 people in a small bar and I thought he was great.

Yep, hearing music in a small venue has its own special intensity.

Glad to see that you don't sound too alarmed about being made redundant, which can be a very unsettling experience - unless you're Batlord of course, who quit one job and was back in a new one within a week, apparently without breaking stride.

Trollheart · 09-20-2022, 08:02 AM

Current suggestion: Blackstuff brawlers (Guinness being the "black stuff") - anyone got an advance on that?

~~jwb~~ · 09-20-2022, 12:06 PM

Nah that makes you guys sound way too cool.

I'm sticking with potato monkey. Not only does it have a comedic ring to it, it also reminds them of when they were so cucked by the British that all they had to eat nothing but potatoes. What a **** nationality lol. Somehow even their oppression just sounds comical.

Trollheart · 09-20-2022, 12:22 PM

I do admit potato monkey is good. It just doesn't sound, I don't know, insulting enough? I think I prefer potato muncher - has that sort of double entendre going for it.

Also, check your history. The British didn't force us to eat only potatoes: they were the only thing we knew how to grow or could afford to grow. Corn laws, dude, corn laws.

Psy-Fi · 09-20-2022, 12:31 PM

The Batlord · 09-20-2022, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I do admit potato monkey is good. It just doesn't sound, I don't know, insulting enough? I think I prefer potato muncher - has that sort of double entendre going for it.

Also, check your history. The British didn't force us to eat only potatoes: they were the only thing we knew how to grow or could afford to grow. Corn laws, dude, corn laws.

I thought functionally they kind of did since growing anything else would have raised rents?

SGR · 09-20-2022, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I do admit potato monkey is good. It just doesn't sound, I don't know, insulting enough? I think I prefer potato muncher - has that sort of double entendre going for it.

Also, check your history. The British didn't force us to eat only potatoes: they were the only thing we knew how to grow or could afford to grow. Corn laws, dude, corn laws.

I think it's because 'potato monkey' doesn't have enough phonetic zip to it. I propose 'spud monkey' instead, e.g.:

"Shut your Guinness chute, you useless spud monkey!"

The Batlord · 09-20-2022, 03:17 PM

Just call them potato fags ffs.

~~jwb~~ · 09-20-2022, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I do admit potato monkey is good. It just doesn't sound, I don't know, insulting enough? I think I prefer potato muncher - has that sort of double entendre going for it.

Also, check your history. The British didn't force us to eat only potatoes: they were the only thing we knew how to grow or could afford to grow. Corn laws, dude, corn laws.

I think it's insulting in a dismissive way which feels appropriate for the Irish as a people. Even the negative stereotypes for your people is stuff like being sloppy drunks or leprechauns. Any true vitriol directed at the Irish would be taking them too seriously as a people. Really the most insulting thing to call them is brits, which to my eye they are basically just a more backwater region of the same pasty breed of imbred island folk, just with more gingers sprinkled in and a touch of catholicism.

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09-20-2022, 12:22 PM	#76215 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I do admit potato monkey is good. It just doesn't sound, I don't know, insulting enough? I think I prefer potato muncher - has that sort of double entendre going for it. Also, check your history. The British didn't force us to eat only potatoes: they were the only thing we knew how to grow or could afford to grow. Corn laws, dude, corn laws. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-20-2022, 12:06 PM	#76214 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Nah that makes you guys sound way too cool. I'm sticking with potato monkey. Not only does it have a comedic ring to it, it also reminds them of when they were so cucked by the British that all they had to eat nothing but potatoes. What a **** nationality lol. Somehow even their oppression just sounds comical.