The Saga of Irish Rover And The Crew(censorshoipped edition)

[philipchevron]

Nobody talks loike dat in Dublin.

But our tributary friend maintains an ancient Irish-American vaudeville tradition, best exemplified by the Nora Bayes hit from 1911 How Can They Tell That I'm Oirish? . Miss Bayes was born Eleanor Goldberg, illustrating that ethnic forgery is far from a new phenomenon.

[Mick Molloy]

No????????????????????

[IrishRover]

Of course there isn't...oim just very fond of Dublin phonetics
L(o)ike nobody speaks with an o in Dublin

[Mick Molloy]

I must say I sometimes like it. Some accents I quite hate like the Leopardstown and Blackrock (that's English) but remember the woman in O'Connelstreet selling flowers. That shouting hurts my ears

[IrishRover]

From where oim standing now...ethnic forgery,what is that really...no man can choose his place of birth...
Oireland is in me heart...the fact oi wasn't born there doesn't make me less Oirish than anyone else...further we go oi could remind ya all that greatest Oirishmen(at least oi think they are) weren't born in Eire at all...St.Patrick for example was of Roman descent...Shane wasn't born in Eire...whats in ya're heart,that counts...
So me "o" is me roight of an Oirish!

[philipchevron]

I tell interviewers this all the time, but they never use it. Wonder why?

[philipchevron]

greatest Oirishmen weren't born in Eire at all

We have to be cautious here all the same. I don't especially care who does or does not declare him or herself to be Irish but I drew the line at Ronald Reagan, I'm afraid. There has to be some quality control. I think we can all agree that, as Bill Clinton was the first Black president, so too was he the second Irish one.

My mother got a call from Nancy Reagan once. It was a wrong number. She thought this was my mum's fault somehow. My mum told Nancy to go fuck herself.

[philipchevron]

PS The Leprechaun is cute, but I kinda miss the guy with the big drum.

[Celtic.Dave]

I wouldnt have classed St.Patrick as a great.

[St.Peter]

He must be great-he has a day named after him.Im just wonderin if he spoke loike this .

[carmens827]

Irishrover says "no man can choose his place of birth"

Billy Bragg states in a song "im just a victim of geography"

I AGREE

[Celtic.Dave]

He must be great-he has a day named after him.Im just wonderin if he spoke loike this .

Oh yeah,forgot.All people that have days named after are greats.

[St.Peter]

Of course.Father Christmas and Guy Fawkes are more examples.

[Lulu]

He must be great-he has a day named after him.Im just wonderin if he spoke loike this .

Oh yeah,forgot.All people that have days named after are greats.

Mmmn. So who's Cultural Diversity?
They have a day on 20 May

[St.Peter]

Theyre a mob sponsored by the patron saint of England,George Galloway.