XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.british, soc.culture.irish   
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   From: @iol.ie   
      
   On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:06:45 GMT, "Conway Caine"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"The Highlander"  wrote in message   
   >news:uvb473lgn1mvj1h242lb1ld3qec1ikuif9@4ax.com...   
   >> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:29:25 GMT, "Conway Caine"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>"WhiteWolf @iol.ie>"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:5nf273p7qu7t1ri46jakvp3t14sf2pij11@4ax.com...   
   >>>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:41:04 GMT, The Highlander    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>With those two words... You just what little credibility you might ever   
   >>>>>>have   
   >>>>>>had...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Ray   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>That's wonderful, Ray - now there are two of you!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've booked my laugh at your poor attempt at a joke for next week   
   >>>> tuesday   
   >>>> between the hours of 10am and 10.01 am...     
   >>>   
   >>>Remember, Ray, The Highlander is descended from that bunch you guys ran   
   >>>out   
   >>>of Ireland two thousand or more years ago.   
   >>>Can you wonder then at his bitterness, sitting as he does in the Frozen   
   >>>North of Alba, gazing back at the verdant shores of Ireland, and wishing   
   >>>he   
   >>>could come home?   
   >>>   
   >> Ran us out?   
   >>   
   >> Large numbers of Ulster natives are Scots by descent. I haven't   
   >> noticed any tendency on their part to leave, despite the best the IRA   
   >> could throw at them.   
   >   
   >Unwanted house guests, the lot of them.   
   >They came to supper and now refuse to leave.   
   >(I really can't blame them though)   
   >   
   >   
      
   Who could blame them... Ireland is such a wonderful place!  :)   
      
   Ray   
      
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