Post by dgriffin on Sept 20, 2008 12:11:11 GMT -5
Making the rounds on the Internet:
What It Means to Be Irish
(See how many apply to you or your family! Maybe half apply to mine.)
1) You will never play professional basketball.
2) You swear very well.
3) At least one of your cousins is a fireman, cop, bar owner, funeral
home owner or holds political office. And you have at least one
aunt who is a nun, or uncle who's a priest.
4) You think you sing very well.
5) You have no idea how to make a long story short!
6) There isn't a big difference between you losing your
temper or killing someone...
7) Much of your childhood meals were boiled.
Instant potatoes were a mortal sin.
8) You have never hit your head on a ceiling.
9) You spent a good portion of your childhood kneeling in prayer
(catholic guilt forever!).
10) You're strangely poetic after a few beers.
11) You are, therefore, poetic a lot.
12) You will be punched for no good reason...a lot.
13) Some punches directed at you are from legacies of
past generations.
14) Many of your sisters and/or cousins are named Mary, Catherine or
Eileen ... and there is at least one member of your family with the
full
name of Mary Catherine Eileen .
15) Someone in your family is very generous. It is more than likely
you.
16) You may not know the words, but that doesn't stop
you from singing.
17) You can't wait for the other guy to stop talking before you start
talking.
18) You're not nearly as funny as you think you are ... but what you lack
in talent, you make up for in frequency.
19) There wasn't a huge difference between your last Wake and your
last keg party.
20) You are, or know someone, named Murph.
21) If you don't know Murph then you know Mac. If you
don't know Murph or Mac then you know Sully . Then you probably
know Sully McMurphy.
22) You are genetically incapable of keeping a secret.
23) You have Irish Alzheimer's... you forget everything
but the grudges!
24) 'Irish Stew' is a euphemism for 'boiled leftovers.'
25) All of your losses are alcohol-related (loss of virginity, loss of
driver's license, loss of money, loss of job, loss of
significant other, loss of teeth from punch...) but it never
stops you from drinking.
26) Your skin's ability to tan.... not so much.
27) At this very moment, you have at least two relatives
who are not speaking to each other (not fighting, mind you, just
not speaking to each other).
28) Childhood remedies for 20th common cold often included
whiskey.
29) There's no leaving a family party without saying goodbye for
at least 45 minutes.
30) You met your husband/wife/significant
other/accountant/lawyer/landscaper/etc. in a bar.
What It Means to Be Irish
(See how many apply to you or your family! Maybe half apply to mine.)
1) You will never play professional basketball.
2) You swear very well.
3) At least one of your cousins is a fireman, cop, bar owner, funeral
home owner or holds political office. And you have at least one
aunt who is a nun, or uncle who's a priest.
4) You think you sing very well.
5) You have no idea how to make a long story short!
6) There isn't a big difference between you losing your
temper or killing someone...
7) Much of your childhood meals were boiled.
Instant potatoes were a mortal sin.
8) You have never hit your head on a ceiling.
9) You spent a good portion of your childhood kneeling in prayer
(catholic guilt forever!).
10) You're strangely poetic after a few beers.
11) You are, therefore, poetic a lot.
12) You will be punched for no good reason...a lot.
13) Some punches directed at you are from legacies of
past generations.
14) Many of your sisters and/or cousins are named Mary, Catherine or
Eileen ... and there is at least one member of your family with the
full
name of Mary Catherine Eileen .
15) Someone in your family is very generous. It is more than likely
you.
16) You may not know the words, but that doesn't stop
you from singing.
17) You can't wait for the other guy to stop talking before you start
talking.
18) You're not nearly as funny as you think you are ... but what you lack
in talent, you make up for in frequency.
19) There wasn't a huge difference between your last Wake and your
last keg party.
20) You are, or know someone, named Murph.
21) If you don't know Murph then you know Mac. If you
don't know Murph or Mac then you know Sully . Then you probably
know Sully McMurphy.
22) You are genetically incapable of keeping a secret.
23) You have Irish Alzheimer's... you forget everything
but the grudges!
24) 'Irish Stew' is a euphemism for 'boiled leftovers.'
25) All of your losses are alcohol-related (loss of virginity, loss of
driver's license, loss of money, loss of job, loss of
significant other, loss of teeth from punch...) but it never
stops you from drinking.
26) Your skin's ability to tan.... not so much.
27) At this very moment, you have at least two relatives
who are not speaking to each other (not fighting, mind you, just
not speaking to each other).
28) Childhood remedies for 20th common cold often included
whiskey.
29) There's no leaving a family party without saying goodbye for
at least 45 minutes.
30) You met your husband/wife/significant
other/accountant/lawyer/landscaper/etc. in a bar.
