And the award goes to.. the patriotic Independent Senator Joe O’Toole [No relation - Ed] defending ministerial trips abroad during St Patrick’s Day Week Month
“We need our people abroad,” he said. “Never was it more necessary to promote our economy abroad, and if that means going over there and sloshing horrible-tasting green beer, shaking hands with the ancient order of this, that or the other thing or meeting the various brotherhoods then so be it.”
Heh.
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Loved the quotation (my A level history teacher used to ate us alive for using quote as a noun) but I don’t get the relevance to the patriotic link. Care to enlighten Pete?
Don’t worry unduly about thepatriotic link, TP.
It’s neither here nor there..
“St Patrick’s
Day WeekMonth”LOL!
And just what is the ministerial sales pitch in the states gonna be? ‘Think you guys are fucked? What about us in Dublin?’
If go they must, can’t these self-serving ‘ministerial’ fuckers just at least save some taxpayers money and use a one-way ticket? A shame Ryanair doesn’t do a flight to DC ( or Boston, or NewYork, Philly, etc. etc.) via the Bermuda triangle. Sorry, hold that. Wait until hurricane season later in the year.
thanks maggie, I mis-read month initially and assumed it said St Patricks Day mouth.
Lesson one on how to insult your hosts before you’ve even arrived, if I was the Ancient Orders or Brotherhoods I’d tell him to get stuffed.
“St Patrick’s Day Week Month”
LOL!
Time for reform of the Gregorian Calendar it seems
Dec – Christmas Shopping Month
January – Valentine Preparatory Month
February – Real Valentine Month
March – St Patrick’s Month
April – Easter Egg Month
May Unemployment of Labour Month
June – Orange Preparatory Month
July King Billy Month
August Derry Apprentice Month
September Black Preceptory Month
October Ghost and Ghoul Month
November Month of the Living Dead
wild turkey,
‘Think you guys are fucked? What about us in Dublin?’
Overheard in Dublin
‘Think you guys are fucked ? What about us in Latvia ?
As usual, when you read the whole statement it is not as bad as it is initially portrayed. I must say however the quote given is highly offensive to the Irish in America who have contributed greatly to Irish culture, the Irish economy and the Irish peace process over the years.
If Senator O’Toole or Green Party representatives are ever visiting Philadelphia I will be sure to pose an embarrasing public question concerning his views about Irish America.
Thanks for the heads up.