# Ask the drunken Irishman. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651 "2007-10-23T01:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/1 "2007-10-23T01:51:48Z")
I’ll probably regret starting this thread but go ahead and ask me, ask me anything. PS I’m not drunk right now. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/2 "2007-10-23T01:52:46Z")
How can you be Irish and not be drunk? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/3 "2007-10-23T02:08:21Z")
The same way Americans can be American and not be fat and/or stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/4 "2007-10-23T02:29:52Z")
Does An Gadaí mean drunk Irishman? Also, do you speak with two different accents? One that 'merkins can understand and the one that you speak to your compatriots. Bartenders in Ireland always seemed to do that, and I was thankful for it. Although they were probably bagging on me behind my back. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/5 "2007-10-23T02:35:08Z")
An Gadaí means The Thief in the Irish language aka Irish Gaelic. I’ve been told I do speak in two different accents by my American girlfriend. I have one for my friends/family etc and another more “neutral” one for when I’m in America, or as is extremely common nowadays dealing with non-native English speakers in work. ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/6 "2007-10-23T02:45:07Z")
who is this pornstar? nws link. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/7 "2007-10-23T02:48:22Z")
Oh yeah Drunken Irishman would be _Éireannach meisciúil_ or _Fear Éireannach meisciúil._ ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/8 "2007-10-23T02:54:26Z")
[QUOTE=diggleblop] who is this pornstar? nws link. [/QUOTE] The “Ask The Porn Connoisseur” thread is two doors down. I dunno who that is. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/9 "2007-10-23T02:58:33Z")
Who would win in a fight between A drunken Irishman and a drunken Scottsman? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/10 "2007-10-23T03:07:02Z")
**pool** , that’s a tough one. I’d guess it would be a draw. After a few shiners they’d be the best of pals forever and a day. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/11 "2007-10-23T03:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] **pool** , that’s a tough one. I’d guess it would be a draw. After a few shiners they’d be the best of pals forever and a day. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen that up close. My drunken Scottish mate and his drunken Irish mate. Best of friends - until Celtic got one up Rangers, and my Scottish mate received a gloating SMS. I’m not easily scared, but holy shit. They’re still best of mates by the way - but not for a few days there… ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/12 "2007-10-23T05:01:47Z")
Well, at what time are you actually going to be drunk (tell us the time zone), so that we can actually have a realistic discussion? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/13 "2007-10-23T05:02:36Z")
> [@Darryl Lict](#): > > Also, do you speak with two different accents? To be fair, I’ve known a number of Southerners and [AAVE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAVE) speakers to do the exact same thing. > [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > I’m not easily scared, but holy shit. Well, Rangers’ team song _does_ include fantasies about being “knee deep in [Catholic] blood”. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/14 "2007-10-23T05:18:24Z")
Why aren’t you drunk right now? Why do you like Guinness so much? Why does everything in your stupid country close so early on weeknights? Which is better: UCD or Trinity? ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/15 "2007-10-23T08:12:26Z")
Is Guinness really better the closer you get to Dublin? Also, what do you think of the Nigerian export stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/16 "2007-10-23T09:03:52Z")
Am I your best mate? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/17 "2007-10-23T09:09:42Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] Is Guinness really better the closer you get to Dublin? Also, what do you think of the Nigerian export stuff? [/QUOTE] Though I’m neither drunken nor Irish, I’ll hazard that the best Guinness I personally ever had was actually in Norn Iron, at a wee thatched stone pub with a turf fire on a hilltop - called the Crosskeys IIRC, somewhere in Co. Antrim. The best Guinness in Dublin is usually said to be served in Mulligans of Poolbeg St. and it’s a damn fine pint. The trick is that due to the swift turnover it’s unpasteurised in the RoI, and I presume it is in NI too. But to export elsewhere it has to be made “safe”. The Nigerian stuff is revolting. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/18 "2007-10-23T10:30:55Z")
Why ask a drunk anything? Conversations with a drunk are seldom productive. Conversations _between_ drunks can be hilarious, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/19 "2007-10-23T10:34:59Z")
Can I have your glass please? Have you a home to go to? ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651/20 "2007-10-23T10:40:04Z")
Why not? There is a proverb saying something about drunk children always telling the truth, or somesuch… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-drunken-irishman/423651.md?page=2)