What does Faugh A Ballagh mean?
Are you still drunk?
[QUOTE=Wile E]
What does Faugh A Ballagh mean?
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This one, I know: “Clear the way.” Also seen as fág an bealach.
[QUOTE=Daithi Lacha]
This one, I know: “Clear the way.” Also seen as fág an bealach.
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Ah, cool! It’s the motto of an Irish Regiment that may have been the one my great great grandfathers served in during the Civil War.
[QUOTE=An Gadaí]
Some of my best friends are Irish Americans. It’s a complex issue for me. It’s very hard to call someone up on their “culture”. Are Americans who proclaim their Irishocity, wear green, and drink guinness and sport Bobby Sands t-shirts any less or more corny and authentic than Irish people who sport Che Guevara t-shirts and dreadlocks or dress like an extra from MTV’s Laguna Beach? Some Americans have a long, clear and proud link with the old country that it would be extremely offensive for me to deride. The kitchier ends of things are ripe for lampooning but that’s often the way with the kitchier end of things in general.
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This was a remarkably thoughtful and measured response. Are you sure you’re drunk?
Abrakebabra? What the hell? Is that as horrible as it sounds?
[QUOTE=Barking Dog]
Abrakebabra? What the hell? Is that as horrible as it sounds?
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They serve kebabs. Not shish kebabs, on a skewer, but doner kebobs – it’s like a gyro, but with cabbage and a spicy sauce (not a cooling cucumber & yogurt concoction) stuffed into a pita. Quite nice after a coupla jars.
Oh. Sounds kinda nice actually. Still, that name… lol
[QUOTE=Pushkin]
Are you still drunk?
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Nope, but will likely be doing myself damage tonight.
[QUOTE=pravnik]
This was a remarkably thoughtful and measured response. Are you sure you’re drunk?
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Thank you, I’m not drunk right now but this is a subject I’ve thought about alot and I do think about when I’m drunk. I find there’s a vaguely creative element that comes to the fore when you’re sozzled or recovering from getting sozzled. You make connections you otherwise might not.
It was an ironic culture shock for me when I first visited my girlfriend in America. She and her friends love Irish music or Irish-influenced music more than most Irish people I know. They could sing more Irish rebel songs than almost anybody I know. I found this perplexing and incongruous initially.
No more questions? Ok then, I’m off to get really drunk.
Is hurley a popular sport nowadays? And do you follow it?
Do you know of/enjoy the band Horslips?
[Quote=Barking Dog]
Is hurley a popular sport nowadays? And do you follow it?
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Hurling is an immensely popular sport in parts of the country. I’m not a follower of it nor any other sport really.
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Do you know of/enjoy the band Horslips?
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Ah yeah. I love them.
Éirinn go brách!
a) What is your average level of drunkenness, on any given day, and b) What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever done while drunk?
a) I’m sober 4 or 5 days out of 7. Drunk/plastered/flutered 1 night and merry another night. so i’m 4/7ths or 5/7ths sober on average… eh i think.
b) One time I pretended to be french (i’ve scant recollection) but I spent ages speaking French to these other Irish guys and they were speaking back to me in their basic school-learned French. The guys kept saying to my friends “hey is he really French? That’s cool” etc. After a while I turned around to my friend and said “here we’re gonna miss the bus” and the guys started shouting “you’re not french!!” Might be one of those, had to be there moments though.