French blockade triggers UK petrol price hike

[SolkaTruesilver]

Yhea, I edited it.

[Mikey]

Coming soon to a bookstore near you:

Benedict Arnold - the Irish Years.

[Sionnach Glic]

Why can't I check the origin of posters first?

Probably a good idea.

Pfft. We managed this whole "armed rebellion against a lawful government" lark nicely enough on our own, I'll have you remember.

You had the advantage of being trained by the best army in the world - y'know, the one most of the old IRA were fighting in a few years before.

Pfft, details.

Coming soon to a bookstore near you:

Benedict Arnold - the Irish Years.

The best years of them all!

[Mikey]

a.k.a., The Lost years.

[Sionnach Glic]

Ah, yes. I can see it now. Arnold wakes up somewhere in DC, an angry George Washington standing over him.

"Oh, man, what did I do last night?"

"Last night? You've been missing for the last three years! We found you floating down the Potomac in a barrel two weeks ago. We've been trying to wake you up ever since."

[SolkaTruesilver]

Ah, yes. I can see it now. Arnold wakes up somewhere in DC, an angry George Washington standing over him.

"Oh, man, what did I do last night?"

"Last night? You've been missing for the last three years! We found you floating down the Potomac in a barrel two weeks ago. We've been trying to wake you up ever since."

That'd be interesting History Revisionism, mesay.

[Mikey]

Sounds like my trip to New Orleans.

Did you guys know that in certain localities, shots are considered to be an appropriate lunch order?

[SolkaTruesilver]

Did you guys know that in certain localities, shots are considered to be an appropriate lunch order?

Pffff... In Dubai, a shot is an appropriate death sentence.

[Captain Seafort]

Did you guys know that in certain localities, shots are considered to be an appropriate lunch order?

What's this got to do with Ireland? I can't imagine anyone with the slightest degree of self-respect order shots with lunch, let alone as lunch.

Now, a pint of Guinness, on the other hand...

[Mikey]

Did you guys know that in certain localities, shots are considered to be an appropriate lunch order?

Pffff... In Dubai, a shot is an appropriate death sentence.

And in that place at the northern end of Bourbon Street, with the cute barmaid and the jukebox, one or two more shots would've meant my death (after eroding my ability to balance my wife's presence against my more banal impulses.)

What's this got to do with Ireland?

Nothing, save the continuing joke about the Irish peoples' tendency toward the sauce. Unless you know of some recent effort to relocate New Orleans.

[Mark]

Potatos and scotch........the Irish gave us so very much 8)

[Captain Seafort]

scotch........the Irish gave us

[Mikey]

Potatoes aren't native to Ireland either.

Interestingly enough, the whiskey which the Irish introduced to the world is known creatively as "Irish whiskey."