jimbaxters Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Just returned from the long weekend back in Glasgow and Ayrshire. The potholes in the roads in Glasgow are wild! Thank goodness it was a hire car I was driving, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 What shops have stopped selling square ham? Because Tesco, Lidl, Morrisons and Aldi still sell ham in said shape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 What about steamed hams? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 31 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: What shops have stopped selling square ham? Because Tesco, Lidl, Morrisons and Aldi still sell ham in said shape. Sainsbury's and Iceland - the two closest to where I live 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Joe Biden pretending to be Irish. I thought his parents must be Irish the way he goes on. One set of Great Grandparents born in Ireland in the 1850s, so less Irish than me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Joe Biden pretending to be Irish. I thought his parents must be Irish the way he goes on. One set of Great Grandparents born in Ireland in the 1850s, so less Irish than me. He's more American than you though. Presumably. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Joe Biden pretending to be Irish. I thought his parents must be Irish the way he goes on. One set of Great Grandparents born in Ireland in the 1850s, so less Irish than me. Do you qualify for an Irish passport then? Want to adopt me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Just now, welshbairn said: Do you qualify for an Irish passport then? Want to adopt me? It only goes as far back as grandparents with Irish citizenship. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Stellaboz said: What about steamed hams? Despite them being quite obviously grilled? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Last night's strong wind has dislodged the hopper head from the drainpipe. Just as well I wasn't underneath it- it's a bloody solid piece of Edwardian cast iron that could have killed me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 When you have a warm and fuzzy "awww, look at the cute little lambs bouncing about the field" moment, only for the farmer to then whizz past on his quad with a trailer of dead ones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: When you have a warm and fuzzy "awww, look at the cute little lambs bouncing about the field" moment, only for the farmer to then whizz past on his quad with a trailer of dead ones. "Things that are delicious" thread for this no? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Joe Biden pretending to be Irish. I thought his parents must be Irish the way he goes on. One set of Great Grandparents born in Ireland in the 1850s, so less Irish than me. I suppose it makes him a quarter Irish, if you want to consider Irish as an ethnicity. He could also have Scottish blood as a fair number of Scots were given land in north-east of the island. I'm kind of the same as Joe. A quarter Irish from my mother's side, with a wee bit on my father's side, some may have come from Scotland to Ireland, then returned again. Jock Tamsun rules probably apply Edited April 12, 2023 by Cosmic Joe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 9 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Joe Biden pretending to be Irish. I thought his parents must be Irish the way he goes on. One set of Great Grandparents born in Ireland in the 1850s, so less Irish than me. There is a very strong element of weirdness in the American passion to claim to be Irish (or English, or Scottish, or German, or Polish, etc) in some shape or form. Roughly 27.5% of Americans claim “Irish Heritage”, of which less than half can actually prove it (right at 12%). It’s about having a place to claim as your “homeland” outside of America. Americans, as a whole, obsess about the lack of history within the U.S. (250 years, roughly) and like to grab hold of something larger/longer (steady there). Heritage festivals are a huge business over here, and nothing more so than the so called Renaissance Festivals. Here’s one that just opened near me: https://www.srfestival.com Note the Celtic Weekend in a few weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 It sounds like a lot of Scottish folk, tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 hours ago, TxRover said: There is a very strong element of weirdness in the American passion to claim to be Irish (or English, or Scottish, or German, or Polish, etc) in some shape or form. Roughly 27.5% of Americans claim “Irish Heritage”, of which less than half can actually prove it (right at 12%). It’s about having a place to claim as your “homeland” outside of America. Americans, as a whole, obsess about the lack of history within the U.S. (250 years, roughly) and like to grab hold of something larger/longer (steady there). Heritage festivals are a huge business over here, and nothing more so than the so called Renaissance Festivals. Here’s one that just opened near me: https://www.srfestival.com Note the Celtic Weekend in a few weeks. I believe that I am 2% Neanderthal as, in all probability, are most of you. Greetings long lost and distant relatives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Most people's ancestors lived in shitty wee hovels that they shared with their livestock for warmth rather than being the Duke of Inversneckie. I get the feeling that going back I'm about 50% Fife miners, 25% Borders sheep thieves and 25% North East ploughmen ultimately. Fit like ya hoor sir! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Thane of Cawdor said: I believe that I am 2% Neanderthal as, in all probability, are most of you. Greetings long lost and distant relatives. F**k that, I got 4%, not so distant! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 13 hours ago, TxRover said: There is a very strong element of weirdness in the American passion to claim to be Irish (or English, or Scottish, or German, or Polish, etc) in some shape or form. Roughly 27.5% of Americans claim “Irish Heritage”, of which less than half can actually prove it (right at 12%). It’s about having a place to claim as your “homeland” outside of America. Americans, as a whole, obsess about the lack of history within the U.S. (250 years, roughly) and like to grab hold of something larger/longer (steady there). Heritage festivals are a huge business over here, and nothing more so than the so called Renaissance Festivals. Here’s one that just opened near me: https://www.srfestival.com Note the Celtic Weekend in a few weeks. I dare say a lot of people alongside wanting to attach themselves to rich historical European ancestry are also trying to distance themselves from those 250 years or so of history that includes attempting to wipe out the natives and the whole slave ownership aspect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, RuMoore said: I dare say a lot of people alongside wanting to attach themselves to rich historical European ancestry are also trying to distance themselves from those 250 years or so of history that includes attempting to wipe out the natives and the whole slave ownership aspect. Nah they just want to put on a green hat and drink Guinness. Edited April 13, 2023 by Swarley Spelling 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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