Posted on 09/07/2010 7:49:50 AM PDT by decimon
Most populations that have a high incidence of alcoholism are statistically deficient in the enzyme that converts alcohol efficiently into usable sugars, etc.
This is why so many Russkis are blotoski most of the time, why many Asian populations can't hold their booze, along with Native Americans. It's also why the Swede Nanny Gov makes sure a bottle of the good stuff costs $100.
The Irish? I have never known an Irishman to drink to excess, unless he felt he had a good reason. Besides, the Irish numbers pale in comparison to their Icelandic relatives. So, let's stop the racist lies now.
I'll drink to it.
OMGosh the Icelanders are raging akvavit drinkers (licorice diesel.)
Did they find the Farkle gene?
Oh, you mean the one that made all of Ferd Berfle's kids look like Art Farkle? THAT Farkle gene?
Are you sure that should not be “grayhead” instead of redhead?
Hard-headness, red hair, and fighting temperment might be traces of Neanderthal genes.
The rest of you people have Neanderthal genes. The Irish arrived on a space ship from the planet Potcheen, which had a long copper coil and was ethanol powered.
Yeah, I’ve been on here so long that I WAS redheaded when I first started lurking in the late nineties and signed up in early 2000. The name fit me, THEN.
LOL! Bishop Sheen used to say, "Do you know why the Irish are always fighting among themselves? So they can always be sure of having a worthy opponent."
I remember Bishop Sheen! When my sister and I were little, we used to turn the audio off the tv and laugh hysterically at his gestures and facial expression.
I love the Irish. I was so happy when my father traced our genealogy back and found out that my great great grandmother was actually Scots-Irish. She had just married a German. Of course, the Scots-Irish are a whole other story. I know they are not considered true Irish by some. They are the Protestants of Northern Ireland brought over by the English.
Talk about fighters! We have a long history of fiery rhetoric, and long line of generals and politicians who served the United States. I believe most of us are even proud of our stubbornness. We call it never giving an inch. Paul Newman made a movie by that name that ahows that spirit pretty well.
Surely the scientists will get to the bottom so to speak of why the irish are so superior at drinking, fighting, and f***ing.
Did I just write a dirty word— ‘superior’? Sorry to any unfortunate non-Irish who are reading this out there. Better luck in the next lifetime.
:-)
Well, that just makes this dishwater blonde jealous!
Based on his face, Snow White is actually a little off-white...
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