[kitkat]

First this pathetic woman says she is not speaking in her official capacity, then she goes on at some length to say that because of her official capacity, she is in a position to know how harmful the jokes are. Sounds like a threat to me.

By the way, I am mostly Irish and a Catholic, and I saw NO harm in those jokes. In fact, I loved the one about the priest telling people to go stand against the wall.

Drat, wish I had a good Irish joke to add right here.

[samiam1972]

Here’s one for you!

A young Irishman sat at a pub in the New World drinking beer and conversin’ with the barkeep. Another comes in and sits besides him. He says how you do and hears the lilt and says you be Irish? Yes I am. The first man yells barkeep give us another round and one for my friend here he’s from the mother country as well.

The second man asks-so where in the old country ye from.  Dublin responds the first. Dublin you say - so am I and the second man hollers barkeep bring us another round and a shot of your best Irish Whiskey for me and my friend here.

Afterwards the first man asks from where in Dublin  and the second man responds with the street and the first man says well I’ll be - so am I and yells barkeep another pair of beers and Irish Whiskey for 
the pair of us. 

The phone behind the bar rings and the barkeep answers it. The owner of the pub asks - how is business. The barkeep responds - not too bad - The O’Malley twins are here getting drunk again.

[tundrachick]

Well I'm half Irish/half Polish, so I've heard 'em all! Here's an oldie but a goodie:

Q: How many Irishmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Two. One to hold the bulb in place, and two to drink until the room spins!

[Stoat]

First this pathetic woman says she is not speaking in her official capacity, then she goes on at some length to say that because of her official capacity, she is in a position to know how harmful the jokes are. Sounds like a threat to me.

Indeed it was.  She attempted to make life impossible for him by engaging in background subterfuge and machinations, which she did in a roundabout way to insulate her from charges of abusing her official capacity.  She probably never expected this to blow up into an international incident and will say ANYTHING now to distance herself from the matter.  I'm sure that she had expected all of the advertisers to quietly leave and for him to be effectively 'shunned' by the community, and for him to never know who started it all because it was a "private conversation"..

The fact remains, however, that she did indeed use her position in an effort to intimidate and slander this good man with the brush of Racism, whose taint no white person can escape once it's been applied.

By the way, I am mostly Irish and a Catholic, and I saw NO harm in those jokes. In fact, I loved the one about the priest telling people to go stand against the wall.

Drat, wish I had a good Irish joke to add right here.

I have no doubt that this thread will soon fill up with great Irish / Catholic jokes.....just check back occasionally :-)

 

First this pathetic woman says she is not speaking in her official capacity, then she goes on at some length to say that because of her official capacity, she is in a position to know how harmful the jokes are. Sounds like a threat to me.

Indeed it was.  She attempted to make life impossible for him by engaging in background subterfuge and machinations, which she did in a roundabout way to insulate her from charges of abusing her official capacity.  She probably never expected this to blow up into an international incident and will say ANYTHING now to distance herself from the matter.  I'm sure that she had expected all of the advertisers to quietly leave and for him to be effectively 'shunned' by the community, and for him to never know who started it all because it was a "private conversation"..

The fact remains, however, that she did indeed use her position in an effort to intimidate and slander this good man with the brush of Racism, whose taint no white person can escape once it's been applied.

By the way, I am mostly Irish and a Catholic, and I saw NO harm in those jokes. In fact, I loved the one about the priest telling people to go stand against the wall.

Drat, wish I had a good Irish joke to add right here.

[livius]

Liberals have NO sense of humor. I guess that’s why they’re liberals - a congenital failure of imagination when they look at the world.

I liked the joke about the priest sending the guys to stand against the wall, too.

Here’s the only Irish joke I remember at the moment:

Paddy and Mike are digging a trench in the street when an elderly nun arrives at the corner. She starts to cross the street but slips and falls on the dirt they’ve dug up.

Mike rushes to pick her up, but Paddy screams,

“Jaysus, Mike, don’t touch her, she’s holy! Pick her up with the shovel!”