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agree entirely about travellers , left wing media and academia gush endlessly about them however over here
They do here as well. Travellers are nothing but scumbag thieving violent wastes of space. Ive noticed in Ireland Sinn Fein seem to want a traveller lovefest lately.That will please the voters....NOT.
Most travellers are just about illiterate putting a cross in a box at an election is the only time its the way to be
In the comedy episode below, John Cleese, as English resort hotel-owner Basil Fawlty, hires an Irish-born remodeler, instead of a more reputable English workman recommended by his wife Sybil. The Irish workman first appears at 16:50. (16 minutes and 50 seconds into the film).
In the comedy episode below, John Cleese, as English resort hotel-owner Basil Fawlty, hires an Irish-born remodeler, instead of a more reputable English workman recommended by his wife Sybil. The Irish workman first appears at 16:50. (16 minutes and 50 seconds into the film).
he,s a cowboy builder , that he is irish is irrelevant ( back then a lot of tradesmen the uk were irish rather than polish today ) , nothing offensive about it
funny
you probably couldnt slag off the germans today in a sitcom ala basil either
That particular band are still going,and ive never heard complaints about the name,and surely if it was for Kill All Irish there would be plenty.
Im always amazed at these bands shouting out "the Billy Boys song".Billy Fullerton was a strike breaker in the 1926 General Strike.Him and his thug friends actually went to the shipyards in Govan and splattered the strikers everywhere.Odd that most of those workers were Protestant Loyalists.It was nigh on impossible to get work there if you were a Catholic,so these twits are celebrating a man who battered their Grandads and Great Grandads senseless.
Yeah I would guess it was rough times in those days. Read something away back about Manny Shinwall who was a Labour man and a bit of a pugilist. Tough times and tough people.
Yeah I would guess it was rough times in those days. Read something away back about Manny Shinwall who was a Labour man and a bit of a pugilist. Tough times and tough people.
A bit like Gangs of New York
There was a time that Glasgow was known for its gangs. The Fleet, the Tongs, YPC, various 'Teams', etc.. They were still around when I was growing up in Glasgow in the 1960s but definitely in the process of dying out. From memory, the gangs tended to be territorial rather than sectarian.
Manny Shinwell was a Glasgow Labour man and one of the famous Red Clydesiders. He ended up being a cabinet minister and a lord. He wasn't Irish, catholic or protestant but the son of a Polish jew and a Dutch jew who moved from London to Glasgow when he was a child.
There was a time that Glasgow was known for its gangs. The Fleet, the Tongs, YPC, various 'Teams', etc.. They were still around when I was growing up in Glasgow in the 1960s but definitely in the process of dying out. From memory, the gangs tended to be territorial rather than sectarian.
Manny Shinwell was a Glasgow Labour man and one of the famous Red Clydesiders. He ended up being a cabinet minister and a lord. He wasn't Irish, catholic or protestant but the son of a Polish jew and a Dutch jew who moved from London to Glasgow when he was a child.
Thanks for the info Jaggy. I remember reading or hearing that when he was near is end he asked his son for a whisky, drank it and said ' i've had enough' and died. He was in his 90s ?
In the comedy episode below, John Cleese, as English resort hotel-owner Basil Fawlty, hires an Irish-born remodeler, instead of a more reputable English workman recommended by his wife Sybil. The Irish workman first appears at 16:50. (16 minutes and 50 seconds into the film).
Fact is in Ireland today as it has been for the last decade if you want to get any work done on your property you hire an East European.
Even the Irish think that Irish workmen are feckless and lazy.
I once had a gombeen working on a project with me who asked to leave work for a few minutes while he went into town to the bank.He came back three weeks later. " Sorry boss,I stayed for a few pints. "
Hire a Paddy for a job and you can forget Monday morning because he's sleeping off the booze and you can forget Friday afternoon because he's starting on the booze that will make him miss the following Monday morning as well.
Fact is East Europeans are better qualified,more reliable and in the long run cheaper than the Paddies - not because you pay them any less but because they do the job in the time you both agree on.
My wife is Irish and won't allow an Irish workman in the house.
Fact is in Ireland today as it has been for the last decade if you want to get any work done on your property you hire an East European.
Even the Irish think that Irish workmen are feckless and lazy.
I once had a gombeen working on a project with me who asked to leave work for a few minutes while he went into town to the bank.He came back three weeks later. " Sorry boss,I stayed for a few pints. "
Hire a Paddy for a job and you can forget Monday morning because he's sleeping off the booze and you can forget Friday afternoon because he's starting on the booze that will make him miss the following Monday morning as well.
Fact is East Europeans are better qualified,more reliable and in the long run cheaper than the Paddies - not because you pay them any less but because they do the job in the time you both agree on.
My wife is Irish and won't allow an Irish workman in the house.
The Irish according to Roscoe. I think I'd be shocked if you said anything remotely postive about the Irish nation or people.
Fact is in Ireland today as it has been for the last decade if you want to get any work done on your property you hire an East European.
Even the Irish think that Irish workmen are feckless and lazy.
I once had a gombeen working on a project with me who asked to leave work for a few minutes while he went into town to the bank.He came back three weeks later. " Sorry boss,I stayed for a few pints. "
Hire a Paddy for a job and you can forget Monday morning because he's sleeping off the booze and you can forget Friday afternoon because he's starting on the booze that will make him miss the following Monday morning as well.
Fact is East Europeans are better qualified,more reliable and in the long run cheaper than the Paddies - not because you pay them any less but because they do the job in the time you both agree on.
My wife is Irish and won't allow an Irish workman in the house.
you and your mrs sound like an absolutely perfectly matched couple
you and your mrs sound like an absolutely perfectly matched couple
You're right about one thing at last - happily married for 25 years.
Thanks for your regards.
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