"You should have invited the Mayor" say Mercury
- 27 July 2008 22:554400they will not reopen the pits just for the coke, john.
- 28 July 2008 05:384403''Coke without ice''
Your wish is my command.
As Paddy I mean PaulB once said''If I'm there first I'll put a chalk mark on the wall,if you're there first... rub it out''.
Apologies to Paul and the PC brigade.As I child it took me ages to work that one out ...may have had something to do with my mother being a 'Murphy' and my Dad being a Pole. 
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 28 July 2008 13:474416Lol! I've never heard that one, never heard of the PC Brigage? I was in the 88th Boys Brigade (Balham - 'Gateway to the South')
- 28 July 2008 20:014423marek
i had an uncle from ireland that observed that i would not be dragged into a family argument.
he told me that i had a "kerryman's" philosophy, say nothing now then ten minutes later say nothing again. - 28 July 2008 20:114427Howard
I like it..Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 28 July 2008 20:504428A Kerryman will always answer a question with a question: asked "are you well?" he will surely answer "how's yourself?"
- 28 July 2008 21:514430the irish way with words is legendary.
recently a trade union official in negotiations with KCC got all uppity about an "irish" joke made by a councillor.
made the national press.
it transpired that the union bod was about as irish as i am, born and here.
just a boring bureaucrat out to cause trouble.
another one!!
american tourist looking at a smallholding out in county cork.
he notices the lack of size and says to the farmer, back home in texas, it takes me 2 hours to drive around my ranch.
the farmer chews it over for a moment and retorts, i had a car like that too, i got rid of it. - 29 July 2008 07:124437