Comments on: You were warned http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: a bit of a lark | will not be televised http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-41716 a bit of a lark | will not be televised Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:22:12 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-41716 [...] those of you who don’t know I adopted a wee Irish lad last year, much to his everlasting joy. And up to now he had been a delight; he promptly got lost and I had not heard from him, certainly [...] [...] those of you who don’t know I adopted a wee Irish lad last year, much to his everlasting joy. And up to now he had been a delight; he promptly got lost and I had not heard from him, certainly [...]

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20225 Grandad Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:32:12 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20225 Hi Jodee, and welcome. I am honoured that you should lose your virginity on my blog, of all places. I have some rather disturbing news for you. I have a feeling that you may not be American after all. You may be Irish. You are showing all the right symptoms. Unfortunately, Ireland is now corrupted. We have become blinded by our own success. We have become a nation obsessed by money and possessions. But I will continue to lead the good fight. There are still quite a few of us Old Codgers left and we are not quite extinct. Yet. You are more than welcome to call as often as you like. And be as verbose as you wish. And which two counties have you missed? Hi Jodee, and welcome.

I am honoured that you should lose your virginity on my blog, of all places.

I have some rather disturbing news for you. I have a feeling that you may not be American after all. You may be Irish. You are showing all the right symptoms.

Unfortunately, Ireland is now corrupted. We have become blinded by our own success. We have become a nation obsessed by money and possessions. But I will continue to lead the good fight. There are still quite a few of us Old Codgers left and we are not quite extinct. Yet.

You are more than welcome to call as often as you like. And be as verbose as you wish.

And which two counties have you missed?

]]> By: Jodee Prescott http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20222 Jodee Prescott Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:50:57 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20222 Hey Cool Ole Guy: I am an American who came to IRELAND twice-month each time- and toured every county but two. Fell in love with the INISHOWEN and all of Ireland. Never thought that would happen. This is my first blog and I feel like a virgin- and an American one at that. Don't watch t-v (much) but love British t-v like Cracker ( Coltrane) and Prime Suspect (Helen Mirren) and Inspector Lynley. Don't eat burgers (much) and embarrassed by GWB. With that much said (foreplay over) let the games begin. I am glad to have come there before you are totally corrupted by "modernization"...Ireland still has a soul..... I'll be less verbose in the future and more reactive.OK, senior citizen? Hey Cool Ole Guy:
I am an American who came to IRELAND twice-month each time- and toured every county but two. Fell in love with the INISHOWEN and all of Ireland. Never thought that would happen.
This is my first blog and I feel like a virgin- and an American one at that. Don’t watch t-v (much) but love British t-v like Cracker ( Coltrane) and Prime Suspect (Helen Mirren) and Inspector Lynley. Don’t eat burgers (much) and embarrassed by GWB. With that much said (foreplay over) let the games begin.
I am glad to have come there before you are totally corrupted by “modernization”…Ireland still has a soul….. I’ll be less verbose in the future and more reactive.OK, senior citizen?

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20174 Grandad Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:01:47 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20174 Doc - I mean, Daddy - this 20 you keep talking about? Dollars? Euros? Kilos of Cocaine? Barrels of oil? Cruise missiles? Diane - I glad you are one of the 60% that didn't vote for him [isn't democracy wonderful?]. And we do trim back the hedges, trees and shrubs. We use tourist buses. Don't you feel proud now that you were part of the effort to keep Ireland tidy? I had post-card from Maeve Binchy somewhere, but I think I lost it.. Doc - I mean, Daddy - this 20 you keep talking about? Dollars? Euros? Kilos of Cocaine? Barrels of oil? Cruise missiles?

Diane - I glad you are one of the 60% that didn’t vote for him [isn't democracy wonderful?].
And we do trim back the hedges, trees and shrubs. We use tourist buses. Don’t you feel proud now that you were part of the effort to keep Ireland tidy?

I had post-card from Maeve Binchy somewhere, but I think I lost it..

]]> By: diane http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20172 diane Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:37:32 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20172 I did not vote for the "looney" (or his father) and I drink gin & tonic most days, Irish Mist for special occasions. I forgive you all for the bus tour I took with my daughter - I guess no one has told the Irish highway department yet about trimming back the shrubs on the edge of the highway - my nerves have finally returned to normal, after 12 years. Besides, I know how sensitive and caring all of you dear residents of the Ould Sod are, now that I've read Maeve Binchey. I did not vote for the “looney” (or his father) and I drink gin & tonic most days, Irish Mist for special occasions. I forgive you all for the bus tour I took with my daughter - I guess no one has told the Irish highway department yet about trimming back the shrubs on the edge of the highway - my nerves have finally returned to normal, after 12 years.

Besides, I know how sensitive and caring all of you dear residents of the Ould Sod are, now that I’ve read Maeve Binchey.

]]> By: Doc http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20169 Doc Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:37:50 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20169 What's all this then? Upset with your adoption already? Cranky ol' so and so... Your papers will be in the (e-)mail tomorrow - cheer up! p.s. - i'm working on your maintenance by using an SEC dodge: I figure I can raise the necessary 20 per month easy... What’s all this then?

Upset with your adoption already? Cranky ol’ so and so…

Your papers will be in the (e-)mail tomorrow - cheer up!

p.s. - i’m working on your maintenance by using an SEC dodge: I figure I can raise the necessary 20 per month easy…

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20167 Grandad Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:56:17 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20167 Baino - I know where you are. You are almost directly underneath me. I'm afraid you Aussies aren't doing much for the cause. You come in <em>behind</em> the Canadians at 4%. Go out and give those Bruces and Sheilas a nudge.! Flirty - I hope they're not yours that I'm getting? If so, could you take them back please? If not, I can give you some of mine? Baino - I know where you are. You are almost directly underneath me. I’m afraid you Aussies aren’t doing much for the cause. You come in behind the Canadians at 4%. Go out and give those Bruces and Sheilas a nudge.!

Flirty - I hope they’re not yours that I’m getting? If so, could you take them back please? If not, I can give you some of mine?

]]> By: irishflirtysomething http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20166 irishflirtysomething Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:49:02 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20166 How freaky I am losing American readers *considers implications, head hurts, stops* How freaky I am losing American readers *considers implications, head hurts, stops*

]]> By: Baino http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20165 Baino Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:40:28 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20165 Oi . . I'm down here,underneath Europe and America and sort of in the middle below Africa . . .and I know how to spell theatre just can't afford to go to one! Oi . . I’m down here,underneath Europe and America and sort of in the middle below Africa . . .and I know how to spell theatre just can’t afford to go to one!

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20164 Grandad Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:21:34 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/08/09/you-were-warned/#comment-20164 Yeeeechhhh! Another damn good reason to stay Irish. Bertie may be an idiot, but at least he's a relatively safe idiot. Yeeeechhhh! Another damn good reason to stay Irish. Bertie may be an idiot, but at least he’s a relatively safe idiot.

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