I talk to Sting about people on the bored quite often. I say a name, then I say "You know who that is?"
He almost always says "Refresh me."
When I say your name - he says "The guy who won us $16,000."
Pretty cool, huh?
Hey Mikey!
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I dunno if he knows his Irish history, but it's actually an Irish/Protestant thing over there.peacock2121 wrote:But... when he found out you have that extra "e', that seemed to not be a good thing.
I don't understand that myself.
Which is plenty not a good thing, for most of them.
My side is the Protestant side, BTW.
Dad's side is Irish Protestant, and Mom's is French Huguenot.
Explains a lot about my problems with authority, methinks.
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hmmm...mrkelley23 wrote:I dunno if he knows his Irish history, but it's actually an Irish/Protestant thing over there.peacock2121 wrote:But... when he found out you have that extra "e', that seemed to not be a good thing.
I don't understand that myself.
Which is plenty not a good thing, for most of them.
My side is the Protestant side, BTW.
Dad's side is Irish Protestant, and Mom's is French Huguenot.
Explains a lot about my problems with authority, methinks.
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One of my ancestors, Jean Fontaine, was a French Huguenot who fled to Dublin and became the leading Protestant minister there. The Irish were more tolerant than the French.mrkelley23 wrote:Dad's side is Irish Protestant, and Mom's is French Huguenot.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.