the irish festival

[londonray]

another great weekend coming up for all irish music lovers in peckham rye park

[SeanMacGabhann]

And it always rains for it as well - but I'll be checking it out

Up Cork!

[londonray]

also a great irish band called banastrand are playing in the castle pub sunday evening:)

[dulwichmum]

Grrr, I hate Irish 'country' music, in my opinion Daniel O'Donnel is about as manly as The Rose of Tralee. He has less facial hair for a start!

[londonray]

YOU MUST BE A REAL LOOKER THEN.YOU DONT HAVE TO SLAG IRISH MUSIC AND IRISH PEOPLE OFF.

[Fear 'n boozin]

eh?

[dulwichmum]

Actually, my sister was very pretty when she was younger. She was a Rose of Tralee in 1985!

[mockney piers]

satire's lost on some people. Ho hum.

Easy on the volume ray, I've got a rum hangover (in both senses of the word)

[*Bob*]

I didn't even know there was an Irish festival. What exactly is happening and when is it?

On a side note: The Irish, Scots and (to some extent) the Welsh seem to have cultivated (in collaboration with the film and television industry) this myth that they are peoples blessed with uncommonly good looks.

However, I can report from experience that the general level of mingingness is no better than that of England, which is pretty poor in itself.

[Fear 'n boozin]

Oi - take that bacch *bob*....

http://www.sitcom.co.uk/rab_c_nesbitt/images/char_rab.jpg

[dulwichmum]

Dear Bob,

I should like to confirm your point, and hi-light that as a child, to be referred to as "ginger" (generally a Celtic - and even an Irish characteristic) was the verbal equivalent of a punch on the nose, or indeed a good kicking. In my opinion James Nesbit is a very Irish looking man, and his looks are so extremely offensive, that his facial features could indeed have been sat on by a very large lady when they were still warm and out of the oven.

Indeed "The Corrs" are in fact from West Norwood originally, and not Irish at all.

I think the men of Dulwich are a handsome body of men. I am partial to British men myself (the Scotts have thin noses and evil chins) and I am currently married to a Welsh man who has the most strapping thighs and high cheek bones, he must be 6ft 6 inches tall! He is also incredibly rich.

The Irish are not blessed with good looks, just rich husbands...

[SeanMacGabhann]

boy do I feel deflated.....

And londonray - as I pointed out so someone on another thread - easy on the CAPS SHOUTING (heck you even registerd in lowercase so no need to shout)

But as a fully paid-up Irishman myself I can slag Irish "country" music off as much as I like - I was brought up on the stuff (to the accompaniement of boiled cabbage and bacon)

And Dulwichmum is correct about DoD but doesn't go far enough - he makes his Fr Ted counterpart - Eoin McLove - look manly

We can love and hate the things about our roots londonray

[Ted Max]

I thought the Gingers were the Vikings and the Celts were small, wiry and dark, with thin noses and a natural ability to play openside flanker? Not sure what that makes Mr Dulwichmum though.

[Brendan]

Well DulwichMum. My mother is Irish so I assume I have about half of her genes and I am sure that to have produced offspring as devastatingly handsome as me there would have to have been pretty genes coming from both parents.

[dulwichmum]

I apologise, I was completely wrong. Sean MacGabhann is a complete dish. I apologise unreservedly.

[SeanMacGabhann]

* coughs *

Kind words DM kind words - but I fear I am cultivating the potato farmer from Mayo look all too well

Back to Eoin McLove - I like jumpers, where's my cake??

[*Bob*]

Rather than intruding any more upon this most worthy thread - would anyone like to play Pick A Rose with me in The Lounge?

[Administrator]

Lounged

[londonray]

-- moved topic --

[mockney piers]

actually red hair may be one of the last genetic vestiges of Neanderthal man. Modern theories suggest that they weren't killed off or outcompeted, they were brought into our stock through interbreeding and effectively disappeared as a separate species.

Among other things red hair is thought to be a neanderthal legacy.

I'll try and find a (missing ho ho) link.

[Fear 'n boozin]

does that make me a neanderthal then? Cool.

[mockney piers]

Ok this in support.

http://www.dhamurian.org.au/anthropology/neanderthal1.html

This in denial saying redheads are a new species themselves!!

http://www.redandproud.com/Red%20Media%20-%20Daily%20Telegraph%20October%2002%202003.htm

who to believe

[Brendan]

There have been recent theories about neandertals interbreeding with our closer ancestors. Most of them stem from the discovery of a human femur that looked rather big and could possibly have come from a hybrid.

I thought that these were discredited however when they (the men in white coats they) managed to map neandertal DNA and proved that they were a seperate species who could not have interbred with us. I may be completely wrong about this though as I am a hack and not a scientist.

That aside I do have a thing for red heads. ;-)

[Fear 'n boozin]

I have me doubts on redandprouds scientific authority!

[Keef]

So is DM to be known as DN if future? ;-)