Re: not Celts - North Britons

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I saw this on the news:

An Irish guy visited the US.  He rented a care from Alamo.  He got drunk,
got into a car crash.  He was fine.  Alamo billed him the repair costs.  He
is suing them.  His argument is that they shouldn't have given him a car
because he was Irish.

Leave it to me to be off the topic.
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Cheers,
Aaron
Today's Quote:

"Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. "
                      --George Bernard Shaw, a famous Irishman

>     '... I guess it's the Scots/Irish in me. [.....] Hugh Maclennan
>     .... once penned a line I almost live by:
>     "To be a Celt is never to be far from tears" ...'
>
>     I'm only too familiar with the Irish predeliction for
>     sodden touchy-feeliness but I do wish Paul would refrain
>     from tainting my own people by association with it.
>
>     A Scot sheds tears in only two situations: when he sees
>     yet another ship load of bog trotters arriving at the
>     Broomielaw from Dublin; & when he watches his last bottle
>     of Glenlivet sliding off the table & smashing on the floor
>     of the croft.
>
>     Scottie B.

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