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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:22 AM Original message |
"Kennedy liked to get drunk in his basement and look at pictures of his brothers..." |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. lol. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. The sentiment was touching. Teddy drinking and pondering pictures of his brothers |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yeah...very touching. Kennedy was a drunk, like "a real Irishman." |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Kennedy was drunk at times - and even DU loves their own stereotypes |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. did Tweety call him "a drunk" or accuse him of drinking in sorrow? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I'm of Irish descent myself and I couldn't agree more..Matthews meant no harm. |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. What it comes down to is whether the statement is true |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
85. I understand your point... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
89. he lost joe and kathleen 65 years ago. I would cry too. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:25 AM Original message |
Chris needs a therapist. and you just made me LMAO!!!!!! nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. having a line of the real irish in my family...... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Vodka and not whiskey? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I've got an Irish name, not an Irish palette! |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Blasphemer!!! |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. ....must be an Orangeman. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. lol! Guiness is next to last in my book. Last is Campari. I drink |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Potatoes-vodka how could the Irish have missed this? |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. I'm Irish/Native American/English and it's all I can drink, except wine. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. They used it for their moonshine, but the respectable stuff was made from malted barley |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. i like to get drunk in my basement and look at pictures of my brothers. so what? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Deleted sub-thread |
orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
90. when said about teddy it sounds bittersweet |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. Vodka? you are not a real Irishman. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. So unlike the freeper nationalities who get drunk in their mom's basements and look at pictures in |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Or pictures in National Geographic |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. LOL! |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Chris Matthews gets drunk in his basement . . . |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Good grief....Take a swig of coffee or a happy pill or something |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. That's not funny. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Just so long as it doesn't generate "a funny feeling down his leg" ... nt |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Morning vodka? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Dad's parents were German and Irish immigrants. Mom's were New England Prodisants. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
73. I think I was drunk when I spelled "Prodisant!" |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Really! You'd think it'd be Irish whiskey or Guinness |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Guinness is a Protestant company... |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Ouch! I did not know that. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. In his Bloody Hail Mary |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
74. What! You've HEARD that one before? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Tweety is Irish-American as am I...I understand the problem with the "drinking stereotypes" but |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
40. An old holdover from the era when "ethnic jokes" were cool |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Well, I feel the same way, and I don't think CM, being Irish himself |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Chris Matthews drools on himself on the air, what do I care? |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. They only mention the negative stuff. I agree. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. There you go, ruining another keyboard |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. Makes you wanna fight, doesn't it? |
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pyoom (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. LOL nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
67. LOL! |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
75. LOL Yes, sometimes .... and it ain't pretty. n/t |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
79. LOL. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
86. Hey, don't get their Irish up! |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Uh oh. You said 'jig'. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. Sometimes a man... |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I hear ya! My dad died young, nearly 30 years ago. I still hoist one for him when possible. |
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teamster633 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Maybe it's just because I'm a reformed stoner... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. You're right...all this crap about a simple comment...Matthews was obviously quite fond of Ted |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. So a scot irish (you) is telling real irish how to behave? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Hmm...I was telling someone how to behave? |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Research shows |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. And Chris likes to take a shot before he comes on TV... |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. I didn't expect better from him, but I wish he would have behaved better. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
32. I've gotten drunk in a basement with someone's brother and it was stunning. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. Obviously Matthews never lost a brother. |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
53. And the way Ted Kennedy lost them, too. Rather traumatic. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Joe Jr's death must have hit him very hard. Early teens are a vulnerable age. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
83. What would be more traumatic though? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
37. this thread ended up hilarious. LOL! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
39. I'm sure he meant it as a compliment. |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
48. Basements aren't common in Ireland - so a real Irishman would drink in his converted attic. |
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JenniferJuniper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #48 |
66. Thought the same thing |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
49. How does Chris Matthews know this? |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. He doesn't . . . he likes to pretend he rubs elbows with the pols |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
52. you had me at morning vodka. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
54. God I really hate the association with the Irish and drunkenness. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Here here! My kin were so much trouble, they were kicked out of Liverpool.I don't do St. Pat's |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. I completely agree |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. Definitely |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
55. Matthews is a complete idiot. A racist and sexist one. nt |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
58. Damn, I was enjoying me Irish Coffee until now. Now I need something stronger! |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
62. Did he really say that? |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
64. Italian here...my hair is all greasy & I smell like Garlic just like all the other wops |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Really? |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Bet you ride a Vespa too. |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
82. Wow . . . are you, like, in the Mafia? |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #82 |
92. Of course! |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. I spilled my caipirinha. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
65. well, there is the Irish maudlin, drinking stereotype - still subscribed to by |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
71. I'm of Irish descent, but I don't get drunk, I don't have a basement, and I don't have any brothers. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
72. I was talking with my mother on the phone last night, and she asked about Joan Kennedy, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
77. There is a longstanding link between the Irish/Welsh & melancholy |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'd probably do the same if my two older brother were murdered. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
80. Welll since half of my family tree on mom's side are Irish I take acception that one need drink to |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
87. LOL |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
88. Chris says the darnedest things. But relax, Chris is one too. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
93. He "liked" to do this? Or he just DID it? |
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