Diary of an intern - ten things I learned at IrishCentral

(cont) In my opinion these internal Irish mind sets and struggles has brought out the best and the worst of the people living in Ireland.ALL the people in Ireland of each mind set need to shoulder the responsibility and moderate their opinions and idealogical differences and move on from the past.No small nation is so well primed by our "sibling rivalry" and ready to reach our full potential on a consistent basis.No other small nation has consistently given so much to the world by way of Culture,Intellect and military soldiers and leaders who played no small part in shaping the world.True!! we have produced our share of historic and modern day idiots,but what nation hasn't.We need to draw pride from what Irishmen have achieved.Pin point criticism where it is due and not the IC statements (ie The Irish are dumb sweeping statements)But MOST of all we need Pride,Unity,and Loyalty to Ireland first.THEN we'll be suckin' diesel!!! Sweet Jasus!! Creaky it's a thesis.Not sure can I edit this down into the five lines that is the attention span of the IC'ers.I think I have some valid points though that could be up for discussion.I put a bit of thought into this comment.It would be interesting to see if there was a some general agreement.It can be used as my personal experiment if all comes to all.

c'splut: I am genuinely impressed by your family collection of R L Stevensons books.I have a facination for 'Treasure Island' and collect as many different editions as I can find. ~ My prize possession,though, is a complete collection of every word Patrick Pearse published in his lifetime. Now THAT makes very interesting reading. His extreme Gael-ic views on what the country should become is spine-chilling! If the 'rising' had not failed, the war between his Volunteers and Connollys 'Citizens', would still be raging today. Come to think of it ~ the idealogical divide is alive and kicking in Irish politics still. Your Parents better hold a 'round table' meeting to discuss what is to happen to the signed books before a family war breaks out! They can be murky distressing affairs - (but only if you don't win them!!). Yo!Ho!Ho!

Jordana will never write another article for IC again lol.Still though she is learning alot of new and wonderful ways of saying things.She probably thinks I'm Roddy Doyle and thelonelymurphia is the battered wife in his book "The Woman Who Walked into Doors"After reading some of themurphia comments here.She understand the story fully because she keeps coming back for more.

Creaky.I knew you were talking about Moby Dick when you said Call me,Ishmael.Never read the book though.I read most of the classics.It's just history is my thing.You might be interested to know my great granduncle was a personal friend of Robert Louis Stevenson.Every time he wrote a book he sent my great granduncle a first edition and personally signed it.Not only that but at the back of the book where you have maybe 4 or 5 blank pages he used to write a long letter to my great granduncle telling him all that was happening.My father has the whole stack of them.Still in perfect condition.My father is 83 and I'd like to get the whole set.But I think other members of my family have their eye on them too ha ha.It would be a shame to break up the set.If I play my cards right I just might acquire them.Come to think of it they might just end up in my house when the time is right.My Mother knows I'm the one who really appreciates books.Plus possession is nine-tenths of family law.ha ha ha.Walking the short plank would be to good for the lubber.Keelhauling is what I have in mind or would that be unfair on the limpets.

Aww, S'plut: I am disappointed you didn't pick up on me Melville reference, or the opening three words of his great, but dark and dangerous - novel. Maybe you thought one MOBY-Dick monster was enough to contend with. Send the 'lubber' for a long walk off a short plank. Seems like the MV Jordana is adrift and slipped over the horizon somewhere ....

Sorry that should have been criminal CONSPIRACY to defraud...In return for 'f*cky f*cky' your wife...I give you job...hahahaha

btw I notice you've stopped posting in office hours..why might that be Dork Hmmm...? Not that it matters since this is a continuous course of conduct begun in your employers time...!

DorkofCork:Of course you know which one it is now dummy since you've had time to look it up...Even if your IdioT attempt to wriggle and squirm your way out of your hole of your own making had any credibility it merely serves to prove my point about your plagiarism...adding to the compalints already stacking up against you...I don't need to palgiarise your comments I merely used right back at ya but better...As I said no matter how smart you think you are you will never be half as smart as me...I wouldn't attemPt to compete with you for your filthy vulgarity and what's all this 'we' business...Actually what everyone knows is whatrepulsive revolting animals you and your companions are...Don't see many endorsements by other posters for you...Even Turdytown has had to start crawling to try and curry favour...you pANToman and Turdytown are the most despised posters on this site and with every good reason...Now for the last time STOP making your offensive comments and STOP harassing me and stalking me around these boards and most of all STOP plagiarising what I write...I hope that's not too difficult for your very small brain to comprehend...Gotta to got some work to do regarding a matter of criminal fraud...See ya wouldn't want to be ya...!Make sure you clean those laminates for your old mate Seaman Stains...!

Creaky.No Swearing or Drinkin' allowed on board!!Tis Holy Noah's Ark you be Captaining.The seafaring men would have you stretched across the jibber Cap'n before we left the Port of Cork.Roll on the rum and fetch the ships doctor that fishwife and dirty hoor below has given half the crew the clap.~~~Haul on the bowline~~Our bully ship's a rolling~~Haul on the bowline~~The bowline HAUL!!!

@thelonelymurphia.Do you know what your problem is?You don't know when to shut up.Do you know how stupid you are to tell me to keep my offensive language to myself when you were swearing like a fishwife the other day.Just to prove you wrong which I know is the story of your life.It was Season 5,episode 4,called "Tea for Three",where Del-Boy is forced to go hand-gliding where he says he likes to keep his legs firmly on the terracotta.See I have them all.If you had a million years of practice you would never be as smart as me or get the better of me.Here is an example of a good comeback to your Quote"You are in a deep enough hole already...metaphorically speaking".Unquote.~Speaking metaphorically of holes,everyone knows you have a gee like a bucket of wet socks and it smells like a wrestlers towel.See it takes me 2 seconds to get the better of ya.By the way I'll allow ya to plagiarise my seat wetting comeback.Everyone knows you did.Now run along or I'll bring out the fishwife that you are~~again!!.

Jordana, you must be wondering what you started and are possibly 'losing the will to live' by now, poor thing.Don't worry, it's all part of the steep Irish/Journo learning curve you embarked on. ~ C'splut:'Flay' means to remove the skin. To be 'Flayed Alive' is said to be extremely painful and not intended to be survivable. ~ ~ ~ Btw: don't worry, me hearty! - the good ship Towngate is a sturdy vessel and has weathered many storms and broadsides! 'Tis rumoured,so 'tis, her Cap'n eats ten Plebs a'fore her breakfast! No Swearing or Drinkin' allowed on board either! A nice tight ship. That's what 'er loikes!

Yes of course you did turdytown/dorkfromcork...IdioT moi...I think not!...Took a while to come up with that...Remind me which episode of OFH was that...? If I am so dumb then why do you and your IdioT companions have to plagiarise so much of what I write...? Now keep your offensive langugage and obscenities to your self...You are in a deep enough hole already...metaphorically speaking...!Must be time for a hair of that oul dog you keep wetting your seat over...Clean the laminated cover first!hahaha

Creaky.ha ha I thought flay was an old shipping term for flag.Or slang or something.You looks if you knew what you were talking about by saying flay so I just said it too ha ha ha.I didn't cop the typo.I make a point of not picking people up on grammar,punctuation or spelling.I always think it's the last refuge of those who don't have a witty comeback.I can't be editing and checking my comments.That's work.I just let the words flow.At least you make some effort to use licentia poetica which I like to do quite a bit.I know you probably don't agree with swear words,but I only use swear words alot because they seem to have a real effect on people.I like that ha ha.I find it amusing that those that it effects most never seem to see the racist,highly insulting vileness of the content of their own comments.Yet!! get indignant over using swear words.By the way be careful of the use of a certain noun that you used as a verb.A certain plebeian is only looking to give us a full broadside me auld shipmate.

Cursplut: Let's not fall out as we have just begun to spoon together so beautifully! I thought your repeat of my slip of the digit in 'Flay' for Flag was a poke.Fair enough. ~~~ Saluting versus Honouring ~ I accept you did not intend to change the emphasis or intentionality by juxtaposing the words, but personally, I consider the first to be sometimes a 'duty' and the second to be more deeply heartfelt. 'Me Old Segotia' could be aligned with 'me old Flower' but the Dublin term has probably even more subtle inferences! Btw: I rarely take anything at face value and am always on the lookout for literary nuances ... and liked your terracotta... As an exponent of folklore and song; in particular,I love those of the Whaling Traders. If you care to join me on a 'Nantucket Sleigh-ride', Call me, Ishmael!

Creaky. I never correct anybody's spelling.Where did I correct your spelling??.I thought me 'aul segotia,as in me 'aul flower.It can be used sarcastically or as a term of endearment.So I used saluting instead of honouring so what!!My post was meant to be taken as tongue in cheek.I know Americans well enough that they take what they read at face value.I did not expect it from you. *shakes head.