When my mother sent this email to me I got all uptight and was ready to fire back an email asking her not to perpetuate the Irish sterotype but then half way down the list I pee'd my pants laughing.
Trust me, I feel guilty about it!
What It Means To Be Irish
1. You will never play professional basketball
2. You swear very well
3. At least one of your cousins is a fireman, cop, bar owner, funeral home owner or holds a political office.
4. You think you sing very well
5. You have no idea how to make a long story short.
6. There isn't a big difference between losing your temper or killing someone.
7. Most of your childhood meals were boiled
8. You have never hit your head on a ceiling
9. You spent a good portion of your childhood kneeling in prayer
10. You're strangely poetic after a few beers
11. You are therefore, poetic a lot.
12. You will be punched for no good reason....a lot.
13. Some punches directed at you are legacies of past generations
14. Many of your sisters and/or cousins are named Mary, Catherine or Eileen
15. Someone in your family is incredibly cheap, It is more likely you
16 You may not know the words, but that doesn't stop you from singing
17 You can't wait for the other guy to stop talking before you start talking
18 You are not nearly as funny as you think you are......but what you lack in talent, you make up for in frequency.
19 There wasn't a huge difference between your last wake and your last keg party.
20 You are, or you know someone named Murph.
21 If you don't know Murph, then you know Mac, If you don't know a Murph or a Mac then you know Sully
22 You are genetically incapable of keeping a secret
23 You have Irish Alzheimer's ......you forget everything but the grudges!
24 Irish Stew is a euphemism for "boiled leftovers"
25 All of your losses are alcohol related (loss of virginity, loss of drivers license, loss of money, loss of job, loss of significant other, loss of teeth from punch...) but it never stops you from drinking - EVER!!
The only thing that doesn't apply to me is that my Momma's Italian and I ate good!
4 comments:
You could easily change many of these to Italian and they would be correct.
This coming from a girl whose grandpa dropped the O' off of their surname.
TOO FUNNY!
Good Morning Dark Lady,
Good list, don't feel guilty, it's in the genes. Adding Italian just makes for a more spicy mix.
You'd think that the world's Irish population was larger than that of China ;o)
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