Cancer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 There are people of Irish heritage who get testy about that sort of thing. Of course, I know a guy who dressed in orange and went into Irish-themed bars here. Now, he is from (and is there now) Holland, and he's a Feyenoord fan IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 That was not wise. Does he still have all his teeth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I wore an orange shirt to school on St. Patrick's Day one year just to see if anyone would care or indeed even notice. No one did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Americans and history, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Well, history they don't feel is personally relevant. Unlike some cultures, where folks are still paying off insults a thousand years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Mostly, those are just pretexts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 So why use them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Because you really don't like your neighbors and want their land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Default condition over most of hominid history, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Upright apes, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I look at current political and international situations, and I think 'Apes' may be a bit of an overstatement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 ... Primate primaries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Primates without tails. Some are apes. Others are prosimians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Actually, when I hear people referred to as 'Apes', I usually think of Starship Troopers. "Come on, you Apes, you wanna live forever!?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 One of my favorite battle cries in science fiction is from Doorways in the Sand: "Behold the giant anthropoid; beware his crooked thumbs!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 In other news, my son spent a day and a half at the courthouse but ultimately was not seated on a jury. The sentence "My son's been summoned for jury duty" still feels really strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Strange good or strange bad or strange neutral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Strange neutral. He has been called for jury duty the same number of times as me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 More than me. We use a judge panel system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Jury trial remains one of those key features in the US justice system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 "It's not a bug, it's a..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Whatchamacallit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thingamabob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 One of those, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Doohickey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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