To paraphrase a Phillipino friend of The Aurora that we call Yellow...Once you go Irish you go back to Black. Good thing then that Ive got both covered as my ancestoral lineage is of dirty shanty bog dwelling donkeys also known as The Black Irish. There is alot of speculation and debate as to what exactly that term means; is it the Spanish influence or perhaps the line from The Commitments alluding to the Irish as the blacks of Europe. Who knows for certain.
Well I am a big fan of rice and beans and anyone that knows me knows that I am a natural born athlete but perhaps more telling is the fact that you and I both know I am a phenomenal dancer.
That is why I'm heading (I'm probably already there and drunk if you're reading this, then again what else is new) to the Black Irish capital of the world for the weekend; the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean...Montserrat, to get in touch with my roots (and escape all the drunken jackasses in NYC).
I could go on about how the diving is unrivaled, the hiking unspoiled and ramble on about all the historic cultural and scientific reasons for the trip but Ill be honest the main reason is that its the only country besides Ireland that celebrates St Paddys as a national holiday so in other words I'm just gonna be a drunk white guy in a Hawaiian shirt getting hopped up on Carib beers as far away from Fifth Ave as I can get, because if you got to know the truth; I cant stand the frickin Irish.
....and with a three to one exchange rate on the dollar (and beers) its worth risking a fiery death in a volcanic eruption.
Happy St Padraig's Aurorans!
Interesting ethnic slur fact: Montserrat supplied the British Navy with the produce to fight of scurvy which resulted in the Brits being known as "limeys"
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Wow I thought black Irish were because some regions have the light skin, reddish hair and some regions have black hair. Like my cousin looks like that singer Enya-alabaster skin with jet black hair.
I thought it was just an ethnic subgroup.
I knew this irish chick who had jet black hair and bright blue eyes.
Too bad i was already dating her sister when i met her :(
Yeah, its a very striking look. I used to be jealous of the really dark hair because it looks kind of goth-vampira. When I was younger I made it darker and my stupid family kept singing "Like A Prayer" at me.
My brother has threatened to post a pic of that at Blue Republic. But hes too burnt to remember his password.
Tell him to swing by the aurora and he can post it here.
I'm not encouraging.
Besides he would like you guys too much. He'd be buying you a beer before I could intervene. Then he would try to take you to hockey, thats what he does. Spends his money on sports and cruises.
Man I wish I was on vacation. Damn donkey.
I stopped reading Steve from Hog on Ice, because he ran a column in which he stated that real men don't dance. I argued with him and he got rude. I found him ignorant in the extreme and decided to give him a pass after that. If you can't shake your pelvis on the dance floor you probably can't move it satisfactorily anywhere else! Hey, is satisfactorily a word even?
Pierce Brosnan and Ian McShane are Black Irish. Yum!!!
i think satisfactorily is a word. i believe i've seen it used elsewhere, which generally (but not always) makes it ok in my book. maybe i'll look it up ...
one word i have a problem with is 'anyways' ... sorry donkeyhue.
i like pierce brosnan, but he's not quite manly enough for me. now daniel craig ... he's most definitely a 10 ++++++ in my book. i bet he can dance.
;)
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