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Did You Know There Are Two Irelands? (European Smugness Anecdote)
Posted on 4/26/17 at 4:51 am
Posted on 4/26/17 at 4:51 am
Just had breakfast with an Irish journalist staying at my bed and breakfast in Rome. She apparently is researching Italian politics for the Financial Times, which threw me off because it is printed in London.
When she mentioned that she was from Ireland, I nodded and said although I had never been there, I had traveled throughout the rest of the UK, and had served overseas with UK army and naval officers on several occasions.
I could tell she was not impressed. When I later Wiki'd 'Ireland' I was shocked to see that 'Ireland' proper and its relationship with the UK is a point of contention...
In fact, the UK Ireland makes up about 10% or less of the Irish landmass.
I felt bad, but then I remembered how she started our conversation: She asked me where I was from, and I told her New Orleans. She then immediately said 'oh yes, that's where they had the storm...George W Bush didn't do anything about that, did he?"
Even if that's true, I will never understand the European smugness when it comes to their judging our politics.
Did you know there were two Irelands?
When she mentioned that she was from Ireland, I nodded and said although I had never been there, I had traveled throughout the rest of the UK, and had served overseas with UK army and naval officers on several occasions.
I could tell she was not impressed. When I later Wiki'd 'Ireland' I was shocked to see that 'Ireland' proper and its relationship with the UK is a point of contention...
In fact, the UK Ireland makes up about 10% or less of the Irish landmass.
I felt bad, but then I remembered how she started our conversation: She asked me where I was from, and I told her New Orleans. She then immediately said 'oh yes, that's where they had the storm...George W Bush didn't do anything about that, did he?"
Even if that's true, I will never understand the European smugness when it comes to their judging our politics.
Did you know there were two Irelands?
This post was edited on 4/26/17 at 4:58 am
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Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:01 am to RFK
Are you talking about Ireland and Northern Ireland?
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:02 am to RFK
?
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:12 am to RFK
wut?
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:16 am to Eurocat
Same thing I'm thinking about your post...
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:17 am to RFK
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:18 am to RFK
quote:
Did you know there were two Irelands?
Yes there is the Republic of Ireland and the six counties of Northern Ireland which is part of the UK.
Her smugness was probably due to her realization that you are a dumbass.
This post was edited on 4/26/17 at 5:34 am
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:23 am to RFK
You've never heard of the IRA?
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:33 am to RFK
You didn't know there are two different Irelands? are you 18?
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:48 am to RFK
Yes, I did know there were two Ireland's. But I have visited both. It's interesting to look up the differences between the U.K., Great Britain, England, and the British Isles. Most people don't know the difference
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:48 am to RFK
And there are 2 countries in the city you are in right now.
Bone up.
Bone up.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:56 am to MSTiger33
quote:Yes, apparently that's what they are called.
Are you talking about Ireland and Northern Ireland?
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:58 am to RFK
I can't tell if this thread is a joke or not.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:59 am to RFK
Yep. You on it.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:03 am to OTIS2
Funny two days ago he had to ask what the point of the confederate statues were.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:07 am to RFK
Way to strike out on picking her up. 
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:13 am to TxTiger82
quote:No joke, I just didn't know. Why would I? I'm an American.
I can't tell if this thread is a joke or not.
And I was asking why we honor Confederate generals with statues, when we (the USA) defeated the Confederacy. I wasn't able to get any legitimate responses...
And to equate naming Army helicopters after Indian tribes to erecting Confederate statures is a lazy argument; we understand the fact we invaded the Indians' land, and we honor their bravery and skill in battle by naming weapons after them. I see the Confederacy, a rouge faction that committed essentially treason, as wildly different in all aspects.
One thing we can all agree on is that Europeans are smug.
This post was edited on 4/26/17 at 6:14 am
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:19 am to RFK
quote:
Why would I? I'm an American.
Because it is basic political geography/world history that you should have learned in high school, at the latest. There's no way you got into UVA -- do not believe.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:23 am to RFK
quote:
No joke, I just didn't know. Why would I? I'm an American
Because there are millions of your fellow Americans who are of Irish decent and there's been countless number of tv shows and movies about Ireland and the UK.
You almost have to go out of your way to be ignorant of the matter.
Hey did you know there's a French Canada?
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