re: Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama

NYT article - 20 years!

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Her brother-in-law was Demarco Morrissette, the man with the “flute.” He died in 2019.

He was a jokester. He can come up with a joke off the top of his head. The news people say, “Hey, can we interview about the leprechaun?” And from there, he turned Irish.

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Do we believe this?

And how about this?

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Occasionally, people will be like, this is embarrassing. And I feel like people that feel that way don’t get the joke. Everybody in that news story was in on the joke and is being silly. The news people are in on the joke. It was just something fun for the sake of being fun.

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I'm legit surprised there's no mention of racism in the article.

I wear this shirt every St. Patty's Day and it's a hit.

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Black dude at 1:20 mark with special leprechaun flute (a scaffolding coupling pin) that was handed down by his GGF "who was Irish".

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the funniest part for sure

A St Patrick’s Day tradition.

Louisiana puts out some good ones also

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Ya'll don't forget about Bubb Rubb

WHISTLE TIPS MAKE THEM GO

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It's this exact clip where a wise older white friend once told me (being white myself), "Black people just seem to enjoy life more than the rest of us."

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while largely true, there are those of us melanin-challenged who will occasionally rise to the challenge



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another Alabama internet legend

Haven't these folks seen the movie?

Struttin that arse was Alabama too.