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Which Connemara: the one on Europa or the Gaeltacht area in Galway?
Actually, right now I'm only about 30 miles away from Connemara, so there.
Besides, with Irish being our first language, all Micks are required to study it up to Leaving Cert (GCSE) level. So I'm even less special then I thought I was *sniff*
------------------ At that point, McDonald fired his gun three times in the air to emphasize his point. The crowd, estimated at 350,000, loudly cheered the new candidate.
"Let me make this clear: I am the law! I am your ruler! And you will have fries with that, motherf*cker!"
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No doubt Irish Gaelic and Fae Gaelic have diverged slightly over the centuries.
------------------ The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching
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I blame the fairy education system. The discrimination against anyone over one foot is blatantly unconstitutional. They don't get taught as well, and they only get to appear in rubbish LSD induced visions.
------------------ You know, when Comedy Central asked us to do a Thanksgiving episode, the first thought that went through my mind was, "Boy, I'd like to have sex with Jennifer Aniston." -Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park
British Star Wars fans are organizing to list "Jedi" as their official religion on U.K. census forms, the London Sunday Times reported. The fans hope to win formal recognition for their "faith" by responding to the Office for National Statistics' decennial survey of the population, the newspaper reported.
For the first time in Britain, the census, which will take place on April 29, will ask people about their religion, offering various options and a box marked "other." Star Wars fans have seized on the opportunity, and an e-mail is urging them to fill the box by declaring their religion as "Jedi." "If there are enough people who put down a religion that isn't mentioned on the census form, it becomes a fully recognized and legal religion," the e-mail said. "It usually takes about 10,000 people to nominate the same religion."
The e-mail reportedly originated in New Zealand, which held a census on March 6. Its effect there will not be properly known for up to 18 months, but some reports have estimated that 5 percent of the population decided they were Jedi knights.
But a spokesman for the Office of National Statistics said that the e-mail erred. "Regardless of how many people put down Jedi as their religion, they cannot win. It is not up to us to recognize or not recognize religions."
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But now I�ve brought Star Trek into it again, haven�t I. Sorry."
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Well, that's an interesting way to handle it. I can just see it now...
"Well, the returns are in from Northern Ireland. Let's see here... 'Catholic', 'Catholic', 'Catholic'... WTF? We're supposed to believe that's a real religion? No way in hell is that going on the official list..."
Hey, apparently it could happen...
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