I live abroad too and you couldn't pay me enough to watch Dail debates, but I keep track through the Guardian and the Irish Times websites. I also have no idea how you didn't notice this going on, it is indeed a mystery!

The fact that you've never heard Irish politicians talking about Israel is shocking to me. I keep track of the Irish news, here's what I remember from the last few weeks off the top of my head...

I bet you're the "black friend" that she trots out as an excuse whenever she gets called out for her racist behaviour :(

Thank you for informing me! I was far from sober when I posted that, and I'm cringing at my lack of cultural tact now.

Thank you! I promise not to drink before work. I haz FIERCE KNOWLEDGE while sober. I haz fierce celebrating while drunk.

BOTH.

Yup, I appreciate my square-looking-privilege. TSA are scared to approach me, I look so icy.

I'm Irish, so I've grown up with uileann pipes, the slightly-more-cultured neighbour of bagpipes. Helpfully, they also have that strangling cats/butchering geese (do I detect an area of overlap here?) sound, but it's not quite so harsh. There are many pipe bands in Ireland, and just thinking about them brings back so…

Happened me on a ferry. Missed my boat, went to a pub for a toasted sandwich, had a drink with my toastie, drank for six hours, next thing I know the pub is closed, the owner has driven me to the ferry port and I'm singing too loudly to be allowed on the boat. Bastards, right?

That's fucking awful. Do you have a stock of lines to use in these situations?

I'd love to fly next to weed-smell dude. I would bury my head in his shirt and inhale ALL THE WEED SMELL. Speaking as a well dressed professional who flies on business and hates flying.

I have a psychologist colleague who wrote a hamster prescription for a flight. She was like "this hamster is totes necessary for my client's mental health on this Europe to US flight..." so, I definitely believe that Xanax are being handed out like candy.

I think Stoya was there once. I am now nodding vigorously again. Man, I should really be sharing this bottle of champagne with someone..

Also, Neeson is Irish!

One too many ts in Scots, one too few rs in porrage.

Bagpipe music is fucking awful. They have that strangling cats sound at the start to warn non-bagpipe afficionados (AKA non-masochists) to get the fuck out of there before they start into it proper.

That was wonderful!

I don't know what "like gangbusters" means, but as a drunk person I read it as "like gangbangers" at first and I was nodding vigorously.

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