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Dreadful Nonsense

"I've read your blog. it's really funny. you should write a column." - Jon Ronson

Happy Paddys Day.

Thought about going in to the parade this year, it being the first time for about 9 years that I'm actually in Dublin on the right day, but then decided that I really couldn't be bothered with all the screaming children, the tourists and the frustration of having to stand around for ages and then have hundreds of skinny American teenagers with blinding-white teeth, tan-coloured tights and stupid preppy smiles plastered across their frozen faces shimmy past, throwing sticks, twirling and dancing like their lives depended on it while all the time knowing that everyone in America is having a lot more fun today than they are, being in this freezing cold city surrounded by drunks and knackers.

But that's probably just because I'm only a "plastic paddy", according to the quiz on ireland.com today. I only scored 17 out of 40. Apparently "the roots are there but the green card is in danger of not being renewed". Imagine if this was how they tried to manage the current influx of immigrants and applications for residency. I'd be on the next boat out of here.

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