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warmhands.coldheart

GlynD wrote: »

The only way he could make me laugh more is by standing as an MLA - on the meal ticket. :rotfl:

Don't joke, he may already be one !! :rotfl:

NI22

I'm a member of Sinn Fein but I've never stood for election. I'm what is known as the grass root member.

GlynD

NI22 wrote: »

Mock as you will but this strategy is working, where I'm from it's unheard of to work and when the butchers are bled dry they will want rid of us. By that time the Catholic population in the North will be bursting at the seems needing more living space and Ireland will be united once again.

LOL - that made oi larf.

You've forgotten that most RC's in the north don't want a UI. You're in a minority so maybe what you should do is take your pals and move to Rathlin or something and declare UDI. :rotfl:

Cotta

NI22 wrote: »

I'm a member of Sinn Fein but I've never stood for election. I'm what is known as the grass root member.

Or just a root.

ladeeda

Cotta wrote: »

Or just a root.

Full circle perhaps...

Word Origin and History for root
n. "underground part of a plant," late Old English rot, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rot "root," figuratively "cause, origin," from Proto-Germanic *wrot (cf. Old English wyrt "root, herb, plant," Old High German wurz, German Wurz "a plant," Gothic waurts "a root," with characteristic Scandinavian loss of -w- before -r-), from PIE *wrad- (see radish (n.), and cf. wort ). The usual Old English words for "root" were wyrttruma and wyrtwala.

Figurative use is from c.1200. Of teeth, hair, etc., from early 13c. Mathematical sense is from 1550s. Philological sense from 1520s. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1846. In U.S. black use, "a spell effected by magical properties of roots," 1935. To take root is from 1530s. Root beer, made from the extracts of various roots, first recorded 1841, American English; root doctor is from 1821. Root cap is from 1875.


:rotfl:

GlynD

ladeeda wrote: »

Full circle perhaps...

Word Origin and History for root
n. "underground part of a plant," late Old English rot, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rot "root," figuratively "cause, origin," from Proto-Germanic *wrot (cf. Old English wyrt "root, herb, plant," Old High German wurz, German Wurz "a plant," Gothic waurts "a root," with characteristic Scandinavian loss of -w- before -r-), from PIE *wrad- (see radish (n.), and cf. wort ). The usual Old English words for "root" were wyrttruma and wyrtwala.

Figurative use is from c.1200. Of teeth, hair, etc., from early 13c. Mathematical sense is from 1550s. Philological sense from 1520s. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1846. In U.S. black use, "a spell effected by magical properties of roots," 1935. To take root is from 1530s. Root beer, made from the extracts of various roots, first recorded 1841, American English; root doctor is from 1821. Root cap is from 1875.


:rotfl:

Excellent analogy. Here, have this £10.

ladeeda

GlynD wrote: »

Excellent analogy. Here, have this £10.

Don't mind if I do kind Sir (mam?) I never knew this place was so funny..... and now I get internet £'s for posting. I may have to return more often

GlynD

ladeeda wrote: »

Don't mind if I do kind Sir (mam?) I never knew this place was so funny..... and now I get internet £'s for posting. I may have to return more often

I am a man *puffs out chest*.

You are so welcome.

lazer

NI22 wrote: »

Mock as you will but this strategy is working, where I'm from it's unheard of to work and when the butchers are bled dry they will want rid of us. By that time the Catholic population in the North will be bursting at the seems needing more living space and Ireland will be united once again.

Considering there is not one town in Northern Ireland (a.k.a The illegally and immorally occupied six counties) with 100% unemployment you must therefore be from planet Mars lol!


PS - for the rest of you that give off about someone accepting the British Benefits but rejecting British Rule etc, it's not having your cake and eating it.


Simple fact of life is that NI pays its taxes to the UK, and therefore it is Irish money that is paying for the benefits too.
Unless Catholics are legally allowed to withhold taxes, then its perfectly acceptable to claim the benefits too

GlynD

lazer wrote: »

Considering there is not one town in Northern Ireland (a.k.a The illegally and immorally occupied six counties) with 100% unemployment you must therefore be from planet Mars lol!


PS - for the rest of you that give off about someone accepting the British Benefits but rejecting British Rule etc, it's not having your cake and eating it.


Simple fact of life is that NI pays its taxes to the UK, and therefore it is Irish money that is paying for the benefits too.
Unless Catholics are legally allowed to withhold taxes, then its perfectly acceptable to claim the benefits too

I'm going to be quite pedantic here.

1. NI exists on a subvention from the UK treasury, it's not self financing. So it doesn't pay enough tax to cover the benefits bill.

2. The poster in question is also on the bru, as are many others, therefore it is British money you're talking about.

3. It's not British Rule which nationalists are actually against. They do claim that but as NI chose to be in the UK it's actually the unionists they're against - fellow Irishmen. This is a problem which nationalism has faced since Ulster refused to accept Home Rule.

Sorry, I couldn't resist that. I'm so on the fence my bum is full of splinters but I have a really sane appreciation of the problem and I don't rant about stuff. I just get pedantic from time to time.