Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 24 mai 12 ? 11:39, Frank Dernie a ?crit : > I remember back in 1970 visiting the US for the first time and > hearing what I knew as Irish jokes told as Polish jokes. > It is pityfull the way whole nations are pigeonholed, but I assume > any weak minority will be chosen as the butt of jokes, varying from > country to country... The same jokes are told in France as Belgian > jokes, IIRC. Just as "taking a French leave" is" taking an English leave" here ;-) Amiti?s Philippe > FD > > On 23 May, 2012, at 23:21, Herbert Kanner wrote: > >> Thanks for the info. I didn't know it was made in Northern Ireland. >> During the eight years I lived in England, circa 1970+, I couldn't >> find Bushmills, the attitude being that the Irish couldn't do >> anything well. In fact, driving home from work one evening, I was >> shocked to hear a BBC program telling "Irish jokes", the same jokes >> we used to know here as "Polish jokes". >> >> Herb >> >>> Pedantic about the different names; Bushmills is made in Northern >>> Ireland, >>> which is part of the UK but not part of GB ;-) >>> >>> john >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> Huh? >>> NO ARCHIVE