Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:58:32 +0000 Message-ID: <874im4ygvb.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <10per0k$2ghs$5@dont-email.me> <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <10pg2u5$f0nq$5@dont-email.me> <1rs7tqn.ajozxp1gi29boN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <22g39mxn5k.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10pr2kf$1al9$1@dont-email.me> <10pthim$re0c$7@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="529483"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WEnwegBCyIlN4ooiGPOIbNy+a0c= sha1:0TbcPHSNj7AuSzSfNqLAmPqLDF8= X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBACAEBMCVkn8yDsn+I3RHNbHrMBo4nNC7wJ17IM5CFtA12cw4TjoeNVbLPDGN/hQ+ENU= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83921 alt.usage.english:1140685 Ar an ceathrú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh rbowman: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:21:42 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > > > It would have been like offering all the 'Irish' community in the USA a > > nice piece of land in the Congo to fuck off to. > > That wouldn't have went well. Southie (South Boston) is an Irish conclave > that was extremely upset about forced busing. Hahah, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a conclave. > I used to hang out in a Irish mafia bar that ran a book. It was interesting > watching the patrons cheering on the basketball team they had money on while > making sid comments about the jigs on the teams. I imagine you meant “side” comments, but “jigs”? “Nigs” maybe? Not that I’ve come across that. -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)