Stephen Robins27 Jul 2006

The Scottish are usually too strung out on Tennants and Smack to build on anything, instead they invite the English to build their homes for them. Whilst the Irish will gladly tarmac over anything as long as they get paid by Europe.

I know this is a big generalisation and does not have enough factual reference points for Dovina, but the Irish "tiger" economy is increasing the number of white collar "professionals" who fancy their chances at a bit of social mountaineering. The misapprehension that primarily, but not exclusively, the Americans cling to, like a pair of 3-day old pants, is that the Irish are all Blarney talking, cheerful chaps who sing and dance and carouse. When they are actually a bunch of nasty bastards.