Wednesday, September 19, 2007

And Don't Get Me Started on the Beer . . .

German ambassador to Ireland gets a slapped wrist for telling potential German investors that Ireland is a coarse, grasping place with shite public service, a failing immigration policy, and high wage demands.

Clearly the German government considers this a hardship posting.

3 comments:

Lorcy said...

what! is that all? he forgot, the intellectually damaging stranglehold of the catholic church, sexual repression, seething homophobia, festering racism, the generally begrudery of success, oh and our love of writers like Joyce and Beckett, as long as they go to paris to swan around cafes and do the writing bit, sitting about writing all day, what are they some sort of poofs?

Oh wait a minute their national treasures on tea towels, but most people have only read the tea towels

sorry...the national tourist board has just texted me and all the above is totally untrue and we are actually a fun-loving nation of cute, hardworking leprechauns...ya all come back now ya hear.

John said...

Ah, Lorcy, sure that just shows how long you've been away. Why, only yesterday I took part in an outdoor mixed-race orgy on the steps of St. Thomas's with a gorgeous crowd of former nuns and priests just back from a Graham Norton seminar in Barcelona. Believe me, it was next to impossible to stop them loudly reciting the entire works of Pat McCabe. I had to put all sorts of things in their mouths to supress their ecstatic exclamations.

Unknown said...

I'm sure you did, but that's in Dublin.