Is Ireland really devoid of snakes?

Biceptual tendencies wrote:

Whenever I go there I bring my two Pythons.

Ah've only got 1 python. oi live in Oirlan' an' take it wherever oi go.

dudewheresmycar wrote:

J. Swift wrote:

May I make a modest proposal?

No one will get this, but thank you for that reference. I just enjoyed a pleasant "lol" because of it. A good evening to you.

I love how this thread gets bumped every year. St. Patrick's day tradition now includes a huge eyeroll to the post above.

Really? No snakes?

Somebody needs to let loose a box full of garden snakes there.

sciencetrumpssuperstition wrote:

According to myth, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

According to archaeology, there were never any snakes in Ireland.

In only a few hundred years, cults were able to convince the Irish they'd seen things they never had.

I'm sure you're alluding to the Catholic Church.

Good one.

HarryThizze wrote:

sciencetrumpssuperstition wrote:

According to myth, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

According to archaeology, there were never any snakes in Ireland.

In only a few hundred years, cults were able to convince the Irish they'd seen things they never had.

I'm sure you're alluding to the Catholic Church.

Good one.

The snake, of course, is a Christian symbol of evil / paganism [Genesis 2 & 3].

St. Patrick drove these "evil forms of religious life from Ireland" when he preached the Christian message and the people of Ireland "converted".

...there were no mosquitos in Hawaii until some larvae arrived in fresh water barrels on board a ship from San Blas Nayarit in the 1880s. That was all she wrote.

Talk about paradise lost.

exthrower wrote:

They're certainly not devoid of drunks.

And it took you four years to briefly sober and respond to this thread , Chubbsyubbsy .

woompthereitis wrote:

J. Swift wrote:

May I make a modest proposal?

i don't even care if you set that up for yourself because that was clever.

also, i appreciate the interaction of biceptual and real man above. classy.

good thread overall. a quick real answer followed by awesomeness. this is why letsrun is great.

but seriously, why can't the poor just sell their children to rich people who want to eat babies?

Those of all economic means already sell them whole or piece-meal for medical experiments through planned genocide(parenthood).

What was satire in the nineteenth century is now considered progressive by the cool kids.

Took a wee visit to Ireland for Paddy's day celebrations. Good to see their spirit, culture and sense of humour very much alive.

Being devoid of snakes is just another attribute that makes Ireland great.

Time to revive this thread.

Here we go wrote:

Time to revive this thread.

Why?

jdtt wrote:

Here we go wrote:

Time to revive this thread.

Why?

Easter is coming.

Little known fact: The snakes were actually hunted to extinction as a food source during the Potato Famine.

It's about to have 1 snake, an Alabama Black Snake once I go on vacation there. Know what I'm sayin'?

St Peter Rabbit wrote:

jdtt wrote:

Why?

Easter is coming.

Easter isn't even breathing hard. St. Paddy's is almost here, though.

Da'Quan wrote:

It's about to have 1 snake, an Alabama Black Snake once I go on vacation there. Know what I'm sayin'?

There's been a large influx of "your kind" since the European Union opened up and the country let in a bunch. Know what I'm sayin'? Sue and all the lads are sufferin' from the Oirish curse.

As for the sacred puh-daydo, it came from the Incas in Peru thanks to Sir Walter Raleigh in 1589, at least he took credit for it.

Afore that, the Irish survived on Guinness and crisps they got at the local pub, or sweet treats and curry chicken from the Spar shop.

From the Irish joke book:

Mick and Paddy are reading head stones at a nearby cemetery.

Mick say "Crikey! There's a bloke here who was 152!"

Paddy says "What's his name?"

Mick replies "Miles, from London !"

Paddy is said to be shocked at finding out all his cows have Bluetongue..

"Be Jeysus!" he said, "I didn't even know they had mobile phones!"

Paddy and his wife are lying in bed and the neighbours' dog is barking like mad in the garden.

Paddy says "To hell with this!" and storms off.

He comes back upstairs 5 minutes later and his wife asks "What did you do?"

Paddy replies "I've put the dog in our garden. Let's see how they like it!"

Paddy, the Irish boyfriend of the woman whose head was found on Arbroath beach was asked to identify her.

A detective held up the head to which point Paddy said "I don't think that's her, she wasn't that tall!"

Paddy takes his new wife to bed on their wedding night.

She undresses, lies on the bed spread-eagled and says

"You know what I want, don't you?"

"Yeah," says Paddy. "The whole feckin' bed by the looks of it!"

Paddy calls Easyjet to book a flight.

The operator asks "How many people are flying with you?"

Paddy replies "I don't know! It’s your feckin’ plane!"

A Muslim was sitting next to Paddy on a plane.

Paddy ordered a whisky.

The stewardess asked the Muslim if he'd like a drink.

He replied in disgust "I'd rather be raped by a dozen whores than let liquor touch my lips!"

Paddy handed his drink back and said

"Me too, I didn't know we had a choice!"

After wading through a horde of drunken (at 4pm!) bridge&tunnel fat fucks on the streets of Manhattan, it's a pleasure to finally get home to this annual thread.