Ahhh to be Irish...!!!!


> Being Irish is about driving in a German car to a
> Scottish pub for a Belgian beer, and then traveling home, grabbing an
> Indian curry or,a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture
> and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.
>
> And the most Irish thing of all? Suspicion of all
> things foreign!
>
> Only in Ireland can a pizza get to your house faster
> than an ambulance.
>
> Only in Ireland do supermarkets make sick people walk
> all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while
> healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
>
> Only in Ireland do people order double cheeseburgers,
> large fries and a DIET coke.
>
> Only in Ireland do banks leave both doors open and
> chain the pens to the counters.
>
> Only in Ireland do we leave cars worth thousands of
> pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
>
> Only in Ireland do we use answering machines to screen
> calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone
> we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
>
> Only in Ireland are there disabled parking places in
> front of a skating rink.
>
> NOT TO MENTION...
>
> 3 Irish ppl die each year testing if a 9v battery
> works on their tongue 142 Irish ppl were injured in 1999 by not removing all
> pins from new shirts.
>
> 58 Irish ppl are injured each year by using sharp
> knives instead of screwdrivers.
>
> 31 Irish ppl have died since 1996 by watering their
> Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
>
> 19 Irish ppl have died in the last 3 years believing
> that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
>
> Irish Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after
> Xmas cracker-pulling accidents.
>
> 18 Irish ppl had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new
> jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
>
> A massive 543 Irish ppl were admitted to A&E in the
> last two years a fter trying to open bottles of beer with their teeth.
>
> 5 Irish ppl were injured last year in accidents
> involving out-of-control Scalextric cars.
>
> And finally...
>
> In 2000 eight Irish ppl were admitted to hospital with
> fractured skulls incurred whilst throwing up into the toilet.
>
> If you're proud to be Irish, send this on!
>
> *IRELAND** - Love it, or Leave it*