How come......

anonymousman

How come everyone is like "OMG I HATE WHEN AMERICANS SAY MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER IS IRISH".

But, I don't know, when Barack O'McObama gets elected its suddenly totally amazingly cool that an AMERICAN has a great great grandfather who is Irish.

Get real.

Palin4lyfe.

Ruu_Old

Who gives a shite if he has an Irish great great grandfather? Not me. It doesn't bother me when Americans claim their ancestors are from Ireland but when they start breaking things down into percentages, then it gets boring.

starn

Couldnt care less where anyone is form. Couldnt care less about nationality.

MizzLolly

''Palin4lyfe''



Hahaha you been drinking OP?

ninty9er

Ruu wrote: »

Who gives a shite if he has an Irish great great grandfather? Not me. It doesn't bother me when Americans claim their ancestors are from Ireland but when they start breaking things down into percentages, then it gets boring.

+1

Obama isn't F*ing Irish. He's A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N and has been all his life, as is his mother, I do believe his father is Kenyan, so he could claim some nationality there.

Orange69

Bandwagon.. its the same with irish people celebrating Che Guevara..

Morons tbh..

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

I think it might have to do with the whole "I'm Irish because my great great grandaddy is from Ireland... Where's Ireland again?"

I guess people are just tired of hearing it and don't really care?

Sharpshooter

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truecrippler

Samuel Chubby Actor wrote: »

I think it might have to do with the whole "I'm Irish because my great great grandaddy is from Ireland... Where's Ireland again?"

I guess people are just tired of hearing it and don't really care?

Or the aul "I just had a potato for dinner, I'm 3/4's Irish now"

brendansmith

I HATE THE IRISH!

Berty

My great grand daddy had a mistress with an Irish Wolfhound. He humps my leg and left some canine cum on my leg. I felt Irish from that day on.

Hey, OP If these are the simple things that get you boiled over then life must be sweet for you.

If you want to Yank Bash then I hate them fvckers because they speel words differently. They spell doughnut donut because the other one is too dificult for them, apologise - apologize and so on and so forth.

I also call American Cartoon Carachters.

Nixon and Kennedy were all part Irish also.

ironictoaster

Meh

Sure my American friend had a great great great great grandfather from a small fishing village called Galway.

Zillah

You're confused. We don't dislike it when an American says they have a distant Irish ancestor. It annoys some people when an American says they are Irish because they have a distant Irish ancestor. Obama has never said he is Irish.

RobertFoster

It's 'cos he's black, yo. Irish people love black people. FACT.

Darragh29

anonymousman wrote: »

How come everyone is like "OMG I HATE WHEN AMERICANS SAY MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER IS IRISH".

But, I don't know, when Barack O'McObama gets elected its suddenly totally amazingly cool that an AMERICAN has a great great grandfather who is Irish.

Get real.

Palin4lyfe.

'Cos the man is a genius and you backed the loser. Only an absolute idiot would get the kind of press than Palin has drawn upon herself and then remark that she might run for president on the next occasion.

brianthebard

Genius is a bit far don't you think?

Insect Overlord

Do you have a bit of Irish in you?
Would you like a bit?

dRNk SAnTA

Why does it bother so many people when Americans consider themselves Irish?

Just because they take pride in having Irish ancestry and maybe they like to find something that distinguishes them from other Americans? Some Irish people like to get all high and mighty and slag them off.

While at the same time, we love to adopt any successful person with an Irish link (no matter how dubious) as "one of ours".

Personally, I think it's a great thing that there's millions of people in America who associate themselves with this country, no matter how mixed their ancestry might be. It's a compliment, isn't it?

javaboy

Zillah wrote: »

You're confused. We don't dislike it when an American says they have a distant Irish ancestor. It annoys some people when an American says they are Irish because they have a distant Irish ancestor. Obama has never said he is Irish.

+1. In fact the Irish connection has been all but swept under the carpet by everybody except our beloved Taoiseach and the residents of Moneygall.


And the only reason we care about the Irish link with Obama is the slim hope that we might get something out of it e.g. amnesties for illegal Irish in the US, better chance of an official visit etc.

Kold

'The Irish' are always trying to make sweeping generalisations about their collective psyche but then begrudge it because it misrepresents them.

javaboy

Kold wrote: »

'The Irish' are always trying to make sweeping generalisations about their collective psyche but then begrudge it because it misrepresents them.

Speak for yourself. :D

Jesus Wept

brendansmith wrote: »

I HATE THE IRISH!

Potato ****.

Kold

Protip: If you take spuds from the Irish, they die by the thousands.

Saint_Mel

Of course he's Irish .. Barry O'Bama

m@cc@

anonymousman wrote: »

How come everyone is like "OMG I HATE WHEN AMERICANS SAY MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER IS IRISH".

But, I don't know, when Barack O'McObama gets elected its suddenly totally amazingly cool that an AMERICAN has a great great grandfather who is Irish.

Get real.

Palin4lyfe.

Anyone else think the opening sentence could have been written by Paris Hilton? Well granted, not written but definitely said. I'll answer your question when you have the b**** to use your own account.