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Geekness1234 · 20-09-2011 11:44PM #1

I'm tanned and fully Irish,but I am constantly being asked where I come from and always having it proven to me that Irish people are not tanned and thus I'm not Irish.
Is anyone else in the same boat as me?

TheZohanS · 20-09-2011 11:46PM

Geekness1234 wrote: »

I'm tanned and fully Irish,but I am constantly being asked where I come from and always having it proven to me that Irish people are not tanned and thus I'm not Irish.
Is anyone else in the same boat as me?

Try being black and being Irish.

Where are you from? Ireland.
No where are you really from? Ireland.

It gets annoying after a while.

AG2R · 20-09-2011 11:46PM

Nah, I'm a pasty ginger so I'm the definition of Irish according to the Yanks, Can't go out to town without being asked to get in a photo

Geekness1234 · 20-09-2011 11:47PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Try being black and being Irish.

Where are you from? Ireland.
No where are you really from? Ireland.

It gets annoying after a while.

I know how you feel.

Saila · 20-09-2011 11:48PM

theres a joke about orange tan there somewhere

OneArt · 20-09-2011 11:49PM

I have blue skin and it's hard to convince people I'm from Earth when I'm travelling. They just assume all blue peopel are from Alpha Centauri B >:(. It's rough all right.

af_thefragile · 20-09-2011 11:50PM

OneArt wrote: »

I have blue skin and it's hard to convince people I'm from Earth when I'm travelling. They just assume all blue peopel are from Alpha Centauri B >:(. It's rough all right.

You're not from Pandora??

gargleblaster · 20-09-2011 11:51PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Try being black and being Irish.

Where are you from? Ireland.
No where are you really from? Ireland.

It gets annoying after a while.

I would carry around Thin Lizzy records to beat people with.

Wetai · 20-09-2011 11:52PM

OneArt wrote: »

I have blue skin and it's hard to convince people I'm from Earth when I'm travelling. They just assume all blue peopel are from Alpha Centauri B >:(. It's rough all right.

Smurf that.

whiskeyman · 20-09-2011 11:52PM

Geekness1234 wrote: »

I'm tanned and fully Irish....
Is anyone else in the same boat as me?

More tanned Irish people on a cruise perhaps...

TheZohanS · 20-09-2011 11:53PM

gargleblaster wrote: »

I would carry around Thin Lizzy records to beat people with.

Racist.

cofy · 20-09-2011 11:54PM

When I was younger I used to be very sallow skinned, I often had people ask me "Excuse me do you speak english?" people often assumed I was Italian!!

westendgirlie · 20-09-2011 11:54PM

I'm a tan. And I tan well

Geekness1234 · 20-09-2011 11:56PM

westendgirlie wrote: »

I'm a tan. And I tan well

This is permanent tan all year long.

hondasam · 20-09-2011 11:57PM

Geekness1234 wrote: »

I'm tanned and fully Irish,but I am constantly being asked where I come from and always having it proven to me that Irish people are not tanned and thus I'm not Irish.
Is anyone else in the same boat as me?

what boat that be, where are your parents from?

CoolHat · 21-09-2011 12:00AM

See, Ireland is going through what England did (especially London) in the 50's/60s. Different ethnicities merging.

Give it a generation (actually, more like a decade) and it will be nothing to see a chinese or black dude with the strongest dublin accent you've ever heard. I know some already do. But few and far between at this point. So op, give it a few years and no one will be thinking twice. We are just going through that change now.

Kevin Duffy · 21-09-2011 12:02AM

TheZohan wrote: »

Try being black and being Irish.

Where are you from? Ireland.
No where are you really from? Ireland.

It gets annoying after a while.

Ok, I'll give it a go.

Saila · 21-09-2011 12:07AM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Ok, I'll give it a go.

*hands shoe polish/coal*

DEFTLEFTHAND · 21-09-2011 12:07AM

Geekness1234 wrote: »

This is permanent tan all year long.

I'm the same have a natural tan all year round and have no foreign connections, unless my mother isn't telling me something:D

CoolHat · 21-09-2011 12:08AM

Saila wrote: »

*hands shoe polish/coal*

think i'd get banned for posting a minstrels image? :pac:

Thrill · 21-09-2011 12:12AM

CoolHat wrote: »

think i'd get banned for posting a minstrels image? :pac:

http://www.treatsfromhome.com.au/images/minstrels.jpg

x_Ellie_x · 21-09-2011 12:16AM

I have a friend like that. She had a Spanish ancestor 4 or 5 generations ago and she inherited the skintone & dark hair. People assume she's a foreigner all the time.

westendgirlie · 21-09-2011 12:18AM

Geekness1234 wrote: »

This is permanent tan all year long.

Yep, my English accent is permanent all year long. I also have year round sallow skin

Rabies · 21-09-2011 12:50AM

Geekness1234 wrote: »

I'm tanned and fully Irish,but I am constantly being asked where I come from and always having it proven to me that Irish people are not tanned and thus I'm not Irish.
Is anyone else in the same boat as me?

Yup... Get mistaken for Spanish, Italian or occasionally Argentinian.
100% Irish born and raised.
Couple oft cousins are the same.
The darker streak raises it's head here and there.
Light tan all winter, darker in summer.
Rarely ever burn and tan easy, to the jealously of many.

robbie_998 · 21-09-2011 12:51AM

im fully irish a long way back but people keep asking me am i polish

MungBean · 21-09-2011 12:56AM

Geekness1234 wrote: »

I'm tanned and fully Irish,but I am constantly being asked where I come from and always having it proven to me that Irish people are not tanned and thus I'm not Irish.
Is anyone else in the same boat as me?

In a boat are ya ? Lookin for advice on how to fit in when your different are ya ?

I'm not buying it, wherever you boat lands you better set to sea again cos we dont need more of your kinda over here. We have enough refugees of our own to take care of !!

wonton · 21-09-2011 01:00AM

gargleblaster wrote: »

I would carry around Thin Lizzy records to beat people with.

phil was actually born in England, although i'm sure he'd have never accepted being called anything other than Irish.

actually as far as I remember only the drummer was actually Irish from thin Lizzy.

MungBean · 21-09-2011 01:03AM

wonton wrote: »

phil was actually born in England, although i'm sure he'd have never accepted being called anything other than Irish.

actually as far as I remember only the drummer was actually Irish from thin Lizzy.

What about Gary Moore and Eric Bell ?

Edit : You mean Northern Irish ≠ Irish ?

Geekness1234 · 21-09-2011 10:43PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I'm the same have a natural tan all year round and have no foreign connections, unless my mother isn't telling me something:D

Same here!:D

orangebud · 21-09-2011 10:47PM

Tan from Connemara

Handy11 · 21-09-2011 10:50PM

Just carry around a Londis bag full of dirty spuds in one hand and a pint in the other. Tie your throusers up with baler twine and have a sheep on a leash. Answer "Piddayyyhas" to any question. Might help affirm your identity. Works for me

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