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multigraincracker

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5. I was in Dublin for a few weeks and

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 17, 2023, 09:56 AM

Apr 2023

made friends with a local that took me around. On the second day he gave me some great advice.
As we met people I would tell them I was an American and got a nice welcome. He then ask if I was familiar with Canada. Told him I live across the bridge from Windsor and knew it well. He suggested I say I was Canadian. I did and started get very warm greetings.

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so i learned a new slur on twitter. [View all] mopinko Apr 2023 OP

Hadn't heard that one. It was certainly apt in the eighties what with the deadly joke of NorAid ... marble falls Apr 2023 #1

heard that 1 for the 1st time, too. mopinko Apr 2023 #2

I love druken Irish Pries jokes multigraincracker Apr 2023 #3

Bad news to give you. Baitball Blogger Apr 2023 #4

I was in Dublin for a few weeks and multigraincracker Apr 2023 #5

it's been in interesting look at the dynamics of it all. mopinko Apr 2023 #6