Interesting email from an Irish fellow about Irish kilts.

**MrAcheson** · 24th September 07, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by kallen

My son(who will be here in Oct.) will basically be 1/3 Irish, 1/3 German, 1/3 Mexican.

Your son's genealogy breaks down in thirds? How the heck did you conceive him in the first place?

My dad's side of the family is mostly Scottish and German. My mom's is mostly English and Irish. I guess that makes me all American. But I still wear a kilt to the highland games and I'll probably buy a SWK Green Heavyweight for St. Paddy's despite what this guy says.

**kallen** · 24th September 07, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by MrAcheson

Your son's genealogy breaks down in thirds? How the heck did you conceive him in the first place?

I carried the one!!!

**ccga3359** · 24th September 07, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by kallen

I carried the one!!!

I think it be fairer to say that your wife is carrying the one!

**macsim** · 24th September 07, 06:10 PM

So....does Bono have to give back his cowboy hat now?

**Archangel** · 24th September 07, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by macsim

So....does Bono have to give back his cowboy hat now?

Now, that wasn't nice. It was clever but it wasn't nice. Next, his sunglasses will have to go, and his gretsch...

**Mr. Kilt** · 24th September 07, 10:14 PM

Wow, this thread has generated a LOT more interest than I'd expected.

Based on his second email to me it sounds like he really has some issues that HE needs to deal with.

I'm quite proud of who I am and what my ancestral background is. I really don't care what he thinks.

Back to your regular programming.

**slohairt** · 24th September 07, 10:38 PM

Yes, it does sound like he has many issues to deal with. My Scottish grandmother would say "he dinnae ken dugs**** frae dirty pudden!"

One will always encounter ignorant hostility like this, and there isn't much one can do except ignore it. Even among the youth of Ireland, whether in the Republic or The North, people like this buffoon represent only a small (but very vocal) fraction of the Irish people.

Traditionally, (when Ireland was a poor country, and not the Celtic Tiger it is today) there was occasionally hostility between Irish expats and those who remained home. It can be summed up in this exchange:

"Why do they hate us so, Da?"
"Because they think we've come home to rub their faces in it, son."