Congratulations Rory Mc Ilroy

FRANCO:
The Miller's touch was obvious in U7501's post, but dont you think each man's new name is deserving of respect. I mean like in the Foreign Legion -- Allez Le Duexieme! H et F!!!!!!!! Course you could be the Miller yourself!

U7501:
Have only seen Shamrock Rovers once, years ago at Windsor in the Old North South competition. You will be pleased to know everyone agreed how attractively they played. They were a cut above our boys. Spang would have loved it. All close, fast passing on the deck moving out of defence. Impressive. I think they won. Kit is much nicer than Celtic's with real Irish shamrocks instead of daft US 4 leaf clovers!

Think you boys should have too much for the Estes. Surely you are doing OK financially and shouldnt have to worry too much about red ink. I heard there were 30,000 for a recent FAI cup match, semi final I think!

Im all for North South encounters cos despite the risks from the thugish elements on both sides, I feel it plants positive seeds in people's minds!

Am presently engaged in trying to get the local innkeeper interested in a "Mackerel for Drinks" arrangement. Im catching these things like they're going out of fashion. If I haul any more of them out, I'll be getting in trouble with the Euro Fisheries Commision. Feel a bit bad about it cos despite being one of the Big Fella's most beautiful creations they're spunky buggers and fight to the death. Give me more trouble than fish twice their size! Cant even claim to be a noble "Hunter- Gatherer" simply supplying my own needs as these days I end up giving most of them away!

Is this innkeeper objecting to the amount of mackerel per tipple, is he not fond of the harvest of the ocean, or is he just tight as a ...... ?Seems like you'd be just the man to outline the benefits to th'oul cardiovascular from eating fish.
Rovers are doing well financially, European football being a big help, but the wolfis always at the door.Not that he owes us a thing, quite the opposite, but unfortunately i can't see our talented manager staying with us forever, he hails from somehwere up your way.But back to "Mackerel for Drinks", sounds like a title in the non-fiction top ten bestsellers.

Dude you seem to have noticed me lol...............

Can't say i can say the same about you lol.........
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Same old response from Random Username Man. You musn't be that intelligent because you seem incapable of remembering anything.

U7501:
Nothing like a long, cold drink with a dish of fresh grilled mackerel with peppercorn and lemon at the pier side bar after a hard afternoon fightin fish out on the deep! And then a few songs. Wait a second somethin's scratching my brain .....

"Homeward bound one night out on the DEEP
Lying in my hamock, I fell asleep
I dreamed a dream and I thought it true
Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew"

Sorry bout that, where was I? Ah yes, I give the innkeeper and his missus regular presents of fish and I notice I tend to get quite a few free drinks. Very civilised arrangement, I say.

Yes, Mr. Michael O'Neil, a smart cookie! He would be an ideal and welcome replacement for our present donkey in the NI set up. Umps, sorry, thats naughty. I really must try to see the positives!

I reckon O'Neil could go back to Scotland to his old club Hibs though the Shamrock heirarchy seem a pretty savy bunch too, what with getting Real Madrid over and all. Im sure they'll do their best to keep him.

Watch out you dont catch an overarm from one of those two swingers next door Franco and Megan!

As the threads about Bold Rory:

From Hollywood in county Down
To Amerikay he came
To teach the fellas over there
Just how to play the game
But as he held the trophy high
Those gathered at the scene
Started arguing bout the fact
Was he Orange, was he Green
Shut up, I called to those stood there
Look at those lips, that curly hair
Sure I have it from his best friend Mac
Our handsome hero's really BLACK

^^^^^^^^Shen your on a roll lol............

Just imagine a Northern Irish Catholic considers himself British lol...............

The rotter!!!!

ULSTER:
There are thousands like him and apparently numbers are growing!

My bank manager, a Catholic, was dropping all sorts of hints to me the other day as I had an interview about a loan. Hes a great guy, but the whole thing annoyed me cos I didnt know which way to play him as I tried to humour him and nudge him torwards granting the old over D. At one point I thought it might help if I started humming GSTQ!

Of course the drift amongst Prods seems to be slightly away from British towards some sort of new North Irish identity(lets drop the clumsy "Northern" and be like the Koreans, Vietnamese, Americans, etc and use "North"!) .

"Thousands are changing across the lands of Ulster ..da da ....."

I seem to rmember you're from Conlig. You may see I stuck in a wee song about Eddie Irvine above. It will probably be pulled as its obviously off topic. Still feel it was disgraceful what Ferrari did to Eddie!

"Twas early in the month of May
With a hundred seamen he sailed away
To find a passage around the pole
Where we poor sailors do rock and roll"

Through many hardships these men did go
Their ship was covered with ice and snow
Oh the eskimo in his skin canoe
Was the only one who did get through"

(pass the Bush Old Son .......... ) to be cont.

Shen, reading all of the above, seems like your innkeeper is getting a bargain.You must keep things buzzing along nicely down at The Anglers Retreat, a few complimentary jars are nothing to sneeze at, but it's high time he sweetened the pot.
If un you're taking requests, any chance of a tune /poem with Ballykinler flavour , i've had different generations of my family sojourn there in quite different capacities

U7501:
"Ballykinlar", eh, now there's a name to conjure with!

You must be very unique Old Hand. Not many people have had members of their family sejour there in quite different capacities. Usually people sejour there strictly in one capacity or the other. I have read the prison book, interesting.

You know you might be right about the innkeeper. Maybe it is time for him to sweeten the pot. Noticed the price of mackerel in town recently - Unbelievable! And they didnt look half as good as my straight of the boat variety. This Omega 9 business has sent the price through the roof!

Will bear your Ballykinlar request in mind, but maybe its best left alone for a bit to be simply the startlingly beautiful place it is! Meanwhile:

In Baffin Bay where the whale fish blow
The fate of Franklin no man may know
The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell
Where this brave captain and his men do dwell