Ireland: An Entirely Non-comprehensive and Drunken Pictorial Journey (2430 hits)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (View user info) at 2006-06-12 12:49:26 EDT
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Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2006-11-29 23:35:51 (#)
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ahhhh Temple Bar...
Last time I was there was after the Ireland/England 6 Nations game two years ago with some American friends from college. Watched an England supporter projectile vomit all over a cash machine BEFORE he managed to remove his money.
Also when drunkenly walking around looking for a gay bar called George's on George Street bc you have to get your lesbian friend "some sweet irish ass" encountering a French couple a la Supertroopers who insisted on drinking with you and then propositioning you for group sex constantly doesnt seem weird.
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You know we were staying like 5 minutes walk from the Temple Bar (Rathmines?), had a lady from a couple of doors down tell us we should go there, being our last night and all, and instead we had a take-away curry and a some Bulmers. *shrugs*. I fucking love Ireland.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-12-18 22:40:45 EST (#)
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man, i love you
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Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2006-11-29 23:35:51 EST (#)
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ahhhh Temple Bar...
Last time I was there was after the Ireland/England 6 Nations game two years ago with some American friends from college. Watched an England supporter projectile vomit all over a cash machine BEFORE he managed to remove his money.
Also when drunkenly walking around looking for a gay bar called George's on George Street bc you have to get your lesbian friend "some sweet irish ass" encountering a French couple a la Supertroopers who insisted on drinking with you and then propositioning you for group sex constantly doesnt seem weird.
Submitted by Joe_all_night_long (user info) at 2006-11-29 23:10:17 EST (#)
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Loved it, even though you link whored me into looking at it. That performing black guy has been on grafton street for years. Still mekes me feel unfit.
Congrats on seeing the scenary. It sometimes gets lost in the pints of teh black stuff.
Glad to hear you had the craic.
Dia Dhuit
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-09-28 02:04:30 EDT (#)
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I think I could live in Ireland. +4 Ireland. -2 Brian O'Driscoll.
Submitted by pirate_pipi (user info) at 2006-07-27 12:09:14 EDT (#)
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Next time you should go to Connemara, in Co. Galway. It's the most beautiful place in the world.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-07-27 11:57:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-13 07:19:35 (#)
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Also, I'm sure it's true for many big cities, but oh god there seemed to be an exorbitant amount of hot man ass in Dublin. Everywhere I looked. Was it just me?
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I go home every year for a week - usually around St Patricks. Visit my mums grave, see family and then party!
And you aren't kidding about the irish men -they're pretty hot aren't they?
Submitted by Average_Dan (user info) at 2006-06-20 01:23:24 EDT (#)
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Bushmill's is my favorite whisky ever. Actually, it's my favorite anything ever.
+2, I miss Ireland very much. I told myself that if I ever go back, I'm staying. I mean it.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-06-17 10:27:16 EDT (#)
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what?! you dont remember meeting me?
Man, you WERE drunk.
Just fuckin wit ya...OR AM I?!
yes
no
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-16 15:13:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-06-16 14:37:26 (#)
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As for cookies, well...I have nowhere to send them.
Whenever I make them next, I'll let you know.
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Is that's all this is about? I forgot about that part
SEND COOKIES TO:
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Oh my god..I'm so excited I almost posted my address.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-06-16 14:37:26 EDT (#)
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As for cookies, well...I have nowhere to send them.
Whenever I make them next, I'll let you know.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-06-16 14:33:23 EDT (#)
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Well darling, I loved the pictures.
And you know I missed you, as your inbox held my undying declarations of love and sorrow at your absence for your perusal upon your return.
I would certainly like to drink that Guinness now. Or now. Or now.
Or now.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-16 13:30:20 EDT (#)
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That's all you have to say, Matty?
Nothing about the pictures, or missing me, or anything, huh?
I explained the whiskey. Oh, and I was promised cookies. We're even, dear. *winky emoticon*
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-06-16 13:06:00 EDT (#)
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Obligatory and whatnot.
I was promised Whiskey, proper, and recieved none.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2006-06-15 13:39:52 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/89225#2023186
Submitted by charminglybeef (user info) at 2006-06-15 05:28:51 EDT (#)
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Roger that.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2006-06-14 20:24:10 EDT (#)
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If I could choose one place to go I would love to see those shores.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:44:46 EDT (#)
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Damn it you... Oh well now I have another IM program to add to Trillian which can run on any IM account I set up. Huzzah!
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:36:40 EDT (#)
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I'm going to bed, dear. If I'm off when you figure it out, save it for later.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:35:43 EDT (#)
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Wait your one of those yahoo people! Damn it okay give me a second....
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:33:04 EDT (#)
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That's the only place? Nuts I was hoping maybe a larger shot, it's kind of a bad angle to see you properly.
I'm going on.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:31:45 EDT (#)
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sacrilicious713@yahoo
O's too good for IM.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:30:55 EDT (#)
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Oh, and HV- it was right next to you on scourge's BD post. Sigh.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:30:54 EDT (#)
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Look at us talking on a forum. God damn does anyone have AIM or something it would just be easier to talk there.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:29:02 EDT (#)
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I have an uberversary present for you.
I'm not posting it.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:28:33 EDT (#)
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I wish I could O-man, but the hair got cut off. I now look back to normal...you know a lightbulb with a tie around it's neck.
I mean I wanted to go, but I just have so much shit going on. The "meh" was a "fuck...I can't go..." sort of dejected meh.
You know the meh I'm talking about? Of course you do.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:26:21 EDT (#)
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"Meh?" It was easily the best show of theirs that I've seen, hands down. Reznor's sober now and a ball of energy, and the whole band was just tight as can be. Great production, awesome setlist. I couldn't be happier.
Bauhaus opened for them, too. I couldn't name one song of theirs, but damned if they didn't sound decent considering their age. Nice to see a receding hair line AND a bald spot on the lead singer. Time has not been kind to him, apparently. He's no pig's balls, though...
You should have brought your fop hair out to Nissan tonight, HV. Could have dressed up as a ghey Victorian era pageboy vampire.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:21:11 EDT (#)
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How was that concert? I wanted to go but...meh.
And Licious that is the reality that I live in don't you know that? HIGHVOLTAGE DOES NOT EXIST MERELY ON THIS MORTAL PLANE!
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:20:30 EDT (#)
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Oh, and happy uberversary.
Now pretend I'm your cake and enjoy my sugary glaze.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:18:15 EDT (#)
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Glad you had a good show, babe.
And I don't mind being below you. Ever.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:15:38 EDT (#)
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It's my uberversary today. ALL OF YOU are below me.
I can't believe NIN played Dead Souls tonight. Joy Division covers fucking rock.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:15:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:01:17 (#)
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Hey Licious?
From the time I came back I have made two posts that have landed me the 2nd and 3rd spots in best this week, and I'm not trying to point out how low down 8 is on the ladder of awesomeness, but let's just say it's 4 times lower than me.
Lots of love darling.
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True, but while my post was factual, you had to create far-fetched fiction, twice, in order to get on top of me.
Just like it would be in real life, dearest.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-14 00:01:17 EDT (#)
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Hey Licious? Yeah I don't mean to rub this in your face...But if you look at the best this week on Uber...lets see lets see...Oh yes:
#2) The Agency (Rating: 1.94 on 25 reviews, last by Bubba2341 3 hours ago)
Submitted by HighVoltage900 [Authenticated] (View user info) at 2006-06-13 10:44:11
#3) I made sweet love to a reclining chair (Rating: 1.91 on 44 reviews, last by CaptainThorns 11 hours ago) Submitted by HighVoltage900 [Authenticated] (View user info) at 2006-06-12 11:11:42
#8) Ireland: An Entirely Non-comprehensive and Drunken Pictorial Journey (Rating: 1.88 on 71 reviews, last by goferforhire 3 hours ago) Submitted by Sacrilicious [Authenticated] (View user info) at 2006-06-12 12:49:26
From the time I came back I have made two posts that have landed me the 2nd and 3rd spots in best this week, and I'm not trying to point out how low down 8 is on the ladder of awesomeness, but let's just say it's 4 times lower than me.
Lots of love darling.
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2006-06-13 20:45:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2006-06-13 16:01:54 (#)
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http://www.myspace.com/aparticularlyviciousrumor
Try it, you'll like it
Try it, you'l liiiiikkkeee it
Pay particular attention to "Brave"
http://www.ubersite.com/m/89137
In case you didn't see. It's something you might appreciate.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-13 15:08:20 EDT (#)
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At least it'd be easy to figure out where the "o" would go.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-13 15:07:28 EDT (#)
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Or a Celtic heart with 'Sacrilicious' inside.
On your ass.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-13 15:02:36 EDT (#)
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It should be a likeness of Birthday Cat.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-13 15:01:33 EDT (#)
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I'm debating branding myself with some sort of traditional symbol, like a pentacle, diamond or the Bob's Big Boy logo.
There's nothing else to this, I'm just saying is all.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-13 14:58:34 EDT (#)
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We need some good spit and venom back on this site that isn't directed inward, but, rather, outwards. Anyone up for Pictures of My Ex Tuesday?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-13 14:55:05 EDT (#)
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Did you know that a hobo is neither a tramp nor a bum? They say that a hobo is a person who travels to find work, a tramp is a person who travels but won't work, and a bum is a person who won't travel and won't work. After the Civil War, many soldiers had no home to return to, so they wandered the countryside in search of work, often as migrant farmhands. Because they carried their tools with them, including hoes, they were given the name "hoe boys" - which was later shortened to hobo. Hoboes still exist today, although most wouldn't recognize them as such. These are people who treasure personal freedom, love the land, and seek new adventures.
They were migrants in a way but during the thirties in hard times- it was pretty hard to get a job and you got there anyway you could. It was in the Depression and people were looking for jobs. And the only way they had then to get from one place to another with any dispatch was to hop a freight. It was an entirely different class of people. Hobos were seriously looking for jobs; they weren't just bumming around.
Hobos would ride the rods, they'd climb under the cars, they'd ride on the top, they'd get in empty cold cars, all hoping to remain undetected. Many of the engineers who understood the hardship would offer them shelter, food, water and would overlook the free fride. In most cases, however, if hobos were discovered they were taken off the trains.
The refrigerator car was the most popular among the bunch. They had to stop every two days to put ice in them, making it easy for hobos to get on and off. Riding these cars, they'd have something to eat while they were there. These type of cars were also easy for hobos to get open, and they could get on and off with little difficulty.
One may ask what a hobo did when a refigerator car wasn't available. Freight trains were often traveling about 20 to 40 miles per hour and there were transients that still needed a ride. Many would wait till the engine was struggling up the hill and would try when it was beginning to slow down. At times there was an overpass bridge overhead and they'd jump from that on top of the car. They tried all kinds of things to get where they wanted to go without getting caught.
Still, you try jumping in and out of your car going at 20 miles an hour, it is now easy task. The experienced ones made it without injury and tried to get smart at it. The unlucky ones ended up maimed or killed - mostly from lack of experience and no strength from malnourishment - and their body parts strewn on either sides of the tracks.
Even with the risks, hobos continued and even tried to "ride the rods." The rods were located underneath and across the cars. Many people would crawl under, lay across them, and hold on for dear life. Some would use a board to lay across but would undoubtedly bounce off to their deaths.
Still, despite the dangers, bad weather, poor health, and emprisonment, retired hobos have a love for that transient lifestyle. They even celebrate the experience in an annual festival in Iowa featuring a King and Queen of the Hobos for a year who are judged by a committee for knowledge of railroading and railroad schedules. They sing songs, read poetry, and reflect on life during that time.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-13 14:51:49 EDT (#)
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Let's see....
Fuck the Yankees.
Fuck my fat, mouth breathing co-worker.
Fuck Apollo and his bullshit posturing.
Fuck Duke for having shitty off-the-field atheletes (good job, JJ Redick...have another drink)
Fuck Duke, period, actually.
Fuck my ex-wife for moving back to the city I live in.
Fuck marbles. Seriously...who plays marbles these days?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-13 14:50:06 EDT (#)
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No sir, no way.
I will burn this mother down if I have to.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-13 14:49:39 EDT (#)
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There is no way some double poster's taking heated from this.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-13 11:56:25 EDT (#)
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Whetherspoons?
A bar that plays Slayer and indie is well..my idea of heaven.
Beerwise, Guinness and Kilkenny are my guilty pleasures when I'm there, but it's good to have a few lighter options when I need a little break.
Most of my time has been more family oriented; I'd love to explore the night life more. When I travel with my friends, we try to avoid touristy things, but familywise it's more difficult to do that. Thanks for the info.
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I hope that has clarified your confusion into the clear waters of knowledge
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I don't mind being a little confused if it means I get some hot man ass.
HurtByTheSun- I tend to favor the more authentic, less touristy spots wherever I go, this time my trip was outlined this way. When I have more time, I'll be sure to see more. I'd like to see more of the West and South, so far my travels have been limited to the north with a few day trips and a few days in Dublin.
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I've only been for a couple days, and it was only on the authority of my mate who lives there to avoid Temple Bar, check out a spot called 'Four' on Dame Lane, that's pretty good too. Bruxelles is a kick as rock bar; underground one half is heavy, heavy metal, Slayer etc. the other half is more relaxed indie tunes. There's another place I half remember that had a wicked selection of beers, but was the Irish equivalent of Wetherspoons.
Submitted by livEvil (user info) at 2006-06-13 09:53:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-13 09:19:33 EDT (#)
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Who in the hell would want to sit on an Irish beach? Bloody dangerous without a pair of lead lined waders.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-06-13 09:16:10 EDT (#)
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Always nIce to see someone who instead of sitting on a beach and doing nothing opts to see something new.
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2006-06-13 09:13:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Vengance (user info) at 2006-06-12 23:06:04 (#)
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One day, when I take over the world, I will have to be sure to visit my island.
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Fuck off Brad.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-13 09:08:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-13 07:23:28 (#)
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I hope that has clarified your confusion into the clear waters of knowledge
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I don't mind being a little confused if it means I get some hot man ass.
HurtByTheSun- I tend to favor the more authentic, less touristy spots wherever I go, this time my trip was outlined this way. When I have more time, I'll be sure to see more. I'd like to see more of the West and South, so far my travels have been limited to the north with a few day trips and a few days in Dublin.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-06-13 08:24:12 EDT (#)
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I went to Dublin recently. The Temple Bar sucks. Too many tourists. Check out Bruxelles if you go back.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-13 07:23:28 EDT (#)
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I hope that has clarified your confusion into the clear waters of knowledge
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-13 07:23:06 EDT (#)
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Also, I'm sure it's true for many big cities, but oh god there seemed to be an exorbitant amount of hot man ass in Dublin. Everywhere I looked. Was it just me?
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You don't have 'hot man ass' Licious. On account of you being a laydee and having girlie bits.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-13 07:19:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-06-13 04:20:53 (#)
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Sitting at my desk thinking of my family back home now.
*WAAAAHH*
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Do you visit often, Merlina?
We stayed at the Temple Bar Hotel, so your local bar was only paces away.
I went for a walk alone and got so incredibly lost- that bar was like an oasis in the distance when I saw it again.
Also, I'm sure it's true for many big cities, but oh god there seemed to be an exorbitant amount of hot man ass in Dublin. Everywhere I looked. Was it just me?
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-06-13 06:40:48 EDT (#)
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Cool beans, man.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-06-13 04:20:53 EDT (#)
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Sitting at my desk thinking of my family back home now.
*WAAAAHH*
Submitted by The_T_Man (user info) at 2006-06-13 04:01:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Vengance (user info) at 2006-06-12 23:06:04 EDT (#)
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One day, when I take over the world, I will have to be sure to visit my island.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-06-12 23:03:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 19:32:44 (#)
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Oh, and unrelated- American wedding receptions are for pussies. The average one lasts what- 4 or 5 hours?
In Belfast, it started at 5, and we were still dancing at 1 am. After the guests cleared out and only wedding party/hotel guests were left, the gates on the bar went right back up and we started drinking again. I went to bed around 4:30, and they were still drinking downstairs. So much fun.
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Christ I can't stand weddings; too much stress, too much time, too much good food, and I always end up getting hit in the testicles.
I have much better things I can spend three days on than getting prepared for a wedding, going to said wedding, going to the reception, and spending the next day sick or hurt from some bad food/ accident.
God doesn't like me being at weddings. :(
Submitted by Feety (user info) at 2006-06-12 22:42:01 EDT (#)
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i bet the mommies in ireland have tasty guinnessy placentas.
Submitted by deedee (user info) at 2006-06-12 21:21:01 EDT (#)
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you've made me homesick now
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 19:32:44 EDT (#)
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Ax- Amazing experience, huh? My grandparents were from Roscommon. My mom passed away when I was 20, and never got to see Ireland. So it was quite ironic that it was one of my stepmom's return trips home that allowed me to see some of my mom's heritage, that she never did. My great uncle's headstone, apparently, was finished the very day we got there, almost a year after he died. And seeing a mass rock with my family's name was badass.
Oh, and unrelated- American wedding receptions are for pussies. The average one lasts what- 4 or 5 hours?
In Belfast, it started at 5, and we were still dancing at 1 am. After the guests cleared out and only wedding party/hotel guests were left, the gates on the bar went right back up and we started drinking again. I went to bed around 4:30, and they were still drinking downstairs. So much fun.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-06-12 18:49:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-06-12 17:44:40 (#)
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I like how you can see Scotland from that certain point in Antrim...
My uncle came to America in the 1960s, his family had been very active in the IRA in Belfast, so I think he might have been escaping. Anyway, he went back to Ireland in the summer and was sitting on a bench in Dublin by the Molly Malone statue.
Given the fact he looks JUST like a stereotyped Irishman (smoking a pipe, rosy cheeks, hat) some American tourists decided to take a picture of him with the statue, calling for their friends to see "a real Irish fellow!"
He was pretty pleased.
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That's very cool. And I agree about Scotland..it's RIGHT THERE. Makes you want to go.
Last trip, about a year after my grandfather's brother died, we managed to get into the house he left that had gone untouched. Standing in the house my grandfather lived in over 50 years ago was absolutely surreal, and one of the most emotional experiences ever.
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My maternal grandparents were from Drumshanbo Leitrim and Charlestown Mayo respecitvely, and I visited I think my grandmother's house. She left home at the age of 15 to go work in a factory in England, and emigrated to New York City in 1952. Her house was all covered in ivy, just a two-story mortar building, very small, tucked away in a foresty corner of western Ireland.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-06-12 18:07:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:51:29 (#)
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Merlina- Really? That place was HOPPIN' mad. Really colorful and fun, and had some good traditional music that night.
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Seriously. I LOVE that hole & have been going there for about twenty years. Brilliant pub. And good live music on the first floor.. played there myself loads of times.
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2006-06-12 18:05:47 EDT (#)
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It's always confused me how i've never visited Ireland, despite living so close by. This may have pushed me towards going, so cheers!
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-06-12 17:44:40 (#)
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I like how you can see Scotland from that certain point in Antrim...
My uncle came to America in the 1960s, his family had been very active in the IRA in Belfast, so I think he might have been escaping. Anyway, he went back to Ireland in the summer and was sitting on a bench in Dublin by the Molly Malone statue.
Given the fact he looks JUST like a stereotyped Irishman (smoking a pipe, rosy cheeks, hat) some American tourists decided to take a picture of him with the statue, calling for their friends to see "a real Irish fellow!"
He was pretty pleased.
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That's very cool. And I agree about Scotland..it's RIGHT THERE. Makes you want to go.
Last trip, about a year after my grandfather's brother died, we managed to get into the house he left that had gone untouched. Standing in the house my grandfather lived in over 50 years ago was absolutely surreal, and one of the most emotional experiences ever.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-06-12 17:44:40 EDT (#)
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I like how you can see Scotland from that certain point in Antrim...
My uncle came to America in the 1960s, his family had been very active in the IRA in Belfast, so I think he might have been escaping. Anyway, he went back to Ireland in the summer and was sitting on a bench in Dublin by the Molly Malone statue.
Given the fact he looks JUST like a stereotyped Irishman (smoking a pipe, rosy cheeks, hat) some American tourists decided to take a picture of him with the statue, calling for their friends to see "a real Irish fellow!"
He was pretty pleased.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-06-12 17:42:00 EDT (#)
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Ax- Was the water cold? Sounds frightening. We had hurricane-ish winds, so I imagine it's be unpleasant.
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I was staying in Coleraine and Portrush, but took a day tour along the castles and things of the North Coast. We went down the same path to the Causeway, and my mom decided to take a picture out on the wet rocks of the danger zone. I don't know why, as she's terrified of the ocean. A huge wave came roaring up, about up to our waists, and we scrambled back up the causeway.
I went to the carrick-a-rede bridge as well, the mountains surrounding it were amazing. The bridge itself didn't bother me too much, it was the amount of wind on the island, I thought I was going to be blown off.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-12 17:40:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-06-12 16:11:27 (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:54:29 (#)
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You were all like "I put my pics on Uber." and I was all like "No you didn't stop lying." and then I went and looked and was like "Oh noes she did put them on Uber!"
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Bottom line is I'm sorry for calling you a liar.
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HV? You whore, I thought you left to get a 'real' life.
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I did and I am a whore. But I came back to popular demand.
Okay like 4 person demand.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 17:29:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:54:29 (#)
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Bottom line is I'm sorry for calling you a liar.
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I forgive you. It's HighVoltage900 appreciation day, as far as I'm concerned.
Ax- Was the water cold? Sounds frightening. We had hurricane-ish winds, so I imagine it's be unpleasant.
And bob- The Guinness WAS sexy. Though I had to have an affair with Kilkenny, too. So fucking good.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-06-12 17:03:35 EDT (#)
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I was there last August, by Bushmills and the Giant's Causeway. A huge tidal wave nearly overtook me and my mom, apparently we were in the "danger zone."
Silly signs.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-06-12 16:11:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:54:29 (#)
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You were all like "I put my pics on Uber." and I was all like "No you didn't stop lying." and then I went and looked and was like "Oh noes she did put them on Uber!"
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Bottom line is I'm sorry for calling you a liar.
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HV? You whore, I thought you left to get a 'real' life.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-06-12 16:10:32 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:54:29 EDT (#)
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You were all like "I put my pics on Uber." and I was all like "No you didn't stop lying." and then I went and looked and was like "Oh noes she did put them on Uber!"
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Bottom line is I'm sorry for calling you a liar.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:26:32 EDT (#)
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Don't lie. The picture is blurry because the guy himself is blurry.
Don't cover up his handicap. Embrace it.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:24:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:17:33 (#)
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oh my god that guinness looks so sexy.
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none. none more black.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:17:33 EDT (#)
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oh my god that guinness looks so sexy.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-06-12 15:08:37 EDT (#)
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This was great!
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:56:10 EDT (#)
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See I wouldn't have gone on that bridge. I can't stand being high up anywhere that moves, isn't wide, or doesn't have safety rails that come at least to my waist.
Falling or drowning would be my least two favorite accidental deaths. Have them make a steel bridge and I would do it.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:52:14 EDT (#)
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Oh, and Aeneas- most of my time in Belfast in '98 was spent on the Falls Road.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:51:29 EDT (#)
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Aeneas- I was at The Crown in 98. I've heard it's a tourist trap, but still- what a beautiful bar.
Merlina- Really? That place was HOPPIN' mad. Really colorful and fun, and had some good traditional music that night.
Submitted by Aeneas (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:44:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Aeneas (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:21:22 (#)
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Did you not visit Belfast at all? Some of the tours there are quite interesting and talk about the troubles and show you all the memorials on either side. Also, Belfast is becoming more and more modern now there's no bombs going off and stuff.
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My stepmom is from Belfast. Our first weekend was spent there, at a wedding. Last time I went, I spent a week there. One regret I had this time was not making it into the Crown Bar for a pint.
I must say, entering N.I. without having machine guns drawn on us and tanks on the street this time was inspiring.
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If you ever get a chance to go into the Crown in the future, there's a crown on the floor as you enter. Don't walk over it, walk around it, as walking on the crown disrespects the Queen!
I believe there's tours which take you about some of the bad parts of Belfast and give you a tour of the troubles. As I was driving to my friends house a few weeks ago on the Shankill Road (probably the biggest Loyalist stronghold) there was a double decker bus and a load of Japs outside taking a load of snaps of the murals and memorials on the walls.
http://www.siedla-design.de/ireland/diary/shankill.jpg - Loyalist mural
http://www.dannymorrison.ie/albums/CRAZYFENIAN/Bobby_Sands_mural_Sinn_Fein_offices_Falls_Road.jpg - Republican mural (bastards!)
I don't suppose you were in Northern Ireland over the 11/12th of July? I guarntee you'll never see anything like it. I took a few mainland British guys from my barracks to the celebrations last year and they were overwhelmed by it.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:37:47 EDT (#)
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The Oliver St John Gogherty..
ITS MY LOCAL PUB!
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:25:59 EDT (#)
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oh man oh man oh man...
two months ago i was this *=* close to buying my tix to Cork. Last minute drop in fundage forced me to cancel that trip, but next month I may be DEBT FREE and you can bet your ass I'm heading over there as quick as possible. Trying to hit Scottland too, visit some family (oh noes it's the American bastard!) and get back to Germany for a little r&r. Damn I miss free travel.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:25:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Aeneas (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:21:22 (#)
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Did you not visit Belfast at all? Some of the tours there are quite interesting and talk about the troubles and show you all the memorials on either side. Also, Belfast is becoming more and more modern now there's no bombs going off and stuff.
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My stepmom is from Belfast. Our first weekend was spent there, at a wedding. Last time I went, I spent a week there. One regret I had this time was not making it into the Crown Bar for a pint.
I must say, entering N.I. without having machine guns drawn on us and tanks on the street this time was inspiring.
Submitted by Aeneas (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:24:47 EDT (#)
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Sorry forgot to +2.
Submitted by Aeneas (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:21:22 EDT (#)
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I live in Northern Ireland. One of my earliest memories is my dad putting me on his shoulders and walking across that rope bridge and my mum shouting "if you drop him, you better jump off as well." Last year a busload of the people I work with went to the Bushmills factory and ended up getting hammered on whiskey, good times.
Did you not visit Belfast at all? Some of the tours there are quite interesting and talk about the troubles and show you all the memorials on either side. Also, Belfast is becoming more and more modern now there's no bombs going off and stuff.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:20:05 EDT (#)
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cool man
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:17:27 EDT (#)
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Guinness
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:06:55 EDT (#)
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HAHA- You're right, I forgot- the bridge photo was taken by my stepmom. ALL others were by me.
It's a shame you can't see my awesome Pixies hoodie from afar. Most of my time spent there I was dressed like a boy, and drunk or hungover. I'm afraid they don't make for pretty camwhores, captain. But my albeit tiny camwhore that debuted last week was taken from a picture from the trip.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-06-12 14:02:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:53:50 (#)
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All these photos were taken with my very average digital camera, by me, and I do not fancy myself a photographer. Sad that some of the quality was lost when I greatly reduced the size, but I thought I'd share anyway.
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So you set your camera on self-timer and threw it up in the air 80 feet for that bridge shot? Damn....
I bloody well would have rather been where you were than where I am right now. India is somewhat interesting, but not a choice destination by any stretch.
And what's the deal - no closeup camwhores? Where's that pretty face?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-06-12 13:38:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-12 13:37:45 EDT (#)
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+2 Sly American Flag.
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:55:36 (#)
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I want to see more of the countryside next time I go to Ireland.
Did you go to the Jameson distillery too? It made for a good morning to see it and the Guiness brewery in the same day.
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I didn't get to see Jameson. But I did run into a former coworker of mine at Guinness..that was fucking weird.
This was my second trip- in '98, I spent 2 weeks in Belfast and Sligo, with day trips to Donegal and Roscommon. That trip was longer and even more enjoyable, but the scenery at Giant's Causeway alone made this trip worth it.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-06-12 13:09:46 EDT (#)
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Perdy pictures
Damn you for being able to afford a vacation
Submitted by eleanor_rigby (user info) at 2006-06-12 13:09:43 EDT (#)
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+2 for Ireland.
Isn't it wonderful? The Temple Bar district was so much fun.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-06-12 13:09:06 EDT (#)
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Why are all the street performers in Ireland black??
Submitted by Mike00295 (user info) at 2006-06-12 13:06:58 EDT (#)
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Sweet.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:58:41 EDT (#)
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god it looks beautiful.
glad you had a good time ma'am.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:55:36 EDT (#)
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I want to see more of the countryside next time I go to Ireland.
Did you go to the Jameson distillery too? It made for a good morning to see it and the Guiness brewery in the same day.
Submitted by eatyourvitamins (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:55:09 EDT (#)
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Nice, looks like fun.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:54:38 EDT (#)
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cool
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:53:50 EDT (#)
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All these photos were taken with my very average digital camera, by me, and I do not fancy myself a photographer. Sad that some of the quality was lost when I greatly reduced the size, but I thought I'd share anyway.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-06-12 12:53:49 EDT (#)
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in a jealous rage.