A Curious tale

[Nimrod]

I was in Armagh city a few weeks ago, I had driven up from the deepest South, getting around the mad cow roundabout roadworks took about two hours.


I arrived bedraggled at my destination, a hotel in the city, I proceed to hold the main door open for two elderly women who loked like members of the womens institute, long check skirts, blazers etc, they never thanked me, which I found odd.

I proceed to order a Chateau Salvanac from the bar in my clipped tone, and looked over, both were now smiling at me.

Then it dawned on me in a Catholic city and looking a bit bedraggled, they had originally mistaken me for 'a taig'.

I proceed to check in and was then asked if I would like to park my car around the car park at the back, on filling the hotel guest form the hotelier noticed I had a British reg car (I live half the time in England).

He told me if I parked it out the front it would get vandalised.

All I can say is what a ************************ed up bunch of people many are up there.

[vito corleone]

So, am I right to say that nothing happened to you?

[CookieMonster]

The point of this being what exactly?

[Nimrod]

That theres still along way to go before the Ulster-Scot/Gael become fully Anglicised and as civilsed as people in the home counties, I was disappointed.

The Paddies in the south are doing far better.

[Riadach]

Agreed.

[Nimrod]

Why do loyalists get annoyed if I call them Pat ?

[Riadach]

Well if their name does happen to be pat, I doubt they'd get too upset. Otherwise.....

[Justin]

All I can say is what a ************************ed up bunch of people many are up there.

Youi don't sound 100% yourself

[ergo]

Try going into any bar in the West of Ireland and ordering a round of Chateaux Salvanacs. You will be told that if we had that kind of stuff we'd drink it ourselves

However your vehicle will be OK front or back of the premises, unless of course it is an 07 SUV.

[Nimrod]

The point I was making was those Protestant old girls I described refused to thank me because at first they mistook for for a 'taig'.


Quite an odd experience, if one is not used to petty sectarianism and I'm sure its on all sides.