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Won't eat meat on Friday, but will drink gin for breakfast; Believes everything he can't see and nothing he can; Is very good at weekends, but not very good at the middle of the week; Has such great respect for the truth, he uses it in emergencies; Is irrational in important things, and a tower of strength in the trivial; Gets married for life, but not necessarily for love; Can argue either side of question, often at the same time; Sees things not as they are, but as they never will be; Believes in leprechauns and banshees and considers anyone who doesn't to be a heathen; Cries at sad movies, but cheers in battle; Considers
funerals a festivity but weddings sad events Hates the English but reserves his cruelty for his countrymen; Gets more Irish the farther he gets from Ireland; Is not afraid of dying, in fact he might prefer it; Believes that God is Irish or at least, Catholic; Is against corruption, unless its a Democrat; Take the pledge not to drink at the age of twelve, and every four years thereafter; Believes to forgive is divine, therefore doesn't exercise it himself; Believes salvation can be achieved, by means of a weekly envelope; Considers anyone who won't come around to his point of view to be hopelessly stubborn; Loves religion for its own sake, but also because it makes it so damn inconvenient for his neighbors; Considers a bore to be someone who keeps constantly interrupting; Scorns money, but worships those who have it; Considers any Irishman who achieves success to be a traitor; |