Today's Tids Issue 5764
Kiss the Irish:
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Well, folks wee and tall,
It's a day of green
For Irish and all.
A day we all agree.
There's nothin’ like the sod
And Mums like Mother Mccree.
Many a hardworking, honest person in America is having a difficult time just living day to day with increasing rents and food prices; techno services that chip away at tight budgets. This is a broad-based anguish of many US citizens who really don't give a damn about statistics saying the economy is doing just fine.
Hey, it’s Saint Patrick's Day and Irishman Rory McIlroy just won the prestigious Players tournament. Who says there aren't any leprechauns.
What's more Irish than potatoes? No potatoes.
The Question:
What are the oldest five most historic powerful Irish Family names?
The Headlines:
--Kate Drinks a Guinness at Irish Celebration.
--Dow Up in Late Morning, Powers Higher in Late Afternoon; Investors See Hope for Additional Rate Cut as Fed Says Trump Tariffs Slowing Economy; Feb Retail Sales Lower than Forecast, Jan Retail Revised Downward.
--Ukraine Troops Withdrawing from Kursk Region Under Constant Russian Drone attack reports of Horrifie Catastrophic Retreat destruction.
--White House Denies Defying Judge Order on Deportations to El Salvador; Came too Late with “No Legal Basis”, they say.
--Two Stranded Astronauts expected to Undock and Head to Earth in SpaceX Capsule Tomorrow, Tuesday. Russian Cosmonaut and NASA Astronaut will be with them,
--Trump Says US and Russia Will Talk Tuesday; Conversations will be about Land, Powerplants and dividing up Certain Assets, Says Trump.
--Tesla Stock Sinks Again Keeping intact 8-week Decline; Audi to Layoff 7,500.
--American Business Slows as Bracket Picking Takes Precedence.
OK, my final eight is Auburn, Marquette, Florida, Saint Johns, Duke, Saint Mary’s, Houston and Tennessee. The final four is Duke, Tenn, SJ and Marq. In the final I have Florida Beating Duke. My toughest early pick was Crieghton versus Louisville. I happen to like the way Crieghton plays but thought L had an edge. I wanted to pick local favorite Bryant and as a Cinderella, but their first foe Michigan State is just too good. And too well coached for a fifteen to beat them. I tried to take my heart out of picks this year, but there is too much Irish in me to be antiseptic.
A good friend of mine went to the toy store over the weekend and asked te clerk where the Schwarzenegger dolls are. He said, “Aisle B, back.”
The most over misused term in media these days is “Breaking News”
And the most predicable headline of the day lately is “Trump admin defends...”
The Players Tournament was great. It always holds my attention. I was thinking that the seventeenth island hole must be where Nascar fans go on off racing days – waiting for and cheering a disastrous mistake. Aah Humans.
Trump’s cause would be better served if he didn’t sound so whiny and vindictive when he tries to explain what he is doing.
I think Rory McIlroy is discovering he could win a lot of tournaments if he could play more under control liek Scottie Scheffler. Even the great need to look inside themselves.
In my opinion Europe works pretty well berceuse the various countries have resisted merging into a whole thus retaining the strength of individual cultures. Homogenization is boring.
If Cleopatra Married Saint Patrick, she would eb Cleopatrick and safe from snakes', except maybe the occasional pesky asp. Thanks to Frank and Ernie for the inspiration. Inspiration for what?
Tuba Players are into heavy metal.
How could end without a joke about an Irish man in a pub:
An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished all three, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender says to him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it but it would taste better if you bought one at a time." The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we all used to drink together."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar and always drinks the same way. He orders three pints and drinks the three pints by taking drinks from each of them in turn. One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars in the bar notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your sad loss." The Irishman looks confused for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs. "Oh, no," he says, "Everyone is fine. It's me......I've quit drinking!"
The Answer:
Among the oldest most powerful and influentials Irish families , these five are listed most often: O’Neil (Ulster), O’Brien (Munster), O'Conner (Connacht), and McCarthy (Desmond) and McMorrough-Kavanaugh (Leinster). Now I hear that the Donnelly's of Aamogh would be disturbed to read this list. And perhaps the O'Malley's a sea faring family down Dublin way. But in the readings, I have seen it is the O'Neil's who may have bene the most powerful of all. This looks like Pub Brawl material to me,
A little music for the way it is today. You may find yourself getting into it. Happy Saint Pat’s Day E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y:
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