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Bebsi
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The Irish government is about to introduce a new scheme, called Global Irish Territoriality Scheme (GITS).
As many people in the US claim Irish ancestry, and many others around the world do as well, such as in places like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa, the Dublin government has realised there is excessive work and expense involved in either processing individual applications, or rejecting them as the case may be, so they've decided to grant an Irish passport to all of the following:
-everyone with an 'O', a 'Mc', a 'Mac' or a 'Fitz' in the their family names over the last five generations;
-everyone who can show an Irish-born relative in the last five generations;
-anyone who has watched "The Quiet Man", "Boystown", "Darby O'Gill" or any Barry Fitzgerald movie at least forty times and can show evidence such as video store rental slips;
-all EFL teachers wanting to work in Europe and get EU passports, but only providing they can speak English at a minimum of beginner level:
-anyone else who wants one, as long as they can pay the as-yet-to-be-announced fees, which are expected to give the Irish economy an even further boost. |
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Bebsi
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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DainaJ,
What's a DH? 
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| -you have to prove that there is no EU citizen who can do the same job. I am a translator and my employer was able to prove they needed US English for business reasons |
They obviously needed someone who would be able to speak in abbreviations...sorry, abbrevs...and spell grey with an "a".
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SueH
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Location: Northern Italy
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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-anyone who has watched "The Quiet Man", "Boystown", "Darby O'Gill" or any Barry Fitzgerald movie at least forty times and can show evidence such as video store rental slips;
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I can play the tin whistle. Does that count? |
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Bebsi
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Only if you wear a green suit and tap your foot while you play. Oh, play with your eyes closed, with a pint of Guinness in front of you.  |
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SueH
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Aha, apart from the green suit I think I qualify!
Actually it's a bit more complicated than that. I start on the keyless flute but then after nx Guinness (or Beamish/Murphy's - I'm not proud) I lose my lip and the lower holes on the flute get harder to cover. So I change to the whistle. After more drink I reach a level of inaccuracy that even I realise is unacceptable, so I change to the bones (on which I'm actually good!). But eventually the swaying to the music becomes too dangerous and I end up singing; finishing, of course, with 'The Parting Glass'..... |
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Bebsi
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| Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| It's OK Sue, from your description of yourself, I've heard you play in numerous Irish pubs over the years |
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