Very interesting Mark-funny that we are quite close to them in relation to most Irish people’s support for their struggle for independence too. It would also certainly explain the fact that ClarkeyCat is apparently the head off Pep Guardiola.
Do the Basques take a drink?
Ya, a puppet show.
Does the Pope shit in the woods? Dipsos the lot of them.
Excellent.
They like to party, yes.
There has been little migration to this Island since the Iron age. And what has come in from Scotland and England was largely the same genitic marker as ourselves. The Vikings came in yes, but many of them fucked off again. The Anglo/Saxons again had a small impact but more so near to the East of the country. The more West, the less diluted the genes… Generally in Ireland and other countries described as being Celtic, due to lack of gene dilution, this is where you see large scale cystic fibrosis, mental disorders and certain Iron related diseases. People tested in the states with such diseases have all had this ‘celtic’ or North Atlantic gene.
We have seen migrations yes, but thos that affected the gene pool have been pre historic. In fact the first wave to really bolster the popuation from it’s hunter gatherer population were thought to be from Egypt, or from there abouts, and are described in the annals as a small dark race. They were here a long time before the Iberians… Interestingly enough, the origins of the game of hurling has also been linked to Egypt making it thousands of years old.
[quote=“Mark Renton, post: 803391, member: 1796”]They like to party, yes.
There has been little migration to this Island since the Iron age. And what has come in from Scotland and England was largely the same genitic marker as ourselves. The Vikings came in yes, but many of them fucked off again. The Anglo/Saxons again had a small impact but more so near to the East of the country. The more West, the less diluted the genes… Generally in Ireland and other countries described as being Celtic, due to lack of gene dilution, this is where you see large scale cystic fibrosis, mental disorders and certain rron related diseases. People tested in the states with such diseases have all had this ‘celtic’ or North Atlantic gene.
We have seen migrations yes, but thos that affected the gene pool have been pre historic. In fact the first wave to really bolster the popuation from it’s hunter gatherer population were thought to be from Egypt, or from there abouts, and are described in the annals as a small dark race. They were here a long time before the Iberians… Interestingly enough, the origins of the game of hurling has also been linked to Egypt making it thousands of years old.[/quote]
making it not Oirish
We added helmets, hawk eye and pitch invasions tho.
And drinking ourselves stupid beforehand.
And the parade pre game. I’m also sure the Egyptians never had a muckyhatrick commentating either.
I heard the Basques like a drink, so it must be their fault
A Jamaican discus thrower is the latest to be caught. It’s pretty safe to say at this stage that they are all at it.
Jamaicans or athletes?
Jason Smyth
Trains with Tyson Gay
Ambiguous attitude in interview to drug cheats during week
Is a moonie, or member of some such weird religion.
Michael McKillop, in contrast, is a legend.
[SIZE=6][FONT=Trebuchet MS]Former Irish Olympian and World Champion Brian Magee fails drug test[/FONT][/SIZE]
Former WBA Supermiddleweight champion Brian Magee has tested positive for Oxilofrine, the same substance found in Asafa Powell’s system last week, and has been banned for six months according to reports.
The Daily Telegraph is reporting that the Lisburn native, who represented Ireland at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, is the latest athlete to be caught using the banned substance.
Magee is understood to have failed the doping test immediately after losing his world title to Mikel Kessler last December.
The 38-year-old escaped a longer ban after managing to demonstrate the substance had been an unlabelled ingredient in a sports supplement he had used.
Magee, won two bouts for Ireland at the summer Olympics in 1996 before bowing out, won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and silver medal for Ireland at the 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
The banned drug oxilofrine that top Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson tested positive for last week is a stimulant used to boost the body’s ability to burn fat.
The substance helps athletes boost their power-to-weight ratio with more lean muscle and less fat, and so increase their speed.
It may also increase the rate at which the heart reaches its maximum performance during exercise, meaning a greater supply of oxygen can get to the muscles earlier.
Oxilofrine is an agent that stimulates part of the nervous system and was previously used to treat low blood pressure. More recently, it has started to appear in combination with caffeine in dietary supplements marketed as weight loss products.
However, the superiority of using oxilofrine over an exercise warm-up to achieve this appears unconvincing.
[quote=“myboyblue, post: 804950, member: 180”][SIZE=6][FONT=Trebuchet MS]Former Irish Olympian and World Champion Brian Magee fails drug test[/FONT][/SIZE]
Former WBA Supermiddleweight champion Brian Magee has tested positive for Oxilofrine, the same substance found in Asafa Powell’s system last week, and has been banned for six months according to reports.
The Daily Telegraph is reporting that the Lisburn native, who represented Ireland at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, is the latest athlete to be caught using the banned substance.
Magee is understood to have failed the doping test immediately after losing his world title to Mikel Kessler last December.
The 38-year-old escaped a longer ban after managing to demonstrate the substance had been an unlabelled ingredient in a sports supplement he had used.
Magee, won two bouts for Ireland at the summer Olympics in 1996 before bowing out, won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and silver medal for Ireland at the 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
The banned drug oxilofrine that top Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson tested positive for last week is a stimulant used to boost the body’s ability to burn fat.
The substance helps athletes boost their power-to-weight ratio with more lean muscle and less fat, and so increase their speed.
It may also increase the rate at which the heart reaches its maximum performance during exercise, meaning a greater supply of oxygen can get to the muscles earlier.
Oxilofrine is an agent that stimulates part of the nervous system and was previously used to treat low blood pressure. More recently, it has started to appear in combination with caffeine in dietary supplements marketed as weight loss products.
However, the superiority of using oxilofrine over an exercise warm-up to achieve this appears unconvincing.[/quote]
I’d imagine this is a case of mistaken identity due to somebody using the name Brian Magee on a fake ID.
[quote=“corner back, post: 804599, member: 1572”]Jason Smyth
Trains with Tyson Gay
Ambiguous attitude in interview to drug cheats during week
Is a moonie, or member of some such weird religion.
Michael McKillop, in contrast, is a legend.[/quote]
Smyth is very evasive on any questions to do with Powells drug use. He claims he saw nothing.
Is Missy Franklin in here? Just the 5 golds at the World Championships. I’m sure Seashell Myth’s nemesis Janet Evans was well impressed.
i dont want to believe bolt is but he probably is
phelps probably is too