Speaking of horses did you ever see those Lipizzaner stallions?
bloody hell, youre not gonna go all equus on us are you?
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From Portugal. The Lipizzaner stallions. The most highly trained horses in the world. They’re all white.
I sent the wife and mother to see them in belfast a few years ago. I thought they were based in vienna?
Beyond the pale is a phrase used almost universally-always thought it was an Irish colloquialism.
There’s a woman called Tracey who’s been on eastenders working behind the bar for 30 years but has barely ever spoke and never had a storyline.
Did it originate in Ireland?
It did.
Crimson Tide?
Had to google that, Bono was part of the team that got it in 2005.
Circa 200,000 Irish born men fought in the American Civil War.
How does that compare to other non US nations?
224,145 Canadians
345,956 Mexicans
75,451 English
124,258 Scotch
12,254 French
8,257 Germans
14,587 Dutch
4,586 Danes
2,152 Serbs/Croats/Slovenians/Montenegrins
13,567 Swedes,
4,147 Polacks
237 Dagos
24 Ethiopians
11 Latvians
3 Maldivians
A Dago is an ethnic slur describing a person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or other Mediterranean descent.
It comes from Diego. Like calling an Irish lad a Paddy
That outside of Japan, most “Wasabi” is just horseradish mixed with green food colouring.
What is it inside of Japan?
Wasabi. Made from the Wasabi plant.
Now that is something I learned today. I always thought it was just horseradish and something else. Which I guess it is. I wonder is there much of a difference?