Spud Murphy

[Sam Slater]

Murphy = Irish

Irish = Potatoes

Potatoes = Spuds

[Pervert]

I think it's the lack of imagination so well displayed in our armed forces, where someone from Wales will be nicknamed Taff, a Scot will be called Jock, and so on. No wit, just laziness.

[colonel]

Dusty Miller
Bumpy Rhodes
Tubby Isaacs

Etc.

[Sam Slater]

[quote]In fact this country would still be a bunch of slobbering icave dwelling idiots had we not had help from the hard drinking navvies[/quote]

Bloody hell.....Apple Inc get everywhere; patenting caves now eh? (iCaves?)

As for the nicknames....we all know giving someone a nickname is a sign of affection on these isles, so forget all the anti-thingymijigs.

[Sam Slater]

Yes, it's a type of chocolate isn't it? !wink!

[Sam Slater]

What, as a favour to us like? Like, they were real busy building a civilisation of their own, but out of their own good will, they swam the Irish Sea to bail us out eh?

Good ole Irish. We wouldn't have defeated Hitler without em either. And if it wasn't for Bob & Bono, we'd no nothing of music and African poverty either. Bloody hell....