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Considering all four of my grandparents come from Ireland I have no doubt Leprechauns are or were real. In fact we set up a camera at work and caught one on film last St. Patrick's day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/Kev_StPatricksDay08.jpg

Yeah I do, one of my high school teachers was one.

You bet I do. You have 2 votes so far, this should have been a Public Poll.

Only dwarves.

He doesn't look little at all.

Only dwarves.

They prefer to be called little people.

They prefer to be called little people.

I meant this guy:
http://www.arwen-undomiel.com/images/gimli/Gimli_vexed.jpg

They prefer to be called little people.

Whit ur ye talkin' aboot? Ah donnae recall askin tae be called tha'. We'ur very fond 'o oor culture we ur.

No. Why do you ask?

I see midgets and dwarfs all the time. last frat party there was a dwarf throwing contest. I won 4th place.

Sure, I believe in little people. Like my mom.

Not so much.

I dont believe in "Little People"....or anyone else for that matter....Who are you, get out of my head!!?!?!

He doesn't look little at all.

Indeed, that is one tubby-assed leprechaun.

There were leprechauns once, we wiped them out, we'll get every other species soon enough as well.

It's what we do best.

Where's his crock of gold?

Where's his crock of gold?

The bank collapsed and it disappeared.

The bank collapsed and it disappeared.

Yep, Leper O'Chauns Golden Investment bank isn't taking calls at the moment.
Theres also a suspicous drop in rainbow activity.

Considering all four of my grandparents come from Ireland I have no doubt Leprechauns are or were real. In fact we set up a camera at work and caught one on film last St. Patrick's day.



It's sad to hear your mind is going, Celt. :(

Considering all four of my grandparents come from Ireland I have no doubt Leprechauns are or were real. In fact we set up a camera at work and caught one on film last St. Patrick's day.



After having lived in Ireland for so long now, I'm convinced they don't exist.
In fact, I have learned that like many things here, they were made up to impress and fool Americans who come over to look for "roots".

I'm 5' 4" I'd say thats pretty little.

Yes, I do believe in the Little People. I was in Ireland a few years ago and I felt things there that truly lead me to believe in their existence. Of course, I'm sure there are things and beings out there that we cannot explain. Besides that, I am a small girl, 5'0 (60cm.).

Leprechauns are a crock of something, and it isn't gold.

Yes, I do believe in the Little People. I was in Ireland a few years ago and I felt things there that truly lead me to believe in their existence. Of course, I'm sure there are things and beings out there that we cannot explain. Besides that, I am a small girl, 5'0 (60cm.).

So are the Irish.
They can't for the life of them explain why Americans and other foreigners would pay money to come here and hear stories like that, but they'll be damned if it isn't true and they're getting the money... :D

So are the Irish.
They can't for the life of them explain why Americans and other foreigners would pay money to come here and hear stories like that, but they'll be damned if it isn't true and they're getting the money... :D

So, everybody wins.
Of course, when I went to Ireland, it wasn't to search for the Wee folk. I was on a forced vacation. I went to Co. Donegal. You can't get more Irish than that.:tongue:

So, everybody wins.
Of course, when I went to Ireland, it wasn't to search for the Wee folk. I was on a forced vacation. I went to Co. Donegal. You can't get more Irish than that.:tongue:


It rained, didn't it.....

It rained, didn't it.....

It did. But it was lovely to take walks through the beach with the cold and the rain. I really liked it.

It did. But it was lovely to take walks through the beach with the cold and the rain. I really liked it.

I suppose. The novelty wears off after another 51 weeks or so.
The mothers from up that way. Everytime we went it rained constantly. Which at a young age was bloody awful. At least in the big smoke theres places to scurry into when its pissin.

I suppose. The novelty wears off after another 51 weeks or so.
The mothers from up that way. Everytime we went it rained constantly. Which at a young age was bloody awful. At least in the big smoke theres places to scurry into when its pissin.

Well, I was in a frame of mind that needed soothing rain and silence. I was 26when I went, so it wasn't awful. I want to go back.

i believe in the sidhe and their local equivalents throughout the planet. ah, at least in the sense of, well i kind of spiritness of places, and then also spritness of other life forms and even less then gods nontangable beings who give good hugs and make good friends like anybody else.

i have to say though, that i don't see any of these kinds of spirit people as having actual physical form. to me that's a kind of self contradiction of the whole idea of they're being what they are.

well you know, i've met all kinds of things people might say i'm crazy for even claiming they exist, but the interesting thing to me, is, in every case, even big, friendly, and invisible itself, almost everything most people think, or speculate or pretend or whatever to know about them, is always at least a little bit off from what my own personal experience of them comes down to.

I laughed at Terry Gilliam when he got his BAFTA award on Sunday night. He wanted to thank all the little people that never get mentioned at award ceremonies and went on to read out the cast list for Time Bandits

On a lighter note, I bumped into a dwarf the other day and knocked him over. When he got up he said he wasn't happy, so I asked him which one he was then

I laughed at Terry Gilliam when he got his BAFTA award on Sunday night. He wanted to thank all the little people that never get mentioned at award ceremonies and went on to read out the cast list for Time Bandits

On a lighter note, I bumped into a dwarf the other day and knocked him over. When he got up he said he wasn't happy, so I asked him which one he was then

Oh, that reminds me... years ago, in Dublin, I was sitting on a bus when a dwarf got on. He paid the driver, then tried to scramble up on the seats on the side (it was one of those old busses), which took him some time. The woman who got on behind him apparently got tired of waiting to get past him, and gave him a boost up - without asking, though.
The dwarf started abusing the woman and cursing the the fowlest Dublin accent imaginable. And he wouldn't stop. He kept going on and on, and on.
Finally, a couple of stops down the line, the woman was getting off the bus, with the dwarf still cursing at her. When she was standing in the door, she turned round to him and said "I hope Snowhite will smack that dirty mouth of yours when you get home!"

I was giggling for that rest of the day.

Oh, that reminds me... years ago, in Dublin, I was sitting on a bus when a dwarf got on. He paid the driver, then tried to scramble up on the seats on the side (it was one of those old busses), which took him some time. The woman who got on behind him apparently got tired of waiting to get past him, and gave him a boost up - without asking, though.
The dwarf started abusing the woman and cursing the the fowlest Dublin accent imaginable. And he wouldn't stop. He kept going on and on, and on.
Finally, a couple of stops down the line, the woman was getting off the bus, with the dwarf still cursing at her. When she was standing in the door, she turned round to him and said "I hope Snowhite will smack that dirty mouth of yours when you get home!"

I was giggling for that rest of the day.

Thank you for cheering up my dull morning...lol

So are the Irish.
They can't for the life of them explain why Americans and other foreigners would pay money to come here and hear stories like that, but they'll be damned if it isn't true and they're getting the money... :D

Use your imagination Cabra, Leprechauns exist the same way Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and Jesus do.

Use your imagination Cabra, Leprechauns exist the same way Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and Jesus do.

That's what I meant.
They exist so clever people can make shitloads of money off more gullible people. Same basic principle. :D

Use your imagination Cabra, Leprechauns exist the same way Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and Jesus do.


Jesus was a leprachaun? Well fair play for not giving away the gold when they crucified him. He must have been a Republican.

Jesus was a leprachaun? Well fair play for not giving away the gold when they crucified him. He must have been a Republican.

I never said Jesus was a leprechaun I just said they exist in the same manner.

Oh, that reminds me... years ago, in Dublin, I was sitting on a bus when a dwarf got on. He paid the driver, then tried to scramble up on the seats on the side (it was one of those old busses), which took him some time. The woman who got on behind him apparently got tired of waiting to get past him, and gave him a boost up - without asking, though.
The dwarf started abusing the woman and cursing the the fowlest Dublin accent imaginable. And he wouldn't stop. He kept going on and on, and on.
Finally, a couple of stops down the line, the woman was getting off the bus, with the dwarf still cursing at her. When she was standing in the door, she turned round to him and said "I hope Snowhite will smack that dirty mouth of yours when you get home!"

I was giggling for that rest of the day.

Ahhh, uniquely Irish and uniquely Dublin. :D

Then there's this:

http://www.overheardindublin.com/

Well, I was in a frame of mind that needed soothing rain and silence. I was 26when I went, so it wasn't awful. I want to go back.
Try the West. Lots of silence and rain there. And little else.
Oh, that reminds me... years ago, in Dublin, I was sitting on a bus when a dwarf got on. He paid the driver, then tried to scramble up on the seats on the side (it was one of those old busses), which took him some time. The woman who got on behind him apparently got tired of waiting to get past him, and gave him a boost up - without asking, though.
The dwarf started abusing the woman and cursing the the fowlest Dublin accent imaginable. And he wouldn't stop. He kept going on and on, and on.
Finally, a couple of stops down the line, the woman was getting off the bus, with the dwarf still cursing at her. When she was standing in the door, she turned round to him and said "I hope Snowhite will smack that dirty mouth of yours when you get home!"

I was giggling for that rest of the day.

Worthy of Overheard in Dublin :)

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUHxD2-dAps) three-part video will explain everything.

Then there's this:

http://www.overheardindublin.com/

Brilliant stuff. Particularly this one :


Junkie: "Spare some change?"
Fella: "What? Do I look like a bleedin' Obama?"

Overheard by Corran, City Centre
Posted on Tuesday, 11th November 2008

of course i believe in knockers, piskies, Boggarts, Brownies and the most of the rest of the Fae

piskies

Pictsies!

http://www.chrisbeetles.com/img/pictures/artists/Kidby_Paul/C24969-s.jpg

Do you believe in Leprechauns or other little people?
Midgets exist... what, can't believe your own eyes!? :p

Considering all four of my grandparents come from Ireland I have no doubt Leprechauns are or were real. In fact we set up a camera at work and caught one on film last St. Patrick's day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/Kev_StPatricksDay08.jpg

In honor of Celtlund II our OP Host since it is St Patricks Day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day

Originally Posted by Miami Shores View Post
I once celebrated St Patricks Day at an Irish Pub in Wisconsin. trying to pass as one of them by talking with the Irish accent. I was drinking and toasting to the Irish, here is to the Irish, here is to the Irish. I had a nice time at the Irish Pub on St Patricks Day.

I voted on the Public Poll as You bet I do. This should have been a Public Poll.

Cut off Post is Post 43.

It's sad to hear your mind is going, Celt. :(

Somehow I don't think his impending retirement is a voluntary one. )

Yes, I do believe in the Little People. I was in Ireland a few years ago and I felt things there that truly lead me to believe in their existence. Of course, I'm sure there are things and beings out there that we cannot explain. Besides that, I am a small girl, 5'0 (60cm.).

So are you 5'0(152cm) or 1'11"(60cm)?

I dare say 152cm. ;)

On a lighter note, I bumped into a dwarf the other day and knocked him over. When he got up he said he wasn't happy, so I asked him which one he was then

I lol

I never said Jesus was a leprechaun I just said they exist in the same manner.

So just like St Nick they existed but now are dead.

Brilliant stuff. Particularly this one :

I like this one

At work today, after a day of blunders and mishaps, my coworker had had enough. "Why do things that happen to stupid people keep happening to me?!" she gasped out of frustration

On a couple of stories the author mentioned "while on the dart" What does this mean? And why do they call it a dart?

Thank you for that title, it made me giggle.

Not many leprechauns left in the Po valley.

Elves, though.

And psychodwarves.

I have seen pictures of Tom Cruise.

I like this one



On a couple of stories the author mentioned "while on the dart" What does this mean? And why do they call it a dart?

Dublin Area Rapid Transport.

The "rapid" is relative, though.
It's a light railway system going up and down the coast in Dublin, as well as out East.

Yeah I do, one of my high school teachers was one.

Weird...I had one of those too...

Not many leprechauns left in the Po valley.

Elves, though.

And psychodwarves.

Do you keep them as pets?

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyiSyxEAAQA

I don't even believe in human beings.

Dublin Area Rapid Transport.

The "rapid" is relative, though.
It's a light railway system going up and down the coast in Dublin, as well as out East.

Ah, ok cheers.

So are you 5'0(152cm) or 1'11"(60cm)?

I dare say 152cm. ;)

You hit the mark the first time.:wink:

A friend of mine has a sister who works/worked in a souvenir shop in Cobh(southern Irish coastal town, last port of call of the Titanic pre-iceberg, last port of call of Lusitania pre-U-Boat). Some Americans came in and asked where they could get leprechauns. When directed to the leprechaun themed souvenirs they replied "No, where can we get some real leprechauns?"