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IF TALKING WAS a sport at the Olympics, Irish people would have it sewn up.
We’re a nation who love an aul chinwag and our favourite topic of conversation – without a shadow of a doubt – is the weather.
An inability to converse fluently and at length about the forecast would be a true social impediment in Ireland, but luckily we’re here on hand with a glossary of useful terms.
What exactly is a soft day? Is there a true definition of a soft day, or do you just know one when you encounter one? One thing is for sure: you’ve got to add in the “thank God” or else you’re basically wishing rain upon us. Why would you do that?
An oxymoron? Perhaps. Just don’t say that to an Irish person or they’ll think you’re starting a scrap.
We’re never going to get tans from the Irish summer sun, but we sure as hell will get grand drying out of it. No one can take our grand drying from us. No one.
Just like “fierce mild” could be dismissed as a mere oxymoron by someone who didn’t know better, “wet rain” may initially be mistaken by the untrained ear as a nonsensical tautology. However this is not the case. “Wet rain” is the type of soft, sheety rain that really gets under your skin and unexpectedly leaves you soaked.
Bucketing. Lashing. Pegging it. Other more rude variants we’re too charming to mention. They all mean raining, but the most uniquely Irish of them all has to be this – spitting rain. It’s actually a bit upsetting if you think about it literally, which luckily we never do.
Coming directly from the Irish language phrase, this means sun so strong that it’d crack rocks. Now that’s sunny, so it is.
That’s it now. We may as well pack up and go home. It’s down for the day – AKA it’s going to coming down in sheets for the rest of the foreseeable future, so let’s get indoors so we can start the serious business of moaning some more about it.
And finally, for the one that sums it all up… Because there’s nothing more Irish than going through all the different weather types within one afternoon. From Baltic cold to sleet to sunshine and then gale force winds, there’s never a dull moment with our weather, is there?
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Aged between 12 and 14 … Just shows evil has no age .. How can you protect against that
the sad thing is he may not have willingly worn it -
Adults should know better, but a kid that young has clearly been severely indoctrinated (as have all of Daesh’s foot soldiers). Tragic and heinous attack.
He may not have known what he was wearing
There are a lot of reports of young children/teens being manipulated into performing suicide bombings, with their families and friends being threatened. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to be put in that position.
@Steve McMahon-By stopping immigration from this Ideology masquerading as a religion we can at least partially protect ourselves ,-but it’s coming our way for sure under existing conditions.
Erdogan appears to have incredible investigative powers, has definitively solved this one a few hours after the event. Just like the coup, where the entire civil service was gutted a couple of days later.
@Michael Garvey-But Erdogan does have his admirers,-one being What-difference-does-it-make-now-Hillary Clinton!
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—-”Clinton clearly views Erdoğan as a formidable leader, having described him in her memoir, “Living History,” as an “ambitious, forceful, devout, and effective politician.—”
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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-future-of-us-turkey-relations.aspx?pageID=449&nID=103093&NewsCatID=396
He prob is forceful, devout and ambitious.
And now he has said they have no idea what age the perpetrator was
So Erdogan is saying this.Ya,I’ll believe it.
Equating the PKK to Daesh is a nice slice of doublethink and propaganda from Erdogan alright.
Wonder if the lady who is mentironed above is the mother who lost 4 of her children ….horrendous loosing one child is unthinkable but 4 …I have no words.
“The president said the Islamic State group was the “likely perpetrator” of the bomb attack, the deadliest in 2016, that targeted a celebration attended by many Kurds.”
Yeah, because I hear that out of the two of them it’s IS that hates the Kurds the most, and not Erdogan. Uh huh.
These so called Islamists are the devil’s disiples,nothing else.They are not Muslims and have no right whatsoever to quote the Koran or shout allahu akbar! None ! So next time when young men and women are in their bedroom on their computer being brainwashed on the ideology that they should carry out their “duty “to Muhammad by murdering innocent people,realise that you are doing it for the Devil ok No one else.you are NOT Muslims. You are vicious murdering brutes with no rational cause and are not going to be with 7 lovely brides in paradise. You are just going to burn in hell.
@Gerry Fallon-The Koran the Islamists use to justify themselves is the same Koran that all other Muslim use and Muslims will not tolerate any revision of its contents saying that the commands of Allah are unalterable.
All Muslims pay the Annual 2.5% ZAKAT Charity tax amounting to over $200 Billion and 1/8th of this is earmarked by Sharia Law for Jihad against non-Muslims and apostates. This is stated unequivocally in the Hanbook of Sharia Law called ‘The Reliance of the Traveller’ see below and link.All Muslims know where this money goes to and so all Muslims are complicit in Global Terror against non-Muslims and Apostaes.
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—-”H8.17: Those Fighting for Allah/Category 7
The seventh category is those fighting for Allah, meaning people engaged in Islamic military operations for whom no salary has been allotted in the army roster (O: but who are volunteers for jihad without remuneration). They are given enough to suffice them for the operation, even if affluent; of weapons, mounts, clothing, and expenses (O: for the duration of the journey, round trip, and the time they spend there, even if prolonged.—”
http://islamexposed.blogspot.ie/2010/08/reliance-of-traveller-handbook-of.html
Strange for ISIS to be attacking their biggest ally?
One of their biggest allies, I think.
Anyway, is their any rational thinking to be expected from them?
Vile pigs
Watched some of the funerals of the victims on Turkish TV would break your heart so many small coffins …..one of a 3 month old baby . The heartbroken mother who lost 4 of her children said that what stopped her from taking her own life to be with her children was that she had a child still living who needed her.
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