We took a bad beating last night but take some solace in being better than the Spanish at many other things. Such as...
Hurling, Gaelic football, handball, rugby, cricket, horse racing, snooker, darts, probably all pub sports, small talk, meteorology, speaking English, speaking Irish, growing and consuming potatoes, drinking tea, getting sunburned, spreading slurry, drawing silage, cutting turf, wearing GAA jerseys on Bondai Beach, creating and fixing potholes, dairy farming, begrudging Bono his success, thinking Enda Kenny is a eejit, electing gobdaws, rain, sleet, hail, gambling on sports, losing money at gambling on sports, sessions, sean nós singing, freckles, sliced pans, 45's, 65's, sideline cuts, emigration, Irish dancing, switching off the immersion, boxing, playing the uillean pipes, eating ice-cream in cold weather, greyhound racing, being an island, being invaded bu the Vikings, being invaded by the Normans, being invaded by the British, poetry, celebrating St. Patrick's Day, soda bread, the Sunday roast, banning smoking in the workplace (we did it earlier), ploughing, making self-deprecating jokes, Celtic art, the craic, having a disapora, bandwagon jumping, Aran jumpers, attracting multinational companies, credit unions, Cidona, stout, Irish whiskey, Taytos, poitín, passage graves, crannógs, ring forts, sevens rugby, famines, the emergency, monasteries, neutrality, boy bands, having international super star musicians, Bloomsday, overcharging for food and beverages, cailíns, Celtic crosses, making a contribution to world literature, complaining about the weather, pubs, getting drunk and making fools of ourselves, exploring the Antarctic, rubgy league, show jumping, international rules, the breakfast roll, fulacht fias, boxty, colcannon, porridge, unsettled weather, turnips, potato blight, coddle, bacon and cabbage, barnbrack, St. Brigid's crosses, having an encyclopedic knowledge of all gambling odds, footing turf, comedy, amusing Euro 2012 flags, cheering our team no matter what...
There you have it, I for one can't wait to see us giving the Spanish a spanking at the international ploughing championships.
