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TB86
And in your arteries
AdrianDunne
The UK is a major importer of Irish beef. Might have been nice to have left some in the country during the 1840s but instead they let the markets decide and that's why you won't find many small government libertarians in Ireland.
koops
TheLookAndFeelMUSIC
"With their hands, on the buns, and the beef, on their tounges, in your head, in your head, they're still bitiiiiing."
ROGUEdenied
I miss her
CmdrAdama
Haoew Naiow Broawn Coaow. N’orn l’ron?
derekjohn
a) It's the law. b) it means that there absolutely isn't any of that poisonous American stuff.
DJMurph3030
Can't give blood in the USA because I was in England too long... BSE what a bitch
KleineArsloch
Dude.... you nailed it!
BoingBoingBoingBoingBoing
Horse
MrHappySmiles
Tha feckin’ red coots are coumin.
Yupurineutah
Whale oil beef hooked.
Thorpington
ojioni
British beef is not something you brag about. I am not familiar with Irish beef, however.
otiumCatulli
Are you kidding, it's some of the best in the world??
RalphH
Obligatory link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts
HonHomes
Yeah... I'm not sure how the whole UK-Ireland border is going to shake out post-Brexit. Those dates are gonna get ... well ... updated, IMHO
Muunk
That beef is 800+ years old
TheCloney
Yet still 100% Fresh
Fargus57
You must be a GrillMaster.
Vergenbuurg
Not saying it contains horse, but the probability isn't zero.
Draqone
Vergenbuurg
Absolute classic.
Ghlargh
Wouldn't they have stopped using this for promotion after the increasing problems with mad cow disease, at least after the EU ban on British beef in 1996 and the start of mass incineration of cattle?
TychoTychoAlba
Not in the UK and Ireland.
phuzz00
It was fine again by about '98
NoNameFred
Ironic, considering the huge BSE outbreak that was occurring & being covered up in France at the time… (And, of course, that even though similar bans for other countries were struck down as illegal, it somehow took until 2006 for the ban on British beef to be lifted)
LeroyMaddox
controlsthepresent
"Beef" is a slang term for fight or conflict in some English speaking countries. The title is a reference to a song called Zombie by a band named the Cranberries which is about the Irish Republican Army not letting go of past conflicts with the British and continuing the violence. "The Troubles" refer to this time of conflict. Hence a fight or beef between the British and the Northern Ireland.
LeroyMaddox
ThailandExpress
They call the hamburger "The Cromwell"
AdrianDunne
There's a drink combination in England called a "Black and Tan". Do not under any circumstances order one in Ireland. (Similar reason to your example)
MorrighanWolf
aye dinnae fecking do it. same reason ye dinnae call anyone the n word you'll wind up in a cell.
controlsthepresent
For the sake of clarity we're talking about the n word everyone would assume is the n word and not some Irish specific n word I need to avoid, right?
MorrighanWolf
the English use it to refer to us as potato n*****s, same word
SciFiGuy2018
Zombie... zombie... zom-bee-bee-eee!
putcleverusernamehere
Excellent, my first thought 👍
STOPREADINGTHISOUTLOUDINYOURHEAD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts the song
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
Thanks, now it's stuck in my heeeeEaaad.
MeowWoof
With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their cows IN YOUR HEAD
michiyl
This song is now STUCK IN YOUR HEAD, IN YOUR HEEEEAAAAAD ♪♫
Itwasmyname
Zom-beef-beef-eef
Zetor
In your mouth, in your moooyuuuth
kittykaroshi
They’re disgestiiiiing
tomobach
That song was written in direct response to an IRA bomb that killed 2 young boys in my hometown, a message that is forgotten far too often.
Itwasmyname
I saw it performed as a "happy pop song" at a concert I went to. Was a bit weird, to say the least.
CarlBassett
Technically Ireland is British, as in it is in one of the British Isles. England is on the bigger of the British Isles, which is why it is called "Great" Britian, ie the bigger one. This is the same as the fact that Canada is American since it is in the North American continent. But just as people mean the USA when they say America people say Britian when they mean the United Kingdom.
percolatingcarborator
AlGoonie
Great Britain got it's name to distinguish itself from Brittany, a region of France. Britain, the island itself, gets her name from what the Romans named her, Britannia. Ireland was called Hibernia by the Romans so there already in the distinction. Now, when the United Kingdom was formed between the two islands it's full name was, "The United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Ireland" so the difference between Irish and British was always there.. you're welcome
OnismPiglet
And the UK is in Europe geographically. But as with ignoring Irish sovereignty and all of the implications of doing such. I don't think it would be smart to simply say 100% European.
CarlBassett
Where did I ignore Irish sovereignty? The UK is in Europe. That's a fact and I don't have a problem with that. We left the EU. We didn't leave Europe.
OnismPiglet
Bah I felt like I was being an ass in my original replies so I'm gonna just sweep those up. Anyways, just my two cents!
treknor
you are just a smooth brained dingus ..
chrisf94
People who don't understand basic geography downvoting this is funny
OnismPiglet
It might be because understanding regional history is as important as understanding basic geography when making comments that appear to be in favour of ignoring sovereignty, pointing out that the label should be '100% British' by technicality alone.
AlGoonie
And it's just completely untrue
OnismPiglet
I didn't actually know that the use of the term 'British isles' was contested though it makes a lot of sense. I suppose it's a symptom of growing up in the UK which... is usually quite selective about what it teaches people (esp. concerning Ireland.)
AlGoonie
It's not contested, no political entity uses that term, they usually just say "these islands" or something similar
Randomice
Ah, mad cow beef. Extra spicy.
headseamstress
Future English MIL was furious when I told her that we used to reject blood donations from anyone who lived in the UK from 1980 to like the mid nineties. We’ve just got standards, what can I say
tantallous
No no, I checked. Thatcher is still dead.
BigPPMothBF
no girl power in these patties!
Randomice
Okay, I chuckled.
paintbullits
Ahh it is good to stop and remember the positives every now and then. Thank you
HonHomes
(talking about the funeral) "it'll be the first time the 21-gun salute will be aimed at the coffin" "for that amount of money, they could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we'd dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan personally!" I also love that people left milk-boxes at the statue they made of her!
bjo23
American here, can you explain the milk box thing?
ElPoloDiablo
Thatcher, being a massive cunt, would deny free lunches in schools of towns where the miners were on strike, so she got the nickname "Maggie Thatcher the Milk Snatcher."
HonHomes
I thought it was nation-wide she stopped the handout of milk to kids. Like any good Tory, she saw a beneficial social program and thought "This is too expensive, let's cut it down" ... and then the consequences are far more expensive long-term.
28dayslaterwasawarning
It wasn't full lunches, it was just milk for any kid over the age of 7. We used to get a little half pint glass bottle in our playtime. It had been going for decades since 1940.