A conversation I had with my cab driver in Birmingham, AL yesterday:
Cabbie: You sound foreign. Where ya from?
Pahkcah02: I'm from Boston.
Cabbie: Boston, Ireland or Boston, England?
Pahkcah02: Actually, I'm from the Boston that's located in Massachusetts.
Cabbie: See! I knew youse was from somewhere in Europe.
Pahkcah02: Massachusetts is in the United States.
Cabbie: (blank look)
Pahkcah02: It's in the northern part, kind of near New York.
Cabbie: (another blank look). Yeah, but aren't y'all from Ireland or something?
Pahkcah02: (realizing that I'm not going to win this argument) Everyone in Boston is Irish. That's why I talk like this.
Somewhere in Alabama there's a cabbie that's convinced that Boston is over-run with tiny leprechauns pounding back Guinness's and looking for pots of gold. I either deserve a jury of my peers or an award from the Massachusetts Dept. of Tourism for perpetuating a stereo-type. Either way, next time our public schools are in need and there's a vote for Prop 2 1/2, it's got my whole-hearted support.
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Hey now there is nothing wrong with Irish people I am quite proud of being a leprechaun toking Guinness drinker.
This is HILARIOUS!
This one had Jamie & I peeing in our pants of laughter...
Unreal!
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