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I'm sorry you've only met women like that. I also hope you come to the realisation that a relationship isn't some kind of grind quest where you do lots of expensive, boring shit that you have no interest in just so you get sex.

It's a perfect combination of paganism and Christianity - disguise yourself as an evil spirit one day and follow it up with a bit of an aul pray for the souls of the departed. Different places have different stories, but I like Stingy Jack.

Halloween was always pretty big in Ireland. "Jack O' Lantern" comes from a story about Stingy Jack. My parents would have carved turnips, but we carve pumpkins. Americanisation! We also have the delicious barmbrack! You put a ring in it and whoever finds it has good luck for a year...

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I'm the third person to say this, for good reason - they're awesome. The Elite units are a little pricey money-wise, but they're lovely models with lovely weapons and lovely rules. Rumors are also abound that they're going to get some new units soon.

Irish Traveller ≠ Romany Gypsy. In Ireland, Travellers are legally considered a social group, rather than an ethnic group. I agree that Travellers are second-class citizens in this country. They're often barred from local businesses or shops, and are generally treated with suspicion...

You basically have all the necessary ingredients for prejudice - a group that has a radically different way of life, that mostly keeps to itself and is an extremely small minority. My mum, who is an otherwise perfectly rational person, has absolutely no time for Travellers. Cleaning up a...

There's 41 million people of African Americans and 50 million Hispanic/Latinos in America. There are only 22,4369 Travellers in Ireland, and between 15,000 to 30,000 in the UK. I guess it's easier to be prejudiced against a smaller section of society? EDIT: Reading posts above me, I'd agree...

When people say "gypsy", they're generally talking about either Romano Gypsies - basically the Gyptians in His Dark Materials - or they're talking about Irish Travellers. Brad Pitt played a Traveller in Snatch. Travellers used to travel from town to town repairing and selling metal goods or...

I remember the Chindits - a unit made up of mostly Ghurkas, Brits and Aussies - playing a prominent role in Medal of Honour: Rising Sun. Does that count? Also, as someone above me pointed out, snoipin's a good job fer Aussies, mate. How about an alternate history in which Japan attacks and...

I like to make gardens and waterfalls and the like.

Gah! These masks feature heavily in a story I'm writing - and now the Internet knows about them! The Internet!

Why are you guys still posting? This guy ended the thread a few pages ago.

Guy or girl, I would go out with them at least once. That kind of effort should be rewarded.

I don't mean to lower the tone or anything, but one of the guys in the picture looks like the G Man.