The guy at the top of this report about the Irish walrus 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/nYhYfGmDCt
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) March 15, 2021
March 17, 2021
The walrus who fell asleep on an iceberg and floated to a place in Ireland where it was the most exciting thing that ever happened.
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Walruses were the first to explore the northern oceans. The Vikings followed.
Paul is the walrus.
The walrus who fell asleep on an iceberg
They don't know that.
"However, Mr Arnbom believes that is unlikely. Instead the walrus probably deliberately veered far from home in the North Atlantic and came close to the Irish coast to find food, he says."
Goo goo ga'joob!
My paternal grandfather spoke with that accent (not the first guy), as did his sons though theirs had a more prominent Boston sound with a nice Irish lilt. Brings back great memories.
If a walrus were capable of such a thing don't you think he woke up, looked around and thought: WTF?
It's coming in to alligator mating season. The big boy in the back yard lagoon is making that sound, too. Or maybe it's a walrus. Or an Irishman...
Ah.... them's good eatin!
Allow this Kraut to wish a Happy Saint Pats to all my Mick friends here.
Our PBS mostly classical station is broadcasting Irish music today.
Erin go bragh!
Narr
Classic airplane, the Walrus
Spoiler alert: the guy at the beginning is the walrus.
Oh, the walrus just came in looking for a pub for St. Paddy's Day.
I glanced at the headline and read it as:
The walrus who fell asleep on an iceberg and floated to a place in Ireland said it was the most exciting thing that ever happened.
And by golly, that would have been the most exciting thing that ever happened.
But really, how many exciting experiences does a walrus have to compare it with?
They were “forced to spot it”? How did that work?
He's after their Lucky Charms!
Any sign of Trump on an ice floe?
Interesting, those kids don't have the brogue.
I didn't know Rosie O'Donnell could swim (too easy)...
"Interesting, those kids don't have the brogue."
With the pervasiveness of social media, Hollywood, YouTube, etc., and American domination of these platforms, I believe regional accents are becoming more and more diluted...
Fell asleep on an iceberg? Did the walrus say that?
Maybe he wanted to visit Ireland.
Amazing what great lengths fellow walruses will go to for a bit of tail
Travel restrictions are killing the tourist industry in Ireland. I think their unemployment rate is around 25%. No wonder they're excited to see a visitor.
"He's a big one, he looks like a daddy."
I was confused for a moment when the woman said they'd been in the doldrums. I thought maybe there was some change in the current and the chunk of ice coming in was evidence it had changed back.
It is always kind of exciting to see a large, rare, or unusual animal in your vicinity. Like seeing a bear or a bobcat or a mountain lion (at least in my area.)
"Any sign of Trump on an ice floe?"
That's not a walrus! That's the President of the United States!
We got quite excited about a fox here at Meadhouse yesterday.
The kids sound American. Perhaps recent returnees from the Irish diaspora.
Tcrosse:
Either way, Paul and John were both of Irish extraction - Liverpudlians both, of course.
P’raps one of ‘em was making his way back to the Old Sod...?
JOB
Too bad it wasn't a pair.
As long as no snakes make the same trip to piss off St Patrick.
That's not a walrus! That's the President of the United States!
Well, QAnon says he still is.
Most exciting thing ever! See? We're learning every day. Unconditionally!
What the article didn't make clear was that it was the most interesting thing that ever happened to that particular walrus. As a general rule, walruses live lives of quiet desperation and don't get around all that much. Now this walrus wakes from his nap and discovers he's in a foreign land and a media star to boot.
"It's believed he's munching on scallops somewhere in the harbor."
I am free as you are free to climb a tree
And we’ll all hang together
See how they drink with their faces all pink
See how they fight
I'm laughing
Floating on an iceberg
Waiting for the waves to come
Corporation tax low, tug on my shillelagh
Man you've been a naughty boy
You trapped a leprechaun
I am a fat one
They are the pub guys
I am the walrus
Go get a job
I’m at the pub, minding my own business and getting tired of seeing and hearing all the stereotypes about the Irish. I think I’ll punch someone, as soon as I finish me drink.
Only if they are wearing orange.
I remember reading about an Inuit in a kayak who arrived in Ireland in the twelfth century, emaciated and hypothermic. The local monks cared for him but he died anyway. Probably not uncommon.
"I’m at the pub, minding my own business and getting tired of seeing and hearing all the stereotypes about the Irish. I think I’ll punch someone, as soon as I finish me drink."
Family Guy did it best...
^^Good stuff^^ Joe Smith!
Was there also a carpenter close at hand?
"Walrus" was one of the entries JRR Tolkien did for the Oxford English Dictionary early in his career. His etymology was considered controversial at the time, but is now considered most likely.
"...The Irish Whale and Dolphin group (IWDG) believe it is the third sighting of a walrus since 1999."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56404484
My wife was born in Ireland and, although she would beg to disagree, I believe she may have at least some walrus blood in her.
Ann Althouse said...We got quite excited about a fox here at Meadhouse yesterday.
We have become blasé about the coyotes, deer and javelinas we run into on a regular basis here. However, it was exciting when a bobcat twice jumped into our small enclosed yard.
The big excitement here is when a mountain lion is sighted and dogs start to mysteriously disappear.
If you think that is a funny Irishman, have a look at this clip. It's Michael Healy Rae proposing that the army be called in to control the "rhododendron situation" in Killarney national park.
Honestly, this is worth watching...
Whoops, I forgot the link...
https://twitter.com/ConorMcMorrow/status/834106614114299905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E834106614114299905%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fscience%2Farchive%2F2017%2F02%2Fthe-rhododendron-situation-nothing-short-of-calling-the-army-is-going-to-put-it-right%2F517449%2F
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, Mr. Irish Walrus.
Althouse was infoxed instead of outfoxed.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Greenland and Ireland is 2,624 km= 1,630 miles.
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Q: what is the physics of ice-bergs and currents in N hemisphere? Gulf Stream?
>>> how big a piece for this to have happened?
I think I’ll punch someone, as soon as I finish me drink.
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Some say drink was God's way of keeping the Irish from taking over the world.
"The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse
I thought I was almost pure Irish until some family genealogist discovered that Lafferty could POSSIBLY be LaFerte due to circumstances going back to the 12th century.
Mr Walrus? could be looking for his lass?
The Search for Roan Inish
They should name the walrus Arthur Dent. Similar circumstances.
I was a bit shocked to find that my Irish forebears were Scots Presbyterians. Nobody's perfect.
We must ACT NOW to stop the crisis of Global Walrusing!
Good one, Iman.
Name the walrus? How speciesist!
What is the greatest contribution the wheelbarrow has made to civilization?
Narr
Relax, who do you think told me? (Part, anyway.)
An old SNL take on it:
< https://youtu.be/XPhckJEyU7U>
I’m half Irish, so I can laugh at that.
Old and slow said...
Whoops, I forgot the link...
https://twitter.com/ConorMcMorrow/status/834106614114299905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E834106614114299905%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fscience%2Farchive%2F2017%2F02%2Fthe-rhododendron-situation-nothing-short-of-calling-the-army-is-going-to-put-it-right%2F517449%2F
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