Being Irish means…
* you will never play professional basketball
* you swear very well
* at least one of your cousins holds political office
* you think you sing very well
* there isn’t a huge difference between losing your temper and killing
someone
* much of your food was boiled
* you spent a good portion of your childhood kneeling
* you’re strangely poetic after a few beers
* you’re poetic a lot
* you will be punched for no good reason…a lot
* some punches directed at you are legacies from past generations
* many of your sisters are Catherine, Elizabeth or Mary…and one is
Mary Catherine Elizabeth
* you don’t know the words but that doesn’t stop you from singing
* “Irish Stew” is the euphemism for “boiled leftovers from the fridge”
* there wasn’t a huge difference between your last wake and your last
kegger party
* you are, or know someone, named “Murph”
* if you don’t know Murph, then you know “Mac”
* if you don’t know Murph or Mac, then you know “Sully”
* You’ll probably also know Sully McMurphy