9 responses to “Quote of the Day”

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   Grampa’s Little Helper

   16 March 2015

   Love the Help Wanted sign in the back there.

   1. 

      RaikoLives

      16 March 2015

      Aye, tis true. But ’twas all in good fun.

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      Patty Cash

      16 March 2015

      That’s based on a real one used when the Irish emigrated to America.

      And I think the part with “Look at me. I’m the prime minister of Ireland” was cut in the UK (most likely Ireland, though Great Britain probably edited too, and the part where the English pub gets blown up during the parade riot).

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         Joe

         16 March 2015

         Pretty stupid really, as if anyone would be offended by that. Strangely though, “The Big Book of British Smiles” wasn’t cut from Last Exit to Springfield, despite making a joke at Britain’s expense, so why this line would be cut is beyond me.

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            Patty Cash

            17 March 2015

            Either it’s a rumor or it may have been cut after complaints came in about how it perpetuates the drunken Irish stereotype. I know the British pub explosion part was cut because of tensions between the Irish and the British and they don’t like to show violence like that.

            And I’m surprised they let in “The Big Book of British Smiles” part. Most edits in the UK version of the show are for foul language, glamorizing guns, toning down sexual scenes, and anything that’s considered offensive or discriminatory…at least when it first came on. They probably loosened up since then, but you hear about episodes like “Weekend At Burnsies” and “The Cartridge Family” getting banned/rarely aired due to glamorizing drug use and guns respectively.

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         Victor Dang

         16 March 2015

         Actually, that sign is really just a myth (surprisingly). There weren’t any contemporaneous signs like this back then, despite the high anti-Irish sentiment in those days. http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/no-irish.htm

         There’s also a Cracked article with this factlet, but I can’t find it now.

2. 

   Stan

   16 March 2015

   St. Pat’s tomorrow, not today.

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      Patty Cash

      16 March 2015

      Charlie’s getting a headstart, since most people will be too busy drinking.

      1. 

         torbiecat

         16 March 2015

         Either that, or Charlie decided to celebrate over the weekend and was stilling feeling the booze at the time of this post.