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rob_steen
Junior
Username: rob_steen

Post Number: 24
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 3:11 am:   Edit Post

Hi there,

Just wishing all our Alembic fans around the world a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

-Rob
sonicus
Senior Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 4831
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 6:31 am:   Edit Post

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all !

To all folks and all creatures and the snakes as well ! :-)
ed_zeppelin
Advanced Member
Username: ed_zeppelin

Post Number: 289
Registered: 2-2010
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 7:03 am:   Edit Post

Happy St. Paddy's Day! I'm even wearing green (it wasn't green when I put it on, though. Yeeeee).

A real-life riddle for the clever: my paternal great grandmother was full-blooded Irish and half English. Can you figure it out?
ed_too
Member
Username: ed_too

Post Number: 52
Registered: 3-2011
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 6:04 pm:   Edit Post

My Irish parents were both British subjects until Ireland's independence in 1921. I'm guessing your great grandmother lived half her life in Ireland before 1921 (and so half English)?
Happy St. Paddy's Day to you too!
Ed
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 12077
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 7:03 pm:   Edit Post

Thank you Rob and all; I hope the day has been a wonder and a joy.
ed_zeppelin
Advanced Member
Username: ed_zeppelin

Post Number: 295
Registered: 2-2010
Posted on Friday, March 18, 2016 - 8:04 am:   Edit Post


quote:

I'm guessing your great grandmother lived half her life in Ireland before 1921 (and so half English)?




It's sort of a family riddle passed down through the generations from my great-grandmother, who delighted in keeping people guessing for years. I'm not like that, though it's always interesting to present it when a bunch of people were sitting around a campfire or something.

Only one person has ever got it on their own in my lifetime, and that was a ten year old girl. I asked the question and she blurted the correct answer like a game show champ. When I tell you the answer, I'll bet you can see that her biggest advantage was that she was a kid, and didn't get hung up on details.

Here it is: my great-grandmother's maiden name was English.

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