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The Irish Are All Bad She Said

His name is McGruff, crazy old woman said. Rolling her silly eyes to the back of her head. I could tell she had already labelled him. A really great Irish guy name of Jim. The Irish are all bad, she said quickly. Her mind completely made up so thickly. McGruff was an incredibly wonderful man. He built our town a brand new band stand. Donated all his supplies and labor. Jim McGruff, a fantastic giving neighbor. I asked crazy woman what she thought now. She was making fun of people who bow. Prejudging people was her normal scheme. Fitting them into boxes, with a crazy theme. But wait I said, aren’t you Irish too? Shut up! She said. Or I’ll hit you with my shoe. So my advice to you on this regular day. If you see Old Lady McCaffry, try to stay away. The last thing I heard is she has a new gun. And she is shooting people from her window for fun.

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Date: 9/5/2020 12:45:00 PM
Sounds like a Mrs. Trump to me .....but she was a Scot! Aloha! Rico
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/5/2020 1:14:00 PM
I wanted to make the point that we should not generalize any groups of people. Anyone who says "all Irish, all Republicans, all liberals, all Scots, all Black Lives Matter" are showing their ignorance. It never is all.
Date: 9/5/2020 11:47:00 AM
Ah but they'd both be Scots-Irish - Hatfield-McCoy thing going on there!
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Sharon Keely
Date: 9/6/2020 7:13:00 AM
Re groups, I did see that Caren. My tongue-in-cheek reply is trying to say that every group feels the need to promote themselves above another, whether external or internal.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/5/2020 1:15:00 PM
I was trying to make the point not to generalize ANY GROUPS of people. The reason I used Irish is because I am half Irish. Smirk. Smirk.
Date: 9/5/2020 9:15:00 AM
Yes, I think that I'll stay away from, "Old Lady McCaffry and her gun".
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/5/2020 1:15:00 PM
I see that you get this whole thing. I am glad!
Date: 9/5/2020 1:28:00 AM
One mixed up old dear lol. Good and bad in every culture that's for sure. Tom
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/5/2020 1:16:00 PM
They are all over the place; the trick is to avoid them.

Book: Shattered Sighs