Oh be quiet Mick

I’m sure that when it didn’t go off that they fired a few shots in the windows and went back to the Barracks.

‘Come all you staunch revisionists
And listen to my song,
It’s short and it’s unusual
And it won’t detain you long.
It’s all about a soldier
Who has carried history’s can,
Who dodged Tom Barry and Dan Breen
The gentle Black and Tan.
The burning of Cork City
Was indeed a mighty blaze.
The jewellers’ shops were gutted
Not before the spoils were shared.
Gold and silver ornaments,
Rings and watches for each man,
“But I only struck the matches,”
Said the gentle Black and Tan.

Croke Park on Bloody Sunday
Was our hero’s greatest test.
The spectators on the terraces
Nigh impossible to miss.
With salt tears his eyes were blinded
And down his cheeks they ran,
So he only shot Mick Hogan
The gentle Black and Tan.

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My granny used to smuggle grenades in her knickers past the black and tans. I bet that was one of hers.

I have a Victorian house and found a WWI gas mask, still in its original packaging, in one of my attics about two years ago when I was having the bathroom renovated.

Patrick, It happens all the time. In Germany, it is a regular occurrence. It is estimated, that there are still around 2500 undetonated WWII bombs in the Munich area alone. They find them almost every week. Here is a link to a bomb which was blown up last week in Munich. This bomb had being lying under a very popular cult pub in the center of Munich, which I frequented often, for the last 65 years. Scary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJYa-7D9mkE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I think thats disrespectful to our Defence forces ordnance disposal team. They do a fantastic job and let’s not forget we have soldiers doing this job with the ISAF in Afganistan.

Do you mean strongbows granny or the grenade

Mark. What part of Ireland is that then?

No mate, a wipe with an oily rag wouldn’t even start to break down 90 odd years of muck, as well as that the explosive elements in the fuse and body would have become unstable and to top it all, that type of grenade is not compatible with the current service grenade, I actually feel sorry for you because your either a very dim witted person who thought a 90 year old grenade could be re used or you are a silly unfunny clown who thinks it’s clever to slag off an organisation whose people daily risk their lives so that you can squeeze your spots in peace.
I would have more respect for you if you at least had the courage to post under your own name.

Bandara boy did you mean the grenade or strongbows granny

Mick, are you just trying to sound cool by pretending you know stuff about grenades?!

Anyway, more importantly, who does the gardening at 8.25pm?!

It’s called “Extreme Gardening”, very big in the states. Didn’t know it had caught on over here.

I thought the joke was quite witty and I think Mick is very dry and needs to lighten up.

Btw, Dave is my real name :-)

Strongbow
My husbands just after saying to me that it could be one of my grannies, she did the same as your granny…they may even have known one another!!!

This was most likely not criminal related and was just some old stuff. As for things going off, sometimes they do, look at that poor kid who was injured in wexford.