Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #5
A Sensible Person
-May I join you?
-It’s not taken
-You don’t say much
-I don’t know you
-You’re British
-I’m not, no
-Where are you from?
-Ireland
-My father is part Scandinavian and part Welsh
-Ok
-My mother is part Belgian, part Italian, and part German
-Ok
-What are your observations?
-About what?
-America
-I don’t have any great wisdom
-All the best
-You’re leaving?
-Well you don’t seem very talkative
-Ok
-Are you talkative?
-I can be; I go through phases
-I’d be happy to talk to you, but you won’t talk
-The music - I’m just listening
-What are your observations on America?
-What are yours?
-That it’s obviously a neo-nazi facist imperial state
-I see
-I propose a topic and then we can have a conversation on it
-Is that it?
-No, I propose: The Nation State and Why do we Need it?
-Ok
-Well?
-No, your idea; you start
-We don’t need it.
-Ok
-What do you think?
-I have no wisdoms
-Well that’s one
-Is it?
-You seem like a sensible person
Handy Irish Phrase: Is minic a bhíonn ciúin ciontach (The quiet one is often guilty)
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