White People Love Ireland
It seems to be all the rage these days, but when people talk about stuff white people like, they mean white people in the US.
As does one of the authors of Royals Review when he ponders the meaning of the town name of Enid, a Royals stronghold in Oklahoma’s Garfield County - the 8th best place to live in rural America - just 314 miles from Kansas City:
To this jaundiced ear Enid sounds like a hideous male first name, likely given to someone living somewhere in the old Confederacy and to someone who is likely to know a lot about cars. In my mind’s ear, I can hear an awful female voice calling out, “Enid, your durn dog done ran off again and bit Bubba.” A version of pastoral, I suppose. Or, Enid could also be one of those really ugly Irish names, which somehow people think is beautiful, because, well, white people love Ireland.
The post is longer than even one of mine, and I’m not really sure why I read it, but I enjoyed it. Have a read yourself, especially if you’re interested in a profile of Enid, Oklahoma.
I wouldn’t actually argue myself with the idea that white people love Ireland. I’ve heard plenty of people say it. Yes you may well say that I would, wouldn’t I - and you’d have a point but nonetheless I have never heard anyone in the US say they love Portugal. Or Belgium.
Of course that’s unfair - because I’ve never heard anyone anywhere say they love Belgium, not even Belgians.
Eolaí gan Fhéile:
Enid is great… until the latest crop of F16-18 fighter pilots start their afterburner take-off training. Ear plugs can be picked up for free at City Hall.
I’ve also heard there is a wonderful Tornado Viewing Platform just outside
the City Limits and on the weekends there are vendors and refreshments.
If there’s a Tornado Bulls-Eye that is anywhere near like an archery target
then Enid is definitely in the ‘yellow circle’, if not the red part.
As this Winter/Spring has shown/is showing… living in the MidWest
is not for wimps. The real-estate folks really need to point that out. ROFL.