Zut alors! That French lady's outburst left me exhausted
Sacre bleu agus quel dommage but wasn't the letter from the French lady last week a mouthful and a half? I was exhausted after reading it. The poor girl hasn't had a bit of craic with a Paddy. Shame. She tells us that "I know everything about you all". Now that's scary. Exactly what does she know? Seems to me that she has beaucoup de baggage!
You have to admire her though, she didn't hold back. She said it to our face. "You are obsessed with money." Ah come on now, you can't judge a nation just by George Lee alone! That's his job!
She hasn't much time for our cailins either. She claims Irish women are "vile", but how can she say that when we have so many examples of lovely Irish girls -- the Seoiges and the new improved Twink to name but a few.
By her own admission she hasn't made many Irish friends. Quelle surprise!
We smell of "dung" and nobody likes us. We are just going to have to try harder!
Xavier McCullough,
Golf Links Road, Limerick
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This is indeed an interesting treatise on the Irish psyche and if it wasn't so toxic and bitter I would have welcomed the comments and, perhaps, it may have opened a debate on modern Ireland. What a pity because there are many points made that are indeed true.
I do believe that Irish people have lost their way in the pitifully named 'Celtic Tiger' years and, yes, I have witnessed greed, bad manners, arrogance and apathy in worryingly high amounts. But in time she will see that it could have been a helping hand rather than a put down... a lost opportunity, indeed.
Damien Boyd,
Frankfield, Cork
