I'm just saying, right, loads of people go to renaissance fairs, right?
so, how could a whole festival devoted to the traditions and culture of the Celts be a bit wrong?
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:37, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Because they cut off the heads of their enemies
and ate their brains? You're basically celebrating barbarian zombies.
( Kroney, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:39, Reply)

I've never seen a tribal tattoo like that before. You must be wrong.

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:40, Reply)

Also, nobody really knows what their traditions were, just what the Romans chose to write down
which mainly focussed on how unpleasant and brain-eaty they were. What you're celebrating is some Victorian's fantasy of how they behaved.

Plus a bunch of pseudo-Irish new age hippie crystals and other such bullshit, I shouldn't wonder.
( Kroney, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:41, Reply)

Yeah, but you probably just sit in your mums basement for fun so what do you know about getting out there and doing stuff
just to fucking do something other than sitting in your mums basement?
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:44, Reply)

Yeah, I probably do.

( Kroney, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:45, Reply)

Insert backtracking here
As above - I know nothing about this festival, I know nothing about the traditions and I have no view or opinion, really, on the matter.

Food festivals, however, I'll go to, alone and eat everything in sight.
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:39, Reply)

It's supposed to be a load of craft vendors probably, along with bands, fiddle and harp players
there's supposed to be dancers doing jigs and whatnot and something like a reenactment of games.
I don't know.
It's just something different and I want to go.
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:42, Reply)

Ahh
If that's what you like - enjoy.

I'd be concerned if there was barbarian zombies though - or disappointed - not sure which...
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:44, Reply)

I expect celtic reenactment consists of getting drunk, and having fights with english people.
after losing, they sing songs about how they hate the english.

It should be fun.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:50, Reply)

YOU'VE ALL RUINED IT FOR ME.
I'll just sit at my house and do nothing instead. Thanks.
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:51, Reply)

No no no
Go. Take an axe. Knock yourself out...
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:53, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTRrZcEsjFU
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:53, Reply)

this is like all the celtic songs
sound like, except the ones which are about young lassie*'s trying to shag some young soldier, or the miserable ones about some lassie whose young soldier has died

*not that lassie, Jeff
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:58, Reply)

:(

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:00, Reply)

No, go. Pretend to be English*

*achieved by being as smug as Vipros and as haughty as Monty.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:54, Reply)

what would be the point in that

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:56, Reply)

You could totally oppress them.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:58, Reply)

That's the ticket.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:59, Reply)

and build them some castles
and sort them out with a fake heritage

this argument frequently winds up the Welsh
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:00, Reply)

celtic = scottish, welsh, Irish
= hate the english
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:59, Reply)

it's common to hate your superiors

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:01, Reply)

You could also use the potato famine for big lolz at their expense.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:02, Reply)

They have a version of the Highland Games in Nova Scotia
Saddest thing I've ever seen. All the ridiculousness of the Games participated in by people three or four generations removed.
( Kroney, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:55, Reply)

reckon its a bit like larping?

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:58, Reply)

larping isn't like that
but we do have a Great Edrejan Fayre which has lots of games, I think it originally was meant to the like the highland games, it isn't any more though
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:10, Reply)

It must be shit being from a country with no heritage of its own.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:59, Reply)

Canada in general is a really nice country.
It's just the Nova Scotians that have this weird Scottish fetish. The Newfoundlanders still sound Irish, but they don't have anything like that. They just drink and fight.
( Kroney, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:02, Reply)

Americans and the like love to claim that they are Irish, or Italian or whatever
despite being totally removed from it.

Stupid fucks. If I were to go by their rules I'd be a German.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:00, Reply)

Yeah, it's bizarre.
In this country, I'd get laughed for claiming to be Scottish when I wasn't born there. If I did it in Scotland, I'd have the shit kicked out of me for it.
( Kroney, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:04, Reply)

I remain baffled with the whole 'Irish American' thing.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:05, Reply)

you'd all get thumped if you talked like that around here
I get your point. In american and that's it.
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:08, Reply)

I'd call them all fucking benders and then run away before the hit me.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:10, Reply)

oh wah

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 13 Jun 2011, 17:05, Reply)