Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street
A gentleman, Irish, mighty odd;
He had a brogue both rich and sweet
And to rise in the world he carried a hod.
Now Tim had a sort of the tipplin' way
With a love of the whiskey he was born
And to help him on with his work each day
He'd a "drop of the cray-thur" every morn.Chorus:Whack fol the darn O, dance to your partner
Whirl the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!2. One mornin' Tim was feelin' full
His head was heavy which made him shake;
He fell from the ladder and broke his skull
And they carried him home his corpse to wake.
They rolled him up in a nice clean sheet
And laid him out upon the bed,
A gallon of whiskey at his feet
And a barrel of porter at his head.
Chorus:3. His friends assembled at the wake
And Mrs. Finnegan called for lunch,
First they brought in tay and cake
Then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch.
Biddy O'Brien began to bawl
"Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see?
"O Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?"
"Arragh, hold your gob" said Paddy McGhee!
Chorus:4. Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job
"O Biddy," says she, "You're wrong, I'm sure"
Biddy she gave her a belt in the gob
And left her sprawlin' on the floor.
And then the war did soon engage
'Twas woman to woman and man to man,
Shillelagh law was all the rage
And a row and a ruction soon began.
Chorus:5. Then Mickey Maloney ducked his head
When a noggin of whiskey flew at him,
It missed, and falling on the bed
The liquor scattered over Tim!
The corpse revives! See how he raises!
Timothy rising from the bed,
Says,"Whirl your whiskey around like blazes
Thanum an Dhul! Do you thunk I'm dead?"
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Irish wake?
by PinTail ini am irish and i want an irish wake, dose anyone else desire to go that direction when they hit the big sleep.
at the very lest have my ashes paraded around by my beer drinking karaoke singing friends each with a half pitcher mug of amber bock and hot polish sausages.
i would much rather have this than have a situatioin where if those who loved me or thought i was one hell of a guy feel weird for not being them selfs.
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In Jesus name,,,amen!
by frankiespeakin ini find it hard to beleive that one needs a certain formula to follow in order to pray to god.
any formula you find got to be a human invention.
it is hard for me to imagine a god that is so petty that he won't answer a persons prayer unless they follow with the ending "in jesus name" come on that sounds crazy.
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In Jesus' Name....
Its not really necessary, as long as you believe the Jesus acts as the mediator between God and Man. You can just say 'amen'... I suppose 'amen' is not necessary either. We shouldn't be so dogmatic, God listens whenever we call especially considering he's omniscent.
According to JW theology prayer works like this:
JW: do this and that for us and expand the worldwide work. Amen.
God Listening in Heaven: He didn't say in "Jesus' Name!!!" Well, I'm not listening to that. Muah ha ha ha ha.
Jesus: And for my next miracle, I'm going to turn water into funk...
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What the hell are DUP
by BigG in.
im new to this site so please dont laugh when i ask this...but i am having difficulties with the terminologies.. what are they?.
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If you're from the UK, you'll be familiar with the political situation in NI. DUP stands for the "Democratic Unionist Party," a fundamentalist Protestant group.
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silly half-awake experiences
by missy04 inlol i don't know about you guys but i do silly stuff while i am half awake and in my sleep.. this morning i woke up at about 4-5am and heard "ding-dong!
" i thought 'omg!
it's like 4am somebody must be screwing with our heads!
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Sometimes when I'm just about to fall asleep, it feels like I'm falling and I really wake up feeling frightened for about a few seconds. A few people I know have this happen.
Another time I had the flu, and apparently I had that thing where you are temporarily paralyzed before you wake up. I think its a hallucination or something else.
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hai everybody
by nanda inhai,.
i would like to introduce myself to you all.... i'm nanda, left the jw's a few years ago and i leave in the netherlands ... are there other members from other countries here?.
greetings, nanda.
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Hey,
Welcome Nadia. Bienvennue. Salve. chairau. unfortuantely i don't know what they speak in the netherlands :)
"We don't need no though control." - Jamming to Pink Floyd.
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What do you recommend after reading C.O.C. and I.S.O.C.F
by jt stumbler ini have read c.o.c twice.
im 1/4 of the way through i.s.o.c.f.
i would appreciate any recommendations as to the next good read.
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The best thing to do when reading these books is to read them critically. Where's the proof? Is this a logical arguement or does it simply appeal to my emotions?
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here's my chauvinistic opinion: .... sure, only if they're hot.
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Timekeeping
by stillajwexelder ini have noticed timekeeping has got worse at meetings lately - always running over - some elders are very bad - but i notice it is always the publishers that get counseled not the elders and they are the worse culprits.
ministerial servants seem to be ok -the obviously want to progeress to elder and feel if they keep going over time they will not make elder.
i am told the worse person of all for timekeeping was freddie franz -anybody have personal experience of this?
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When I used to go, I noticed that there would be an elder in front who used to tap their pen when the elder on the podium went over. Perhaps its a local custom.
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Do you really believe his name is Jehovah?
by Why Georgia in.
i read an article somewhere when i first started studying with the jw's that said that the name jehovah was actually just a hypothesis from a monk in the year 700 or some other thing.. i don't remember if this is correct in the year or where i read it - i read so many things when i first learned what the witnesses were really about.
everything i could get my hands on.. but for some reason i don't know why but calling god jehovah just really bugs me and always makes me think of the witnesses.. does it bother anybody else and do you think if he exists his name really is jehovah?
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Well, you'll never know what the real name is. Jehovah is just and anglicised version of the tetragrammation which contains no vowels. Its like the name John. In Latin it is Ioannnes (pron. Yo-han-nez), but in Gaelic it is Sean (the S having an sh sound in gaelic). There is evidence, however, that the divine name of God was never used by the majority of Christians and that Jesus most likely did not use it because there is strong evidence that it was considered blasphemy to even say it (cf. Life of Brian).
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Amsterdam: What are the best coffeeshops for an American tourist?
by new light inwell, i'll be in england in a few weeks which means, of course, a trip to sample the goodies in amsterdam.
can anyone recommend the best coffeeshops/smartshops for a bumbling tourist?
: i'm not in it for the coffee.
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I don't condone that, but (since i'm a patriot) why don't you come to Vancouver, British Columbia. I mean you can buy 'goodies', smoke it anywhere, and if you get 'caught' by the police, usually the worst they do is take it away.