Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.
Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.
There's a lot I've missed about living in Ireland. You miss family, particularly when you've got kids.
There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?
The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.
When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke the mould. Now there are thousands of comedians out there, and I don't think I can be above it all.
Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish.
What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.
Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.
The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.
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