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That peripatetic hob-nobber with the rich/and-or-powerful/and-or-famous tinted-eyeglass model, and quondam musician, Bono ... having just dis-remembered his former advocacy for changing the great wealth inequality among nations ... and enthusiastically endorsing AppleINC's theft of taxes to the tune of Billion$ [^] ...
Will, reportedly, announce in the next few days that a return to potato-farming, which will ensure full-employment, is the shining-path to Ireland's economic future for the next generations. A supposedly genuine leaked copy of the draft of the press-release states:
"Now that Phytophthora infestans (potato blight) is a thing of the past, thanks to new low-environmental-impact pesticides, and through cisgenic genetic modification: new strains of potato can be grown that are high in protein, low in carbohydrates, and provide a full-spectrum of most of the M.D.A. of essential vitamins, and minerals ...
[B. : pause here for emphasis, look around, pretend to make eye-contact]
We have no reason to fear once again having 20~25% of the Irish population engaged solely in our ancient, and time-honored, traditional occupation of potato farming."
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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BillWoodruff wrote: and time-honored, traditional occupation
Were they not starving so they raised what they could?
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Satire: [^].
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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BillWoodruff wrote: that are high in protein, low in carbohydrates
Are they talking about potatoes, or cows that look like potatoes?
[edit]No, I guess it's the protato[^].[/edit] 
Marc
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..and do these [GM] Potatoes make good chips? ("french-fries" for the Mercans)
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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When they run out of rich farmland they can always eat ther children.
Life is too shor
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megaadam wrote: they can always eat ther children.
Hey - that's just people from Cork, Clare, Cavan, Galway, Leitrim, Kerry, Offaly, Mayo, Donegal and Kildare ...don't tar all Irish people with the same brush 
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Sir, your statement has profoundly humbled me.
Life is too shor
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With or without you....
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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If there's anyone in the world whom we all know to be a dick...
Ya gotta pick harder targets.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If I had Bono's bank balance I'd vidi potatoes when I stared at the sun too.
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Message Removed
modified 13-Oct-14 8:41am.
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