#105

Dammit, forgot to add @colon_closed_bracket - he can talk to Eric

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#106

If you could change any law/make a new one, what’d it be?

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#108

Ok, you can come hang out with group 2

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#109

This is an excellent question that I could think about for quite a while.

The first thing that came to mind was smoking. The most positive benefit I’ve felt from a law change was the smoking ban. I don’t want to take away any current smoker’s right to continue smoking, so I would introduce a ban on smoking to all people under the current legal age going forward. So in ten years only >28 year olds could buy cigarettes. Then eventually it would become illegal.

Otherwise it would be changes to the laws surrounding reporting and prosecuting rape and sexual assault (make it easier to convict etc)

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#110

Yo laelfly! Sorry, Irish history nerd here. That was after the Easter Rising of 1916 and those shot were members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a paramilitary force agitating for independence of the whole island of Ireland from the British Empire. The Troubles refers to the conflict that began in the late 1960s in Northern Ireland between various paramilitary forces (both Republican and Unionist) and the security forces of the UK.

Thanks for visiting Kilmainham, that’s a lot more than many Irish people even do and I’m sorry for butting into your AMA like this.

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#111

pick a superpower:

invisibility while you are singing out loud
flying but you need to spend 30 mins each session delivering for tesco online

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#112

Great, so I get to join the banter bus but I can only talk to one person? That’s the last time I made a witty reply to one of your comments, laefs!

(Not that I wouldn’t enjoy a conversation with @ericthefourth of course)

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#113

Thanks for the clarification, that’s interesting because I’m sure I heard it being referred to as ‘the troubles’. I defer to your obviously superior knowledge however :slightly_smiling_face:

Did you know that the gaol is number 1 activity on Trip Advisor?!

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#114

Of course not, I just meant you could provide each other with support when the scotch chat got too strong.

#115

ah sorry, I feared it might have been a super easy question! I think I would give up the alcohol to be honest, I don’t drink much these days anyway.

Oh and thank you very much for the compliment :slight_smile:

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#116

Hmm. That’s odd that they’d call it that! It’s a very weighted term in Ireland.

I studied Irish history in school and college and my interest in the Rising and War of Independence was prompted by being related to this man, a participant in both conflicts (and a relation of @Ruffers too!)

It is? No way! That’s great, it’s a fantastic, if eerie, place to visit. My friends live five minutes from it so I occasionally pop in when I’m up. My favourite pub in Dublin, The Royal Oak, is just down the road too.

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#117

It’s very possible that I got confused because I was in Belfast the week after. Was blown away by how super friendly everyone was in Dublin. There’s no immediate distrust of strangers that you get in south England.

#118

Yeah, Dublin people are very friendly! Always up for a chat. I think it intimidates other Irish people as we can be quite reticent at times.

#119

Absolutely the flying, that would be awesome. I’d spend the whole session delivering if it meant I got to fly.

#120

@laelfy … you’re running through some dense darkened woods. It’s the middle of the night, cobwebs are getting all up in your face, there’s an owl ominously hooting in the far off distance, your heart is pounding and you have no idea where you are, but you know one thing for sure… SOMETHING IS CHASING YOU. You don’t know who or what but deep down you know that stopping is not an option. You are terrified because if you stop YOU WILL SURELY MEET AN UNTIMELY FATE… which is death, probably.

SUDDENLY you come to an old abandoned building. It’s dark, it’s dank, it resonates EVIL but you’re drawn to it because inside lurks hope… maybe there’s a portal to another dimension. Maybe there’s a wizard(lizard)! MAYBE there’s just another ominous owl…but the only other option is to keep on running into the potentially never-ending woods.

So lealfy, tell me, what are you having for dinner tonight?

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#121

Apparently we’re having steak.

That got my blood pressure up btw. I’d probably keep running…

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#122

Pfft, I’d go in the rank old building. There’s no way I could keep on running for that long. My current fitness would not allow such things!!

I’d go inside and get TOOLED UP!!!

If there were tools inside, if not I’d make do. Chuck the owl at it or… something.

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#123

Hey @laelfy

What’s the best and worst thing about Glashow?

#124

Glasgow even

#125

Worst: the rain
Best: everything else (but particularly the curries and people)

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