Funnily enough, I was born in England to Irish parents

I'm English.
The infamous "Being born in a barn does not make me a pig" was debunked on QI. By all accounts, he was proud of where he came from and the phrase seems to have been invented by protestant enemies in parliament of his Catholic emancipation bill.

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on April 23rd 2007 at 14:22:49

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Pudding FACTS (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 13:58:33
- couple of points (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 23, 14:03:21
  - Monty was an Irishman (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:07:22
    - Mountbatten you mean (Irish), Monty was English (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 23, 14:25:56
      - No, I mean Monty (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:29:41
        
        Sorry I've already exceeded my daily linkerage allowance (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 23, 14:30:59
        
        Hoooma (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:32:05
        
        Monty always seemed to be most excellent at communicating with his Troops (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 23, 14:34:25
        
        The reputation of the beret has never recovered from Frank Spencer (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:35:43
        
        Monty's beret always looks ridiculously large with excessive ear overhangerage (General Chat) - Tomblander, Apr 23, 14:39:17
      - I was in Norn Iron at the time on my Hols as a young un with my Grandparents (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 23, 14:29:32
    - Wellington was also an Irishman (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 23, 14:12:06
      - is correct (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 23, 14:12:58
        
        is WRONG (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:14:37
        
        He was born in Ireland to a family long settled in Ireland (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 23, 14:17:44
        
        I thought Wellington was Anglo- Irish (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Apr 23, 15:02:10
        
        You were probably born in a McDonald's (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:19:06
        
        Funnily enough, I was born in England to Irish parents (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 23, 14:22:49
        
        I would settle for Anglo-Irish (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:29:03
        
        so what you're saying is, we're all Africans? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 23, 14:21:52
        
        Are you sure that we didn't come from the Middle East ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Apr 23, 15:03:34
        
        read the whole of my post... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 23, 15:23:35
        
        Durrrrr (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:27:38
- The best pudding is..... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Apr 23, 14:01:42
  - Once a year (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:02:14
    - Exactly,it should be eaten more often,also the same goes for pancakes. (n/m) (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Apr 23, 14:07:31
      - If it was eaten more often (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 23, 14:08:51
        
        That isn't my point,my point is.... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Apr 23, 14:10:13

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