I'd cut the guy some slack, I read it and smileys or no smileys everything he said is true about the Irish, we do not all have each one of the traits he said but we all will know someone that has each trait, I thought it was a great post and well written and very original, i took no offense to it, it made me smile and nod my head in regcognition of all the things he said and how true they were. he just condensed all our traits into a short and very good post.