French and Irish fall out over ‘box’ incident
These letters were leaked today showing a major breakdown in communication between the French Government and the Irish over the upcoming World Cup qualifying play-off. There’s now a full-blown diplomatic row brewing. 🙂
Irish Soccer Insider 
I love Ireland.
I also love Ireland….
Right bloody order.
What about Carla’s box?
what do u mean what about carla’s box? of course he needs a box to get into carla’s box lmfao
he can always put a bucket over her head ,then he can swing on the handles
AWESOME.
Perhaps it was the spelling of ‘Ireland’ which pissed them off in the first place?
He’s that for real ??? If yes, how can I become Irish right away ?????
Sorry, you can’t “become” Irish – it’s a priviledge only bestowed on those born in the Emerald Isle, and with it comes the unique humour!
Er, no it’s not.
Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, 1956 to 2004, a person who was born outside Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen by descent if one of that person’s parents was an Irish citizen who was born in Ireland.
A person born abroad to a parent who, although not born in Ireland, was otherwise an Irish citizen at the time of the person’s birth, can become an Irish citizen by applying for Foreign Births Registration.
Classic stuff, I think I cracked a rib laughing at that.
Sarkozy will need a representative to make the complaint at the highest levels. Or a box in Paris.
I am still laughing at all of this. Whoever put them together deserves a medal. And a VIP box at the game.
Ahahaha =)
Irish administration looks really funnier than the french one!
Awesome !
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Brilliant!
If only they’d labelled them Department of Foreign Affairs instead of Diplomatic Affairs, people might actually be drawn in…
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh deary, deary me !!!! Off with their heads, I say !!!!
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Everyone settle down! It’s not as though it were real football (in which the ball is pointed at both ends)!
And baseball is just rounders for adults…..ho hum….
…so not ball-shaped, then? Do you use your feet at all? Because over here we use them, like, all the time. Probably where the name comes from. How about you?
AWESOME ! xD
I wouldn’t mind shagging the president’s bird, I bet she’s got a tidy little VIP box on her.
Please ask the Irish to translate all this to French… and the french translate all this ti Irish.
Don,t you mean translate in to English or Gailic?
Say what now?
Should have asked the eejit if he can reach the highest levels 😉
Typical thick Mick getting it all wrong!
*cackles*
Genius! Mr O’Leary deserves a medal for bravery!
Hilarious. Thanks for the laugh, it made my day.
That is brilliant. Just wonderful. What life is all about. I hope it’s real.
Priceless! You’ve made my day
Funniest thing I’ve read in a while.
Come On The Boys In Green
Absolutely brilliant, so funny and just love the last Irish reply to those paranoid French. Thrash them Eire!
Who says the Irish only like to drink? These letters are a classic in humour and the Froggies were never known for a sense of humour.
The Irish were rude. They should have provides a ladder instead of a box.
He can have my babies high chair, my baby too big for it now, I put a cable and plug on it. lol
bloody irish!
stupid french!
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Brilliant. I love the address of the French consul too !
Rue des Blageurs!! :O)
i’d like to print these letters
is there a printable version?
Non? C’est pas vrai, ça? Si?
Si c’est vrai, faut l’encadrer. Bien qu’on ne puisse pas ” l’encadrer ” !
Wow… So this is how wars are started?
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“You can’t be serious” in the words of the great although unfortunately not late, John McEnroe.
I desparately hope that these are authentic, the tears are running down my face from laughing………….the last Irish letter reminds me why I love that country!
Nobody else but you loves your country….
Pompous brit. Everyone loves the Irish, including Turkiye. Irish are a great and a proud people who know who their friends are (plus they can put some drinks away and show up for work perfectly fine the next morn).
Wrong! The whole world loves Ireland and the Irish. Only two kinds of people, the Irish, and those would love to be Irish!!!
Wrong Pauline. There are also those who couldn’t care less.
You’re such a twit David
I just can’t believe people read the letters (fantastic) and didn’t read the first entry, saying that it was an ELABORATE HOAX BY AN ADVERTISING AGENCY … but hope that it is real? It would be nice to think that something like this could happen, but funnily enough, they are not called diplomats without a reason.
Nice job the agency!!! Took me just until the 30cm box to start laughing, but kept me reading till the end. Never noticed the rue de blageur address.
Great stuff.
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This is absolutely fantastic.
Thank you.
Fred, Bombay
wow! gosh!
that’s a good one!
come on boys in green!
love the fact that the irish department of diplomatic affairs offical logo appears to be the same as guiness
The harp is a national emblem of Ireland. It’s on our currency.
Is Guiness your currency? 😀
Good job he didn’t request an adjoining bog as with the Irish terrain and humour he might have been spoilt for choice
This is not a French thing .. the letters, if genuine show how up “their own backsides” officials can be ! I can assure you that many French people would appreciate the humour .. especially of the last reply.
A global credit crunch, two wars, famine and no EU vote for the British and a government offical is trying to whine about a little Hungarian’s stature.
You are clearly French. You underline “A global crunch, two wars, etc” in order to give a put-down to the Irish (read British), but you French never cease to criticise the English for executing Jeanne d’Arc (when the French could easily have prevented it). Not to mention the fact that you snuggle up to the Germans, allowing them to invade your country, and only have plaudits for the Americans for helping to win the war (when they refused to until near the end when Pearl Harbour was bombed) instead of – once and for all – demonstrating your appreciation for the British getting you out from under German domination. It doesn’t look good to sneer at those who saved you (yet again), particularly since you do nothing to help yourselves. [I say this although one of my heros is Jean Moulin, the leader of the French resistance.]
Come on now Helen,
This is an Irish Franco war. No room for the Brits this time. With a bit of luck instead of beating the Bejayssu out of each other, we’ll end up singing songs amid copious amounts of the Claret and the Black stuff!
“you French never cease to criticise the English for executing Jeanne d’Arc (when the French could easily have prevented it)”
The letters were funny but this is actually even funnier :)))
America only joined “near the end when Pearl Harbor was bombed”? you need a history lesson… not to mention a sense of humor (humour?) … Let’s just go back to laughing at the two peoples placed on Earth to make the British look good 🙂
euh… ww2 ? again ? it was 60 years ago, please get a life.
Helen
Grab a glass of Bordeaux and relax, this is just a joke!
Patrick
Jon, the letters are not genuine…there is no “Department of Diplomatic Affairs” in Irleand….the correct name would be “Foreign Affairs” – its a JOKE! As for writing letters about a “little Hungarian’s stature” I would think that nobody is more conscious of that issue than the gentleman himself!
c’est de la merde
non c’est très bien fait.
Don’t you just love the Irish!!
Best wishes from the Irish Capitol, LIVERPOOL!
Sorry? who lives the irish here?
LOL!
That’s pretty good too.
Patrick
Guinness harp faces the other way.
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The French post code of 74139 is right on the French/Austrian border next to Geneva (intentional??).
Very good spoof :o)
:o) = 🙂
God my geography is bad!! I meant French/Swiss border. Last post, I promise!
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Brilliant!! Had me falling about the place laughing…
Got to love it….small frog no friends, small frog no friends.
Ireland will see them off; believe in ‘The Trap’.
http://sportales.com/soccer/keane-to-impress/
This game of rugby has turned into a boxing match. Sorry!!
When I first saw “box” I thought he wanted to ensure his intimates were kept safe for the lovely Carla.A stray ball? I was wrong!!
Best thing I have seen in years!!
Vive la Guiness!!
Michael (London)
surely you mean translate in to English or Gailicsh?
Very funny! Well done to whoever put these together! 🙂
Does anyone else see a simularity between Mr Sarkozy and another diminutive French Leader?
Congratulations from a French man. That was very well put together.
… And good luck for the game, que le meilleur gagne!
“Go Eire !”, the french on the other hand have already been told where to go!, don’t you know.
the ‘go’ is english the rest irish..try Suas Eire!
really brilliant. as an irish woman i congratulate mr. o’leary on his astuteness. UP THE DUBS. !!!!!!
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Not sure why there would be a French consulate in Paris. And “blaguer” = “to joke”, “to make fun of”. Clever though. Lord knows, the Irish have been the butt of world humour for generations; they’re entitled to have a little back.
Hi
I live in the states and can attest to that. Go to NYC and hang with Italian Americans. Irish jokes till your stomach hurts.
Patrick
Ha someone said to translate this to irish ,
ha the irish speak english hahaha!!!
Go on the Irish we rock!!
i would actullly believe that this is real ,
so lik the irish !!
bets on that the irish will win this time round!! 🙂
Well there goes ENTENTE CORDIALE with the French, and more like lets down some more GUINNESS boys who really wants to drink CORDIALE anyway.
Very cool. I live in France and this is definitely very funny 😉 Thanks. Made my day.
Excellent !!!!!
like it. do’nt believe it. but still, I like it
ziss iz big chitte !
If its raining the French mood will dip to our advantage!! 🙂 TO ARTHUR!!
thank u some much for this incredible story, hope will happen one day in france, somehow it is a good news that our beloved president won’t be in Dublin
haha so funny, and I’m french. Of course this is a joke..
And, yes, we will beat you 🙂
**French Kisses**
That’s a cracking viral idea.. unless it is real?
Funny as heck, but do officials really copypaste their signatures on their letters?
😉
hahaha gotta love the irish
Somebody has a lot of time on their hands 😉 Thanks for using it so well.
Lots of nice touches in the letters picked up by others above…Rue des Blagues :o)
Best Spoof I’ve seen in years! I’m aching!!
Absolutely fabulous ! thanks for such a good laugh !…and I’m French ! pity it’s a fake ! yet our ‘virtically diminished’ Pdt can’t be more ridiculous than he was in Germany, can he ? (well, I wouldn’t bet on that actually !). I wouldn’t mind if Ireland won as long as there’s guiness to bear that !
Nicolas Sarkozy is such a dork, haha.
It would have been more hilarious and certainly more embarassing if the sport involved had been cricket.
Allez les verts!
Jaysus! Nearly wet myself laughing! Know nothing about the game but can’t wait to watch the match now! craic indeed!
Ireland ? What’s that, a country ? I thought it was to UK was Andora is to France.
Ouch!!!! Here we go again! Thankfully there’s only a few left but they do let their Country (Empire??) down.
The Irish without doubt have the best sense of humour in the world! And I’m sure the Irish will welcome the French fans with open arms and have a bit of the world renowned cráic. Best of luck éire
thanks for this good joke,
I’m french, living in france and wil be happy , looking at the stupid french diplomacy, go the greeeeennnn!!!
On va vous la mettre profond les bulldogs et c’est tout ce qui compte ! Souce mes boules !
Glad to see a lot of precautions are in place with so many French Letters floating around
Good God that’s terrifyingly funny!
It’s obviously false, and that’s why it’s funny.
Otherwise it is not at all.
For Sale:
French army rifle
Like new
Only dropped once.
I bet it wasn’t fired either!!
That’s a canny move by the Irish. It would have had a massive affect on the game if the French team knew King Dinkie was there with them.
proud to be irish.
Thats hilarious!
hahahahaha
Sadly, it’s a spoof, but still a good read.
BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8359004.stm
“Fair enough”
Haha,GO IRELAND!
I guess no one realised that there really is not a game named soccer……..
only Americans call it that…..
so,in our politically correct world?
we also are also expected to call it s….r
IT IS FOOTBALL,
AS PLAYED BY THE WHOLE WORLD..
INCLUDING IRISH AND FRENCH MEN WHATEVER THEIR NAMES OR STATURE.
FOOTBALL,REMEMBER?…FOOTBALL…
LET US GO BACK TO BANNING THAT WORD S….R.
I enjoyed reading these letters…..
It’s also called ‘Soccer’ in Australia – you know that place down under where the Brits sent a bunch of Irish, Welsh and English prisoners – funny how that name Soccer came about…
sorry pat, when we grew up in Ireland, soccer was called soccer and you guessed it football was Gaelic football.
I love Ireland. So so so so so much ❤ Amazing. 😀
Puuulease!
Will you all get a grip!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Joke .. its a joke- and even if it isin’t ..it is!!
LOL
Inspiration of Irish ad agency called Chemistry
Now that was some funny shite! Great entertainment to get me weekend started.
Even more excited for the match tomoro after reading this! come on you boys in green!!!
kekeke lol
This is what it’s all about leave the pc shite to Gordon Brown and his wankers,we can all get on and have a laugh without interfering busy bodies tellings us we can’t say that , and we can’t say this, it’s good that two nations can laugh at each other.
eh. us irish are pretty stupid right?
Best thing I’ve read this year
Is it really?
merde…………
Let’s get right into them tomorrow!
Come on you boys in green.
Bring it!
My God; that’s classic.
Here’s to an Irish win!
nearly busted a gut laughing… nice work.
News Flash!!
Sarkozy is a stand-up guy and is going to bring his own box – the one his squeeze kicks out from under him at climax for contraception purposes
Haha! Owned! This is the best thing I’ve ever read!
These Frenchmen are so sensitive! But that only makes the joke funnier, that they felt hurtened by this!
Thank You Bill O’leary! Legend 4ever after this
Brilliant !
Sure that we would never hear of this in the French news.
nb:Just adding that “French F***s” must be the douchest of the douche for the comment he left.
LLLLOOOOOLLLLL
Many thanks to Irish people for this really good joke …. we face a ugggggeeee shortage of humor & freedom in France right now.
naboléon has such a big problem with this, we have to take profit of this situation …
By the way, if Irish people can keep the french coach, we will be greatfull for ever … thanks in advance.
Good game for both teams tomorrow
good crack !
well play bhoys
A BANANA BOX WITH HANDRAILS IS GOOD ENOUGH !
someone should box his ears
Thats one of the reasons why I love Ireland! great humour. Kick France!
If the French only kicked, there would have been no problem…
Excellent !
Put him into the box and keep him in Ireland =) Do whatever you want with Carla.
Wish I were irish. Just love those guys.
I love being Irish , now living in France. I will watch the game and think of this spoof .Tears of laughter running down my face Thanks for the laugh.
Thanks to Bill!
Please put Sarkozy in a little box and throw it in the garbage for us…
Thank you…
Loved it!!-wouldnt be surprised one bit if it was genuine!! Come on the boys in green-stuff it up the frogs!!!
Brilliant. Reminded me of the time the Americans provided Queen Elizabeth II with a lectern so high, only her hat was visible when she spoke.
Go, Ireland!
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What great Irish wit, which we really miss!!
Great Irish wit!!!
Don’t miss our french proverb from a great French philosopher :
“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.” :p)
I hope the balloon will be at least in dried cod !
… really a great joke, Irish friends,
Clark from the litteul’ free & drolatik britain
vive la France!
allez les bleus!
c’est drôle, il faudrait traduire ça en français pour que tous les français puissent en profiter aussi
très bonne idée, très bonne blague. c’est de qui ?
ahaahh, ^^c’est vraiment très drôle et très bien fait, on y croirait presque, on ne verra jamais une agence de com française faire la même chose, dommage.
In the name of my whole country and my fellow peoples of France, suffering hardly this time, crisis, country ungoverned, not cold beer in french pubs, and so on, I, standing up(1,72 cm), hand on my eart, would like to thanks with all the honors of France(“legion d’honneur” medal perhaps) author of these brilant letters helping us accepting this time with our “cretin” president(of the united state of France).
We had Napoleon 1st(not so tall, either), Napoleon”Le Petit”(meaning “The Small”), now we have Napoleon “L’Avatar”. Thanks again. Unfortunaltly, I didn’t catch all the sense at all; I don’t care, I had a lot of fun !!! :)))
Brilliant!
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Hey Irish people,
thanks a lot for taking the piss on him ! (actually if you could take the piss on him for real, would be a great relief). Great joke, almost caught me, cos if you knew the kind of people working in french institutions, bad humour no fluent english, you would know this could have been real.
Another one like this and I bail you out our ticket to South Af !
Have a great game !
PS : we are so close cultures, you got such brilliant people, girls and beers, I just cannot feel “war-ish” tonite…
In France we had a good laugh about this, very amusing :):):)
Poor old t-kozy. Bloody midget!
It’s absolutely hilarious, even if one lives in the United States.
‘Course ya gotta be a soccer nut the appreciate it. emf
Sad that you guys didn’t kick the butt of “our” French team….but the joke was hilarious anyway.
See you green folks at the 6 nations rugby game in February. *that* will be great game and a great fight. Soccer is just too lame for being interesting anyway..
So do I, I ma expecting urgently to be in february !!!
RUGBY ! That’s a gentlemen sport !
Really great craic. The letters were really good and we all here had a good laugh.I’ve
been living in France for a few years and love the french people but I do miss the wit
and craic in Dublin. Why do some of you have to use vulgarity when its not called for,
I mean come on out there, ye can be funny and the letters had us all rolling around
the room and they were by no mean vulgar!! Ye Gods I sound like my mother, still I
could do worse because the irish mammies and jewish mamies have a lot in common.
mine being irish and very funny, guess I’m blessed. Life is great so keep up the good
work whoever did the letters!!
I’ve never felt so proud to be Irish ! =D
En attendant le match retour…
Who cares about Ireland or France, New Zealand bet Baharian and made it in to the World Cup!!!! Yahoooo!!!!! You little beauty!
i dont know if i should laugh or get mad …im french \irish …someone help meeeeee
Yes, it’ s funny because it’s not real but so realistic !!!
Pascal, 100 % French
Good job, keep them coming. I was suggesting for the next leg that we should put in a complaint that the new french jersey now features these speed lines on the rib of the shirt which clearly gave them an unfair advantage, this i think would fly pretty well, its not hard to piss of the french.
If only the irish could get in the box in the match!!!
Excellent! Fantastic!! Great!! A good trouncing of the French on Wdenesday will be the cherry on the Cake!!!!!
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Who cares how to become irish when IRELAND-FRANCE: 0-1
hehehe…
French Dave.
Good job it wasn’t a cricket match, or the could have been an even greater misunderstanding!
This should be brought to the Attention of the President Elect of the USE (United States of Europe) With all their New Laws there must be one against “Froggy Bashing”
Retrac.
Ha ha ha, tellement bon, mais qu’est ce qu’on est con.
What a brilliant e-mail, and wow so many replies, visited Dublin last year’ fantastic place. wonderful time not been to France yet though look forward to soon,
Too many people say ” shouldn’t say that! ” I say LIVE A LITTLE, YOU MAY ENJOY IT!
That’s funny!
“beidh la eile ag an bPaorach”……..we say in irish or gaelic if you please
and we will have our day ………. or night ………….tonight
love the french but love to beat them too……….. they should have sent us more help historically and liberated us centuries ago..who fears to speak of ’98 and the year of the french……………. hopefully we wrap the flag they gave us around them and bring them down
Eire go brach!…………… You’ll never beat the Irish (humour and craic.. ) if only ?Trap would let us have one visionary midfilelder in Andy Reid.. it is like playing with one leg
Scaoil amach an bobailin!…………….. let it rip Ireland and give them a lash!.. Great hoax guys and thanks for lighting up the dark days.. now into the french!..Allez Allez Allez .. merci
you’ll never beat the irish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for Craic and humour
now if we could just beat the french footballers………what a night it would be!!!!!!!!!!!
our new litany .. response : “play for us” or even pray for us
Andy Reid play for us
Stephen Ireland play for us
Johnny Giles play for us
Eamon Dunphy play for us
Charlie Hurley play for us
Noel Cantwell play for us
Mick Leech play for us
Frank O’Neill …………
Bunny Fulham ………..
Alan Kelly ………
Liam Tuohy ………
Paul Mc Grath …………
Frank Stapleton ….
Liam Brady …………….
Ronnie Whelan ………..
Don Givens ………
Paddy Coad ……..
Joe Haverty ………
Kevin Moran ……….
David O’Leary ………..
Tony Dunne ……….
Ray Treacy …………
Packie Bonner …………
Brilliant!
Derek
We are trying to work on the box not the craic.
tonight 2 goals to 1 in favour of the green .
Did he expect to leave his high heeled shoes back home in France ?
OK!OK! so I am a box, at least I will get to see up Carla’s skirt to see her bruni ha!ha!
he he!
Surely Guiness is a Welsh invention. But then the Irish do a bloody good job of marketing all sorts of things don´t they?
That was funny and made me laugh
It deserved to be true 🙂
He’s done worse, like accepting only short people on a public photo…
I’m French, but I’m ashamed of a president who gives such a bad image of my country.
We French love Ireland.
Who cares about Football anyway?
Shame Ireland has not got a decent rugby team, though…
Stop shooting, just kidding 😉
Hey, we won the Grand Slam!!!
Excellent! He would also need a bo to be burried in as soon as possible.
Good luck for tonight’s game, but still…
ALLEZ LES BLEUS!
😉
should have been 1st april
Sarkozy gave money to the ref, the end. Now who’s laughting? WHAHHAAHHAHAH
Hahaha! That was great!
Too bad we were hard-done by a cheater and a blind official… 😦
this is really getting funnier now.
I didn’t know Irish were that bad losers!
Reading these recent comments after the match do make me laugh now!
bad losers ye had to score with a hand to win should be a rematch what u think?
Irish can laugh, make money but can’t play football!
That’s funny! 🙂
Vive la France!
We were robbed, replay!!!!
It’s great to see Irish marketing creatives thinking outside of the (ahem!) ‘box’!
Irish humour at its best. I am not even Irish, but there is a lot of Irish inside of me. When I say that, I mean Jameson and Guinness.
A classic, Thanks.
Grandgoonerama
You can then say that the French did not beat the Irish “hands-down”. Thierry Henry as the greatest footballer in the world in 2009 is one great big “CHEAT!!!!”The governing body should hang themselves in shame and eliminate France from the World Cup 2010 altogether, replacing them with Ireland. Tha’t just blatant cheating!!!!
After “The Hand of Frog” affair, I hear that the Irish Navy has blockaded all major French ports, the Irish Air Force has bombed all the Champagne wineries, and the Irish army has invaded Corsica!
Hi
Please remove your navies from French ports, stop bombing Champagne wineries they hardly can keep up with demand after the French booked their world cup spot.
On the other end you can keep Corsica, that’s not France.
Patrick
HA-Ha!
Funniest thing I’ve seen since the camp fire in Blazing Saddles!
I am astonished at the French winning this game: I thought they would just have surrendered. . . . . . . . .
SHAME !!! SHAME !!! SHAME !!! For the french staff and for the whole French people. That Thierry Henri fault is “in the mood” according to the actual dark period of France, as drak as Vichy period. History won’t never remember these years, these dark years.
Pascal, french.
Are you going beserk or what???
What has Vichy or Hitler even got to do with a stupid game of football?
You are the extremist.
Irland is not going to the World cup and get over it. Who gives a shit?
French Dave.
How about that Herry?
Pity about the result but good to see us play well and bid adieu to Henry.
As an Irish-american, and with America already set-up for a South Africa trip, I say its a damn shame if France doesnt agree to replay the match. What little honor they have left in the world is destroyed by them sneaking away with and obvious blatant disregard for the sport.
George Bush is that you?
Patrick
Well you got me laughing on the floor… Thanks
Rue des Blaguer?
Blaguer = to joke
Excellent catch! Thank you.
Where did everybody go?
I was having fun here.
Patrick
Classic, for some time I thought that it was referring to a cricket box
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Go Irish!
Fair play is mandatorty!
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Get over it Ireland
Nobody was arguing for a replay after maradonna’s “hand of God”
If you had scored more goals it wouldn’t have mattered, so get back to what you do best- humour, Guinness, and irreverence
Even if the ‘Hand of God” goal had been disallowed, Maradona managed to seal the deal shortly afterwards with a second using his feet. The first goal didn’t decide anything. That hasn’t stopped the whinging English going on about it for the last quarter century.
Now the ‘Hand of Frog’ has denied us our World Cup victory, its our turn to bellyache. Stop trying to repress us.
There’s no rue des Blaguer (yo joke) in Paris, and there’s no such zipcode.
Sorry. It was funny though.
only the irish could get away with that wht a great post
And straight I will repair
To the curragh of Kildare!
Classic Irish humour. I love it.
The french have been learning dirty tricks from the Argies…The Hand of God..
anyway… good reply from Paddy there…even I feel cheated ..and Iam Chilean for Christ sake!!!
Good on you Paddy, give´em hell!!!
We want a clean world cup…no cheating mate!!
CRCF
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A box in the gob is what Henry deserves; hope they win World Cup and EMBARASS FIFA once and for all.
God Bless The Irish! Nuff Said!
Great. You got me bursting out in laughter 😉
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If I don’t like footballl, I deeply like, how can I say to remain polite, “british ?” humour even if it comes from Ireland. Of course, these letters are false : rue des blaguers (joke ? 75000 is the actual area code for Paris ) but how funny it is and how true it could be ! But friendly said, English language is really mined like a beach in Normandy with “false friend” words, isn’it ?
Nevertheless, I hope that the French diplomatic high level speaks better English than I do, but in fact, I am not so sure of that !
Help ! Froggies lost in translation !!!
Diplomatic football and looks like Ireland won for a change 🙂
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All good stuff Must be some follow up bout the cheat
The embassy really messed up! At least they said sorry…the least they could do.
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I was cracking up when i read the part about the VIP box being for him to stand on haha
This is why the Irish are awesome.
Le plus important dans cette histoire, c’est que les Irlandais vont se prendre la RACLEE du siecle
Very very good.
I was in Croke Park at the weekend and noticed no Frenchmen were there. They probably hate Croke Park now.
Good work 🙂
Very funny.
I was in Croke Park at the weekend and noticed no Frenchmen. Something to do with these letters?
🙂
That is so incredibly disrespectful. War is an option.
You really do have to laugh but onbiously someone’s head is going to roll over this.
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Lovbe it! very creative
HAHAHAHA!! nice!
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