Speak English, subby.

FTFA: The winning couple used the Estonian technique and completed the 240-metre (260-yard) course in 1.38 seconds.

That must be some technique!

FTFA: The sport is popular in North America, Australia and Finland.

Really? Guess I need to pay more attention to the ESPN 8 schedule.

Haircut2305: FTFA: The winning couple used the Estonian technique and completed the 240-metre (260-yard) course in 1.38 seconds.

That must be some technique!

Contest officials were playing the "Benny Hill" (Yakkity Sax) theme song as inspiration.

You better be carrying her back to the kitchen or the bedroom.

I read that as Wife-Swapping Championships.

Normally I have the utmost respect for the Irish; they invented Guinness.

/nuf said.

The Strongest MAN! In the world! Myeh Heh

My poor husband is a strong man, but I'm a tall woman and weigh 152 pounds. He would probably collapse right after hefting me onto his shoulder (especially with his bad left knee)....

Women from the UK are ugly as piss, why would you want to cart one over the shoulder?

/half-troll, half-truth

Single White Male: Women from the UK are ugly as piss, why would you want to cart one over the shoulder?

/half-troll, half-truth

Kelly Brook, Gemma Atkinson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Keeley Hazell, Kate Beckinsale and a couple of million others would like a word if you weren't such a troll.

The winning couple used the Estonian technique and completed the 240-metre (260-yard) course in 1.38 seconds.

I'm impressed. He can run about 100 times faster than I can, even with someone on his back with her knees around his neck.

Another ignorant American subby who thinks the UK and the Irish are somehow at odds with each other.

Strange world you guys live in over there.

I expected someone would point out that they ran 240 metres in 1.38 seconds. But nobody did. So I'm doing it now.

Usain Bolt only managed 100 metres in 9.69 seconds. And he didn't have a Northern Irish woman hanging round his neck.

Roy Keane's Big Toe: I expected someone would point out that they ran 240 metres in 1.38 seconds. But nobody did. So I'm doing it now.

Usain Bolt only managed 100 metres in 9.69 seconds. And he didn't have a Northern Irish woman hanging round his neck.

Married guys tell me their wives are always on their back about something.

steevmit: Single White Male: Women from the UK are ugly as piss, why would you want to cart one over the shoulder?

/half-troll, half-truth

Kelly Brook, Gemma Atkinson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Keeley Hazell, Kate Beckinsale and a couple of million others would like a word if you weren't such a troll.

True. English women are generally either farking hot or quite unattractive.

Roy Keane's Big Toe: I expected someone would point out that they ran 240 metres in 1.38 seconds. But nobody did. So I'm doing it now.

Nobody pointed it out before you did, except for all the Farkers who pointed it out before you did.

thatmanfromtexas: Married guys tell me their wives are always on their back about something.

But I thought you were tall and good-looking? You should be married!


Captain Fapdaily: Roy Keane's Big Toe: I expected someone would point out that they ran 240 metres in 1.38 seconds. But nobody did. So I'm doing it now.

Nobody pointed it out before you did, except for all the Farkers who pointed it out before you did.

Thanks for pointing that out for me, Cap'n. I had real difficulty reading the 14 comments before mine. I thought nobody had pointed it out.

Roy Keane's Big Toe:

Thanks for pointing that out for me, Cap'n. I had real difficulty reading the 14 comments before mine. I thought nobody had pointed it out.

The Flash received his super-speed by putting his head between a woman's thighs. Something DC Comics never mentioned.

The world record for 200 meters is 19.3 seconds (avg. speed 23.1 mph), 1.38 seconds would give an average speed of ~324mph. I hope the wife was wearing a crash helmet.

Somehow I think the usual inability to handle numbers/magnitudes has afflicted our dear journalist here.

Ahh, actually it would be >324mph for the _240_ meters given in the article.

jonewer: Another ignorant American subby who thinks the UK and the Irish are somehow at odds with each other.

Well, if you ignore the last thousand years or so of history, yeah everything is pretty much roses and daffodils.

KellyLockhart: jonewer: Another ignorant American subby who thinks the UK and the Irish are somehow at odds with each other.

Well, if you ignore the last thousand years or so of history, yeah everything is pretty much roses and daffodils.

But we're not living a thousand years ago. We've moved on. Ever heard of the Good Friday Agreement? Ever heard of decommissioning? Have you heard that there is peace in Northern Ireland? For fark sake, it's only a matter of time before there's a Royal visit to Dublin. It's not roses and daffodils, but we have peace. If only certain other people could see that war, violence and hate only breeds more war, violence and hate. Even the Irish figured it out!

FTFA: The winning couple used the Estonian technique and completed the 240-metre (260-yard) course in 1.38 seconds.

Somebody has been watching way too many Comcrap commercials.

Roy Keane's Big Toe: Even the Irish figured it out!

*Even* the Irish? ... You looking for a fight? Eh?? You startin?

Cormee: Roy Keane's Big Toe: Even the Irish figured it out!

*Even* the Irish? ... You looking for a fight? Eh?? You startin?


I just meant that some of us have started thinking clearly. You know, given our dependence on Guinness, and centuries of inbreeding. This isn't really making it look like I'm proud to be Irish, is it?! I am. I was proud to be Irish watching Kilkenny on Sunday - which makes no sense to any Americans still reading this, but who gives a feck?

By the way, I would advise against you challenging me to a fight. I rock. A 15 year old girl on YouTube told me so.

Uhhhh ... not to rain on anyone's parade, but Northern Ireland (aka Ulster) is not Ireland (aka the Republic of) and is in fact part of the United Kingdom. For now, anyway. So it's Brit against Brit, actually.

PetetheParrot: Uhhhh ... not to rain on anyone's parade, but Northern Ireland (aka Ulster) is not Ireland (aka the Republic of) and is in fact part of the United Kingdom. For now, anyway. So it's Brit against Brit, actually.

Uhhhh ... not to rain on your parade, but Northern Ireland and Ulster are NOT the same thing, and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland make up the island of Ireland.

Yah, I know: Ulster is/was a region of the former English colony of Ireland. When one speaks of Ireland, or the Irish, especially in political terms, it's invariably the Republic (Eire), not the North nor the island itself. As for the common use of "Ulster": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster

Ask any Orangeman whether he's Irish or British and see what he says....

PetetheParrot: Yah, I know: Ulster is/was a region of the former English colony of Ireland. When one speaks of Ireland, or the Irish, especially in political terms, it's invariably the Republic (Eire), not the North nor the island itself. As for the common use of "Ulster": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster

Ask any Orangeman whether he's Irish or British and see what he says....


The whole island was colonised by Britain. Ulster is nine counties, NI is six counties; they are not the same thing. NI (still technically part of the UK) has a devolved government. Elected representatives from NI are MPs (UK government) and/or MLAs (NI government). Elected representatives from the three Ulster counties not in NI are TDs (Irish (Republic) government). When Irish people speak of Ireland it's either the Republic or the island. I don't give a flying f*ck what wikipedia says about Ulster, I actually know what I'm talking about.

Ask Gerry Adams whether he's Irish or British and see what he says...