Irish pork -- what's that? A Bridge to Galway? 800 Irish Pounds for a military toilet seat?

No pork in Ireland is almost, but not quite, as much of a travesty as no beer in Ireland.

They might as well have no pasta in Italy.

The o'Rib?

I sure the Scots could send them some nice haggis until the crisis passes.

Isn't the McRib Scottish?

The only Irish name I'll ever laugh at:
Patty O'Furniture

Please...there's nothing even close to resembling meat in the McRib, much less pork.

Mmm...McRib...gotta get my annual McRib fix.

At least Israel is safe from this menace.

PizzaJedi81: Please...there's nothing even close to resembling meat in the McRib, much less pork.

Mmm...McRib...gotta get my annual McRib fix.

What is so good about the McRib? I haven't had one so I can't give an informed opinion, but I can't imagine anything at McDonalds being any good.

Is Irish Pork 100 proof?

I really dislike how the article states that dioxins are naturally occurring. Sure, they are produced in small amounts in forest fires but that is less than a thousandth of man made dioxin production from paper mills and chlorine bleaching processes.

I doubt the source was the pig's feed as the article suggests as much as the water supply. The shiat is everywhere in fact.

I've heard that when consumed with the proper herbs beforehand, its quite tasty. Order it with extra pickles. Only get it at the Rock and Roll Mc.Ds on LaSalle. Anywhere else in Chicago will give you something else entirely.

No Catchy Nickname: The o'Rib?

nacker: I sure the Scots could send them some nice haggis until the crisis passes.

The Onanist: Isn't the McRib Scottish?

A whole lotta this..... why the hell did the term "mc" get all wrapped up in being irish?

/another for hector!

Noooooooooooooooooooo!


Everybody PANIC!

The government's departments of health and agriculture on Saturday jointly called for the recall or destruction of all Irish pork produced since Sept. 1 after discovering potentially dangerous dioxins in pigs and pig feed at 80 to 200 times the safety limit.

Somebody alert Ben and Jerry!

The Irish are stealing their dioxins!

No bacon for the Irish?
This sounds like the work of Muslims.

Please...there's nothing even close to resembling meat in the McRib, much less pork.

Think more legs...

berylman: I doubt the source was the pig's feed as the article suggests as much as the water supply.

Except for the fact that they discovered the high levels in the pig feed....

chicagogasman: I've heard that when consumed with the proper herbs beforehand, its quite tasty.

Definitely a top 5 stoner food, in my opinion. Not, of course, that I would actually know. Same the for the BK chicken sandwich, Double Stuff Oreos, Dunkin Donut holes, or Fritos. So I hear.

"why the hell did the term "mc" get all wrapped up in being irish?"
Surely you jest, ace in your face?

Caulfield: chicagogasman: I've heard that when consumed with the proper herbs beforehand, its quite tasty.

Definitely a top 5 stoner food, in my opinion. Not, of course, that I would actually know. Same the for the BK chicken sandwich, Double Stuff Oreos, Dunkin Donut holes, or Fritos. So I hear.

You left off Sliders.

/side note: my fraternity (Kappa Sig, ba-beee!) always had a Stogies & Sliders rush night. I can not TELL you how much the house smelled for the week or so after.

M-G: berylman: I doubt the source was the pig's feed as the article suggests as much as the water supply.

Except for the fact that they discovered the high levels in the pig feed....

Woops. *facepalm* In that case I blame a mineral based anti-caking agent used in animal feed known as 'ball clay' which readily absorbs all kinds of crap from the water supply. If the dioxin levels were that high who knows what the hell else was in the feed. Link (all you ever wanted to know about ball clay...hehe)

mark12A: Please...there's nothing even close to resembling meat in the McRib, much less pork.

Think more legs...

Spiderpig?

ace in your face: The Onanist: Isn't the McRib Scottish?

A whole lotta this..... why the hell did the term "mc" get all wrapped up in being irish?

Ummmm, maybe because a huge percentage of the population has surnames that begin with "Mc"

Mc is Irish. Mac is Scottish.

Also, most Irish pork products are great except the bacon. Irish bacon sucks.

But more importantly, is it still safe to pork the Irish?

alhazred: mark12A: Please...there's nothing even close to resembling meat in the McRib, much less pork.

Think more legs...

Spiderpig?

skrimps?

JohnReddy: ace in your face: The Onanist: Isn't the McRib Scottish?

A whole lotta this..... why the hell did the term "mc" get all wrapped up in being irish?

Ummmm, maybe because a huge percentage of the population has surnames that begin with "Mc"

Mc is Irish. Mac is Scottish.

Also, most Irish pork products are great except the bacon. Irish bacon sucks.

Blasphemer! No product with the word bacon in its name could ever suck!

Well...maybe Canadian bacon. But that's not really bacon, anyway...more of a hamsteak.

Eutamias21: But more importantly, is it still safe to pork the Irish?

The Irish are the drunken unwanted red headed bastard children of the vikings and short arsed tree worshippers. Of course it isnt safe to pork them. It leads to ginger kids.

JohnReddy Unfortunately that's a myth. Mc is simply an abbreviation of Mac and doesn't imply any country of origin.

Iron Chef Scottish: JohnReddy Unfortunately that's a myth. Mc is simply an abbreviation of Mac and doesn't imply any country of origin.

Yeah. Neither does the surname Singh.

Vincent: Want some bacon?
Jules: No man, I don't eat pork.
Vincent: Are you Jewish?
Jules: Nah, I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
Vincent: Why not?
Jules: Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
Vincent: Bacon tastes gooood. Pork chops taste gooood.
Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfarker. Pigs sleep and root in shiat. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense enough to disregard its own feces.
Vincent: How about a dog? Dogs eats its own feces.
Jules: I don't eat dog either.
Vincent: Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?
Jules: I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Vincent: Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
Jules: Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherf*ckin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'?

The McRib was invented by a black Irishman, right?

mikaloyd: Eutamias21: But more importantly, is it still safe to pork the Irish?

The Irish are the drunken unwanted red headed bastard children of the vikings and short arsed tree worshippers. Of course it isnt safe to pork them. It leads to ginger kids.

Whatever. I will continue to pork my Irish wife.

Repeatedly and with alacrity.

I will also continue to enjoy bacon but only here in the states.

mikaloyd Okay, denote then, smartarse. I know a good few Scottish Singhs btw...

I just ate a McRib, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

/was eating a McRib and grabbed the laptop.
//told my wife
///she's upset by the McBarbeque McSauce on the McKeyboard.

Oldiron_79: The McRib was invented by a black Irishman, right?

I really shouldn't have laughed at that, butm damn it, I did.

SwallowTheKnife: The only Irish name I'll ever laugh at:
Patty O'Furniture

What about Paddy O'Lanterns?

/so going to hell

Sue Dunham: Jules: Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherf*ckin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'?

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talkin' about one charming motherf*ckin' pig

As a Dublin (Ireland) Farker, I'm getting a kick out of these replies....

thing is, why couldnt they tell me this before the bacon sandwich I ate?

// was tasty
/// not as good as the steak sandwich
//// we'll still survive without bacon, the ginger minger acoholics you all hope we are :D

Iron Chef Scottish: Okay, denote then, smartarse

Ive been rumbled!

Send all the tainted meat to Africa to feed starv'n Marvin. clik clit pop pop .

If

causes a small dick, what does this do?

texastag: Whatever. I will continue to pork my Irish wife.

Repeatedly and with alacrity.

You MARRIED one?!?!?!?



Kudos. You are a far more charitable man than I will ever be

I watched the advisory on the BBC this morning and they accompanied the article with film of people cooking sausages, showing the camera incredibly delicious looking bacon or ham (the round, thick sliced kind), interviews with Irish farmer types saying it wasn't REALLY that big of a deal, and clips of frolicking baby pigs and their mom in a traditional bucolic farm field setting.

It's a drastically mixed message when you include this yay old-school farms, mmm pork imagery in your story about dire warnings of dioxin toxic buildup. if their intention was to scare people off of pork it failed because I saw all the delicious meat, started drooling, and went and made a BLT.

FlyingPig: No pork in Ireland is almost, but not quite, as much of a travesty as no beer in Ireland.

They might as well have no pasta in Italy.

The Italians would eat bread and drink wine till the pasta came back.

Presumably the Irish will just eat their beloved potatoes, just as they would drink whiskey if beer were not available.

McLovin!

PizzaJedi81: Please...there's nothing even close to resembling meat in the McRib, much less pork.

Mmm...McRib...gotta get my annual McRib fix.

I read that as 'get my...'. Well, never mind. Suffice it to say it was a very disturbing mental picture.