Oh aye…my Father would thrash me every now and then. He’d talk while he did it too! He’d hit me and shout, ‘Have ye had enough?’ Had enough? Whit kind of question is that? ‘Why, Father, would another kick in the balls be out of the question???’
BILLY CONNOLLYScottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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Tread gently on anyone who looks at you sideways.
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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Acting is a different discipline. On stage I’m free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
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It’s my mind, and I reserve the right to change it as often as I like.
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Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?
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There’s an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it’s a different venue.
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Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. “Is this yours?” she asked “probably” said Paddy “she burns everything else”
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I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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