Sam wrote:... shouldn't you be calling it Derry?
Spoiler/NSFW: (click to reveal/hide)Just kidding. It's not sectarianism, it's religious banter
I don't really care what we call it. They could call it Mogadishuderry, I don't really give a fuck.
And I do enjoy the religious banter. The guys at work are prods so I'll get a kick out of telling them I've found out how the levels of insanity in my family entered through the back door with a loopy protestant woman.
Sam wrote:I am the descendant of many Samuels. It's just the way around these parts. Son named after his father, goes off to the fishing/building/plastering etc with his father. Also makes it god-damn annoying though as theres only about 5 surnames in the town.
My bother was great friends with a guy called Sam from Belfast for many years (I'm guessing it's a common name up there). They met working away when they were quite young and stayed friends for over 40 years. My brother was P. O'Neill. No, not
THAT P. O'Neill... a P.O'Neill. I wonder if Sam's neighbours ran when they saw a letter from P. O'Neill.

I met Sam's mother once... she scared the shit out of me. Old school Belfast Protestant woman.
We were left on our own in Sam's sitting room and she asked me "What's your name?"
I said "Paul". She said "Paul what?" - I shat a brick.
"Paul O'Neill" ... there was a long pause and then she said ... "That's a good name."
