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The email I got today very much amused me. A spreadsheet seeing how much of a bogger you are. I'm not at all ashamed of my rural background, but the questions really hit home:
- Have you seen "Ear to the Ground" more than 3 times?
- Have you ever heard the death notices on radio?
- Have you ever used the phrases "Jaysus" "By god" or "Oh Lord"?
- Should Blackie Connors have got an Oscar?
- At any stage during the summer can you step out your door and get the smell of freshly spread slurry?
- Have you ever taken fresh eggs from under a hen?
- Do you only have RTE1, NET2, TV3 & TG4 or less on your television?
- If by choice you could marry a local would you do so?
- Would it be desirable that he/she was an only child to a wealthy farmer?
- Do you know who Miley is?
- Do you ever look up in the sky when you hear a helicopter?
To be honest Darragh, I'd be somewhat afraid of taking this test.
ReplyDeleteI know where I'm from, I don't need proof that it stands out a mile away.
PHEW only 31% bogger. Not bad for a girl living in Dublin all her life but with 50% bogger grandparents :D
ReplyDeleteAnd a bogger housemate :D
Zero per cent. RESULT!!!
ReplyDeleteBugger!
ReplyDelete44%
Jayzus!
The mention of slurry is enough to put me off my food! 31 years in the country and I am still not used to it, I'd rather the liffey any day!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't have Excel. The fact that I was born in Dublin to a Ballyfermot bloke and a Cabra girl would suggest a lowish score though.
ReplyDeleteThanks eveyone for the comments :D
ReplyDelete@B - really, are you a bogger? Or not a bogger? Sigh, so hard to tell ;-)
@Maz - are you saying that where you live now has changed things for you? Me too!
@Niamh - yu say only 31% as if that's a good thing!
@jc skinner - welcome to my blog sir and thanks for the comment, no matter what % you may be!
@grandad - really? Really? I'd have thought you'd be up in the high 80s!
@grannymar - ah tis a grand healthy odour of "quick, roll those windows up, will you". Although the Liffey can be as bad!
@anthony - download Open Office sir. Or Google Documents. You'll get the idea :) But the background might be a clue alright!
"grandad - really? Really? I'd have thought you'd be up in the high 80s!"
ReplyDeleteI would have been in the high hundreds if the questionnaire were for Gentlemen Boggers.
51% phew
ReplyDelete@grandad - A gentleman bogger you say. Interesting!
ReplyDelete@maz - very much same as meself. Very very much in fact.
@B - really? What did you say for the helicopter one?
Truth be told you're probably too young to remember Glenroe...