By coincidence I ran across the video above just moments after encountering the story below. The video ("First Irish Rocket to the Moon") is a segment of a Spike Milligan television program; it's not all that funny by modern standards; you can get the gist of it in the first minute or two. Offered only because of the ironic contrast with the following report found at Nothing to do with Arbroath:
An English pipe fitter has been awarded 20,000 euro (£15,630) in compensation after being racially abused in his Irish workplace.
The man, who was based in Dublin, complained that colleagues had taunted him because of where he came from.
They would say "send the Brit in" to clear the way if they had to enter potentially dangerous spaces at work.
Negative reports about England's performance in the 2006 World Cup were also read aloud in his presence.
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