WORKDAY TIME KILLER: WHAT IS YOUR ETHNICITY? HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE?

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    lastexitlondon said:
    Are Amish descended from Europe Brian?brianlux said:
    1/2 Amish, 1/4 English, 1/8 Irish, 1/16 Austrian, 1/16 alien.
    Spaceship.   


    Yes indeed, Rob.  The Amish church originated in Switzerland when in 1693, a group split off from the Swiss and Alsatian Mennonite Anabaptists. They spread into Germany as well, and by the early 18th century, many began to  immigrate to Pennsylvania.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    Spunkie said:
    brianlux said:
    1/2 Amish, 1/4 English, 1/8 Irish, 1/16 Austrian, 1/16 alien.
    Spaceship.   
    spaceship :rofl:

    Well, my dear, how else would the aliens in my lineage have gotten here?  Hmmm, hmmm?
    :smiley:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    I'm not sure. I'm just a dumb earthling :)
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    edited January 12
    Spunkie said:
    I'm not sure. I'm just a dumb earthling :)

    OK, earthing, I'll tell you.  It's simple, really.  My alien ancestors came here on flying unicorns!

    Unicorn Flying GIFs Tenor

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,823
    I consider myself 100% Welsh, born and raised, but there is a caveat to that. My Mum’s side is Welsh as far back as anyone has looked. My Dad’s mother was Welsh, and his father was English, which should make me 1/4 English. However, my Dad’s father died about a month before my Dad was born, so he’s only ever known his Welsh side.

    I live in Sydney now and my wife is Australian, so that’s broken the 100% line for sure. Our son used to refer to himself as half dragon, half kangaroo!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,792
    goldrush said:
    I consider myself 100% Welsh, born and raised, but there is a caveat to that. My Mum’s side is Welsh as far back as anyone has looked. My Dad’s mother was Welsh, and his father was English, which should make me 1/4 English. However, my Dad’s father died about a month before my Dad was born, so he’s only ever known his Welsh side.

    I live in Sydney now and my wife is Australian, so that’s broken the 100% line for sure. Our son used to refer to himself as half dragon, half kangaroo!
    Dragaroo!
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    brianlux said:
    Spunkie said:
    I'm not sure. I'm just a dumb earthling :)

    OK, earthing, I'll tell you.  It's simple, really.  My alien ancestors came here on flying unicorns!

    Unicorn Flying GIFs Tenor

    Listen B, you're a great guy and all... but you need to pick a story and stick to it! What will it be: Spaceships or unicorns? 

    By the way, brilliant B, the unicorns flew because they had wings 💸


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    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    Spunkie said:
    brianlux said:
    Spunkie said:
    I'm not sure. I'm just a dumb earthling :)

    OK, earthing, I'll tell you.  It's simple, really.  My alien ancestors came here on flying unicorns!

    Unicorn Flying GIFs Tenor

    Listen B, you're a great guy and all... but you need to pick a story and stick to it! What will it be: Spaceships or unicorns? 

    By the way, brilliant B, the unicorns flew because they had wings 💸


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    Both!  Look closely- it's a hybrid.  The latest in space technology from afar!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Ahhh shucks. you're right again!
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    Spunkie said:
    Ahhh shucks. you're right again!

    It happens.  Rarely, but it happens.  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,823
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    goldrush said:
    I consider myself 100% Welsh, born and raised, but there is a caveat to that. My Mum’s side is Welsh as far back as anyone has looked. My Dad’s mother was Welsh, and his father was English, which should make me 1/4 English. However, my Dad’s father died about a month before my Dad was born, so he’s only ever known his Welsh side.

    I live in Sydney now and my wife is Australian, so that’s broken the 100% line for sure. Our son used to refer to himself as half dragon, half kangaroo!
    Dragaroo!
    Yep, that’s it!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,073
    Spunkie said:
    brianlux said:
    Spunkie said:
    I'm not sure. I'm just a dumb earthling :)

    OK, earthing, I'll tell you.  It's simple, really.  My alien ancestors came here on flying unicorns!

    Unicorn Flying GIFs Tenor

    Listen B, you're a great guy and all... but you need to pick a story and stick to it! What will it be: Spaceships or unicorns? 

    By the way, brilliant B, the unicorns flew because they had wings 💸


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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    edited January 14
    From what I know, it's mainly English and Scottish. There may be others, but the only non English/Scottish is a great (x3 or x4) grandmother who was Cherokee. It's not enough to be recognized by the tribe though. It's sad, but the culture and customs were never passed down in the family so I wouldn't try to claim anything even if I could. In the 60s and 70s, a retired man with my surname decided to compile a complete list of people with my surname (it's not very common, but still...that's a lot of work). Apparently there is some debate on the validity of his research; however, from talking with my grandfather, I can verify the research for our line back to the early 1800s. Before that gets kind of muddled, but if you believe the researcher, we can all be traced to 3 brothers who immigrated to present-day Delaware from England in 1666. Funny enough, the last update to the list was in 1982, the year before I was born. The running joke in my immediate family is that I don't actually exist since I'm not in the book lol.
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited January 14
    23scidoo said:
    Spunkie said:
    brianlux said:
    Spunkie said:
    I'm not sure. I'm just a dumb earthling :)

    OK, earthing, I'll tell you.  It's simple, really.  My alien ancestors came here on flying unicorns!

    Unicorn Flying GIFs Tenor

    Listen B, you're a great guy and all... but you need to pick a story and stick to it! What will it be: Spaceships or unicorns? 

    By the way, brilliant B, the unicorns flew because they had wings 💸


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    Stolen from Greece..
    Jesus f****** thieves. (Us Indigenous canadians demand our shit back!)

    I guess that makes me a gypsy.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    markymark550 said:
    From what I know, it's mainly English and Scottish. There may be others, but the only non English/Scottish is a great (x3 or x4) grandmother who was Cherokee. It's not enough to be recognized by the tribe though. It's sad, but the culture and customs were never passed down in the family so I wouldn't try to claim anything even if I could. In the 60s and 70s, a retired man with my surname decided to compile a complete list of people with my surname (it's not very common, but still...that's a lot of work). Apparently there is some debate on the validity of his research; however, from talking with my grandfather, I can verify the research for our line back to the early 1800s. Before that gets kind of muddled, but if you believe the researcher, we can all be traced to 3 brothers who immigrated to present-day Delaware from England in 1666. Funny enough, the last update to the list was in 1982, the year before I was born. The running joke in my immediate family is that I don't actually exist since I'm not in the book lol.
    Cute. My name is in a museum.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    Spunkie said:
    markymark550 said:
    From what I know, it's mainly English and Scottish. There may be others, but the only non English/Scottish is a great (x3 or x4) grandmother who was Cherokee. It's not enough to be recognized by the tribe though. It's sad, but the culture and customs were never passed down in the family so I wouldn't try to claim anything even if I could. In the 60s and 70s, a retired man with my surname decided to compile a complete list of people with my surname (it's not very common, but still...that's a lot of work). Apparently there is some debate on the validity of his research; however, from talking with my grandfather, I can verify the research for our line back to the early 1800s. Before that gets kind of muddled, but if you believe the researcher, we can all be traced to 3 brothers who immigrated to present-day Delaware from England in 1666. Funny enough, the last update to the list was in 1982, the year before I was born. The running joke in my immediate family is that I don't actually exist since I'm not in the book lol.
    Cute. My name is in a museum.

    A museum-- impressive!    Beats having one's name on a bar of soap!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,967
    My name is on a few bar signs


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    lastexitlondon said:
    My name is on a few bar signs

    Just the warm and friendly pubs, I'll bet!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,967
    Flanagan s  in Ireland . 
    Warm and friendly 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    lastexitlondon said:
    My name is on a few bar signs
    Better than the bathroom stalls!
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle

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