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jnimhaoileoinjnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
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Question for all the Americans here. Are you all familiar with a drink called the Irish car bomb and has it ever been suggested over there that it might be a wildly inappropriate name for a drink???
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,947
    Probably how the Japanese feel about the Kamikaze.
  • Amongst the AniAmongst the Ani @Wobbie Posts: 7,790
    I have never heard of it. I wouldn't think it was inappropriate either. Of course I have never worried once in my life about a car bomb ever effecting me either. In fact other than Goodfellas or a few scenes in a movie I have never even put the words car and bomb together mentally. A drink being named Irish car bomb would be no different than any other drink name to me.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    hipsters like the street cred by having a small percentage of DNA traced back to Ireland.

    Irish car bombs are dope.
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  • jnimhaoileoinjnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    I was over in October for the gigs and I was genuinely shocked when I heard the name
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,787
    Yes. Common drink. We used to do them all the time in college. Inappropriate-ness of the name never came up.
  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    edited February 2015
    My husband tried one a couple months ago. What's the story behind the name?
  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Car_Bomb
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,947
    pickupyourwill said:

    My husband tried one a couple months ago. What's the story behind the name?

    It's all Irish ingredients. When you drop the shot in the Guinness kind of 'explodes'.
    It's a reference to IRA terrorist attacks.

  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,161
    edited February 2015
    I don't think it's offensive.... but even if you do find it offensive, so what? I mean, okay, be offended.... Now what?
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  • nostackedvinylnostackedvinyl Maine Posts: 857
    edited February 2015
    I've also found it to be a pretty widely known shot and have done many of them in the past. I never found the name offensive even knowing the origin. Part of me figured it was based on the literal meaning. Part of me felt it was a "bomb" like other shots you drop in a glass (a la jager bombs) and part of me felt the name was appropriate considering it pretty much always destroyed me after I took one. . . .or two
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Never thought of it as offensive,

    Though there are other drink names that could be quite 'saucy'... Slippery Nipple, Buttery Nipple, BJ (as in Blow J*b) -don't need to get a time out. There are probably a bunch of others too- I can't keep up with all the drink names the hipsters come up with.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,687
    Baghdad Car Bomb would probably bring the PC Police out in droves. I understand PC but it would be a better world if people could just chill a little.....there's hardly anything you could say to me that I would get offended by.....then again, I don't have a religion.
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  • WhatYouTaughtMeWhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    edited February 2015
    The only thing I find offensive is the taste of the drink.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,161
    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    The only thing I find offensive is the taste of the drink.

    Haha. I've never tried one, but it sounds horrible. I will never experience an Irish car bomb! I'll stick to the Jager bombs. =)
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  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited February 2015
    I'm Irish. I was not born in Ireland nor have I ever been there. I am not offended by the name. OP, are you offended by it? Is an Irish car bomb not served in Ireland?
  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851
    She is Irish and currently lives in Ireland and no it's not served over there. Sorry but she posted that somewhere above.
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  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    northerndragon said:

    She is Irish and currently lives in Ireland and no it's not served over there. Sorry but she posted that somewhere above.

    Sorry, I didn't see that before.
  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851
    Last-12-Exit said:

    northerndragon said:

    She is Irish and currently lives in Ireland and no it's not served over there. Sorry but she posted that somewhere above.

    Sorry, I didn't see that before.
    No worries, just up late floating around the boards, trying to help lol.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,687
    northerndragon said:

    She is Irish and currently lives in Ireland and no it's not served over there. Sorry but she posted that somewhere above.

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  • jnimhaoileoinjnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    I think the name is inappropriate when you think of the horrific events that occurred during the troubles and the number of deaths as a result of car bombs on both sides. I do understand though that Americans wouldn't necessarily get that as most would have only a passing knowledge of the conflict
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    I can see why the name would offend you. Since someone came up with the name because the ingredients are Irish and the effects are "explosive," I'm sure they thought it was perfectly witty. We seem to go for that kind of humor in this country.

    The idea of naming a drink after a car bomb, Irish or from any conflict, doesn't appeal to me but I'm not a wise-ass bartender who faces a room full of drunks every night. I doubt most people think of the origins for the names of most drinks, such as Bloody Mary being a historical character. I'm sure it was a shock to see it from your perspective.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,161
    edited February 2015
    jennycoyle said:

    I think the name is inappropriate when you think of the horrific events that occurred during the troubles and the number of deaths as a result of car bombs on both sides. I do understand though that Americans wouldn't necessarily get that as most would have only a passing knowledge of the conflict

    I think plenty of Americans have a pretty good understanding of the troubles. I just think that it wouldn't occur to many to get offended by names of alcoholic beverages. They probably wouldn't be offended by a drink's name. At least I think it has to get a lot more offensive than that. There IS a popular drink called the kamikaze, and no one minds. I doubt even the grandkids of men who died from a kamikaze bombing cares. I mean, an Irish car bomb.... it's really just a historical reference. They did exist. We all know it. And they fucked people up. So does booze, in a different way. And it's a bomb drink... i dunno, seems pretty on the nose.
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,960
    An Irish guy who is very well know here in Philly an is really big in the community owns a pretty awesome bar and won't serve them because of the name.

    I have had many, never even occurred to me that it could be offensive until a couple years ago
  • WhatYouTaughtMeWhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    jennycoyle said:

    I think the name is inappropriate when you think of the horrific events that occurred during the troubles and the number of deaths as a result of car bombs on both sides. I do understand though that Americans wouldn't necessarily get that as most would have only a passing knowledge of the conflict

    I can see that. I honestly never even thought of the name being offensive until this thread. I will also double down on my assessment of the drink and say it tastes like shit.
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,964
    All I taste is chocolate milk. Considering it's been around since at least the early 80's don't think this one should be getting blamed on the hipsters.
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    mookeywrench said:

    All I taste is chocolate milk. Considering it's been around since at least the early 80's don't think this one should be getting blamed on the hipsters.

    I wasn't saying that hipsters made up the name for the car bomb. I was simply implying that there has been a history of crude/offensive drink names.
    I only remember a few, but there are some new ones (that I don't remember being around years ago), which more than likely, a hipster created/named it. I.e. 'date grape kool-aid' and 'pink pu§§+'
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,947
    edited February 2015
    The most offensive thing about it is what happens to the pint glass. The coagulation that ensues after the Guinness, whiskey and Baileys are mixed together is downright putrid. As a former bartender we used to despise them just because of the cleaning that was needed. That semi-liquid remnant that is left behind in the glass resembles a gelatinous stool.

    To the OP...It was Bill Clinton who negotiated the ceasefire and subsequent peace talks so I'm pretty sure Americans have a good understanding of the troubles.
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  • jnimhaoileoinjnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    edited February 2015
    Yes the Americans did help in the peace talks but I think it's fair to say that doesn't give Americans an idea of what it's like to live in a country where such a conflict has taken so many lives, nor an understanding of the hundreds of years of history that led to it
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  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,787
    edited February 2015
    2 things not to take personally or seriously: porn names and drink names
  • jnimhaoileoinjnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    Haha :p I wouldn't say i'm mortally offended by it, I suppose I was just hoping people might stop and think about it
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