Did I say eejits? I meant bloody eejits. ;-)

Jim Dixon, I notice by your posting history you've been here for nearly two years. You seem to be a fairly intelligent man (but you can correct me if I'm mistaken about that). Since this is a fairly intimate on-line forum with a number of British and Irish posters, I find it very hard to believe that you've never heard the word "eejit" or understand the context of a bodhran joke when you hear one.

Now then, this is a prime example of the "if we were really in a pub/bar in a Irish trad music session, be it in North America, Britain, Ireland, Australia, or New Zealand, you would be the one looking the idiot--and I use that word in the context you gave for it--and would be the one shunned for pompous arrogance. And you know what else? If you were on the bar stool next to me, I wouldn't hesitate to say that to your face either.

Maire Born, raised, and lived in the US all her life