typical freckled face, always being critical. having pleasant mannerisms and etiquette is'nt called being uptight. 1, I don't have freckles or red hair. 2, in case you didn't notice, I was only kidding around:rolleyes:      do ye want sum lad?:D     What, no Jameson's?     thats why we went around conquering.:)    Well, I've never been much of a fan of war mongering and imperialism and bullying around poor, peasant farmers who are just minding their own business anyways. But the British Empire was certainly impressive as far as empires go. But did you know that there were also no small number of Irishmen who served in the British military and helped make the British Empire possible? :) Some enlisted on their own because they were residents of Britain and others were forced to. I think the British Empire was largely about Irish, Scottish, Welsh and very poor English troops doing the fighting and greedy English aristocrats getting rich from it. The British Empire was largely won with Celtic blood. No offense to the working class English, but I think it seems the Irish, Scottish and Welsh formed the real backbone and bulk of the British military.     By 1707 the British had six Irish Regiments, by 1713 this had dropped to 2, but later raised to 5 Irish Regiments.  However it was estimated that by 1860 some two thirds of the British Army including the English country regiments was constituted by Irishmen or their descendants.  A Quarter of a million Irishmen would die the 1st World War when the 3 Irish Divisions were created, being the 10th, 16th and 36th Divisions. In the Second World War, the 38th Irish Brigade was formed. Irish Regiments were formed in the Armies of South Africa, Canada and Australia.     http://www.doyle.com.au/irish_soldie...british_ar.htm     At one point during the 19th century  42 percent of soldiers in the British Army were Irish born , which meant there were  more Irish soldiers in the army than English . I read about it in some books, books are good:D     http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D...sult#PPA141,M1         j/k j/k :p   Okay my friend, we are even, no? ;) Erin Go Bragh:cool: