Re: American Attitudes (was Re: Hard working?)

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 00:31 25-5-01 +0200, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:

> > He invented it in Canada. He patented it in the US and marketed it there.
>
>Looks like many inventions went that way. They went where the money is. So
>America's greatest export might be it's currency. :o)

Well, every country has got to export *something*...

I have an old _The Dubliners_ album here, a registration of a live concert. 
On the album is a song called _McAlpine's Fusilliers_, which is introduced 
to the audience with a cheerful "Well, ladies and gentlemen, as you 
probably know, Ireland's biggest export is PEOPLE".   :)

The song is about a guy named Robert McAlpine, who appears to be some 
rather important figure in Ireland's history. Anyone know more about all this?


Jeroen

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