“Paddy Wagon”
Who here knows the origin of that term?
Roundin’ up the Irish?
I do. It’s all those Patricks. The might as well have called it the Ted Kennedy wagon.
I DO! (know about “Paddy Wagons.”) Back in the day of high rates of Irish immigration, so many were arrested for drinking and fighting that the police vehicle hauling them to jail was nick-named “Paddy Wagon” because, “Paddy” was a popular name for them.
“A police wagon used for hauling criminals. Often due to the stereotype of Irish (Paddys= Pattys= Patricks) being arrested for public intoxication. Also due to the high number of Irish men employed as police officers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries”
Oh yes
Oy.
Paddy wagon
From what? 1913?
This is why conservatives have trouble carving out a spot in legitimate or pop culture
Irish can take it - one because victimhood is not how the story turned out so far. But it is not a nice depiction
And two because there was truth in it
No mention that most of the cops doing the rounding up we’re Irish
Ijuts, as the Irish say
Irish immigrants were referred to as Paddys, and occupied the niche in society now reserved for the blacks. Some differences; they did have a work ethic as there were no programs to feed and house them. But their drunken misbehavior was common enough that arrests were frequent, so the police pickup vehicles became known a Paddy Wagons.