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To: stanne; BenLurkin

Take what”

The most common theory is that it was named for the policemen, because so many of the big city authorities were Irish.

That isn’t so insulting.


52 posted on 05/02/2015 7:38:44 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: ansel12

Eh no, that is NOT the most common explanation.

I don’t want to continue this ‘debate’. THe image is from a century ago.

We are not going to win any culture wars any time soon with this idiocy


58 posted on 05/02/2015 7:47:00 AM PDT by stanne
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