There really should be an Olympic sport for freaking yourself out when you really mean to freak someone else out. I really would win the gold.
P.S. I really did get to stay in a castle though – we just got back from a vacation to Ireland, which has more castles per square mile than anywhere else in the world (note: I made that up, but they really do have a lot). It was my first trip to Europe and I already want to plan my next (after I get out of debt from this one). I will probably have some more posts inspired from our trip. And at some point we need to discuss the fact that the only American beer any pub had was Coors Light (sorry, husband wants me to correct that there was also Budweiser, but I decline to see the difference). Not only is that just pure sadness, but it’s also just really bad foreign policy. Guys, we really do have good beer. I promise.
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Staying in a castle had to be pretty freaking neat.
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It was!
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too cool 🙂
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When in Ireland you have to drink Guinness. Its the law*
*this may not be true
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We did get one Guinness because we were in Ireland, but personally not a big fan of it. (I didn’t say this there of course because I didn’t want to get kicked out.)
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You did better than I would of done, I don’t drink at all, so no Guinness for me
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Dear Dragon Stuff, I saw a wooden dragon yesterday at the Historic Carousel and Museum in Albany, Or. I met the lady who adopted (I think that’s the right word) Igniter. I’d like to know if female dragons breathe fire, or is it only male. Thanks! Beth
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Hi Beth, the ability to breathe fire is actually a genetic defect. The particular genes that control fire breathing are only found on the X chromosome. Therefore if a male dragon has the defective gene they will definitely breathe fire, whereas as long as a female dragon has at least one working anti-firebreathing gene, she will not breathe fire.
So in answer to your question, yes females can breathe fire, but far less often than males
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This is the best conversation to ever take place on my blog.
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I aim to please 😁
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I”m glad you gave us the opportunity!
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Thank you! I’m so glad I saw your name so shortly after I saw Igniter and that you could give a precise answer. He was a beautiful rendition of a dragon.
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So envious!
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*gasp* I wanna stay in a castle and see castle ghosts!
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Castle ghosts are the best ghosts, imo.
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Lol we sure do have a lot of castles. The one near to me is haunted and many times we climbed those stairs scaring ourselves silly in our younger years. Would I sleep in it, feck no lol Well done you!
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I was amazed how many ruins there were everywhere and that you could just walk through! A few we went into seemed like they might fall in on us. You could never do that in America, everyone is too afraid of lawsuits!
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Were you up North too or just down South?
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Just down South, although I would have loved to go up North, just didn’t have enough time. Are you up North? My husband actually has some relatives in Belfast, so we want to make it there at some point!
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I’m up on the North Coast, not that far from the start of the Glens of Antrim. Down South has some awesome scenery, I was in KIllarney some years back and loved it, but there are beautiful places up here too 🙂
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Yes, it was all really beautiful in its own way. I had to soak up all the green because we’re in a horrible drought in California. I also realized that being Californian I am way too used to driving a lot. Every time we drove to a new town people would ask where we came from and then they would get this shocked expression, “But that’s very far away! You drove that all this morning?” And I’d say, “Uh, it was three hours? Is that far?”
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lol ah sure the craic is good. See how small a world it is, you have relatives in Belfast and I have an Aunt in California. I was there, but I was only 11 at the time, so it’s a far while ago now 🙂
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Do you leave scones out for castle ghosts, like leaving cookies for Santa?
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I think they prefer hard liquor, although no one is going to turn away a scone.
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So, scotch whiskey?
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Irish castles are mostly in ruins — that’s why it’s so easy for the ghosts to get in and out.
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One of my besties was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and went to Ireland for her PhD. She fell in love and got married – in a castle! She says it makes her a princess. I agree.
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Sounds legit.
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Now I need to go watch High Spirits because I don’t have a castle to stay in and 80s movie castle ghosts are better than no castle ghosts.
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I love that movie! Peter O’Toole is so great! 🙂
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I didn’t realize Coors Light qualified as a beer!
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Oh, it doesn’t…
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And isn’t Budweiser just a European beer made by a US company? 😉
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No, the American Budweiser is all American. There’s also a European beer company called Budweiser Budvar and apparently they fight a lot about the name. You’ll know if it’s the American Bud if it has a little crown above the “B” (self-proclaimed “king of beer”).
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Don’t worry, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Czech stuff over here. America has certainly won the Budweiser civil war over here (as far as I’ve seen). Potential for a Game of Thrones spin-off about beer I think? Glad you enjoyed your first trip over the pond, look forward to hearing more about your trip.
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Oh no, don’t tell us that, we’ll start thinking we can win every war we get ourselves into! Game of Beer does sound pretty enticing though…
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Just as much nudity and violence, just a lot more laughs!
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I don’t know If this was meant to be scary; Just so you know, I laughed out loud. Loved this post 🙂
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Oh no, definitely funny in a “I scared the shit out of myself” way!
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Super. It hit the bulls-eye.
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Castle Ghost! The classiest of all ghosts.
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Castle Ghost is very classy. I mean, it lives in a castle!
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Haha… this is awesome but in my relationship my boyfriend will be the one terrified of castle ghost !
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See, I tried to scare him, but it backfired…
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When I was in college, I convinced myself that the Grinch was under my bed. I got myself so wound up that I climbed from my bed to my desk and sat up there until daybreak. Luckily, it was college, as mentioned, so daybreak wasn’t very long from bedtime. In retrospect, that it was college and a Friday might explain how it came to be that I thought that the Grinch was under my bed…
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Halar NOT!!!!!😆😆😆😆
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Reblogged this on werrrd.
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European beers are quite famous and good, just as long as you don’t drink Heineken. Write on – Craig Wilder
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r there such things as house ghosts? If there r then there is one behind me right now. 😉
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There are house ghosts, they just usually aren’t as old or as interesting as castle ghosts. House ghosts usually died because they slipped in the bathtub or something, but castle ghosts were possibly tortured or died in battle or were locked in a tower, making castle ghosts the best ghosts.
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lol, do u have clash of clans? if u do follow my blog @ clashofblogging.wordpress.com
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Haha, I don’t, but I do have an account with Kingdoms at War.
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